Overall, an interesting read. I enjoyed May as a character and her journey in the book. I especially liked Eve, whose interactions with May were some of the best parts of the story.
Basically, the reason why my rating is not higher is because of pacing. The story has the main present storyline, with May trying to get back home, which is where the plot was at its strongest. The book moves back and forth in the present between May, out in space, and her estranged husband, Dr. Stephen Knox, back on Earth, as they try to solve how to get May back home. It is all very straightforward, and the suspense is in the fact of not only figuring out a rescue but also trying to discover what caused the demise of the entire crew of the ship. However, the tension felt in response to her plight was cut into by chapters focused on past memories inserted at odd intervals in the book. I understand its purpose but in the end, the jumping back to those points in time did not keep me engaged in the book.Add in a bit of trying too hard to be funny dialogue that just fell flat, and some villains that could have been anyone thanks to not enough development, and I was left feeling the book was good but not great.
I am grateful for the chance to have read this book and hope to see more from this author in the future.
Rating on my Blog Scale: 5.5 Stars
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