Jesse

Entertaining Mech Battles but...

Revisado: 05-25-19

This book begins by sticking you in the middle of some tense, nail biting action. Mechs, covert snipers, Guns galore. It's well written and cleverly so at times. It sets up the world of the series as an expansive empire with conflicts and culture. As the first book in the series I believe it sets this world up well along with the overarching plot-line. The only problem I had with it was that I felt the characters were pushed somewhat to the side for the action and plot development. The main character Logen/Slaughter was kind of one note and a bit dim at times. His brother was annoying. The relationship between Logen and Katie lacked chemistry and seemed forced. I could care less about them calling each other girlfriend/boyfriend etc.. Lita Rendell was the star character for me honestly. I would love to read a story about her past with captain Donner Asiola (sp?) and his crew. I hope as the series goes on we'll find out more about their past and that the characters in general become more fleshed out.

On the Narration . . . Marc Vietor is the perfect voice for this story! He can do a cool captain in the heat of battle, grizzled space veterans and aliens and he can keep the pace of battle going at a blistering clip. It got into my head that he sounds kind of like a younger Robert Stack mixed with William Shatner and I couldn't stop thinking that. It was like a swagger and it was perfect.

Anyway, I say if you want some good mech action and battles and don't mind a couple of eye rolling characters this is the series for you.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

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A Lively and enchanting fairytale

Revisado: 12-16-15

What made the experience of listening to Domnall and the Borrowed Child the most enjoyable?

The story was very reminiscent of a great fairy-tale. It had the same magical quality and with Reynold's great accent and voice it was brought to life.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I made more than one outburst of glee, or shock. I was on the edge of my seat.

Any additional comments?

I listened to this story, wide eyed and amazed, feeling like a kid. It was very easy to listen to at work, if not for all the times it made me grin like an idiot. The story was very much like a fairy-tale in tone and subject matter, but the characters were a lot more real to me than most fairy-tales I've read. I would recommend this to an older child ( there's a little bit of suggestive content involving some 'special' dancing) and anyone who's familiar and loves Irish and Scottish fairy-tales involving seelie. My only complaint is that it was not longer! There's so much more that could have been expanded upon, but as it is, this is a very good tale and a fun way to pass a couple of boring hours.

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