Odyssey One is the first in a series of a military sci-fi. It focuses on a ship, creatively known as the Odyssey. You see the theme? The Odyssey is on it's first venture away from the sol system, and is the first ship humans have sent that far away. You follow the stories of a few of the characters, and their parts in making the mission a success. Although, the mission they end up completing, isn't what they expected when they first set out.

I'm a huge sci-fi fan, so the explaination of all the weapons, armour, and the way this ship moves via "trasitioning" is amazing. Really appeals to my sciencey side.

There was quite a lack of characterisation in this. I don't feel like I really connected to the characters as much as I could have. Some of the characters, whilst I liked, could deal with some more personality.

Odyssey One is the first in a series (known, very creatively, as the Odyssey One series) by an author I admit to not hearing of before stumbling across this book in my recommended section on Audible. I started listening to the Audible version in work, but realised the book required a little more focus and attention, so I grabbed the Kindle version. It took me three hours to get half way through the book. I read that far without putting it down, and then I stupidly let my phone die, so here I am, writing my feelings up to this point.

So far, I'd give it a solid 4/5. I can't fault the military aspect of this, although I will say there's a lot of military terms, that I either don't remember being explained, or simply forgot, which has led me astray into googling what the hell half of the acronyms meant. Probably just my fault, but I'd say a fiction book should keep me in the story, not throw me out with wondering what one term or another meant.

Sci-fi wise, I feel like, so far, everything has been well explained. Or, as well explained as science fiction can be within current scientific knowledge. What is said seems to make sense to a lay-person like me, which can be quite the achievement, I assure you.

The reason I've dropped a star is the characterisation. I just don't feel like the characters are as realistic as they could be. Some of them seem a little generic, with no quirks or character of their own. The Captain and Steph seem to be the most fleshed out, either the author spent more time on them, or just had more fun writing them.

My phone should hopefully have enough charge for me to get back to it. I'll be back when I'm done!

*Three hours later*

Ok, so I'm done! Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this read! I loved the science in this. The author wasn't afraid to really go in-depth, mostly about shields and weapons systems, and I'm a little bit geeky when it comes to that stuff, so it was right up my street.

The archangels had to be my favourite part of the whole book. The characters in the archangel squadron were more fleshed out, and unique, and the fighters themselves seemed amazing.

In case you were curious, yes, I will be picking up the next book in the series. Perhaps not because of the characters, but I need to see how Earth, or at least the Odyssey, plans to kick some alien butt.

Originally posted at Squirtoon's Bookish Blog  

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