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Fun adventure

Revisado: 08-21-22

Fun story of a young female warrior. Kind of super hero story for girls. Older girls anyway. It reads like you g adult fiction but there are couple of scenes in which women experience violence, and while it is not described in detail I would give it an R rating for that reason.

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My least favorite Alicia Cameron

Revisado: 07-06-19

I have Alicia Cameron's other novels and have really enjoyed listening to them. I like that her stories are "nice" with amusing dialog and sweet romances, very much in the vein of Georgette Heyer. This story is a little bit more unlikely for the time period than her other books and as a result, I am having a hard time finishing it. There are also a couple of editing errors in both the writing and the audio production that are a challenge to get past in the beginning of the book. 1. In the first chapter the narration moves from one character and setting to another so abruptly I had to go back 3 times to figure out what was going on. There are a few of audio repeats that are small, but should have been caught.

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Fun youth fiction.

Revisado: 05-30-18

I enjoyed this fast moving Sci-fi book and the world the author created for it, I look forward to a sequel. The characters are very appealing, if a bit unrealistic.

PLEASE BE AWARE! There is about an hours worth of appendixes after the end of the book, so it ended more abruptly than I expected. I was waiting for certain things that were eluded to to be wrapped up more tightly in that last hour, but it looks like I will have to wait for the sequel.

While this book stands up fairly well to adult LIGHT reading, it does somewhat dwell on the pre-pubescent awareness of the heroin's impending sexuality that made the book feel far more juvenile than it otherwise would. Not a complaint, per se, as it was obviously written with a particular audience in mind. I just think the book has the potential for more of a general audience that may be turned off by this aspect to the book. (I would love to share this with my 12 year old son, but he would be very embarrassed by certain things.) One of the things I enjoy about youth and young adult fiction is that sex is less of a focus in general. In this book in particular, having such a young heroin allowed the author to delve into a certain "sexual" aspect of this future world without going into gritty details an adult book might have gone to or focused on.

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Horrible!

Revisado: 02-15-18

What would have made Mrs. Saint and the Defectives better?

The main character was annoying, shallow and predictably stupid. The book had the makings for a cute/fun story, which is what I expected based on the description. However, the execution was excruciatingly melodramatic.. I couldn't finish it. Narration was ok, but the writing was painful.

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Over the top

Revisado: 11-07-16

A stereotypical, to the point of sounding satirical, romance story. I was brought to the point of laughing numerous times at the absurdity of the plot and dialog. The breathy, dramatic narration enhanced the feeling of it almost being a satire. I could envision it being played on SNL.

I love a charming romance in the style of Georgette Heyer and Carola Dunn. This is NOT one of those.

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Fun

Revisado: 11-01-16

I would say this is a fun young adult book. Well written, imaginative story. Good story and likeable characters. Long, but kept my interest.

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Not my cup of tea

Revisado: 11-01-16

Not what I was looking for. Trite, yet melodramatic. Characters too typecast. I felt I had wasted my time by the end.

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Fun, no sex, historical romance.

Revisado: 11-01-16

A Georgette Heyer style romance. Charming, light and amusing with out the sex. No melodrama.

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Enjoyable light fun, but not fabulous.

Revisado: 11-01-16

Overall it was a light, fun listen, but I found myself easily distracted from it, and didn't mind missing bits. Not sure if I'll listen to more.

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Flat, one dimensional and insipid

Revisado: 08-19-16

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One dimensional, flat characters with no charm. I can tolerate predictable if there is charm and wit, think Gorgette Heyer and Carola Dunn. This has neither. It is tedious and dull. The best thing to be said about it is that it is NOT full of sex.

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