A review by tita_noir
Blue Skies by Robyn Carr
4.0
I downloaded this audiobook from ym library solely on the strenght of the narrator. I love Therese Plummer's narration. I also like Robyn Carr fine, but I've kinda of gone off some of her recent stuff.
I ended up really liking this. It is one of her earlier books, set in the airline industry written in the aftermath of 9/11. 9/11 looms large in the story as recent history. Not necessarily in a tragic way, but as a jumping off point of how the event profoundly changed the airline industry and how people approached security in flying. Deregulation of the industry also plays a part in the story.
It follows three people who work in for a big airline: Nikki, a pilot, and Dixie and Carisle both flight attendants. The blurb is a little misleading because it makes it sound like this is going to be a book that breezily follows the three as they find love and, oh yes, start working for a new airline.
In fact, this book is heavily focused on the airline industry and what it takes to start up a new airline. What romance there is (and these three do end up in nice romances) is quite anemic. I actually enjoyed all the info about how an airline runs, and also the industry speak. It was pretty fascinating and Carr managed to tell the story in a nicely soapy way.
Fun listen and it was a nice departure from some of the later stuff she's doing now.
I ended up really liking this. It is one of her earlier books, set in the airline industry written in the aftermath of 9/11. 9/11 looms large in the story as recent history. Not necessarily in a tragic way, but as a jumping off point of how the event profoundly changed the airline industry and how people approached security in flying. Deregulation of the industry also plays a part in the story.
It follows three people who work in for a big airline: Nikki, a pilot, and Dixie and Carisle both flight attendants. The blurb is a little misleading because it makes it sound like this is going to be a book that breezily follows the three as they find love and, oh yes, start working for a new airline.
In fact, this book is heavily focused on the airline industry and what it takes to start up a new airline. What romance there is (and these three do end up in nice romances) is quite anemic. I actually enjoyed all the info about how an airline runs, and also the industry speak. It was pretty fascinating and Carr managed to tell the story in a nicely soapy way.
Fun listen and it was a nice departure from some of the later stuff she's doing now.