Milk Run

Much more exciting than the first couple Ish books - conspiracies, thefts, assaults, and two boot thirds stepping well up and beyond expectations. Theirs, anyway. Nat is rather like Ish, in that she sees the best in people and tries to make it happen, and mostly succeeds. Aside from the first chapter where she can barely think - it is passed off as shock but she deduces drugs, later. Once that passes it's mostly Zoya who plays the idiot/innocent, allowing Nat to explain all of the Toe-Holds and their culture to her and the reader. Very different angle on things than Ish has - a different culture in the same universe. Not quite as straightforward a path as Ish took, but similarly just doing what needs doing next. Nice point to end this show more book, but of course I'm going on to the next immediately. show less

Another fun, fast paced read from this author. This is just a great Character driven plot that will keep you reading till the end. The author does a great job in his pacing, not leaving any of the usual plot holes or patch efforts you see when stories fail to meet the snuff. If your looking for a quick enjoyable read where your ready to jump to the next book in the series as soon as your done, you have found it.

I liked, Nathan Lowell’s series Traders Tales so I figured I’d like Smuggler’s Tales as well. The story was fine the huge problem I had is that we are supposed to believe 2 young girls just out of the Academy who end up on a smuggling run know more than anyone else. They figure everything out; they make things better they; they have all the ideas. They seem mature beyond their years. While I have no problem with YA fiction this is just to “Kids fix it all” for me. I won’t be finishing this series.

Excellent introduction to a new set of characters in Lowell's universe. Nice to go from the rigid world of ship handling in the clipper series to the more relaxed way of doing things in smuggler space.

Another fun, fast paced read from this author. This is just a great Character driven plot that will keep you reading till the end. The author does a great job in his pacing, not leaving any of the usual plot holes or patch efforts you see when stories fail to meet the snuff. If your looking for a quick enjoyable read where your ready to jump to the next book in the series as soon as your done, you have found it.