Hoyt’s rollicking and popular Darkship series, sequel to Darkship Thieves,and winner of the Prometheus Award. So, I give this one 3 stars and call it a Good, But Not My Flavor Read. Darkship Renegades is a finalist for the Prometheus Award for Best Novel.Entry number two in Sarah A. The Shifter series has gotten my attention and may be added to my queue soon. I follow her blog, which I highly recommend. Maybe the sequels do, but I have more books to read than time, so I may never get to them.Īll told, I’m glad to have read the book. There is a whole history in the backstory that begs to be explored. The story was a good one, but it never focused on the parts I was hoping it would. I like to think about the science in my science fiction… otherwise it is ‘magic’ and then I’m reading fantasy, which is a whole other path for me to go down mentally. That’s fine, I can willingly suspend disbelief for the sake of a tale, but do it over and over and I get bored. There is also a frequent requirement to accept that certain things work because…well… reasons. Another quirk of character that was hard for me to swallow was that she is super-callous at first, but is saved by love… meh, that’s a bit too tropish for me, or maybe I’m just a guy and don’t get it. Especially, especially since it was usually her own inner monologue hinting at it over and over (and over) again. Especially since Athena’s refusal to see the obvious made me want to face-palm constantly. Some may like that, but I found it to be too thick for me. Although I like the space adventure, and the genetics behind the world-building, I found it to be much more about the emotions of the main characters.

DarkShip Thieves is an entertaining read, but it is not really my taste.

Darkship thieves by sarah a hoyt