Review:
I loved the first book, and if I’m being honest, this one just wasn’t as strong for me. It felt like it was less focused on the characters and relationships, and more focused on mystery solving and action and plot, and the character development/growth that was there felt a little forced sometimes. I still wanted to review this though because it was still a good book with space adventure and found family and lovable characters, and I definitely plan to keep reading (or listening to) the series, and, well, I don’t like skipping series books in my reviews 😅
I listened to the audiobook, and the narrator, Torian Brackett, was once again wonderful! Different voices, always natural and fitting the scene/emotion. I recommend it.
Overall, I just don’t have much to say about this one, but I’m looking forward to more because I love these characters and am very interested to see how their relationships grow.
Recommended For:
Fans of Book 1 in L.M. Sagas's Ambit's Run series. Anyone who likes flawed characters who pull at your heartstrings, angsty but caring relationships between characters with history, found family, AI learning to be human, casual queerness, and tense space adventures.
More Books in the Series:
Book Review: Cascade Failure (Ambit’s Run Book 1) by L.M. Sagas [Audiobook]
Book Review: Gravity Lost (Ambit’s Run Book 2) by L.M. Sagas [Audiobook]
Second-book syndrome is often very real, so I guess this was just a case of “let’s abandon world-and-character-building for a moment while we up the stakes when it comes to the action”….
Yeah it did feel a bit like maybe this was needed to set things up a bit more or something. Still good, but hopefully the next book will get a bit more focused on the characters and relationships again.