Perfect Gravity
Author: Vivien Jackson
Reviewer: Una
Rating: B
What I’m Talking About:
Perfect Gravity is the second book in the sci-fi romance series, Tether. Overall, I liked this installment though it had a bumpy start.
This book begins before the last book, Wanted and Wired, ended. It was a little disorienting at first as I had thought it was picking up where the previous had ended. We are given a glimpse of Angela and Kellen reuniting since their young love breakup years before. We learn why Angela felt the need to help protect Mari and what happens to Angela after the conclusion of Wanted and Wired.
Kellen is one of Heron Farad’s crew of outsiders that are working to try to make this crazy world better. He first met Angela when they were young at a boarding-type school for highly gifted children. It is there they fell in love. However, though one may be incredibly intelligent progeny – nothing ever makes one intelligent in love. Though I felt that the blame of the breakup was a bit smudged, something remained. They still were deeply in love with each other – even after Angela married her high powered husband and became a Senator.
After learning of the death of Angela’s husband, I really liked that no matter how much Kellen burned for Angela, he held himself back. Wanting to reacquaint himself with her as so many years had passed. There was time where they obviously yearned, but also cautiously stepped around each other as they didn’t want to make a false step. But once they are tied at the hip to protect Angela and save the world – the passion explodes. Though Angela had suffered and come to regret ending things with Kellen, her love for him had never ceased. But the differences in their lives pose one large complication to them being able to have a happy life together.
This is science fiction that isn’t weighted down by the science, but framed and grounded in it. I’m not always sure about the basis of the technology, but it makes sense to me. The volatile nature of politics, shadowy conspiracies and a race to stop the end of civilization are gripping elements in Kellen and Angela’s journey.
Though it was a bit of a bumpy flow, especially with a few huge twists (one that gave me a bit of whiplash), I still liked the overall story. I enjoyed revisiting with Mari and Heron and hope to revisit with Kellen and Angela in the next story. Though I hope we’ll see Garret and Chloe’s story soon. Tether is a witty and gripping science-fiction romance series.
My Rating: B, Liked It
About the Book:
Second in a snarky, sexy sci-fi romance series with the perfect balance of humor, heart, and heat. When someone tries to kill powerful continental senator Angela Neko, Texan outlaw and old flame Kellen Hockley is the only man who can keep her safe…and help her save the world.
Kellen Hockley usually keeps quiet about his past, but once upon a time he loved a girl named Angela. He hasn’t seen her in a decade, but now he has to break the news to her that his team of rogue treasure hunters accidentally killed her husband. He’s had better days…
It’s not the news that’s delivered to Angela Neko that breaks her apart–it’s the rumbly, Texas drawl delivering it. She can’t believe she’s hearing Kellen’s voice again. But there’s no time for distractions. When Angela’s own life is threatened, yielding up all of her lies and secrets, she and Kellen must figure out how to reverse the geopolitical firestorm she lit to save the world, to save Kellen’s cat…and just maybe to save each other.
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Series: Tether #2
Genre: Science Fiction Romance
Format(s): Paperback, e-book
Book Source: NetGalley
Purchase Info:
Amazon
Reviews in Series:
Wanted and Wired by Vivien Jackson (Tether #1)