Gods of Risk

Executive Summary: There were parts I enjoyed more than others. I think I like the way they used the core of this as the basis for parts of the 4th season of the show more than the story itself. 3.5 starsAudiobook: I was never a huge fan of Jefferson Mays until he was unavailable for [b:Cibola Burn 18656030 Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) James S.A. Corey https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1405023040l/18656030.SY75.jpg 26109318] and they replaced him with Erik Davies. They have since had him re-record that book, but not this novella. Mr. Davies is fine, but I'd rather they had Mr. Mays redo it. Maybe when the collection comes out they'll have him redo this one.Overall it's fine in audio, but nothing special.Full ReviewBobbie and Avasarala are my favorite Expanse characters. So it's kind of shocking I hadn't read this already. Any excuse to get extra Bobbie Draper, even if it was mostly in a cameo fashion should have been up on my list.Sadly though it mostly focuses on her teenage nephew, who kind of got on my nerves for most of the story. That was probably intentional, but it didn't help me love this book.I think they did a much better job with the seed for this story in the TV adaptation. That version was much more enjoyable to me. That said, I thought it was worth reading. You get some more glimpses of Mars than you have in most of the novels because the action has largely been happening elsewhere.