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Shielder (2000)

by Catherine Spangler(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 1

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Shielder

review 1: It starts out with Nessa, who has always felt less worthy in the eyes of her parents and the rest of the colony. Apart from her brother Jarek, whom she loves dearly she feels like a prisoner. She aches to get out there, and experience new things and make a difference. She volunteers for a mission where she would be injected with the Orana Virus. Where she could serve a purpose for her people and colony, even if it means her death. She wants to be remembered and do something her colony and her parents would be proud of. Jarek protests of course, since he is the only one that truly cares about her; but she goes ahead with it. This is a vital mission, since this virus has infected many, and they must test it so they can find a vaccine. She is put on a ship headed for Sonoma. ... moreOn the way however, her ship very old gives out, and she is adrift in space.Chase McKnight, is a controller who has rights in this part of space, and takes her on to his. Also along with her beloved pet, Turi. Who has been a friend to her when she had very few. Chase beams her on board of his ship, very reluctantly and is willing to take her to Sonoma but tells her it will take a week, and she has a month to get there, or she will die with no purpose. Chase is a bounty hunter of Shielders(which is what Nessa is and she knows that she has to withhold it from him. Therefore their journey begins, and as their relationship deepens and their feelings develop; but Chase is denying it to himself. They both know that there is no way for them to fall in love. But one thing happens after another, and they find it helpless to resist against each other and their tender feelings for one another.This is the first book that I have read from Catherine Spangler, and I absolutely loved this story. It is filled with passion, adventure, mystery, wit and suspense. The humor in this book, is the best, I was laughing all through the book. I found Nessa to be driven young woman, to do anything to reach Sonoma, and her attempts to run away from Chase thoroughly amused me. I was always asking myself Now what is she going to end up doing next? She never ceases to amaze me, I have to say I was never bored while reading this one. Although there were moments that I got confused, for the most part it was a astounding read, that I thoroughly enjoyed!
review 2: Not *quite* a 4 but close enough.The good news - a futuristic with no noticeable Star Wars influence. Yay.Alright. Our h is...epileptic I guess, and was severely injured at 12 when she had a seizure. Her people don't have the resources to support those who are...damaged, so she's cast out. At 12. At least she wasn't euthanized. Someone engineered a virus that's specific to her people so she volunteers to be a host and carry said virus to a lab somewhere far away. In an ancient shuttle that breaks down 2 days out.Enter our H. Because of his apparent occupation, she does not trust him with knowledge of what she is, or what her real mission is. And...he's taking his own sweet time to take her where she needs to go. It's almost a comedy of errors - she tries several times to sneak off so she can hopefully gain passage (she's on a time limit here). One time she saves his life, the other, she acquires a couple of kids of her own race from a slaver. And that time had the amusing side effect of his trying to replace her apparently dead pet with another and inadvertently bonding it to him - problem since he's allergic to them.Eventually, she steals his ship - this means war - and they're both taken into detention. He assumes it's because of her but it's not. He's alerted to the virus and a cure is created at the 11th hour.There were moments where I was convinced our h was TSTL - he told her those places were not safe, yet she left the ship anyway. OTOH, her presence was fortuitous in both instances. So... I'm torn. I find it irritating when heroines do that - go exactly where they were told not to go due to risks involved. Then again...she did keep someone from sneaking up on him, and she did rescue those kids, so...The H...admitted that he was afraid to face his failure - he was a famous Dr who'd thrown in the scalpel after the same person engineered a virus that killed of his people - he was unable to stop it and couldn't handle it. At least he did face himself eventually.Issues... there was a distinct lack of world building. What is a Shielder? What are Controllers? What...? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!?!?!?I'm used to the modern series. The first one, the story is often sacrificed to world building (wish they'd just make book 1 longer buuut), and only later books are so story driven (unless you're certain authors who can't seem to stay focused and thus have bits and pieces of *everything* scattered in each book.) This... lack of info is jarring. Frustrating too. Ah well; one can hope the other 4 books in the series manage to leak enough details that I can figure it out before I finish the series. less

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