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missmegreads's review
1.0
This book is weak even on the prose level. It needed a better writer and a better editor and obviously had neither.
The relationship between Sherin and TiCara reads as if someone decided that there couldn't possibly be any kind of f/f relationship unless they had sex or were sexual with each other right away rather than building up any kind if actual relationship. I don't require all queer romance to have a slow burn. Sometimes one nice space captain lady meets another nice lady and just wants to get railed like the train's coming in at full speed, but it'd be nice if it made sense for Sherin to jump TiCara's bones that one time in a situation where, frankly, it's not clear that Sherin is in a position to fully and enthusiastically consent because she's not in a clear mental state.
So many things are out of order or not told to us until long after they'd be useful and frankly about 90% of this novel could've been edited away without impacting the story one bit. The author gets tedious and doesn't know how to keep pacing very well.
I gave up around half way through because life is short and there's better sapphic SF/F than this to be had.
The relationship between Sherin and TiCara reads as if someone decided that there couldn't possibly be any kind of f/f relationship unless they had sex or were sexual with each other right away rather than building up any kind if actual relationship. I don't require all queer romance to have a slow burn. Sometimes one nice space captain lady meets another nice lady and just wants to get railed like the train's coming in at full speed, but it'd be nice if it made sense for Sherin to jump TiCara's bones that one time in a situation where, frankly, it's not clear that Sherin is in a position to fully and enthusiastically consent because she's not in a clear mental state.
So many things are out of order or not told to us until long after they'd be useful and frankly about 90% of this novel could've been edited away without impacting the story one bit. The author gets tedious and doesn't know how to keep pacing very well.
I gave up around half way through because life is short and there's better sapphic SF/F than this to be had.
ejimenez's review
2.0
This one wasn't a winner for me. I got about a quarter of the way through and noped out after skimming the last few chapters. There's nothing especially wrong with it, but there's also nothing especially right with it. The plot was predictable and unpleasantly ominous, the characters weren't very interesting, and the writing didn't sing. The main character seemed to only care about money and sex, which is not any more appealing in a queer woman than it is in a straight man.
corrie's review
4.0
”TiCara X273 was a war orphan on FoxCred Corporate Station, a child of barely thirteen cycles, when she saw her first medusa pilot. By then, she had also seen so many other things that to call her a “child” seemed inappropriate. In the eyes of station security, she was a thief, alley scum who could be used for target practice or worse. Hiding in a spaceship docking bay where she might be seen and captured in order to watch the medusa ships come in was tantamount to suicide. She did it anyway.”
I really loved Medusa’s Touch. Emily L. Byrne did a great job with the mythology, the world building and getting in touch with the space-speak of 2345 was no trouble at all. Pilot-Captain TiCara is a wonderful character. From her hard-knock life as an orphan on the streets and later as a bond-slave, her implants, her attraction to Vahn Corp rep Sherin Khan to her love for her ship the Astra and its crew.
I’m going the easy cave girl routine (see what I did there, Michele?) with this one and refer to the fantastic review Cheyenne Blue wrote. I’m too lazy to do it any better (as if, ha!)
f/f
Themes: well-written space romp, ships… stations… space battles… intrigue… trust issues… hot sex… what’s not to love?!
4.4 stars
I really loved Medusa’s Touch. Emily L. Byrne did a great job with the mythology, the world building and getting in touch with the space-speak of 2345 was no trouble at all. Pilot-Captain TiCara is a wonderful character. From her hard-knock life as an orphan on the streets and later as a bond-slave, her implants, her attraction to Vahn Corp rep Sherin Khan to her love for her ship the Astra and its crew.
I’m going the easy cave girl routine (see what I did there, Michele?) with this one and refer to the fantastic review Cheyenne Blue wrote. I’m too lazy to do it any better (as if, ha!)
f/f
Themes: well-written space romp, ships… stations… space battles… intrigue… trust issues… hot sex… what’s not to love?!
4.4 stars
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