I kind of figured that because the book blurb kept touting that it was the story of Bonnie and Clyde, but in space, that Ava and Shane probably would not have a happy ending. But it was still hard not to root for their success against the Opians who were trying to destroy their homeworld due to greed and for all their crimes, it was such a small dent in the grand plans of General Noth.
I think it Ava and Shane were a bit better than Bonnie and Clyde, especially when all their crimes (after the breakout from Chess) were to help their home planet. And there was the addition of Cyrus, who becomes important more at the end. The villain of the story is pretty one dimensional. Awful for the sake of being awful in deciding to ruin a world and that's it. I prefer a little more depth to the villains or they just become meaningless.
I think this book was pretty good but needs more worldbuilding and more dimension to the characters.
I think it Ava and Shane were a bit better than Bonnie and Clyde, especially when all their crimes (after the breakout from Chess) were to help their home planet. And there was the addition of Cyrus, who becomes important more at the end. The villain of the story is pretty one dimensional. Awful for the sake of being awful in deciding to ruin a world and that's it. I prefer a little more depth to the villains or they just become meaningless.
I think this book was pretty good but needs more worldbuilding and more dimension to the characters.