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A review by malligal
Sisters of the Perilous Heart by Sandra L. Vasher
4.0
Sisters of the Perilous Heart takes place on a planet that has been inhabited by settlers from Earth some of which have been injected with an immortality ‘virus’. Sisters of the Perilous Heart takes place thousands of years after the first settlements arrived on Kepler.
Sisters was an imaginative sci-fi story that explored a ton of different ideas. It honestly took me a while to absorb everything I read, and I’m not really sure that I even got it all. This one will most likely be a reread for me. I love rereading stories and picking up on things I missed the first time around, and I’m pretty sure there will be a lot of things I missed in this one.
Vasher built the world and the history of Kepler extremely well. She included the information that the reader needed without bogging the story down with minute details. Although, I really would have loved to learn more about the native Keplers. They seemed so interesting!
The character building was done well too. The depth of characters and their relationships with each other were both extremely developed and, for the most part, believable. The one issue I had with a character is a completely personal one. I found Carina entirely selfish, annoying and unrelatable. As an older sibling, there’s not much that I wouldn’t do to make my younger sister happy, but Carina is constantly getting mad at Miguela for not going along with her plans and for being cautious and wanting to stay safe. It seemed like the sibling roles were reversed. Miguela exuded an older sibling vibe while Carina was more reckless and self-centered. The whole relationship made me cringe constantly. In the end, I can honestly say that I have never been so confused and disoriented regarding which characters to trust while reading a story! I can’t wait to read the next book in the series!
I received a free e-copy of Sisters of the Perilous Heart from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Sisters was an imaginative sci-fi story that explored a ton of different ideas. It honestly took me a while to absorb everything I read, and I’m not really sure that I even got it all. This one will most likely be a reread for me. I love rereading stories and picking up on things I missed the first time around, and I’m pretty sure there will be a lot of things I missed in this one.
Vasher built the world and the history of Kepler extremely well. She included the information that the reader needed without bogging the story down with minute details. Although, I really would have loved to learn more about the native Keplers. They seemed so interesting!
The character building was done well too. The depth of characters and their relationships with each other were both extremely developed and, for the most part, believable. The one issue I had with a character is a completely personal one. I found Carina entirely selfish, annoying and unrelatable. As an older sibling, there’s not much that I wouldn’t do to make my younger sister happy, but Carina is constantly getting mad at Miguela for not going along with her plans and for being cautious and wanting to stay safe. It seemed like the sibling roles were reversed. Miguela exuded an older sibling vibe while Carina was more reckless and self-centered. The whole relationship made me cringe constantly. In the end, I can honestly say that I have never been so confused and disoriented regarding which characters to trust while reading a story! I can’t wait to read the next book in the series!
I received a free e-copy of Sisters of the Perilous Heart from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.