The Consortium Rebellion – Cannonball Read 17

Love in the stars

Hunt the Stars by Jessie Mihalik

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

December 30, 2022 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

I’ve heard only great things about Jessie Mihalik’s books from Cannonball Read. I already had Polaris Rising on my shelf, but I read Hunt the Stars first. Since it was selected by The Ripped Bodice’s fantasy romance book club, it got moved into the rotation. The first Starlight’s Shadow book introduces us to Tavi and her space crew. They are space war veterans who use their skills now as bounty hunters. The war may be over with the Valoffs. However, most humans don’t trust this […]

A space action romance that has me looking forward to book two.

Polaris Rising (The Consortium Rebellion, #1) by Jessie Mihalik

March 2, 2020 by narfna 6 Comments

I actually liked the plot and the world better than the romance, so, not my fave there. (Alphaholes are not my thing at all.) But I still liked it! This series takes place in the future, an unspecified amount of time from now, in which the Earth was rendered uninhabitable, and the governing of human society has evolved into a Consortium of three powerful families who rule absolutely (and have retaken Earth for rich people, by invitation only). There are spaceships and faster-than-light travel, advanced […]

Basically a princess and bodyguard romance, but in Spaaace!

Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

December 7, 2019 by Malin Leave a Comment

This is the second book in a series. While this book can be read independently, there are details to the world building and continuity that’s better explained in book 1, Polaris Rising, so you may want to begin with that one. Official book description: Bianca von Hasenberg did her duty for High House von Hasenberg and ended up trapped in a terrible marriage. When her husband dies unexpectedly and leaves her a happy widow, she vows never to marry again. Instead, she uses her connections to […]

Did you think I just sat around wearing pretty dresses and going to balls all the time?

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

Aurora Blazing by Jessie Mihalik

October 24, 2019 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Polaris Rising and Aurora Blazing are the first two books in Jessie Mihalik’s three book series, The Consortium Rebellion. The Consortium Rebellion focuses on the sisters of the powerful House von Hasenberg and is half science fiction and half romance. In Polaris Rising, Ada von Hasenberg, the 5th of the 6 von Hasenberg children, has been on the run from an unwanted arranged marriage. Captured by mercenaries, Ada finds herself in a holding cell with Marcus Loch. Loch is a notorious criminal and former soldier, accused of […]

Kissing and scheming and spaceship stealing

Polaris Rising by Jessie Mihalik

June 11, 2019 by Malin 2 Comments

3.5 stars From Goodreads: As the seventh of nine children, Ada von Hasenberg knows that her only value to House von Hasenberg is as a political pawn in an arranged marriage. But after watching two of her older sisters get auctioned off to horrible men, Ada refuses to play her part. She flees off-planet and disappears for two years. Ada’s father, fed up with her rebellion, offers a bounty for her safe return. The universe is a big place, but mercs are everywhere, and Ada […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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