A review by berenikeasteria
Nexus Uprising by K. C. Alexander, Jason M. Hough

4.0

I actually liked this far better than any of the Mass Effect books previously. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still not amazing literature or anything. The writing has that functional feel to it that gets you from A to B in the story, and it’s obvious this was written on a tight turnover. It really fleshes out

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just what happens on the Nexus before you arrive on the scene, something which I went through the game feeling unsettled about and wanting to know more since it has such a big impact on characters and situations you have to deal with in the present. Specifically, the utter chaos that the authors succeed in conveying as the book reaches its climax at last definitively convinced me just how much of a mess it was, how right I was in my choices. Funnily enough, that said, it didn’t warm me to Sloane Kelly, who is the book’s main character. The fact that she’s semi-decent here only makes me feel vindicated.

For sure, the book was much more of an enjoyable romp than Drew Karpyshyn’s somewhat lacklustre books about Anderson.