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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny
Now reading Kris Longknife: Daring, the 9th in Mike Shepherd's Kris Longknife series -- military SF. Kris is leading an exploration mission searching for an explanation for why Iteeche scout ships have been disappearing. Fearing that aliens are destroying the scout ships, Kris determines to sneak up on them by circling around and approaching the areas where these ships disappeared from a different direction.
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It's been a while since I posted in this thread. I set Kris Longknife to the side for a week to read a review book,
True Calling by Siobhan Davis. I found myself caught up in the plot and the characters, but annoyed as heck at the blatant scientific mistakes in this YA SF Romance novel. The author is from Ireland, but her characters are supposedly from Connecticut. There were some strange 've and 'd constructs that don't sound right for Connecticut in my ear. "I've to remind myself", "we've to perform a dance", "We'd enough information". She also gave away her origins with "light black shimmery off-the-shoulder jumper and pink cami underneath". I found it hard to give the book a rating when I enjoyed the story so much, but the "voice" just grated on my ear.
In addition to
Kris Longknife: Daring, I read
Sir Philip's Folly, another of the Poor Relations series by Marion Chesney (aka M. C. Beaton) and
A Hidden Witch by Debora Geary. I do have to say that
A Hidden Witch was a surprisingly emotional book. I'm eager to pick up the next in the series!