Is this even by the same author as book #1?! If that hadn't been a VFH book club pick I would never have gotten past the first few chapters. Yes, there's so much familiar material worked in here that I can't believe Lucas Film haven't unleashed their lawyers on it, but Rya has a brain, Philip is a silver fox, their universe is about to go up in flames... and I'm having fun! No way is this by the same author! I kept picturing Philip as DI Lestrade in BBC's Sherlock, and not entirely for the silver-haired good looks. It is SO refreshing to read a romance-focused story in which, instead of being an epically dick-ish Alpha Male like Sully in the 1st book in this series, the hero is calm and flawed and talented and able to defer to others with different skill sets without feeling threatened.I kept picturing Rya as Jo Lupo on Eureka: a curvy gun enthusiast, completely certain of her own talents even if her love-life is a bit wobblier, who - unlike 95% of romance heroines - doesn't forget her job & her training & her dignity when the hero enters the room.My main complaints: it was too short. There were characters and incidences that needed fleshing out. Of course, it also needed more Captain Folly. Yay Captain Folly! Ok, I like this one. NOT first person, and also privy to characters' thoughts and motivations. What could have been a bit...awkward...was largely offset by the H's private concerns about that - he was 15 years older than her and had met her as a child. He was bothered both by the age difference and by the fact that her father had been his friend and CO. OTOH, there was an element of hero worship in the heroine's feelings toward him.Something puzzled me - the discovery of the Gritter at such a ah...convenient moment (like deux ex machina in the most literal sense). If the advance crew had gone over the entire ship, how had they missed it? Did they not go into the enviro room at all? Strange... Unless the mole had been the one to find it and since it wasn't installed, hadn't bothered to tell anyone.
What do You think about Hope's Folly (2009)?
Liked her. Thought he was a great commander and a lousy lover. Wanted the cat to piss on his pillow.
—Shiro
It started off well but all the technobabble wore me down. Had to skim at the end.
—chrissy
Loved it. Best book so far in this series. I want more! Loved Rya and Phillip.
—deejay7899
This book was too much fun. My second favorite of Linnea Sinclair's novels.
—Devyn
Action, suspense, space, AND romance? I loved this one.
—fan123
