Nova: Cred : Alpha Series Book 3 (Badass Security Council Series Book 14) by L. Ann MarieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Complicated
I’d probably give this 3.5 ⭐️ if I could.
This book is about a million in a continuing series. If you haven’t read the others, don’t bother starting here, you haven’t a hope of understanding it. I’ve read all the others and I struggle to follow the complex knot of plot twists and character interactions across the series.
This book follows Nova at the Alpha Rising club. He’s ex-military and served with the VP of another club, so was introduced through him to BSC. He messed up in a previous book and it’s nice to see his character expanded and finding redemption as he takes over as SAA for his club. When he takes over he is stuck with problems made by his previous SAA and some of the people he brought in.
Nova is also taken by surprise to find he has a brother he knew nothing about. Parker was brain damaged as a child and it has left him developmentally challenged in some areas, but he’s still pretty bright. This part of the story was really sweet, but I don’t think it was really explained enough. Everyone just accepted that “oh, look these guys look a bit like each other, they must be related so we’ll do a DNA test.” Then it was accepted and no one followed it up to find out how it happened or why. It felt like a bit of a hole in the plot.
The other main character in this book is Mikey, who was raised at the Mass club with the Princes of Prophecy. Her Dad was an officer, so she got the same education as the other Princes of Prophecy kids, even though she had no special abilities. As a result, she has always been pushed to excel and succeeded at it. She moves to Alpha Rising because after her father died, her mother ran off within weeks of his death and left her behind. She wanted to get away from all the pity and reminders of her situation.
As usual, there is insta-love involved, a bit of external relationship drama and the rest is focused on how happy they are together and working within the club. This is the pattern for all the books, so you shouldn't be surprised. It’s one of the reasons I like them because they are sort of predictable in some ways and totally random in other ways.
As always the plot is complicated, slightly obscure and leaves you scratching your head at times wondering if you missed something. There are often big leaps and you have to struggle to catch up. However, I still love these books and will continue to read them.
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