![]() There was no confusion as to who was who & no voices that were intrusive or annoying. By the end if the 1st book I was used to this narrator & she did a fine job with all the voices. It's told from the point of view of a number of people mostly 2 women & 3 men to the best of my recollection. ![]() That the book isn't told through the eyes of one character is different from most. At 1st I found it odd that it was a female, but throughout the entire series, it's mostly about 2 female characters. The 1st thing I'll be doing when I finish this review is go back & see what else is available by this author. I'll be picking up that next or new series if or when it's available. Book 2's finish, which ended in a satisfying way (not on a cliff hanger, thank you very much!), definitely left room for continuation or a new series to start. (& I don't do that easily, I'm very miserly with my credits & hoard them like a Dragon does this Treasure, saving them for what I feel will be a quality read.) This series just keeps getting better, each book drawing you in more & more than the last. By the end of 2 there was no question in my mind that I had made the right decision to shell out a credit to get it. Fortunately I took a chance & found 2 picked up where 1 left off & only got better. At first I wasn't sure if I wanted to read the 2nd, not sure if it would continue in the vein of the start or the ending of the 1st. The 1st book, which I'd picked up in a 2 for 1 sale, got off to a slow start, but improved along the way & had really picked before the end. I found this 2 book series to be fascinating, fast paced & loaded with space & ground side action. Great series with really interesting unusual characters, lots of bad guys chasing good guys on the run, hunt for a long lost explorer & his once in a lifetime rare metals find, a quirky loveable crew, plenty of corporate intrigue & consummate greed, a newly discovered alien species, a plague, a stranded settlement, piratical Mercenaries & cattle ships (i.e. Although I did like the first book better, this one still adds great depth to the story, their world, and the characters. This would be a great adventure to continue with the crew without being chased all the time. Relations grow closer and we get to travel with the crew to new lands and makes amazing discoveries. We get to learn more about some of the crew and new characters. Once you get past their ridiculous escapes the story is amazing. For example (no spoilers) "oh a locked door, oh no there's a bomb too, oh look someone is also chasing us with a gun, and oxygen is about to run out!" This is not in the story and a bit of an exaggeration but that's how the story feels at times and it makes no sense how they escaped. Every time the crew had a problem there were 9 other things that they had to do to solve the problem and it just seemed highly unlikely and irritating. There are also too many times in the story that seemed just too convenient for the bad guys. And not to continue bashing the story, because I really did like it, but most of the story around Alistar seemed so unnecessary and boring in the beginning. When she was speaking dialogue it was fine, but every other time i was straining my ears to hear. she was so quiet! It almost ruined the story for me. I didn't have an issue with lower tones before but this time around she was almost inaudible.
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