Jenny Davidson

This book has a really creative setting (kinda alternate historical scifi) and I love the main character, but the whole thing kind of falls apart plotwise. The story doesnt flow very well because it rushes certain parts and then drags others out for far too long. I liked the technical descriptions of things like radios but they seemed out of place. I feel like this was a good idea but needed quite a bit more editing before being published. Lots of good ideas and lines about technolgy, death, gender roles, and society but they get lost in the confusion of the plot.… (more)

It captured my attention right away. Now it leaves me wondering what will help to Sophie and Mikael. The mystery was kind of fun to watch unfold as the story progress. It made you wish that it wasn't the Veteran but when you found out it was him you wanted to fin out who was the mastermind behind it. Even though you wouldn't think it was Nicko Mood that had put this whole plot together in the beginning you begin to see at the end that there was a way and that he was the right person to have done the murdering and bombing just to rise in power.… (more)