Blade Dancer
by S.L.Viehl
science fiction, action, a touch of chick-lit romance
copyright 2003
read in March 2013
rated 8 out of 10: really quite good
Take a girl with street smarts and attitude. She's a seven foot tall half alien with retractable claws... What's not to like?!
Blade Dancer is action and attitude from page one. From being kicked off Earth, through fights on spaceships, snarling at the status quo on her alternative "home" planet, to fighting for her life in a school for assassins... This woman is tough.
Yet she is also supportive and loyal to her few friends. She refuses to take sides in a meaningless war. And she never gives in.
And I just re-rated Blade Dancer, from seven to eight :-)
This book is solid science fiction, with an emphasis on alien humanity rather than technology. Okay, the technology is there -- and almost indistinguishable from magic. But the story is about people. And action. And romance :-)
As the heroine begins to get to know her friends, I see a pattern emerging: a group of close friends, each with a special ability. In this book they will learn to work -- and fight -- as a team. Next book, they will battle evil across the known universe.
Well, maybe they will. But that is not how the book ends.
The ending is, perhaps, a little contrived. Just a bit too "nice" to be believed. A nice ending to match the chick-lit romance which is also a theme of this book.
The ending surprised me. It was unexpectedly happy, upbeat... nice.
I like it.
I like a happy ending.
I like this book.
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