mavisjoy's review
4.0
A good fast read. As others have said it is lighter than works by Connie Willis on her own. Somewhat flippant in relation to death and destruction. Includes love interests and a matchmaking computer. I was kept guessing until the end and overall enjoyed this book very much.
psalmcat's review
4.0
This was published in 1989, so it's a little dated in its view of the future. Having said that, it's always wonderful to read about an area of the world you know and this takes place in "Denver Springs" (i.e. the mega-city spanning the entire front range of the Rockies in Colorado). The political entities of North America have rearranged themselves so that Quebec has declared war on what used to be the U.S., while "Victoria" (British Columbia) has been neutral in the war and the rest of what used to be Canada is, I think, allied with the former states.
ANYway, the light raids are laser attacks that Quebec has launched against Denver Springs. And the rest of the story is pretty much boilerplate romantic suspense, but with computers and so forth. Oh, and also...the main characters in Denver Springs are Greek-ish. They all have Hellenic names (Ariadne, Gaea, etc.) and wear chitons and robes.
It sounds bizarre, and it is (I've left out the subplot about the water biots, which is primary to the story, but difficult to explain briefly), but it works. Generally. I like Connie Willis's imagination.
ANYway, the light raids are laser attacks that Quebec has launched against Denver Springs. And the rest of the story is pretty much boilerplate romantic suspense, but with computers and so forth. Oh, and also...the main characters in Denver Springs are Greek-ish. They all have Hellenic names (Ariadne, Gaea, etc.) and wear chitons and robes.
It sounds bizarre, and it is (I've left out the subplot about the water biots, which is primary to the story, but difficult to explain briefly), but it works. Generally. I like Connie Willis's imagination.
wealhtheow's review
3.0
A teenage biotech is evacuated from her parents and their corporation (she has an equal amount of loyalty to each) because they’re under attack, but returns when she suspects something has happened to her father. Ariadne cleverly maneuvers her way through checkpoints, rubble and other impediments of war time, but when she gets home, she finds her mother has been charged with sabotage. Has the water supply been sabotaged? Is her mother really a spy? And what are the true loyalties of the adults around her? Ariadne has to figure all this out while simultaneously fending off a prince and dealing with her attraction to the prince’s manservant. A fast paced, smart spy novel with a large dose of romantic YA. Ariadne and her family live in a world that has slightly better technology, a society based on ancient Greece, and completely different nations (for instance, Quebec is its own, warlike, country). I was very impressed at how smoothly it all fit together.
eleneariel's review
4.0
Engrossing, as WIllis' books usually are - although as so often happens, I was left wishing more had been explained (I am particularly curious as to why all the grecian overtones to Hydra corp), but the plot was tight, the romance charmingly un-mushy and just right, and ... well, reader, I liked it
sarah42783's review
4.0
As is usually the case with books written by Willis in collaboration with Cynthia Felice, Light Raid is a lot lighter than books written by Willis alone. I was a bit disappointed when I first started reading novels by Willis & Felice but now that I've gotten used to their lighter prose I find these novels quite enjoyable. Light Raid is a fun, quick read and the plot flows effortlessly. An entertaining read.
singinglight's review
4.0
I wasn’t super wild about Water Witch, the other book I’ve read by these two authors. Light Raid, on the other hand, I really enjoyed! I liked the feeling of a futuristic World War II and kept thinking I was reading one of the Oxford books (minus the time travel). I also thought I had the plot called and then it totally surprised me! And the romance was nice as well. [Jan 2011]
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