Book three of Amanda Bridgeman’s Aurora series
continues the adventures of the crew of the spaceship Aurora, which makes sense
really. In particular, it focuses again on the two main characters Captain Saul
Harris and Corporal Carrie Webb.
I really enjoyed Aurora:
Meridian. It has all the elements that made the first two books great; Lots
of terrific action and spot on story pacing and development. Sharley and his
crew continue to be great villains and just enough of their plans and motives
are revealed to keep the tension and interest.
There was just one thing, well two things,
which bothered me. Both Carrie and Saul do something really dumb. For no good
reason except that their actions advance the plot or provide more tension.
Carrie’s dumb thing comes first, a
choice to take a course of action that makes no sense. It’s bad enough to make
me wonder why everyone thinks she is so special. However, the outcome does lead
to an important plot development. Does that make it okay? I am very keen to
find out what happens next.
For Saul it’s an out of the blue family
twist. His reaction to this family thing causes him to miss something really
important. I don’t think it should have, but it did. This continued an ongoing
tension in Saul’s story line that I would like to see resolved. However, I don’t
think it will be any time soon.
Besides these two annoying things, I
really enjoyed Aurora: Meridian and want to read more. I will be buying the
next book in the series, Aurora:
Centralis, as soon as it comes out. That is a cool name.
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