This was a good idea spoilt by the laying out of the story.

Jumping backwards and forwards throughout the story never gives to a good feel.

The ending also leaves a lot to be desired leaving you wondering what happens next?

This was good, not great for me. Creative idea for a plot, and some interesting tech. I'm a hard sci-fi fan and this worked pretty well. The author shows talent, and suspect will get better with more experience.

I really appreciate the ARC for review!!

Almost did not finish this book. Glad I did because the story finally became clear. Authors tend to get too fancy with their plot development, character presentation, and comlicated universes. The story line is very interesting but the writing could have been more to the point and clearer from the git go.

I enjoy reading military sci-fi, and the blurb for this book sounded really amazing.
AND IT WAS!

“Earth's last hope has come from the stars”

Earth is invaded by mechanized AI's and the Farrun Republic, who have been at war with the AI in like forever, have sent a battleship to help mount a defense.
Everything goes wrong with the battleship crashing into Earth, and our heroine, INA finds herself alone and hunted by the AI.
We follow her quest looking for other survivors, especially a fellow soldier she's in love with. During her search, she pretty much single handled wage war on the AI.

This was very intense, and I enjoyed it so much that I couldn't stop reading until reaching the end. Making this an easy 5 star review for me.

After reading the blurb and the other review, I was super keen to get into this, I am a major military sci fi buff, and quite frankly it sounded amazing.

Sadly, I really couldn't get into it. The writing just didn't suit me. When I caught myself skimming really early on, I knew it was time to call it a day.

So, disappointingly, this one's a DNF.

Thank you to netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review
#soldierina #netgalley

Having read Plagued and Nine Hours previously I had an expectation of a good read that would keep me engaged and looking forward to the next chapter, I was not disappointed, I do enjoy a good military sci-fi book and this is certainly that, read it and enjoy because I know I did