If Science Fiction and Fantasy are genres you love then this series is for you .
This book is the second in the series and whilst it can be read as a standalone
I would recommend reading the 1st book to put the worldbuilding and
the characters in place .

Jinnifer Blue's efforts to expose the Government's secrets has failed , drastically
........... her Mother now her worst enemy . To make matters worse her lover Caspian Dax
has to fight in the arena on Sittan .......... the outcome uncertain , will he survive unchanged ?.
She must leave her beloved ship behind and rely on her friends and rather
surprisingly and old enemy to rescue her love . Escaping from her Mother's
plans for her may prove even more difficult .

This is an enjoyable book full of action with twists and turns at very point .

I was given anarc of this book by NetGalley and the Publisher in exchange for an honest review

I received a free copy via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.

Having not read the first book I wondered if I would struggle with this.
But I found it totally enthralling and was left wanting more.
An exciting adventure which left me wanting more and even though in the wrong order i will be reading the first in the trilogy.

After Blue Shift, I was intrigued to see where this series headed next. After all, the first one was a fun space romp with aliens and political intrigue and characters I liked enough to want to read more of.

Oh. Well. This one is not very much like the last one. Same universe, same characters, same political intrigue, but where’s all the fun gone? This isn’t so much a space romp as a space wreck, careening from one disaster to another as Jinn tries to rescue herself, then Dax, then everyone and mostly makes things worse and wrecks everything. All while Dax is fighting for his life and enslaved to an alien empress.

There are a few other characters taking up page time, but they follow a similar disaster pattern. Basically, this is the book where everything goes wrong.

Plotwise it’s okay, if pretty joyless, but it lacked the enjoyment of the first book. Sadly it shares a similar lack of detail and depth, but without the sense of scale or discovery. The escape from Alcatraz 2 is fast, formulaic and lacking in any tension whatsoever. Which sets the scene for several similar moments in the story.

It’s all right, I suppose, in a pulpy sci-fi way, but it wasn’t what I wanted. YMMV, of course, but it was just a little too hopeless, dark and joyless for me. Sorry.

Deep Blue, the second novel in the second species trilogy, is even better than the first book and a superb addition to the science fiction genre. There is more action than you can shake a stick at and for the fun-filled reading sitting I found it difficult to put down to do menial tasks. Often given the title of science fiction thriller, these books merge the sci-fi and thriller genres to create a compelling hybrid. The author manages, just as she did in Blue Shift, to make her reader feel a multitude of different emotions making this one hell of an emotional rollercoaster. She is adept at creating a richly imagined alien landscape featuring an unforgettable cast of characters who you can relate to and empathise with. Everything is so clear and vivid that I wanted to reach out and touch each character.

I did go into this book with some trepidation because, from past experience, the second novel in a trilogy can often be a complete drag that's merely there to set up the final book. I shouldn't have worried as this one blows the first out of the water AND sets up for the concluding book. You learn a lot more detail about the world and the characters in this instalment, and the intelligent way it was written had me mesmerised. We have so much going on in Deep Blue: suspenseful scenes, conflict, danger and emotional distress are just some of the things that happen. I look forward to the last book, and I hope we won't be waiting too long for it. I, however, know that I'll be sad when it all comes to an end.

Many thanks to Piatkus for an ARC.

So this is the second book in a trilogy...

I enjoyed the first book but this one was even better! Normally I find that the second book in a series is never as good as the first, but this was not the case with Deep Blue. I was glad that the world building was more enhanced and this book is rich with action- which I LOVED!

I highly recommend this series for those who enjoy young adult and sci-fi novels!

4.5*

I liked the first instalment in this series and I loved this one that is better and more engaging than the first one.
I loved how the characters were developed and how the world building was improved and more details were supplied to the reader.
It's a real page turner that you cannot put down.
I look forward to reading the next instalment in this series.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to Little, Brown Book Group UK and Netgalley for this ARC