Good story, strong heroine

Plenty of action little blood thirsty at times, but will be reading the next one.

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A good yarn

What can I say?
A female Chuck Norris.
Story is bit corny, but still a good read.

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Unputdownable

Amazing book, well written, action packed and just wow! Highly recommended to anyone. I was hooked from the very start

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Thoroughly enjoyable

Once I started I couldn't stop and had to listen to it in one session. The military terminology was well done and I am looking forward to the second book.

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Totally kick arse!

Loved the main character. Her abilities are totally believable and the way she quietly wins their loyalty and approval was brilliant. Can't wait for the next book!

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What a Good Story and performance

Picked this story up as an "included" title very good story "GI Jane" on steroids. Plenty of action and not a dull moment. Made even better by the performance of Emily Woo Zeller great voice and characterization.

Look forward to more of the series.

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GI Jane in Space but Fun

This is a strange but fun book. Essentially like GI Jane (the film), a woman joins special forces, people are misogynistic, she proves herself, everyone likes her. It's a complete Mary Sue power trip but it is really, really fun and I enjoyed listening to it; so much so that I bought the sequel and listened to it immediately after.

The characters are fine, there are some baddies but there's never any military ethics or PTSD. Everyone is enthusiastic, loves war and agrees with the main character. The main character is very much written in the I'm-not-like-those-other-girls style and immediately assumes no other woman can accomplish what she has because they are women.

She also claims to be raised in a unisex manner but plays up to a lot of female stereotypes for her male friends amusement. Her dialogue in a non-military setting isn't great. You want to skip the post-mission storytelling bits by skipping to the end of the chapter. They're only a few minutes but cringeworthy and painful but everyone cheers and applauds (as they do whenever the main character says anything in a non-military setting).

The world also makes no sense. You have a multi-planet spacefaring empire of largely humans and they train their elite troops in small unit tactics and knife fighting. They even get sent against an otherwise undefeatable group of bow and arrow wielding jungle folk. They have drones. They have infra-red. Jungle bandits wouldn't keep killing off every army unit sent at them.

On top of that the conflicts are small and the units sent in are always undersized. "They're planning a planetary rebellion. They've got hundreds of people. We'll send a few dozen." I'm not sure there was ever a "war" with over 1,000 people involved.

The plot is episodic but works well to get the characters in different situations and make them tense and exciting.

The narrator is also quite slow. Even if you don't normally speed up I'd recommend at least 1.1x speed. I usually listen at 1.05x and that still felt too slow.

It may sound like I've trashed this book, and I sort of have but the reason I've given it 5 stars is despite all of that stuff it is fun! Like really Fast and Furious, Point Break or Con Air, it's madcap dumb fun that you can just sit back and enjoy without engaging your brain too much.

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Refreshingly honest and storyline that draws you

Refreshingly honest and a strong storyline that draws you into their personal world where the matcho culture of the military is examining the next evolution of female justice as she enters the world of elite forces and special forces operations brilliantly written storyline and plot

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Welcome to Hell

This is the first time I have listen to it read this type of book, but I generally enjoy both the banter and the deadly missions. I enjoyed that once she proved herself she was in and the only men that where upset about that where the men who could not get in themselves. Thank you C. R. Daems and excellent narration from Emily Woo Zeller.

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Like it and don't know why

The narration is good. The story too. Although I am not sure why. I began listening, it wasn't boring, so I finished the book. Makes sense? Have no idea what genre this story is either. Landed here by accident and somehow am liking it. Even if the heroine is strangly perfect, and has suddenly everything going her way. Maybe the beginning of the story is so grim, you can't leave the heroine till the story ends. Wanting her to succeed. But the story is so slim on emotions, it would make more sense if I just liked the battles and the reasoning behind the moves. Certainly a new category for me.

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