Name: Rules of Redemption
ISBN: 9781393974642

T. A. (Tobey) White

Rules of Redemption

T.A. White

The war everyone thought was over is just beginning. ﻿Kira Forrest is a survivor. She’s risen above the pain of her beginnings to become a war hero only to leave it all behind in the pursuit of a simple life. Now a salvager, she makes a living sifting through the wreckage of dead alien ships from a war that nearly brought humanity to its knees. After her ship takes damage, she’s forced to re-route to a space station where her past and present collide with dangerous consequences. Kira’s existence holds the key to a faltering peace treaty with the Tuann—a technologically advanced alien race who dislikes and distrusts all humans. Winning her freedom should be easy, but a powerful and relentless Tuann warrior stands in her way. Deceiving him seems impossible, especially when he strays dangerously close to secrets she struggles to hide. Can Kira reconcile the pain of her past with the possibilities of her future? The fate of two races depends on her success.

Lauren Sullivan

Wow, this is exactly the kind of scifi book I love! It's got a strong female character, lots of well-written side characters, and a bit of romance!

While I'm often critical of books that parcel out information in bits and drabs, I think it worked very successfully here. In the first few chapters, we know that a war happened and that our main character Kira served but has a lot of regrets around it. What exactly happened to alienate her from her old squad remains a mystery for a good part of the book, as well as her ultimate motivation for becoming a scavenger. There's layers on layers on layers, and every time I reread it, I find something new. The pacing is tight, with lots of action interspersed with the world building portions.

I loved Graydon, the love interest. While the majority of the book is from Kira's third-person POV, we get a few chapters from his POV that hint that there's more to the Tuann than meets the eye. What I loved the most was that while he's certainly protective of Kira, he also trusts her enough to step back and let her deal with her problems. That's the best kind of alpha male, in my opinion!

Overall, I absolutely love this book and can't wait for the sequel. While it's not as romance heavy as Ilona Andrew's Sweep of the Blade or Jessie Mihalik's Polaris Rising, I think readers who enjoyed those books would also love this one!

Sarah Jones

Love love LOVE this book! The world building is amazing and the character development is outstanding. A book that kept me excited throughout. 

Chris

While listening to this I thought, "It's pretty rough, but passable for a debut." Then I found out this is her 14th book. 

Action-packed, so very easy to read. Very cartoonish, with a lot of the action straight out of Loony Tunes. The characters are all supposed to be 40+, but act like extremely immature teenagers. 

I kept trying to DNF but wanted know what happens next, so in the end it was successful.

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