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A wild ride stuffed to the cut-lines with humor, heart, and space shenanigans.
May’s humdrum life gets flung into hyperdrive when she’s abducted, but not all aliens are out to probe her. She’s inadvertently rescued by Xan who’s been orbiting Earth in a day-glo orange rocket ship, watching re-runs of “I Love Lucy”.
Seizing the opportunity for a better life, May learns how to race the Audacity and pilots her way into interstellar infamy. Finally, she has a job she likes and a friend to share her winnings with—until the Goddess of Chaos screws the whole thing up, and Xan’s unmentionable past makes a booty call.
If Douglas Adams got punted into a sticky orange pool of feminism and made sweet love to Futurama, you’d have something approximating The Audacity.
Fans of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy will appreciate the style, fans of Futurama will love the blend of laugh out loud humor and feels, fans of Steven Universe will enjoy that Space is Very Gay.
If you’re tired of the same old cynical, militaristic sci-fi and crave characters who genuinely care about each other and an image of life in the Universe that isn’t all gloom and doom, you’re going to have a good time in the Audacity.
A quirky and refreshing addition to the world of sci-fi, this is a book that I absolutely appreciate whilst also recognising that it wasn't quite my cup of tea.
Being a story that is low on romance and high on snark, the description, style, and content seemed like exactly the sort of thing I should have loved. But something just didn't quite click for me. The humour, whilst certainly recognisable, didn't amuse. The characters, whilst interesting and entertaining, never made their mark on me as a reader. I did not feel invested in their journeys or their futures, which is at the heart of the disengagement I experienced for about fifty per cent of the book.
The plot is fairly well-crafted. The humour is consistent and would certainly send plenty of other people into genuine laughter. But somehow both were lost on me. However, I'd still recommend the story to others because I think we need to see less 'cookie cutter' style stories and this certainly does a solid job of cutting its own shape and style.
Connect with Laura Loup here.
Being a story that is low on romance and high on snark, the description, style, and content seemed like exactly the sort of thing I should have loved. But something just didn't quite click for me. The humour, whilst certainly recognisable, didn't amuse. The characters, whilst interesting and entertaining, never made their mark on me as a reader. I did not feel invested in their journeys or their futures, which is at the heart of the disengagement I experienced for about fifty per cent of the book.
The plot is fairly well-crafted. The humour is consistent and would certainly send plenty of other people into genuine laughter. But somehow both were lost on me. However, I'd still recommend the story to others because I think we need to see less 'cookie cutter' style stories and this certainly does a solid job of cutting its own shape and style.
Connect with Laura Loup here.
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