Showing posts with label Jamie Grey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jamie Grey. Show all posts

Saturday, August 30, 2014

{Blog Tour + Review + Giveaway} Athena's Ashes (Star Thief Chronicles #2) by Jamie Grey





Publisher: Clever Crow Press
Release Date: August 26th 2014
Rate: 5/5 - I loved it!

Synopsis:

It’s Renna’s biggest job yet – convincing MYTH leadership that she’s put away her lock picks and is ready to save the galaxy, despite the dangerous implant in her brain. But with the Athena on the run, she’s working solo and facing her most ruthless enemy, the traitor Pallas, who’ll go to any lengths to destroy the MYTH organization. Including framing Renna for a devastating assault on MYTH HQ that leaves their defenses crippled and hundreds dead. 

Now that MYTH believes she’s a dangerous double-agent, Renna escapes their firing squad before they put more holes in her than a pair of fishnet stockings. But the ticking time-bomb in her head is the one thing Pallas needs to complete his master plan and he’s not about to let her get away. Even worse, he’s discovered the only thing that will bring Renna to her knees – threatening Captain Nick Finn.

Out of time and options, Renna’s got one shot to take down the traitor before he annihilates everything she loves, even though winning this battle may cost her everything.

{Details} eARC, 350 pages. Published August 26th 2014 by Clever Crow Press (first published August 23rd 2014). Ebook provided in exchange for an honest review

{Rating} 5/5 - I loved it!

{Review}
"For someone who was supposed to be the best thief in the galaxy, Renna had been spending entirely too much time locked up lately." (eARC, page 1, line 1)
Athena's Ashes is a fabulous follow up to The Star Thief. Well written, imaginative, exciting, with fabulous world building and full of so many characters I love - I loved seeing more of Viktis - including several strong female characters.

Renna becomes a more rounded character in Athena's Ashes where we see more of her past, see her strength of character and the lengths she's willing to go to in order to protect her new family. Yep, Renna the loner is no more. She has a family, people who depend on her and even more shocking - they trust her. At least for awhile.

Nothing is easy for Renna. She's facing the repercussions of the implant, of Pallas, of the struggle against the person who she was before - the way she reacts and the choices she made - and the consequences when tenuous trust is broken.

It's an exciting roller coaster ride of a story and Athena's Ashes wraps up in a satisfying manner while teasing what's coming in book three without the dreaded cliffhanger.

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Jamie Grey spent most of her childhood writing stories about princesses who saved the day and pretending to be a daring explorer. It wasn’t until much later that she realized she should combine the two. Now, as a tech-obsessed gamer geek, her novels mix amazing scientific developments, future worlds, and the remarkable characters that live in them.

Jamie lives in Michigan with her boyfriend and their pets, who luckily tolerate her overspending on tea, books, and video games. You can learn more about her at www.jamiegreybooks.com, or follow her on twitter via @jamie_grey.


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Sunday, March 9, 2014

{Blog Tour + Review + Giveaway} The Star Thief (Star Thief Chronicles #1) by Jamie Grey




The Star Thief (Star Thief Chronicles #1)
by Jamie Grey
400 pages
Publisher: Createspace
Release Date: February 1st 2014
Rate: 5/5 - I Loved It!

Synopsis:
Stealing another galactic secret will get her arrested, but playing by the rules might just get her killed.
At twenty-three, Renna Carrizal is the most notorious thief in the galaxy. There's just one problem - all she wants is to get out of the business.
But after Renna rescues an injured boy on her final job, she finds herself on the run from the mob instead of enjoying retirement. She unwittingly becomes ensnared by MYTH, a top-secret galactic protection agency who offer her a choice - either help them on their latest mission, or spend the rest of her life on a prison ship.
Forced to work under the watchful eye of handsome but arrogant Captain Finn, Renna learns the former mercenary-turned-hero has a few dirty secrets himself. As Renna works to discover the truth about Finn's past and keep the tantalizing man at arm's length, she unearths a plot to create an unstoppable army. The target? The human star fleet.
Now Renna must pull off the biggest job of her career - saving the galaxy. And maybe even herself.

"Renna should have known better than to trust Boyd when he said the job would be easy." (page 1, line 1)
An exciting storyline, great characters, fabulous writing - so much to love about The Star Thief.

I loved Renna. Daring, talented, quick, unapologetic, criminal genius Renna. She has so many facets to her character that even though we spend the entire book with her we've only begun to scratch her surface. She's the kind of character I love to read about.

The mysterious Finn... I spent half the book hating him while begrudgingly respecting the guy. Grey eventually gives us some insight into his past and the choices he made, making me understand him a bit better, but like Renna, there's still a lot we don't know about him.

The storyline is exciting - abductions, various battles, betrayal, sacrifice and an ending that makes me desperate to know what happens next.

Grey has done a fabulous job of setting up the series, I'm still dying to know about the Star, about Renna, about Finn - why he did what he did, the details of the conspiracy and what's going to happen next.

Doesn't it sound fabulous? Now go buy The Star Thief!

Disclosure: ebook provided in exchange for an honest review



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Jamie Grey spent most of her childhood writing stories about princesses who saved the day and pretending to be a daring explorer. It wasn’t until much later that she realized she should combine the two. Now, as a tech-obsessed gamer geek, her novels mix amazing scientific developments, future worlds, and the remarkable characters that live in them.

Jamie lives in Michigan with her boyfriend and their pets, who luckily tolerate her overspending on tea, books, and video games. You can learn more about her at www.jamiegreybooks.com, or follow her on twitter via @jamie_grey.



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