Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis Narrator: Dara Rosenberg, David Bendena
Series: Chaotic Orbits #1
Published by Dreamscape Lore on August 6, 2024
Source: Library
Genres: Science Fiction
Length: 4 hrs 5 mins
Pages: 181
Format: Audiobook
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A high octane sexy space heist from New York Times-bestselling author Beth Revis, the first in a novella trilogy.
Ada Lamarr may have gotten to the spaceship wreck first, but looter’s rights won’t get her far when she’s got a hole in the side of her ship and her spacesuit is almost out of air. Fortunately for her, help arrives in the form of a government salvage crew—and while they reluctantly rescue her from certain death, they are not pleased to have an unexpected passenger along on their classified mission.
But Ada doesn’t care—all that matters to her is enjoying their fine food and sweet, sweet oxygen—until Rian White, the government agent in charge, starts to suspect that there’s more to Ada than meets the eye. He’s not wrong—but he’s so pretty that Ada is perfectly happy to keep him paying attention to her—at least until she can complete the job she was sent to pull off. But as quick as Ada is, Rian might be quicker—and she may not be entirely sure who’s manipulating who until it’s too late…
A phenomenally fun novella that kicks off a trilogy of sexy space heists and romantic tension, Full Speed to a Crash Landing is packed with great characters and full of twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the end.
Full Speed to a Crash Landing is just a fun little book. When we first meet Ada, she is alone on her ship Glory which has a hole in its side and she has less than an hour of oxygen left in her suit. She knows there’s a ship in range to rescue her but they haven’t answered her distress call yet. Eventually, the other ship does answer and lets her onboard, but there is plenty of tension. Ada was salvaging a wrecked ship, but the government salvage crew, especially leader Rian, is suspicious and doesn’t want her knowing what was onboard the wreck.
I listened to the audio. Most of the chapters are from Ada’s first person point of view and I felt like the narrator caught her personality well. She’s clearly smart and resourceful – she has to be to run a salvage operation on her on. She’s also a bit quirky and good at banter. What she isn’t is open about her why she is at this particular crash site and what her plans are. She gives the reader bits and pieces, but I enjoyed seeing her whole plan play out.
The potential romance between Ada and Rian is definitely in the background. Yes, there are sparks, but they both have too many secrets to do more than flirt. The chapters from Rian’s point of view are more of a rather casual report about the whole incident.
I’m not a fan of the almost cliffhanger ending, so I’ll have to pick up How to Steal a Galaxy soon.
About Beth Revis
Beth Revis is an internationally acclaimed bestselling author with books available in more than 20 languages and has toured internationally to meet her fans. Five of her novels have listed in the NY Times.
Beth primarily writes science fiction and fantasy for both adults and young adults. She’s written three books for Star Wars, including the fan-beloved The Princess and the Scoundrel. Her most recent books include the historical romantasy duology starting with Night of the Witch, co-written with Sara Raasch, and a snarky sci fi novella series called Chaotic Orbits.
Beth’s other novels include the bestselling science fiction trilogy, Across the Universe, the dark fantasy Give the Dark My Love, the twisty contemporary A World Without You, and many more.
Beth is the co-owner of Wordsmith Workshops and the author of the Paper Hearts series, both of which aid aspiring authors. A native of North Carolina, Beth is currently working on multiple more books. She lives in rural NC with her son, husband, and dog.
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I’ll be looking for your review of the 2nd one!