Patrick Astre

This book starts off quickly with fast action scenes, a strong female lead and an interesting story. It gets bogged down in conflicting details about a third of the way through and never recovers. Our tough heroine suddenly has never been hit before ( hand to hand combat expert) , our hero who has a physical defect, suddenly can perform astonishing physical feats, that even with powers were ridiculous. Spoiler- has a bad arm but swam an icy lake towing the girl. Other inconsistencies spoiled much of the book. Some characters were very well done and others cardboard. Good scenes mixed with poor but with some rewrite would be very readable. The story is interesting.
I received this book free from the author to review.… (mais)

Well... this book is hard to rate because it's like a B movie. If you like B movies, you'd probably think this story deserves a 4, and if you don't like B movies, you'd probably give it a 2.

It's not science fiction as I'd normally think of science fiction - it's more like an alien invasion type thing (think Independence Day but very low budget). The "reality" of the book is current day, not future, so, if the "alien" was from another country instead of another planet, this would be military fiction, not science fiction.

For example, the author describes, in detail, the type of ammunition used, the weight capacities of helicopters, the nature of nuclear fusion, etc... which is good if you like that stuff, but it's not really science fiction, more like science fact (and no I have no idea how accurate the info is because I don't really do much research into how many rounds a specific weapon can hold - so it may not even be science fact).

Lots of stereotypes: genius boy in a wheelchair, cop with dysfunctional relationship, spinster librarian... you name it, the stereotype is in here.

Given all that... the story is definitely finish-able and, while a bit predictable, it has a nice pace.… (mais)