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sticgzy's review against another edition
2.0
2.5
It’s more romance than sci fi and the writing is a big no from me. The overall idea behind the plot is very interesting and could’ve been explored much better.
Also: the Jokers? Really?
It’s more romance than sci fi and the writing is a big no from me. The overall idea behind the plot is very interesting and could’ve been explored much better.
Also: the Jokers? Really?
queerlitloft's review against another edition
5.0
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts".
Anyone who has ever had the pleasure of picking up an independently written novel by either Jackie D. or Erin Zak will one hundred percent appreciate the above idiom. Of course, they are both outstanding authors in their own right, but put the two together and the storytelling catapults to a sublime level.
Set in a hard won future utopia, Glitch is a story based in Tekano (formerly the USA), a seemingly peaceful albeit uneventful place to be. At least that's what Isa Adams believes; a Tekano Elite soldier whose mother just so happens to be Tekano's military general. Despite years of hardcore training, Isa has only ever had cause to put her deadly skills to the test outside of Tekano.
A group of domestic terrorists who despise everything Tekano stands for soon puts paid to that, which sees Isa flung together with her ex Amara Pierce, the Secretary of History and daughter of Tekano's President.
Tasked with travelling back in time to save both their home and maybe even their future selves, an already arduous situation is compounded by Isa and Amara's complicated past; not to mention they haven't spoken to one another for a decade!
A specfic novel featuring the second chance romance trope, Glitch gets off to a fierce start and doesn't let up. From present day climate change issues and future solutions, to a time travellers view of present day racism, homophobia and gender inequalities - this story may be set in the future, but it casts an eye-opening net backwards into what would currently be a readers more recent history. What unfolds is a telling frame of reference for what our future could one day hopefully become.
I love that the authors started Isa and Amara's relationship back when they were teenagers, and that readers get to explore a decade old decision from two separate angles. When that decision ultimately culminates in heartbreak and lost time, the chances of Isa or Amara choosing to follow their hearts over their heads ever again seem remote. But sometimes the magnetic attraction between two souls means your heart has already written its own love story and you're just along for the ride.
Usually with a book that has multiple authors it isn't hard to spot who wrote which character, but with Glitch if you don't already know who has written each character, I'd doubt a reader would be able to guess. The authors have clearly worked hard to ensure the writing flows seamlessly between them, deftly mirroring each other on the page. This results in two main characters that resemble a well oiled machine; as if Isa and Amara were born of a single mind rather than two. In some ways Isa and Amara are pretty much polar opposites, but Isa's brash and over confident attitude combines well with Amara's more gentle and intellectual demeanor; creating a story which is at times as thought provoking as it is fast paced and action packed.
Needless to say, I am super pleased to discover Glitch is the first in the Static series!
I received an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Anyone who has ever had the pleasure of picking up an independently written novel by either Jackie D. or Erin Zak will one hundred percent appreciate the above idiom. Of course, they are both outstanding authors in their own right, but put the two together and the storytelling catapults to a sublime level.
Set in a hard won future utopia, Glitch is a story based in Tekano (formerly the USA), a seemingly peaceful albeit uneventful place to be. At least that's what Isa Adams believes; a Tekano Elite soldier whose mother just so happens to be Tekano's military general. Despite years of hardcore training, Isa has only ever had cause to put her deadly skills to the test outside of Tekano.
A group of domestic terrorists who despise everything Tekano stands for soon puts paid to that, which sees Isa flung together with her ex Amara Pierce, the Secretary of History and daughter of Tekano's President.
Tasked with travelling back in time to save both their home and maybe even their future selves, an already arduous situation is compounded by Isa and Amara's complicated past; not to mention they haven't spoken to one another for a decade!
A specfic novel featuring the second chance romance trope, Glitch gets off to a fierce start and doesn't let up. From present day climate change issues and future solutions, to a time travellers view of present day racism, homophobia and gender inequalities - this story may be set in the future, but it casts an eye-opening net backwards into what would currently be a readers more recent history. What unfolds is a telling frame of reference for what our future could one day hopefully become.
I love that the authors started Isa and Amara's relationship back when they were teenagers, and that readers get to explore a decade old decision from two separate angles. When that decision ultimately culminates in heartbreak and lost time, the chances of Isa or Amara choosing to follow their hearts over their heads ever again seem remote. But sometimes the magnetic attraction between two souls means your heart has already written its own love story and you're just along for the ride.
Usually with a book that has multiple authors it isn't hard to spot who wrote which character, but with Glitch if you don't already know who has written each character, I'd doubt a reader would be able to guess. The authors have clearly worked hard to ensure the writing flows seamlessly between them, deftly mirroring each other on the page. This results in two main characters that resemble a well oiled machine; as if Isa and Amara were born of a single mind rather than two. In some ways Isa and Amara are pretty much polar opposites, but Isa's brash and over confident attitude combines well with Amara's more gentle and intellectual demeanor; creating a story which is at times as thought provoking as it is fast paced and action packed.
Needless to say, I am super pleased to discover Glitch is the first in the Static series!
I received an arc of this book in exchange for an honest review.
judeinthestars's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
3.5
This book was released unannounced a couple of months ago and it’s not what I would have expected from either authors. I like when authors surprise me though, and when they try different things and genres. And these two work well together.
In this first book in a new trilogy, the world as we know it has disappeared, climate change has been managed, everyone lives in peace. At least in Tekano, the former USA. On the surface, a dream come true. Underneath, however, chaos threatens. Amara Pierce, Secretary of History and the daughter of the president, and Isa Adams, Tekano’s best soldier, are called upon to travel back in time and fix a glitch some unknown enemy has created in the timeline. Ten years ago, Amara and Isa, teenagers at the time, were everything to each other, until Isa decided otherwise. Now, they have to put a decade of grief and anger behind them and work together to save the world.
The time-travelling arc is great and I wish it was the main focus of the story. As it is, the second-chance romance is at the centre, and it didn’t work as well for me. Maybe because I find Isa annoying? Also because the MCs go from from barely speaking to each other to jumping back in bed together in a matter of pages. And I get that the end of the world looms over them and they don’t have time for what Isa would probably call details, but Amara’s turnabout was too rushed for me.
I look forward to spending more time in the world the authors created. I enjoyed the contrast between the present in which the story is set (2287) and the periods in the past. I hope this is what the next book, Interference, which should be released sometime this winter, will be about: fighting for what’s right, saving the world, learning from the past while trying not to mess with it irremediably… The tension and adrenaline that come with the feeling of impending doom is unmatched and the authors have set the perfect path for that. I’d happily take more sci-fi over more romance and the cliffhanger on which Glitch ends makes me think I might be in luck.
I received a copy from the authors and I am voluntarily leaving a review.
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mage_asunder's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
good read. went by fast. I enjoy the switching povs. romance happened a bit fast but it worked. not bad
zefrien's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
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