"Most know Androma Racella as the Bloody Baroness, a powerful mercenary whose reign of terror stretches across the Mirabel Galaxy. To those aboard her glass starship, Marauder, however, she's just Andi, their friend and fearless leader. But when a routine mission goes awry, the Marauder's all-girl crew is tested as they find themselves in a treacherous situation-and at the mercy of a sadistic bounty hunter from Andi's past. Meanwhile, across the galaxy, a ruthless ruler waits in the shadows of the planet Xen Ptera, biding her time to exact revenge for the destruction of her people. The pieces of her deadly plan are about to fall into place, unleashing a plot that will tear Mirabel in two. Andi and her crew embark on a dangerous, soul-testing journey that could restore order to their ship-or just as easily start a war that will devour worlds. As the Marauder hurtles toward the unknown, and Mirabel hangs in the balance, the only certainty is that in a galaxy run on lies and illusion, no one can be trusted."--Jacket flap.
Ugh, I really wanted to like this book. I gave it a chance, but I found myself skimming after 130 pages. With this book at 534 pages, I knew I just couldn't get through it, and if I did, it'd take forever. I have a whole TBR of books I actually WANT to read, so I won't put myself through this. This book was chockful of so many flashbacks and backstory interrupting the present plot that it was distracting and annoying. When the plot actually progressed, I enjoyed it for the most part, but then boop, back to another flashback. There was so much mystery behind Andi's past with both Dex and Kalee that it was offputting. At least for me, there were waaayy too many POVs for this book - 6 in total! It was hard enough for me to try to get through the story, but then I was confused by the constant POV changes. One chapter would be in the past, another in the present, then present, then past, all with different POV's, it was way too jarring. Because of all this, I couldn't really care or feel for the characters. There were some really strong parts in the story that I loved, which kept me reading, but ultimately, I had to DNF this book.
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