Half Share

eBook, 252 pages

English language

Published Feb. 16, 2010 by Ridan Publishing.

ISBN:
978-0-9825145-9-7
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3 stars (16 reviews)

SIX MONTHS IN THE DEEP DARK. FOUR VERY DIFFERENT WOMEN. ONE MAN DISCOVERS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A SPACER. It's a time of change on the Lois McKendrick. Sarah Krugg joins the mess deck and Ishmael Wang moves to the environmental section. Just after getting accustomed to life aboard a solar clipper, Ishmael must learn a whole new set of skills, face his own fears and doubts, and try to balance love and loss in the depths of space.

Both Ish and Sarah must learn to live by the mantra, "Trust Lois." For Sarah, there is the hope of escaping a horrifying past. For Ish, he must discover what type of man he wants to become and learn the consequences of his choices.

Return with the crew of the SC Lois McKendrick, as you set sail in the next installment of the Trader Tales of the Solar Clipper Series. …

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2 stars

I liked the first book quite a bit, but this one has some issues. It's OK right up to where the protagonist changes departments (which is fairly early in the book) at which point it becomes "the tale of how Marty Stu discovers he has a magic butt and acquires a platonic harem."

At one point in the story, he literally changes the lives of at least three women simply by stripping to his briefs in front of them.

It's a challenge to write fiction in which there isn't a clearly defined antagonist or crisis for the protagonist to overcome, and still make it interesting. The author pulled it off in the first volume, but largely fails in this one.

I might check out the next book in the series, but this one was disappointing enough that I might not.

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