Friday, February 24, 2023

REVIEW: Flotsam Peridot Series By R.J. Theodore


Captain Talis just wants to keep her airship crew from starving, and maybe scrape up enough cash for some badly needed repairs. When an anonymous client offers a small fortune to root through a pile of atmospheric wreckage, it seems like an easy payday. The job yields an ancient ring, a forbidden secret, and a host of deadly enemies.

Now on the run from cultists with powerful allies, Talis needs to unload the ring as quickly as possible. Her desperate search for a buyer and the fallout from her discovery leads to a planetary battle between a secret society, alien forces, and even the gods themselves.

Talis and her crew have just one desperate chance to make things right before their potential big score destroys them all. 

Air ships, a captain with a heart of Gold, Alchemical gods, Aliens and a Shattered planet. If any of those elements perk your interests then you should probably take a look at Flotsam.

The worldbuilding was excellent; I never felt lost or confused even though Peridot is a very unique setting, but there wasn't so much exposition that it felt like an infodump at any time. The pacing of the story was also very nice... it never dragged, I never felt bored by the narrative but neither did I feel there was too much action with no downtime. And all of the characters were likable in their own way...

This is a Author that I cannot wait to read more from.

This definitely wont be everyone's cup of tea but if you like Aliens, sky Pirates, fantastical creatures and the like this is a Book for you.

R J Theodore* (they/she) is an author and graphic designer. Their short fiction has appeared in Lightspeed and Fireside Magazines as well as the award-winning Glitter + Ashes and Unfettered Hexes anthologies from Neon Hemlock Press.

Their Peridot Shift trilogy comes to an adventures conclusion in December 2022! Learn more at rjtheodore.com













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