Fortune’s Pawn – Cannonball Read 17

Outer. Space!

Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach

August 8, 2019 by Jake Leave a Comment

Read as part of CBR11bingo: Not in my wheelhouse. If you’re curious about the title, google “Adam Driver Llewyn Davis.” If nothing else, you’ll randomly see Kylo Ren going against Poe Dameron. Science fiction is not my thing but whenever I’m in a Star Wars mood, I crave scifi books. Fortune’s Pawn wound up on one recommended list or another. I always start a book like that and then wonder why I bother. This one was no different. But I gritted through and this is fine, entertaining military […]

“It was stupid not to live your life to the fullest when you could die tomorrow, and I sure as shit wasn’t about to take hell for that from some macho skullhead idiot.”

September 10, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was fun! I think I might have had even more fun with it by audio, or hard copy, but all my library had was the e-book. I don’t know why, but I have a really hard time maintaining focus on e-books if they’re not romance. Anyway, hard copy or audio for the sequels, most definitely. Devi was a fun protagonist. She is extremely good at her job, and she is very ambitious. She wants to be a Devastator, the most elite fighters on her […]

There’s a sexy cook, but this heroine’s heart really belongs to her space armour

May 11, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

I picked up this book because one of my favourite authors, Ilona Andrews, recommended it on her blog. I don’t normally like science fiction all that much, but this seemed to be focused more on action and adventure, and I’ve liked recommendation from her blog before, and figured I’d give it a try. Deviana “Devi” Morris is a professional mercenary, and has pretty much risen as fast and as high in the ranks of the elite corps of the Blackbirds as she can go. Her dream […]

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