Polaris Rising by Jessie MihalikMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Gripping Sci-Fi
This review is based on listening to the book on audio.
For once a Facebook advert paid off and this book was an unexpected gem. I have never heard of the author but the blurb sounded great, and I was delighted to find that it was not a misplaced faith.
Lady Ada is on the run. She is the 5th child of one of the three most powerful people in the universe and she didn’t want to marry the man chosen for her. She has been on the run for 2 years, but was finally snatched by a mercenary crew and placed in a holding cell with one of the most dangerous people alive, Marcus Loch, the Devil of Fornax Zero, a man rumoured to have killed his entire chain of command.
When the man who intended to marry her attempts to snatch her up in order to hold her as a political hostage, Ada and Loch come to an agreement to aid each other in their escape. Ada is terrified but knows Loch is her best bet for escape.
The action starts in this book right from the first page and it doesn’t really let up. Ada is strong, intelligent and cunning. She has been trained from birth to manipulate, never show weakness and be ruthless. She wasn’t trained to be kind, she worked that one out on her own. Her relationship with her parents is awful, but she and her siblings are loving and supportive beyond any doubt.
Loch IS dangerous. He’s a ruthless killer and highly trained by the Royal Consortium, the ruling body of known universe. He’s a hunted man, in part, because he is so dangerous. Loch is also honourable, brave and gentle when needed. Loch and Ada find themselves starting to respect each other, despite themselves.
This high action book is really entertaining and absolutely gripping, in part because of the superb narration by Emily Woo-Zeller. I’ve not heard her narration before and it’s excellent. I’ll definitely be looking out for her work again. She gave a very convincing performance as Ada, and slightly less convincing as the male roles. Her performance overall was enough to dismiss a minor annoyance or two over male voices.
I will definitely be reading the next book in the series, probably in audio form again, because I enjoyed every minute of this book and the narrator’s performance.
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