Star Cruise Star Song by Veronica Scott on December 8, 2022
Genres: Romance, Science Fiction
Pages: 222
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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Addy Tryndall is a fresh graduate from a highly respected engineering college in the Sectors, on her way to a plum job on the Nebula Zephyr cruise ship. She knows she’ll be on probation but she’s determined to succeed and nothing is going to distract her.
Ryder McRhodes is a has-been interstellar rock star, on his way to reunite with his fellow band members to see if the lightning of mega success will strike twice for them. He isn’t sure he wants to be in the spotlight again and he hasn’t been able to write music since the band broke up.
Addy has secrets. Ryder needs a muse to unblock the creative flow…could her tightly guarded past be the answer to his problem? When the two are thrown together in an attempt to avoid the interstellar paparazzi he’s intrigued. She’s wary.
And someone is sabotaging systems on the Nebula Zephyr. Addy unwittingly finds herself in the middle of the situation while juggling her increasing attraction to Ryder and her challenges on the new job. Can she trust him with her secret? Or will he break her heart?
Back in space with my favorite Star Cruise ship and the crew for a new ship-board adventure! I was pleasantly surprised when this new installment in The Sectors: Star Cruise sub-series released. It came along right when I was nearly finished reading through the series and ready for a new installment in the series. I thoroughly enjoyed all the Star Cruise books and was glad to be back with the crew and meet a new romance pair aboard ship.
The Sectors sci-fi romance series are predominantly a series of standalones all sharing the same worldbuilding. There are sub-series within The Sectors series that are even more tightly linked to each other like the Star Cruise books and novellas and Star Song is one of those.
Star Song was a sweet Cinderella-style romance except Addy, the brilliant engineer with a psychic gift to hear engine song, has agency and doesn’t need a prince to save her from anything. But, she is definitely out of her league in Ryder’s old glam rockstar life and has the social anxiety and feelings of inadequacy to prove it.
He has to figure out if he wants the megawatt fame and band life all back or whether he’ll blaze a new trail in his life and music career. It was quite obvious to me what he should do and it was just a matter of waiting to see when the lightbulb moment would happen for him.
They were good for each other, with him helping her through her social anxiety and seeing herself differently than those past bullies had hurt her self-esteem, and she was good for him by grounding him and helping him get clarity about what was truly important to him. Their hot sexual attraction emphasized to Addy that she was a desirable woman and a woman who didn’t have to settle, but have what she wanted.
The sabotage was easy to work out, though not the motive. It did have the result of bringing Addy into an unusual friendship with the sentient ship AI, Maeve, which I thought was the coolest aspect of the whole story.
The end result was that fun epilogue that left me well-satisfied.
All in all, it was another outstanding entry in the series and I was sad to close the book on the last pages. Those who like their sci-fi set in the far future and ship in space setting should give this one a go.
About Veronica Scott
USA Today Best Selling Science Fiction & Paranormal Romance author.
Veronica Scott grew up in a house with a library as its heart. Dad loved science fiction, Mom loved ancient history and Veronica thought there needed to be more romance in everything. When she ran out of books to read, she started writing her own stories.
MISC FACTS ABOUT VERONICA
Seven time winner ~ SFR Galaxy Award
Proud recipient ~ NASA Exceptional Service Medal but must hasten to add the honor was not for her romantic fiction!
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt – I’ll improve your process (mwahahahaa)!
Elvis Presley’s best friend once serenaded Veronica on a local TV telethon…now that could be a novel…
As a lifelong reader, it was inevitable that Sophia would discover book blogs and the joy of blog reviewing.Sophia is a prolific reader and audiobook listener which allows her to experience so many wonderful books, authors, and narrators.Few genres are outside her reading tastes, but her true love is fiction particularly history, mystery, sci-fi, and romance.Though, sorry, no horror or she will run like Shaggy and Scooby.
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Yes, I love this one, and I think Maeve is my favourite character!
Gill
Yes! I love how each entry in the Star Cruise series that Maeve gets more page time and more is revealed about it.
Its the first I am hearing of this one. It sounds like it was a solid read for you.
I’ve had a blast with the series. Glad to introduce you, Nadene!
Ooh this sounds like a really fun series Sophia Rose and I knew before I got to the end that it was your review 😉 and one I’m looking into
Haha! Yeah, I read true to type. These are great sci-fi adventures. 🙂
This sounds like another great book by this author. I really need to give Veronica Scott’s work a try!
Yes! I happily will push these onto your TBR stack. 🙂 Sadly, I’m all caught up on the series, but now I’m launching into one of her spinoff series. 🙂
Sounds good. If I enjoy Jessie Mihalik’s books, would I like this series?
Not really! These are different in tone. They have action and romance and even have a desperate situation or political intrigue, but writing style changes the feel of them. That said, some general elements of the space action ones involving the special forces fighters, like Marooned or Wreck of the Nebula Dream, might crossover a bit in that area.
I’m so happy you enjoyed the book! Yes, we are learning more about Maeve with each book and writing this one gave me some good insights into her backstory just because I was thinking about her…funny how the Muse works. I try to write a new Star Cruise each year so we’ll see how 2023 goes!
Yay for more from the Star Cruise series! Though you know I will happily take any new The Sectors release.
That is fun how Maeve has grown as a character as you go, Veronica. Thanks for dropping by!
Now I’m very much intrigued by the unusual relationship with the sentient AI. I wonder what’s going on there! Great review, Sophia. It sounds like a winner for those interested in this sub-series! 😀
I’ve thought the growth of the ship’s AI as a sentient and as a series character has really added to the fun sci-fi side of the books. Two thumbs up winner! 🙂
I definitely agree with you on how her friendship with the AI was the coolest part of the story. I am glad to hear you enjoyed this one! Like you I thought it was clear which path Ryder would follow and was waiting for him to come to the same conclusion. Great review and I enjoyed reading your thoughts about this one!
This was fun reading with a buddy because I knew if something cool came up and we were discussing books we would know what the other was talking about. Yay for Maeve! 🙂
Awww this sounds good.
And why does the guy on the cover look like a Jonas brother?
Ha! Good one! Maybe he’s a far future clone of him. 😉
Glad you had fun with this and the epilogue left you satisfied.
Thanks, Kimberly! I absolutely love this series. 🙂
I love sentient ships. That is always a fun premise for a book. I’ve only read a couple of this authors books but I liked them.
I do, too. One of my favorite sci-fi story elements. 🙂
Yep, I definitely want to try her books! I keep saying that, I know, lol. I like the sound of this one!
Haha, I do the same with a few series I see reviewed by others. Plenty of time to get to them. 🙂
This does sound like a really good series every time I read your reviews. I am keeping it on a possible TBR list!
I’m glad you find the series appealing, Lisa. I’ve had a good time reading each one from the prequel right on through. 🙂