Review coming soon.

As someone who is a very big science fiction fan, when I was offered a chance to read Daisy’s Run, I jumped at the opportunity. It isn’t often that you come across a sci-fi book where the lead character is a female. And especially one who is as strong and snarky as Daisy.

Daisy’s Run is one of those books that hits the proverbial ground running. Right from the first page we are thrust in to a dangerous, and possibly deadly, situation. The space ship has been damaged by debris and if repairs are not done it could spell catastrophe.

At first everything seems to be running smoothly, but when one of the crew is inexplicably sucked out in to space, what was supposed to be a quiet trip back to Earth takes on a more dangerous tone. It doesn’t help that aside from Daisy, almost every other crew member is augmented in some way, and it seems that every one of them has a secret they’re hiding.

As the story continues and Daisy tries to figure out what is happening, it becomes harder and harder for her to know who to trust. She becomes incredibly paranoid and the reader is left to wonder if all these dangers she is seeing are all in her head.

As Daisy becomes more and more paranoid, the story itself begins to feel frenetic. The pace almost becomes as frantic as Daisy’s mind is, only slowing down towards the end when things begin to be explained.

Baron does a very good job of making us wonder just who is telling the truth. Small clues are dropped through words and actions that hint at bigger plots behind the scenes.

While the story itself is a bit slow to start, I encourage readers to hang in there and keep going. When the story picks up, it picks up fast and pulls you along with it. And personally, I cannot wait to see what happens next.

Got this in an Audible "first in a series" sale and don't you just hate it when targeted marketing works THAT well? Started it on audible and quickly got the ebook via Kindle Unlimited so I could read anywhere I was

I got really irritated by the main character. By the end of the book I just wanted to smack her, I liked what was happening and the world that the book was set in but the ignorance of the main character will keep me from reading the next book. But I am a BIG FAN of character development when it comes to books.

DNF
The so clever hero is an idiot. I can't stand her. She's a bigot. I can't imagine growing up in a universe with all these wonderful prostheses and thinking "Ew. Gross." every time I see one. Fortunately she gets to have sex with the only "whole" man on the ship. I don't understand why she'd have gone into space on a ship with an AI she doesn't trust that's "listening to them all the time".
Other reviews have gone into the appalling science, so I won't go there.

I have mixed feelings about this one. My biggest issue is simply that I hate Daisy. She's a completely self centered bigot and it's ugly. The backstory has so much promise too, making this story just so painful to get through that I don't know that I want to continue the series. Several things about the story have intrigued me, but really, why the hell didn't the crew just sit her down and enlighten her when shit started happening? Also, plot holes. I hate em.