Molly of Mars and the Alien Nebula Book Review by Roan Reedling author of the Rocket McGee series.
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I loved the action sequences in the first book, but this second book starts with an action sequence even more brilliantly described than those in the first – prettier, more evocative, and well-woven with backstory and setup – a fast, compact rush of images that quickly sweeps you off your feet and headlong into the story. Then, an unrelenting string of questions, answers, and mysteries within mystery keep the story moving and the reader involved.
Maybe it’s just because Molly befriended me in Book 1, but this story feels more intimately told, as if Molly’s sharing her story by letting you read her diary. I liked that.
The story is sprinkled throughout with similes so whimsically mundane and charmingly evocative they made me chuckle, marvel, and totally get it, all at once, like the sensation of clamping your magnetic boots onto a spacecraft’s hull for a dicey spacewalk compared to negotiating the tackiness of a movie theater’s aisles after the show.
I’d read it again, but there’s so much more Molly to go. More books, I mean. And that’s good, ’cause the only disappointment I experienced was that this story felt shorter than the last, and I got to spend less time in Molly’s world this time than I would have liked.
But it’s still well worth the visit. So, sit back, curl up, pull the popcorn close, and let your escape pod drift into this book.
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