Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Nov 15, 2013 Christal rated it really liked it

Shelves: arcs, favorites, 2013-favorites, female-lead, sci-fi-aka-lasers, mind-bullets, lesser-known-creatures, assassins-spies-and-mercs, aliens, other-worlds

4.5 stars

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Fortune's Pawn by Rachel Bach (aka Rachel Aaron) was a pretty damn awesome read! I've seen it described as "Kate Daniels in space" and I can get behind that description, but I would say this is perfect for anyone that loved the Sirantha Jax series as well. You get some nice science fiction elements mixed with a kick-ass heroine and a romance that you will either love or hate. There is also an interesting mystery with major poli ...more

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Dec 12, 2013 Marla rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mystery, girl-power, recommend-frankie, paranormal, adventure, favorites, romance, series, challenged, new-adult

Wow, I haven't been reading much sci-fi lately, but this was excellent! If you like tough, sassy heroines, romance, great world and species building, a mystery, intriguing aliens and violent fight scenes, this is definitely the book for you!

I read this book to satisfy a hard sci-fi challenge, but I am reading the next book as soon as I can get it from the library. Thank you GoodReads readers for rating it so high that I picked it for my challenge.

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Jan 04, 2017 Katyana rated it really liked it

Shelves: sci-fi

This is a tough one to review.

I loved it - I didn't put it down at all yesterday - but at the same time I'm angry.

Because the only character I like is Devi now. Fuck Caldswell. I don't care what he's doing. Nothing can justify what he's done. And fuck Rupert. (view spoiler) And that's hard, because it seems likely that he's the hero, and I despise h ...more

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