Title: Girl from Above 0.5: FallingAuthor: Pippa DaCosta
Genre: Space Opera
Publisher: self
Available: Amazon $0.00 (Kindle) 40 pages
Rating: 4.5
Rater: Pippa
Blurb:
Warning: Adult content.
Caleb Shepperd is a fixer. He'll do anything for credits.
When he's hired to track and kill a woman who's muscled in on a dangerous smuggler's territory, he figures it's just another day in the black...Until he's trapped in a silo with his mark.
'Just another day in the black' could turn out to be his last day alive.
A short story prequel to the bestselling science fiction series 'Girl From Above ~ The 1000 Revolution'.
Can be read at any time before, during, or after any of the main books in the series.
NOTE: This is a short story of approximately 35 pages.
*Originally published in The Galaxy Chronicles 2015 (since modified for re-release).
4.5*
What I liked:
More Girl from Above? Yes, please! Although this didn't feature One - my favourite character of the following series - having forgiven Caleb and still having a question mark over Fran I was more than happy to spend more time in their universe and learn something more about them. Gritty, tense, and action-packed with flawless writing. Just what you need for something to occupy your coffee/tea/beverage of choice break.
What I didn't like:
One of my personal bug bears - too much back matter! Getting to 74% and finding that was the end of the story left me feeling a little cheated. Yeah, I understand that authors want to include stuff to get you to read their other works, and it being a free story, but 25% of it is pushing it for me. Maybe I'm just greedy in wanting it to have been at least 90% story...
In conclusion:
A quick, action-packed fun read that gives some background to the events in the Girl from Above series or a taster to get you started.
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