The book opens with a prison break of an impossible-to-escape prison as a key plot point. However, uneven pacing and unconvincing characterization left me thinking the best word to describe the book is simply “meh.” This should have been action-packed, badass, overall fabulous. This is one of those reviews where I start out by saying “the premise is great, but the execution just wasn’t there.” It’s a book about a protagonist called “The Bloody Baroness” and her band of all-female space pirates. I have no opinion on whether she “deserves” her book deal or the positive reviews from other Booktubers who “probably know her.” My review is my own impression of the book. I had no idea who either of the authors were I don’t watch Booktube and didn’t even know Sasha Alsberg has a large following there. I had no idea there was some controversy surrounding this book until after I had read it. As the Marauder hurtles toward the unknown, and Mirabel hangs in the balance, the only certainty is that in a galaxy run on lies and illusion, no one can be trusted. The pieces of her deadly plan are about to fall into place, unleashing a plot that will tear Mirabel in two.Īndi and her crew embark on a dangerous, soul-testing journey that could restore order to their shipor just as easily start a war that will devour worlds. Meanwhile, across the galaxy, a ruthless ruler waits in the shadows of the planet Xen Ptera, biding her time to exact revenge for the destruction of her people. To those aboard her glass starship, Marauder, however, she’s just Andi, their friend and fearless leader.īut when a routine mission goes awry, the Marauder‘s all-girl crew is tested as they find themselves in a treacherous situation and at the mercy of a sadistic bounty hunter from Andi’s past.

Most know Androma Racella as the Bloody Baroness, a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy.

Zenith lindsay cummings