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Welcome to Maureen’s Books Wednesday’s Favorites. In the
Wednesday’s Favorites post I will talk about a book I loved and that I think
deserves a little more attention. I read popular books, but also many books
that aren’t so popular (yet). In this post all sorts of books from all sorts of
genre’s will have a chance to shine. Today’s Wednesday’s Favorites is ‘Colonization’ by Aubrie Dionne, a book I read in May 2014.
The Book:
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 lifemate. 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?
The Facts:
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Publication Date:
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November 7th, 2012
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Series:
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Paradise Reclaimed #1
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Genre:
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Science Fiction
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Pages:
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228
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Formats:
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eBook, Paperback
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Available at:
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Average Goodreads Rating:
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3.66
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Average Amazon Rating:
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5
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Praise for ‘Colonization’:
never felt like anything moved too fast nor too slow. I can’t wait for book two
and I plan to get the others in the Paradise Series.
reading a movie that came to life. Killer flowers, purple sky, crystals that
accelerate plant growth, it’s definitely a planet unlike Old Earth. I loved the
world building that Aubrie wrote about. It felt real and not imagined, just
like any planet we would find in our day and age.
paradise, Aubrie Dionne’s Colonization will keep you guessing.
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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Sounds like an interesting sci-fi book. 🙂
It really is. I loved it! 😉