Title: Saving His Sky Captain
Author: Caitlin Ricci
Genre: Steampunk
Length: Short Story (7k words)
Publisher: Amber Allure (October 6th, 2013)
Heat Level: Low
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥2.5~3 Hearts
Reviewer: Thommie
Blurb: Damiano Linderhurst is out to prove his worth as the captain of an airship. The young Academy graduate has family history behind him, and their financial backing as well. Damiano intends to go far in the fleet and knows he’s destined for greatness as soon as he makes a name for himself.
But first, he needs to gain the respect of his crew. Not easy to do when you’re the youngest captain in the fleet and completely untested.
When a stowaway appears on Damiano’s maiden voyage, his perfect dream quickly starts to crumble around him. Damiano knows it’ll take a miracle to right things again, and he might end up falling back to Earth before he ever gets the chance to fly…
Product Link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/SavingSkyCaptain.html
Review: So first, I’d like to comment on the cover. Absolutely Stunning! However it gave the impression of a raw, brutal adventure coming alive with the words hidden inside it, and unfortunately that was not the case.
This is precisely why I don’t like to read blurbs and watch covers, they either lead you wrong or rise your expectations way up. In this very short read we got to meet Damiano, who by the way is so full of himself I couldn’t stand it. Damiano comes from a family that breeds sky captains. His brother, his father, his grandfather, and now he himself. He is destined to be great. Of course that is all in his head because the moment a true challenge rears up its head he freezes like a deer in the headlights.
I didn’t like this character. The story was so short that all I got from it was a character that got no chance to prove itself to me, to make me admire him, and like him, and possibly ever love him. Nope, nothing. His first mate did indeed save his captain, but then again we didn’t get to meet him either.
So while all the premises were solid and good for a nice story, there was no story. I needed so much more in there. Truth be told my ire is perhaps caused by the fact that I got so much engrossed with the story I didn’t even realize that it ended. One moment I was reading it and nodding my head because things finally got at that hot point ready to explode, the next I’m reading author’s bio and thinking “what on Earth just happened?”
Yeah so, a good one, but I wish it lasted more…