
The Acheron: Publisher's Pack
The Acheron, Books 1-2
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Narrated by:
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Tess Irondale
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By:
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Rick Partlow
Contains books one and two of The Acheron series.
The Acheron, book 1
Sandi and Ash never set out to be heroes. She joined the Fleet to please her mother, the Admiral. He signed up to escape the grinding poverty of the Housing Blocks. And the unlikely friends envisioned boring, peacetime careers as shuttle pilots. The Tahni Imperium had other ideas.
Caught in the desperate fury of the Battle for Mars, the two young pilots wind up the last defense against an alien armada, but their war is just beginning. Recruited to fly the Fleet’s newest weapon in this new war, they take the fight deep into the heart of the Imperium and battle not just against the enemy but against incompetent leadership and ineffectual tactics. Can the unconventional strategies of a pair of hotshot young pilots change the course of the war? And when the time comes that a choice has to be made between duty to command and loyalty to a friend, which of the two will be willing to make one last flight alone?
The Prodigal, book 2
Sandi Hollande is trouble...the kind of trouble that gets people killed. On the run from cartel bounty hunters, she turns to the only one left in the galaxy who gives a damn: Ash Carpenter, her old wingman.
She’d saved his life in the war, so he owes her, and his ship, the Acheron, is the perfect way to pay off that debt. She wants to take it and get as far away as possible, but there’s no way Ash is letting the Acheron go anywhere without him. Together, they play a dangerous game with the deadliest criminals in the galaxy and hope they live to tell the tale.
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Another great book from Rick Partlow
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Very entertaining
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Gritty and Dank. Just how war stories should be..
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Book 1, (the first of the two in publisher's pack 1), is excellent, as our two main protagonists serve in the military during the war. I'd note that book 1 is primarily about the female lead, Sandi, and her counterpart, Ash, played only a minor role. The book comes to a satisfying conclusion, although it isn't unrealistic; in other words, decisions have consequences. I'd give book 1 five stars.
Book 2 (in the 2 book publisher's pack) is nowhere near as good as book 1. It feels a bit contrived and almost like a placeholder, or filler. The war is over, and we follow the exploits of Sandi and Ash working for bad guys against even worse bad guys. Some of it was a little over the top and unbelievable, but it was good enough for me to buy the 2nd publisher's pack containing books 3 and 4. I'd give book 2 alone just three stars, hence my overall four star rating for publisher's pack 1.
I will write separate reviews for books 3 and 4, (publisher's pack 2), but I do want to note here that I'm a few hours into book 3, and I'm loving it. So far, in the 3 of the 4 books I've read, the author has come up with clever changes to the plots, so you never feel like you're just reading one long book.
Finally, but of no less importance - the narrator. Tess Irondale is doing an excellent job, and I'm thoroughly enjoying her narration.
Mostly very good . . . some just okay . . .
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the second book was hard because the only character I liked was a small bit part. the main characters just needed a good dope slap and get there act in gear.vdusappointing. story kept rolling despite the unlikeable characters though. not much 8nterest in paying for more stories 9f characters I don't like.
almost good
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Not what I expected
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Not a character I can root for.
very disappointing
too slutty I could not continue.
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This book was pretty bad; maybe it would have read better in text rather than audio. I made it through the 1st book - barely. The ... protagonist... was a whiney, unpleasant and not likeable. Frankly i kept hoping she would die off and let us follow a more intersting character.
The author develops the character but to no avail; she is simply no likeable.
The statagies for the space battles don't make a lot of sense but we still have to listen to every single minute.
As if that isn't bad enough, one point, our main character tells us the back-story of a side character who was killed in a space battle -- why should we care? we never meet the dead character and she never reappears. Just more filler so the author can make their quote to sell books.
I tried to listen to the second book but it was worse than the first, except this was in the 3rd person and you learn to like the main characterr less.
The narator wasn't too bad, but not worth slogging on till the end.
Don't waste your credit.
Boring and Whiney
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