Maria Hammarblad

I received a free copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. In Book 1, Alex awakens on a Starship, and at first she thinks she’s dreaming. After all, her doctor looks like a cat-woman, and her assistant looks like Alex’s favorite rockstar. It has to be a dream, right? She has no memories of the last year or so. When she has fully awakened, they tell her the year, 2577! Not only that, she died trying to save Adam. Who is Adam you ask? Well just the coolest non-human I know! She now has to make this Spaceship her new home. She’s 500 years in the future, the Earth she knew no long exists. As a matter of fact, she could easily be called an ancient artifact!

This was a really neat series of novellas. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was so hooked; I read the entire thing in one day. It had so many twists. The action and adventure was exciting and nonstop. The character descriptions were amazing; you could actually visualize these interestingly unusual aliens. Some parts reminded me of Star Trek, which made it even more awesome. There’s even romance mixed in, truly unique couples you fall in love with. This is a must read for any sci-fi fan!
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I received a free copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. Jenny Moore starts the New Year with high expectations of great things. Little did she know that it would happen right in her office. In walks Alexei Roshenko, a Russian Captain, man of mystery with a sexy accent. The chemistry is instant, they’re inseparable. Will she still love him when she finds out his secrets? How far will he go to keep her safe?

There was quite a bit more romance than I’d expected in this book. It starts of a little slow in the beginning, but if you can stick with it, it certainly picks up the pace about halfway through. I thought it was interesting how committed Alexei was from the very beginning. Jenny seemed very trusting, when Alexei gave her a glimpse of his past. After hearing it, I’d personally would have run and not look back. It was very exciting in the second half of the book and things get really interesting. All in all, a great novel filled with romance and suspense.
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Conversion itself was a really imaginative undertaking one that really had its merits.
Of novella length, this was surprisingly well written and engrossing: A young girl on the run from a terrifying fate just trying to survive on a technology doomed planet.
The widely used nanites have evolved beyond there original purpose: putting everyone who comes into direct contact with those infected at risk of succumbing and becoming a mindless puppet themselves.
This is the sci-fi adventure and love story of Rhodesia and Roy Planter both inhabitants of there doomed planet: both just trying to survive by whatever means necessary in a world falling apart at the very seams.
So this was told completely from Rhodesia's POV: always a risk when trying to build a romantic connection as this is sometimes hard to achieve with such a narrow perspective.
I believe Conversion would have been better served if both POV's had been used to portray the budding romance developing between our two young lovers as I did fail initially to connect with both Roy and Rhodesia as a connected and in love couple.
I just wasn't feeling the love myself if I'm being honest here.
This is also where Conversion lost marks for me: the sci-fi aspect of this was better done than the romantic side of things which really was a shame.
It was also unclear to me if these two had sealed the deal or not: really couldn't sus that one out at all: this side of there relationship was made extremely unclear and was retold in a very obscure fashion indeed.
It was only near the end when Roy was asked how he would tell Zam that he was sleeping with his baby sister that I knew for sure.
I know this was primarily a YA read but still a touch more clarification could still have been given especially considering it was implied at the end these two were in an actual carnal relationship.
The ending for me was also a bit too easily resolved as well.
So this for me had its ups and downs and while for the most part, I did enjoy this with some added character growth and maybe some lengthening of the original story this could be so much more than what it actually was.
All the bare bones are already here to work on: this just for me had a little something missing.
I still adored the original premise: it really did catch my initial attention and as I mentioned earlier this authors writing style was also a hit for me.
So yeh this really shows great potential.
I voluntary reviewed a copy of Conversion.
All opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
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