This review can also be found on Books as portable pieces of thought-blog.This didn’t start how I imagined it would. The confusion could have been avoided had I read the blurb for the second book, but I didn’t and I had a expectations of where Edie and Finn were going. They took a small detour to tw...
2.5 starsSong of Scarabaeus (terrible title) had a good premise and potentially entertaining romance but just never fully took off. The sci-fi world that they visited was intriguing, that being Scarabaeus, but that is a very limited time period and most of the time they spend on the ship. A ship, mi...
The irony is not lost on me that I began this series because it was a duology and am ending it now wishing it was one of those never-ending, seven-and-counting UF Series. If only. Nevertheless, with just two books, Sara Creasy has managed to make me a life-long fan. Although this series can very eas...
Fine, I'll admit it: I lost faith in the science-fiction genre. I did. Completely. Granted, I haven't read all that much science-fiction in the past two years as I may have wanted to, but the ones that I have read have been disasters of monumental proportions. As such, I was a little skeptical about...
3.5 stars a great follow up to the sirantha jax series. It was a great storyline and the whole cypher tech and seeding planets theme was very original. The characters needed a little more umpf. I liked Edie, I just think that she could have been better. I liked the crew members, but a poker par...
2.5 starsIt was nice enough but it didn't keep me glued to the pages. What started out as promising eventually became rather bland and I don't even feel like picking up the sequel despite the cliffhanger ending.
wow, i'm exhausted but so happy! edited to add:The Scarabaeus duology wraps up with an impressive finish that had me breathless with anticipation all the way to the end. Edie and her stalwart protector Finn are trapped and recaptured by the Crib after their attempt to buy the neurotoxin that is esse...
Children of Scarabaeus picks up immediately after the events of Song of Scarabaeus. The story's approach is to assume that the reader has read the first book, which for me, was rather refreshing. No exposition dumps that read like they should be prefaced with a television announcer voice saying, "Pr...
Different. A gentle heroine unlike the usual sci-fi kick-butt taking-names one. The author must have intentionally kept the romance from evolving but I think it was to the detriment of the book in my opinion. Also lots of ambiguity with which side Finn, the hero, is on. I think this is finally d...
In Children of Scarabaeus there is more focus on Edie and Finn, less of the technical jargon, more plot developments, and resolutions to ongoing problems, yet with all Sara Creasy’s amazing world-building the events on Scarabaeus jumped to warp speed and I couldn’t suspend my belief enough to enj...
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