June 19, 2012

An Adventure And A Romance - Book Review

Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity - Cherie Reich
(book one of the Gravity Trilogy)
Publishers - Surrounded by Books Publishing
Genre - Speculative Fiction - Soft Science Fiction - Space Romance
Ebook - Novelette - 60 pages, Price $ 0.99
Available at Amazon Kindle Store




Blurb:

A Futuristic Space Fantasy Novelette
Homesick upon the SS Perseid, Linia, a young linguist, thinks she signed up for a mission of peace, but her crew members have another plan: attack the planet Medusa.
Bored with his dying planet, Alezandros, a space cruiser pilot, joins the Medusan army in his quest for adventure.
When the SS Perseid clashes with the Medusans' cruisers, Alezandros and Linia's lives intertwine. Sucked through a wormhole, they crash upon a post-apocalyptic Earth and are captured by cannibals. In adjacent cells, Alezandros and Linia cast their differences aside for a common bond: escape. But when romantic feelings emerge between them, they might do the unthinkable because for a Medusan and a Persean to fall in love, it would defy gravity.


This is a novelette by fellow blogger and author Cherie Reich.
It tells a story that starts of with both, depressing aspects of a planet peopled below the surface and the sinister strategy of a enemy planet that seeks to launch an attack via a space mission under the guise of exploration.
The author interweaves Greek mythology with a battle in space with its own set of unexpected.consequences.
The protagonists, Alezandros and Linia's lives gets complicated as they end up travelling through a wormhole and landing on a hostile, damaged, old Earth.


How they end up prisoners in the same camp unknown to each other, wrestle their hostile captors and escape using their special powers, and the budding romance between them in the process forms the rest of it.


The author has clearly taken the effort to build different planet worlds, races, language while keeping  it all in sync with the basic characterisations of the myth.
She has created believable characters whom you can't help but root for.


This is a soft science fiction of danger and romance. The length of the work makes it difficult to create a more scientifically layered world. Hence, this may not appeal to science fiction aficionados of the hard and soft genres alike.


I would recommend this pleasure read to first timers to science fiction and to romance readers who enjoy varied settings specially out-worldly and other worldly. And lovers of short fiction would enjoy this.

For the writing and the interesting premise, the book gets a between 3.5 to 4/5 rating from me.


Personal Disclaimer: This book was an original purchase used for the purpose of review, hence the post in entirety is my basic impression after reading the book. It is not based on intervention by the author or publishing house.

12 comments:

Cherie Reich said...

Thank you, Rek. :)

M Pax said...

I hope to get around to Cherie's book soon. Great review, Rek.

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Great review for Cherie!

Michael Offutt, Phantom Reader said...

Huzzah for Cherie. She's been getting a lot of feedback as to the length of the piece. I liked it how it stands but would have probably wanted at least a hundred pages more. But I love her writing. She should be proud of your review :)

Charmaine Clancy said...

I'm trying to immerse myself in new genres so this might be one for me to try :)

Misha Gerrick said...

I loved Defying Gravity. In fact it's my favorite one of the series. :-)

Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...

Sounds like Cherie has a brilliant, creative mind. I'm in awe just reading your review.

I'm also in awe of you - how you find the time to do so much reading and writing. You inspire.

xoRobyn

michelle said...

Wow! Combining Greek myth with a space battle... that's a new one for me... really intriguing and sounds innovative too...

Leigh Covington said...

ooh! Nice review. I haven't heard of this and I've read little sci-fi. It sounds interesting. Glad you shared.

Morgan said...

Hi Rek! I wanted to drop in and say thanks for signing up for the "What If?" blogfest... I'll be so excited to participate with you! <3 <3 <3

Anonymous said...

Great review... congrats Cherie.

Pat Tillett said...

Nice review Rek! I think I will check it out. Which means my list gets longer and longer...

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