Nemesis Games

I'll admit that the beginning of this one worried me, but the story won me over in the end.

Nemesis Games splits up the crew of the Rocinante and gives us every crew member's POV for the first time. It is a lot of fun getting to know Naomi, Alex, and Amos as more than just “Holden's Posse.” The situations that separate them are a little forced, however, and except for Naomi, the reasons they left never pan out into much of stories, meaning the central plot of the book is just trying to get the crew back together again. There's political turmoil and a couple alien issues, but for the most part it's just a family that wants to get back together, and there's the sweetness to that which has kept me attached to this series.

We have returning favorites, and I'm super excited to have Bobbie back on the story front lines. We also get Clarissa Mao returning, so the crew has a River Tam now. Did I read right that the tv show is changing her name to Andromeda Mao. Andromeda?! What the hell? We needed spacier names or something? Ugh... I'm digressing.

Naomi's plotline is by far the most exciting, and we get a real glimpse into how she became the woman she is. Naomi is an unconventional heroine to say the least, and the decisions she makes definitely don't coincide to any traditional archetype. At this point, she is the most interesting member of the crew, and honestly kind of an anti-hero at that. I think she is the best thing the Corey team has created, and I really hope the tv show does her justice.

The overarching storyline does not advance a whole lot in this book, and it feels a bit more like a filler/retrospective than it does the next one in the series, but the ending definitely shows that the protomolecule troubles are not over, and I'll be on board when the next novel comes out.