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I don't read many dual-authored novellas, and was incredibly curious about this one. I'd never read anything by Peter F. Hamilton, but really enjoy Gareth Powell's writing. While I enjoyed the majority of Light Chaser, I think that the story it was trying to tell felt a little larger than the novella format could contain.

I loved the concept of this book and really liked Amahle as a character, but something about this book felt just a little off. There are some spoilers ahead because I simply can't explain without revealing a little!

Amahle is told that The Bad Thing is happening, and she blindly trusts her information without any real reason. On a superficial level I understand, however if one is going to take the huge steps she does in order to stop This Thing from happening I feel like there would need to be a lot more than blind trust on her part. This is the point that makes me feel like this story was too big for a novella -- Amahle simply doesn't think about what she's told in any critical way. The entire story hinges on this intense sense of trust and it just didn't feel wise on her part -- to the point of actually making some events of the book really uncomfortable.

Again, I really enjoyed bits of this book, but with a large part of the story feeling unbelievable, it was a good read for me that could have been a brilliant one!