✩✩✩✩✩
Admiral Philip Guthrie is alive and kicking—despite an Imperial kill-order with his name on it. Now he’s leading a rebel alliance against the oppressive Imperial forces. Or he would, if he could get his command ship—the derelict cruiser, Hope’s Folly—functioning. If lack of crew and supplies isn’t trouble enough, his assigned bodyguard turns out to be former Imperial assassin Rya Bennton—the daughter of his best friend and first commanding officer. A man whose death is on Philip’s conscience.
Rya Bennton has been in love with Philip Guthrie since she was a girl. But can her childhood fantasies survive an encounter with the hardened rebel leader who is now her commanding officer? Or will her determination to destroy the Empire put not only their mission, but their hearts and lives in jeopardy?
Genre: science fiction romance
Publication date: April 2018
Mature content: yes
Review: Hope's Folly is my favorite book in this Dock Five series so far. While it closely follows the previous two books, it can be read as a stand alone and focuses on related but different main characters. Actually, in terms of writing it's fairly different from the previous two books: it's written in the third person (while the other books were written in the first person) and presents alternate points of view between Phillip and Rya (versus only Chaz's point of view in Gabriel's Ghost and Shades of Dark).
Other than the above, it's still a book filled with great characters (main and secondary), a fast moving plot, a very nice romance, and enough twists and turns to keep you glued to the story from the first to the last page.
I loved Philip (what I could glimpse of him) in the first two books, and he certainly lives up to his fame in Hope's Folly. I did wish we could see more of Chaz and Sully, but even without their presence the story still fits very well within the context of the rest of the series.
Happy readings,
This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Comments
Post a Comment