May
Finding a new home has never been so dangerous.
Andromeda has spent all seventeen years of her life aboard a deep space
transport vessel destined for a paradise planet. Her safe cocoon is about to
break open as Paradise 21 looms only one month away, and she must take the
aptitude tests to determine her role on the new world and her computer assigned
life mate.
As a great-granddaughter of the Commander of
the ship, she wants to live up to her family name. But, her forbidden love for
her childhood friend, Sirius, distracts her and she fails the tests. The
results place her in a menial role in the new colony and pair her with Corvus? The
oaf? But when Andromeda steps foot on Paradise 21, her predestined future is
the least of her worries. Alien ghosts from a failed colonization warn her of a
deadly threat to her colony. And when Sirius’s ship crashes on the far ridge in
an attempt to investigate, she journeys to rescue him with Corvus. Andromeda
now must convince the authorities of the imminent danger to protect her new
home. What she didn’t expect was a battle of her own feelings for Sirius and
Corvus. Can she save the colony and discover her true love?
of weeks ago I received two books by Aubrie Dionne, ‘Paradise 21’ and ‘Colonization’.
I finished reading ‘Paradise 21’ a view weeks ago. It was my first Science Fiction
book and I loved it. So this week I decided to start in ‘Colonization’. This
book is the first in the ‘Paradise Reclaimed’ series and it takes place in the
same world as the ‘New Dawn’ series only a couple of hundred years later.
we meet seventeen year old Andromeda, AKA Annie. Annie is the Great granddaughter
of Commander Barliss. Commander Barliss we have met in ‘Paradise 21’. Now, many
years later, Annie is part of the colony of the New Dawn and the ship is ready
to land on their new planet: Paradise 21. Even though this is a huge happening,
Annie isn’t looking forward to it. She loves her home and she is terrified of
all the changes that will happen when they land. But that’s not the only thing that scares
Annie. Annie has taken the aptitude test to determine her new ‘job’ and her new
life mate. Annie was hoping her new life mate would be her childhood friend
Sirius, but unfortunately the computer decided different. Her new assigned life
mate is Corvus Holmes and Annie really doesn’t like him. Torn and sad of this
new development Annie is anything but happy when they land on Paradise 21, but
soon there is more to worry about than life mate assignments. The new planet Paradise
21 has a couple surprises ready for the new colony.
I really liked the book ‘Paradise 21’ I must say I totally loved ‘Colonization’.
From the very first page I was really intrigued by the characters and I really
wanted to know what would happen next. I really enjoyed Annie’s character. I
liked how she didn’t immediately ‘love’ their new home. She was a little skeptical
of this new planet and I really understood that feeling. I loved that there was
a little ghost-thing going on in this book as well. It made this story even
more interesting.
other character I really liked was Corvus. I loved how he was nobody in the
beginning of this book and how he fought to get Annie’s attention and grew into
a important character.
really a thing I didn’t like about this story. I liked the way this story continued
in the world that Aubrie Dionne created in the ‘New Dawn’ series and how these
new characters finished the quest that was made hundreds of years ago. I would definitely recommend this story to
every Science Fiction lover out there.
About the Author:
grew up watching the original Star Wars movies over and over again until she
could recite and reenact every single scene in her backyard. She also loved The
Goonies, Star Trek the Next Generation-favorite character was Data by far-, and
Indiana Jones. But, her all-time favorite movie was The Last Unicorn. She still
wonders why the unicorn decided to change back to a unicorn in the end.
Aubrie wrote in her junior high yearbook that she wanted to be “A concert
flutist” when she grew up. When she made that happen, she decided one
career was not enough and embarked as a fantasy, sci fi author. Two careers
seems to keep her busy. For now.
Aubrie Dionne is an author and flutist in New England. Her writings have
appeared in Mindflights, Niteblade, Silver Blade, Emerald Tales, Hazard Cat,
Moon Drenched Fables, A Fly in Amber, and Aurora Wolf. Her books are published
by Entangled Publishing, Lyrical Press, and Gypsy Shadow Publishing. She
recently signed her YA sci fi novel with Inkspell Publishing titled:
Colonization: Paradise Reclaimed, which will release in October 2012. When
she’s not writing, Aubrie teaches flute and plays in orchestras. She’s a big
Star Trek TNG fan, as well as Star Wars and Serenity.
For more
information about Aubrie Dionne and her books please go to Goodreads
and Amazon. Or look for Aubrie Dionne on Twitter.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
Thank you for this wonderful review! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
You're welcome! I really loved it 😀