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sidrar's review against another edition
4.0
I really enjoyed this book. After the last book of the series that I wasn't terribly impressed with, this was a nice return to form with a dramatic raising of the stakes.
lpcoolgirl's review
5.0
This book was absolutely fantastic, though it caused some blows that were hard! Still loved reading it!
vikit's review against another edition
4.0
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Finally it happened, after hoping and waiting for it over the last 4 books Kitty is back on the front line of things. This is the book that has humor, twists and action in a way that the political parts of things take the back seat. I still couldn’t give it a perfect score but for other reasons. Also this review contains minor spoilers, so be aware.
In this installment of the series there is a lot of new information that comes to light; one of these lifts the story onto a whole new level of seriousness. I’m not exactly happy with this particular event because it’s sad but makes the story more believable and ‘realistic’ as much as a book about aliens can be realistic. Because let’s be honest this I the first real loss on the side of the good guys and that’s not really possible if you consider the numerous dangerous missions they encounter during the previous 7 book. That among the gun fights, the explosions and battles nobody gets seriously injured. But for one of these losses I was seriously pissed because the character involved in it didn’t live out his/her potential. On the other hand the second one was the highlight of my reading experience. Good riddance. This particular character just grated on my nerves so much and even in the previous book, too. She is just unsympathetic, stupid and jealous, greedy even and deserved what she got. But somehow the other characters seen her ‘sacrifice’ in an entirely different light. Yeah, they are just biased.
I liked a lot of new development regarding this book and even the bad guy’s structure. Yes they have kind of a messed up mentality, but they are interesting and provide a lot of surprise for the plotlines. And once again everybody wants the children, just for variety sake. I don’t know why don’t Kitty and the team assumes this automatically but whatever. What irked me a bit was how the past enemies just review and come back, why they can’t just stay dead and invent some new ones. And we are still not closer to solve the puzzle of the master mind behind these attacks.
All in all this is a really important book regarding the series. I enjoyed it quite a bit and the author writing is still really good with her tendency to spice up action scenes with ridiculous humor. Can’t wait for the next one and hope the balance between action and politics stays and keeps this level.
Finally it happened, after hoping and waiting for it over the last 4 books Kitty is back on the front line of things. This is the book that has humor, twists and action in a way that the political parts of things take the back seat. I still couldn’t give it a perfect score but for other reasons. Also this review contains minor spoilers, so be aware.
In this installment of the series there is a lot of new information that comes to light; one of these lifts the story onto a whole new level of seriousness. I’m not exactly happy with this particular event because it’s sad but makes the story more believable and ‘realistic’ as much as a book about aliens can be realistic. Because let’s be honest this I the first real loss on the side of the good guys and that’s not really possible if you consider the numerous dangerous missions they encounter during the previous 7 book. That among the gun fights, the explosions and battles nobody gets seriously injured. But for one of these losses I was seriously pissed because the character involved in it didn’t live out his/her potential. On the other hand the second one was the highlight of my reading experience. Good riddance. This particular character just grated on my nerves so much and even in the previous book, too. She is just unsympathetic, stupid and jealous, greedy even and deserved what she got. But somehow the other characters seen her ‘sacrifice’ in an entirely different light. Yeah, they are just biased.
I liked a lot of new development regarding this book and even the bad guy’s structure. Yes they have kind of a messed up mentality, but they are interesting and provide a lot of surprise for the plotlines. And once again everybody wants the children, just for variety sake. I don’t know why don’t Kitty and the team assumes this automatically but whatever. What irked me a bit was how the past enemies just review and come back, why they can’t just stay dead and invent some new ones. And we are still not closer to solve the puzzle of the master mind behind these attacks.
All in all this is a really important book regarding the series. I enjoyed it quite a bit and the author writing is still really good with her tendency to spice up action scenes with ridiculous humor. Can’t wait for the next one and hope the balance between action and politics stays and keeps this level.
kbairbooks's review against another edition
5.0
I have no idea what happened, changed, was inspired, or whatever but it was almost like Gini... cared again? This book wasn’t too political, nothing felt rushed, the action scenes were great, the new plot points were great, evil genius plans were foiled and we are a smidge closer to knowing who the mastermind is! At the start of this book I wasn’t so sure I wanted to continue on with this series but now I have a huge desire to go book shopping for the whole other half of this series! So fun, so fresh, nice sex, great animals, cool characters. So good. Also I loved the development and addition of He Who Shall Not Be Named.
cleocleveland's review against another edition
4.0
This book took me forever to read but I think that was more me than it. Work craziness has wrecked my concentration and even though these are typically "fun" reads, they are packed with characters and plot so you have to keep up. I think this one felt overpacked and that's why I kept reading in small doses. The ending was more emotional than I was expecting and that probably raised my rating. I'm not sure about some of the changes that happened but I'll check out the next one to see.
myntop's review against another edition
5.0
Ok, the first thing about this book is that it's sad. Much sadder than any of the previous books, at least in my opinion. We've had losses before but not to this extent and none so heartbreaking. So that's my warning. Losses aside, we gain a new "friend" that Kitty decides to turn from one of the enemies. We also welcome back someone who's been missing and this is a good and bad thing. What starts out as possibly someone taking over the crusade against the aliens for the defeated previous evil doers turns out to be so much more. It's complicated, it's long, it's sad, but it's great.
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