Well that was disappointing. For a series that started off pretty solid, followed up with two novellas ranging from excellent to solid, it now continues to go downhill. Star Crossed is the latest in the Fly Me to the Moon series, and it was by far the weakest one yet. Geri Brixton is an astronaut in training. Ish. She’s in training, but she never expects to actually fly a mission (leave that to the men). Beverly (who’s last name I’ve already forgotten) is an African […]
Earth based aka no astronauts really
Okay, so I have thoughts. A lot. Bear with me on this one. Dr. Charlie Eason is a mathematical genius. She is a leader of computer science in the 1960’s. She has decided that she wants her work to be worthwhile, beyond just making companies richer or whiling away in academia. She is hired by fake NASA (ASD) by Eugene Parsons, the head of engineering. Parsons got to be the head of engineering by demanding only the best from everyone, including himself. Competent is the […]
Rounding out some character development for the series
So grabbing the next books in the Fly Me to the Moon series happened. The next two novellas come together as they’re about how two of the current astronauts in 1962 met and found their wives. I LOVE romance novellas. All the hero/heroine none of the superfluous fluff. A Midnight Clear Frances Dumfries is the daughter and now hostess for her admiral father who runs the Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1948. Joe Reynolds is an ambitious midshipman. Frances and Joe meet at a reception […]
Weird Things Were Always Happening in Waco
This was a sweet little romance recommended by Mrs. Julien. My only complaint is that it was too short. Having just made that complaint, go ahead and skip the prologue. There are already two reviews of this up, so I don’t really feel the need to do a plot synopsis. You can read Mrs. Julien’s review and Beth Ellen’s review yourselves. Diving right in, Anne-Marie and Kit instantly have a lot of lustful thoughts about one another. Being freshly divorced and harshly judged for it, Anne-Marie is not […]
Stars and Rockets and Children/Puppy Plot Moppets
So Mrs. Julien recommended this one the other week to the romance crowd. As it was free for Kindle it was an easy decision to snatch it up. Come a late night returning from work travel, and this one got picked up until I finished. It was quick and fun. What more could you ask for? Anne-Marie Smith is new to the neighborhood outside of Houston in 1962. She is shockingly divorced and on her own with her two young kids for the first time. […]
Star Dust Is Golden
Buy Star Dust and read it. Heck, it’s free on Amazon right now. Genevieve Turner and Emma Barry have written a solid romance with great period detail and poignant moments that go with and beyond the love story Star Dust tells. The first of the Fly Me to the Moon series, each of the historical romances in the group feature an astronaut. It looks like they jump around in decades, so there are lots of period elements – the heroine os Star Dust smokes! – […]