Book review: Blades of Winter - a Novel of the Shadowstorm
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I took my time reviewing Blades of Winter: A Novel of the Shadowstorm as I read it twice. I will only reference what the author has shared in the excerpt above so I keep with the no spoilers! I am leaving out a ton of names and such that other reviewers included to let you piece it together as you read along.
The main character Alixandra Nico, a stubborn and sarcastic late teen and former world class gymnast (See excerpt from author above). She lives in the same world we do if the super powers as we know them were totally different based on outcomes that could have happened.
The author has created a world of competing spies, believable weapons and drug enhanced abilities (See excerpt form author above). Alixandra fits right into her role in ExtremeOps dragging you into a firefight and letting you know the author has planned a non-stop ride in this book. I can't think of a place I wished the book had picked up pace or I got bored.
The back story as other reviewers have eluded to involves Alixandra's father who was also part of this spy world and had a big influence on how she acts and her drive to take on more than she should. The alternate world was built perfectly by the author to support his plans for how the spies evolved and how the super powers still compete against each other. Her mother plays a key role in the book and was quite funny to me in her balance between a normal mom and one with a daughter in Extreme Ops.
Some reviewers looked for more details about the entire world layout, but I felt that would be too cumbersome and will let the author use Alixandra to explore and develop information about them as more books come out. He would have needed to dedicate quite a bit to give a good feel in one book for how an alternate turn of events changed who controls what region, country and people.
I look forward to the next book to explore more about Shadowstorm, her father's background and what trouble she gets into next somewhere in the world.
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On Wednesday, September 26th, 2012 by Chris Miller
