L. Shelby
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- Bottorff, Michelle Rosanne
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- Jamestown, Ohio, USA
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Mid-March Group Read - Frozen Witness, by L. Shelby in Hobnob with Authors (März 2014)
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Apprentice engineer Batiya works on an diesel-powered liner. Her routine is disturbed when a group of foreigners is rescued from the ocean. Even worse, their mysterious pursuers—who seriously have it in for the leader, Chunru—simply won't give up. Batiya is dragged into a series of adventures with Chunru that she probably didn't expect when she signed up to go to sea.
The setting is an alternate world with different cultures, but with familiar technology from around the early 20th Century. So I'd say the flavour is exotic rather than fantastic.
The prose is a very easy read, and I only noticed one typo. There's plenty of action, which I started finding a tad relentless in the latter part of the book. Batiya is a fun and likeable character (the entire story is told from her point of view) although sometimes I found her improbably oblivious to social context. That said, I really enjoyed her verbal fencing with the snootier passengers she met.
I found this book a pleasant and refreshing change from the grimmer books that I've picked up more recently. Highly recommended.… (mehr)