The book begins with Jeth and Celeste attempting to steal one such spacecraft, but it doesn't go according to plan. Jeth and his crew work for the crime-lord Hammer Dafoe stealing spaceships for him. This has an fast-paced start and the action keeps going, but it didn't grab me and pull me into that action. I was surprised I didn't like it, it has a lot of fast-paced actions and the plot doesn't let up, taking you on one adventure after another. For whatever reason, I couldn't seem to connect with the characters and that made it hard for me to want to continue reading. I couldn't finish this because I didn't feel like I was invested in the story or the characters. I will try to explain why I couldn't finish this one, and also why I think others might still love this book.

I need to start by saying that this became a DNF for me at 36%, which was a real shame because I'd been looking forward to reading this since I got accepted for the arc. But when Jeth finds himself in possession of information that both the crime bosses and the government are willing to kill for, he is going to have to ask himself how far he'll go to get the freedom he's wanted for so long.Īvalon is the perfect fit for teens new to sci-fi as well as seasoned sci-fi readers looking for more books in the YA space-and a great match for fans of Joss Whedon's cult hit show Firefly.(Goodreads Summary.) Jeth doesn't care about the politics or the law all he cares about is earning enough money to buy back his parents' ship, Avalon, from his crime-boss employer and getting himself and his sister, Lizzie, the heck out of Dodge. Jeth Seagrave and his crew of teenage mercenaries have survived in this world by stealing unsecured metatech, and they're damn good at it. That power is derived from one thing: metatech, the devices that allow people to travel great distances faster than the speed of light. The agencies that govern the Confederation are as corrupt as the crime bosses who patrol it, and power is held by anyone with enough greed and ruthlessness to claim it. Of the various star systems that make up the Confederation, most lie thousands of light-years from First Earth-and out here, no one is free. A ragtag group of teenage mercenaries who crew the spaceship Avalon stumble upon a conspiracy that could threaten the entire galaxy in this fascinating and fast-paced sci-fi adventure from author Mindee Arnett.

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