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r4ch4elreads's review against another edition
4.0
I haven’t found many science-fiction novels that I have truly enjoyed, but this one ranks high above most. I found Rachel’s story totally compelling, her struggle to protect her child shines through as both the most essential and moving elements of the entire novel.
Having already read [b:A Sad Jar of Atoms|24608518|A Sad Jar of Atoms (Glass and Iron)|Monica Enderle Pierce|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1421813834s/24608518.jpg|44219078] I knew I had to read the full novel that followed those early events to discover ‘what happens next’. I was not disappointed. The characters, both good and bad, are the driving force behind this story. I was completely absorbed by Rachel and her family; living with them on the outskirts of society, feeling their joy, their fear, their distrust.
The next short story in the series ([b:Rust and Ruin|25154935|Rust and Ruin (Glass and Iron)|Monica Enderle Pierce|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1426526360s/25154935.jpg|44857240]) is now out, so I’m off to indulge in a little more of this intriguing world...
The author has given us something original here, and she is certainly one to look out for in the future, I truly look forward to reading more of her work.
Having already read [b:A Sad Jar of Atoms|24608518|A Sad Jar of Atoms (Glass and Iron)|Monica Enderle Pierce|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1421813834s/24608518.jpg|44219078] I knew I had to read the full novel that followed those early events to discover ‘what happens next’. I was not disappointed. The characters, both good and bad, are the driving force behind this story. I was completely absorbed by Rachel and her family; living with them on the outskirts of society, feeling their joy, their fear, their distrust.
The next short story in the series ([b:Rust and Ruin|25154935|Rust and Ruin (Glass and Iron)|Monica Enderle Pierce|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1426526360s/25154935.jpg|44857240]) is now out, so I’m off to indulge in a little more of this intriguing world...
The author has given us something original here, and she is certainly one to look out for in the future, I truly look forward to reading more of her work.
jessschira's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. It's a great read, featuring a MC who's strong, self-reliant, and able to roll with some pretty nasty punches that fate insists on handing out. I don't have time to write a reviews right now, but as soon I get a chance I'll post a complete one.
*edit* Just reread this book and loved it even more the second time around. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel.
*edit* Just reread this book and loved it even more the second time around. I'm looking forward to reading the sequel.
suzjustsuz's review
3.0
There were things I quite liked about this book, but the things I didn't like were pretty glaring.
Pierce knows how to put a character through the ringer. The amount of abuse heaped on the heroine of this story is epic, right up there with an Anne Bishop heroine. It's so ongoing I became desensitized to it and just started expecting not only for her to be abused but for her to rationalize away any reason to stand against it. I did NOT like this part of this character, which is interesting because in spots she's plucky and "steel-spined" and brave. It's just inconsistent as hell.
I wanted to get on board with the romance and ship the H/h, but I kept feeling like I was getting whiplash from the way it happened. The transitions from not trusting to being all in were too quick and didn't make sense to me, nor did the heroine's transition from being angry about being deceived by her lover to being all in again. Those transitions didn't make sense to me, they read like I had missed a chapter or something. Besides, I'm a very hard sell on the Stockholm Syndrome trope and this book is one, of a sort.
As mentioned in a previous status update on this book, there wasn't a lot of morally nebulous characters here. Most of it was pretty black and white with only a few exceptions. The story is such that it could develop into more interesting and layered characters, but by and large most of them are 2 dimensional.
All that negativity aside, it's an interesting and exciting story that I intend to finish, which I'm sure that cliff hanger ending was supposed to assure and which only served to make me have to struggle against my knee-jerk tendency to write off cliff hanger series.
But this isn't a series, it's a duology, so I will finish it. But I'm still not sure I will read more of this author's work. Perhaps I will decide by the end of the next book.
Pierce knows how to put a character through the ringer. The amount of abuse heaped on the heroine of this story is epic, right up there with an Anne Bishop heroine. It's so ongoing I became desensitized to it and just started expecting not only for her to be abused but for her to rationalize away any reason to stand against it. I did NOT like this part of this character, which is interesting because in spots she's plucky and "steel-spined" and brave. It's just inconsistent as hell.
I wanted to get on board with the romance and ship the H/h, but I kept feeling like I was getting whiplash from the way it happened. The transitions from not trusting to being all in were too quick and didn't make sense to me, nor did the heroine's transition from being angry about being deceived by her lover to being all in again. Those transitions didn't make sense to me, they read like I had missed a chapter or something. Besides, I'm a very hard sell on the Stockholm Syndrome trope and this book is one, of a sort.
As mentioned in a previous status update on this book, there wasn't a lot of morally nebulous characters here. Most of it was pretty black and white with only a few exceptions. The story is such that it could develop into more interesting and layered characters, but by and large most of them are 2 dimensional.
All that negativity aside, it's an interesting and exciting story that I intend to finish, which I'm sure that cliff hanger ending was supposed to assure and which only served to make me have to struggle against my knee-jerk tendency to write off cliff hanger series.
But this isn't a series, it's a duology, so I will finish it. But I'm still not sure I will read more of this author's work. Perhaps I will decide by the end of the next book.