For Alannah Jackson, space is not the final frontier. As a professional travel writer, she strives to create the best and most conscientious travelogues to every visitable planet in the galaxy. But she might have bitten off more than she can chew when she agrees to survey a previously unexplored world. Private investigator Richard Hart is an expert in interstellar human affairs. Weary of idling in space station bars, Richard and his snarky pilot, Eddie Macías, jump at the opportunity to take on an unusual and highly classified mission. (Anything beats retrieving lost pets or sorting out cheating spouses!) The new job whisks them, and their tiny but trusty spaceship, the Colibri, away to a distant solar system. Unfortunately, it's in a corner of the galaxy overseen by a menacing power that's not particularly fond of human involvement. Will Alannah compose the ultimate, authoritative guide to an undiscovered land? Will Richard and Eddie make it home alive and, ideally, paid? There's no planet too distant, no job too strange, for Colibri Investigations!
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The Stellar Snow Job is the first in a new series, and for such a short book, there is a lot packed in here. I'm a huge lover of Sci-Fi, multiple POVs, mysteries and characters with flaws (but who are also likeable) so this was an easy book to love. This also had a cozy mystery feel and whelp those are my jam so all around win on this one.
Short chapters and being under 200pgs had this one flying. It probably helps that I loved the story and the formatting. In between each chapter you get snippets of Alannah's writing, whether from her articles or personal journal. I LOVED this.
I was a bit apprehensive when I started this as Sci-Fi reads usually involve a lot to describe the worlds, species, ships ... you name it. The author does an amazing job describing it all and not leaving the reader confused. HUGE plus for this. Definitely looking forward to more in this series.
I sincerely appreciate the publisher for providing me with a review copy. All opinions expressed herein are mine and mine alone.
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The Stellar Snow Job is the first in a new series, and for such a short book, there is a lot packed in here. I'm a huge lover of Sci-Fi, multiple POVs, mysteries and characters with flaws (but who are also likeable) so this was an easy book to love. This also had a cozy mystery feel and whelp those are my jam so all around win on this one.
Short chapters and being under 200pgs had this one flying. It probably helps that I loved the story and the formatting. In between each chapter you get snippets of Alannah's writing, whether from her articles or personal journal. I LOVED this.
I was a bit apprehensive when I started this as Sci-Fi reads usually involve a lot to describe the worlds, species, ships ... you name it. The author does an amazing job describing it all and not leaving the reader confused. HUGE plus for this. Definitely looking forward to more in this series.
I sincerely appreciate the publisher for providing me with a review copy. All opinions expressed herein are mine and mine alone.
