3.3 Book review: Adrift by Isabelle Adler

Space, the final frontier, filled with dastardly pirates, corrupt military spaceship captains and dashing smugglers.


Now, with M/M romance into the sizzling mix!

An ace-ace-pilot, and a smuggler with a heart of gold vs pirates and corrupt military! M/M- but in the most casual way that just makes no show of the relationship being anything more than normal.

You can tell this novel was researched and the universe was fleshed out. The little details when the characters are strolling around in low-gravity, the atmosphere in locales are all very strong. I had actual chills when reading the ancient alien spaceship scenes, very H.R.Giger designs were curling in my head at the architecture.

The beginning was a little slow to warm up, but the characters were solid and likable.
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Adrift cover from Goodreads
I read the last half of the book in a single sitting as it accelerated pretty well into a fun and fast paced run. I found the climax really satisfying. For those wondering about the heat level of the romance subplot, it's very mild and sweet. The characters falling for each other was very believable (I'm so over insta-love) and I really enjoyed their slow-burn cookie-sweet development.
Also, without spoilers, Isabelle's use of chekov's gun is superb and was a great 'homg, I didn't think that would come back from so early on!'  

The characters get messed up and hurt, which I love. The thing I loved the most was the common sense of Spears- bordering on spoilers, there is a moment when he realizes precisely how hinky something is before Ryce because Spears has wisdom and common sense. Street smarts if you will. And he follows that conclusion through to its natural end. There's none of this naive 'oh but people would never be dastardly,' from Spears. It's refreshing as naive characters can be really tedious.

Overall, I really enjoyed and look forward to the second book in the series!

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About the author:



Isabelle Adler writes M/M romance, sci-fi, adventure, and fantasy.
She has been a voracious reader from the age of five and always dreamed of one day putting her own stories into writing. She loves traveling, art, and science, and finds inspiration in all of these. Her favorite genres include sci-fi, fantasy, and historical adventure. She also firmly believes in the unlimited powers of imagination and caffeine.

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