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A review by jess_mango
Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira by Lou Diamond Phillips
4.0
First off.... Yes the author of this book is THAT Lou Diamond Phillips of La Bamba and Young Guns fame. When I was offered the chance to review his new book I was curious and said sure.
Tinderbox is a retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name....but IN SPACE! Its got a healthy dose of both sci-fi and fantasy. Generations ago, a planet shattered in two due to a mining incident. Now the two separate planets of Mano and Indira orbit together in view of two suns. These two planets are in near constant war with each other. The King of Mano fears a prophecy about the end of his reign that involves a soldier marrying his daughter, Allegra. Of course, there are members of the king's court who are working covertly to make sure the prophecy comes true. When Prince Everson from Indira is left for dead on planet Mano after a clash between the two planet's armies, a Mano's seer recruits him for a quest to get a Tinderbox...and so it begins.
This was a fun ride, though I do admit I had to really push myself through the first 15-20% of the book, but once I got into the story and had a grip on what was going on, I just went with it. It definitely had that fairy tale (IN SPACE!) feel with a bit of a Romeo and Juliet love story thrown into the mix. In my personal opinion the book could have used a bit more editing to trim the fat and make it flow better, but I see that most others seem to have been fine with this, so probably just my personal preference.
I'd rate it somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars.
What to read while listening...
Prophecy by Son Lux
Cities in Dust by Siouxsie and the Banshee
Splitting the Atom by Massive Attack
The Seer's Tower by Sufjan Stevens
Wandering Star by Portishead
Alberto Balsalm by Aphex Twin
The Night We Met by Lord Huron
Daddy Issues by The Neighborhood
Thank you to the author and the publisher for the review copy!
Tinderbox is a retelling of the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name....but IN SPACE! Its got a healthy dose of both sci-fi and fantasy. Generations ago, a planet shattered in two due to a mining incident. Now the two separate planets of Mano and Indira orbit together in view of two suns. These two planets are in near constant war with each other. The King of Mano fears a prophecy about the end of his reign that involves a soldier marrying his daughter, Allegra. Of course, there are members of the king's court who are working covertly to make sure the prophecy comes true. When Prince Everson from Indira is left for dead on planet Mano after a clash between the two planet's armies, a Mano's seer recruits him for a quest to get a Tinderbox...and so it begins.
This was a fun ride, though I do admit I had to really push myself through the first 15-20% of the book, but once I got into the story and had a grip on what was going on, I just went with it. It definitely had that fairy tale (IN SPACE!) feel with a bit of a Romeo and Juliet love story thrown into the mix. In my personal opinion the book could have used a bit more editing to trim the fat and make it flow better, but I see that most others seem to have been fine with this, so probably just my personal preference.
I'd rate it somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars.
What to read while listening...
Prophecy by Son Lux
Cities in Dust by Siouxsie and the Banshee
Splitting the Atom by Massive Attack
The Seer's Tower by Sufjan Stevens
Wandering Star by Portishead
Alberto Balsalm by Aphex Twin
The Night We Met by Lord Huron
Daddy Issues by The Neighborhood
Thank you to the author and the publisher for the review copy!