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See my full review here: http://alyshadeshae.com/2015/10/06/pop-travel-by-tara-tyler/
Disclaimer: I received an ARC from the publisher for an honest review.
Cooper is quickly on the FBI’s radar when his search strings were flagged in relation to having been contacted by Phisner, already on their radar. When a sexy FBI agent is assigned to find out what he’s got, things get even more interesting. There’s a secret tunnel, a global chase, and plenty of interesting and entertaining characters. All in all, this was a delightful soft-sci-fi detective story set in the not-too-distant future with a version of Big Brother that, quite frankly, gives me chills. I can easily see our world ending up like this and it terrifies me.
I give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars because it kept me reading and made me think about the future of our privacy laws in addition to the potential teleportation travel that will one day exist. Maybe not in our lifetime, but we are getting to that point. I did come across one error that yanked me out of the story momentarily, but nothing that totally ruined the story.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC from the publisher for an honest review.
Cooper is quickly on the FBI’s radar when his search strings were flagged in relation to having been contacted by Phisner, already on their radar. When a sexy FBI agent is assigned to find out what he’s got, things get even more interesting. There’s a secret tunnel, a global chase, and plenty of interesting and entertaining characters. All in all, this was a delightful soft-sci-fi detective story set in the not-too-distant future with a version of Big Brother that, quite frankly, gives me chills. I can easily see our world ending up like this and it terrifies me.
I give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars because it kept me reading and made me think about the future of our privacy laws in addition to the potential teleportation travel that will one day exist. Maybe not in our lifetime, but we are getting to that point. I did come across one error that yanked me out of the story momentarily, but nothing that totally ruined the story.
This book was fantastic. My main reason for picking this one was the dragon on the cover (I'm a sucker for dragons - blame [a:Anne McCaffrey|26|Anne McCaffrey|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1323715139p2/26.jpg]) and while there weren't quite as many awesome dragons as I had hoped, there were still some pretty interesting ideas surrounding the dragons that were here. For example, they hatch from rock eggs, but only while surrounded by special plants that become their nests. Most dragons I know of hatch through fire, not plant-life.
I've already started on the next book in the series and I'm hopeful that it will be just as fun and interesting as this one was!
I've already started on the next book in the series and I'm hopeful that it will be just as fun and interesting as this one was!
Absolutely wonderful ending to the trilogy. I didn't completely suspect the "twist" but it wasn't a total shock. I was disappointed for a bit about the twist, but I definitely understood it and I loved how it turned out.
While I didn't necessarily like the solution, I did very much enjoy the book. So much so that I can even see a theme! It's something to the effect of "just because something feels right doesn't mean it is right" or "look before you leap." I have already recommended this book to a few teachers for their students to enjoy.
It's been a while since a new book held my attention so pressingly. There are books that I devour quickly because I want to and then there are those that I devour because I must. I simply couldn't stop reading this book.
That's not to say it's the best book ever, but it's pretty darn good and I really liked the ending! In fact, the ending (well, the ending before the "epilogue-ish" ending) was a very pleasant surprise. I was nearing the end and thinking that obviously it was going to end up dragged into a fourth book (not necessarily a bad thing) and then *bam*, surprise ending! It was unexpected and great. That was the reason for five stars. :-)
That's not to say it's the best book ever, but it's pretty darn good and I really liked the ending! In fact, the ending (well, the ending before the "epilogue-ish" ending) was a very pleasant surprise. I was nearing the end and thinking that obviously it was going to end up dragged into a fourth book (not necessarily a bad thing) and then *bam*, surprise ending! It was unexpected and great. That was the reason for five stars. :-)
Containing a excerpt from the first book and a small story based around Rose, Linden's first wife, this was a quick read. I think it's more designed to draw in new readers to the series because it includes the first six chapters of the book. Then again, maybe that was to add length to justify a higher price? I'm not sure. All I know is the little story at the end was why I wanted this and it was lovely. Nothing earth-shattering, but worth it for me.
I laughed through most of this one. If the previous books were getting repetitive, this one was the worst. "Can't have sex, I'll lose my powers." Oh but wait, she's a control freak and won't tell her secrets, so really it's just, "nope, can't have sex." "But why?" "Can't tell you."
There is, however, one thing I will commend Kresley Cole for - her timeline. As far as I can tell (not that I've been paying super close attention), she's actually managed to keep all her characters on the same basic timeline without any major screw-ups in the order of events. Considering the fact that she is essentially rewriting the same chunks of time over and over but with different characters, that's fairly impressive. Again, I'm not really paying too terribly much attention to this, but I think anything glaringly obvious would have jumped out at me. That one reason is why these books are mostly getting two stars instead of one.
There is, however, one thing I will commend Kresley Cole for - her timeline. As far as I can tell (not that I've been paying super close attention), she's actually managed to keep all her characters on the same basic timeline without any major screw-ups in the order of events. Considering the fact that she is essentially rewriting the same chunks of time over and over but with different characters, that's fairly impressive. Again, I'm not really paying too terribly much attention to this, but I think anything glaringly obvious would have jumped out at me. That one reason is why these books are mostly getting two stars instead of one.