Mini Book Review: Full Speed to a Crash Landing by Beth Revis

Full Speed to a Crash Landing (Chaotic Orbits #1)
Publisher: DAW
Pub Date: 6 August 2024
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera Novella

Panda Rating:

(4 pandas)

๐Ÿ“– SYNOPSIS

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 looterโ€™s rights wonโ€™t get her far when sheโ€™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 crewโ€”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 doesnโ€™t careโ€”all that matters to her is enjoying their fine food and sweet, sweet oxygenโ€”until Rian White, the government agent in charge, starts to suspect that thereโ€™s more to Ada than meets the eye. Heโ€™s not wrongโ€”but heโ€™s so pretty that Ada is perfectly happy to keep him paying attention to herโ€”at least until she can complete the job she was sent to pull off. But as quick as Ada is, Rian might be quickerโ€”and she may not be entirely sure whoโ€™s manipulating who until itโ€™s too lateโ€ฆ

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.

I read this as a book recommendation to fulfill one of my reading challenge prompts and after hearing so many good thing about it, I’m glad to say that I get it! I have to be honest and say that I was initially worried when I first picked it up and wasn’t vibing with our FMC. Ada was… A lot to begin with and she kind of rubbed me the wrong way with her attitude. It was overenthusiastic manic pixie but then almost immediately after, we’d get a different side to her that got me thinking: what exactly is going on here?!

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