Home Front by Lindsay Buroker [Review]

Home Front (Star Kingdom #7) by Lindsay Buroker
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: May 9, 2021

Star Kingdom
1. Shockwave
2. Ship of Ruin
3. Hero Code
4. Crossfire
5. Gate Quest
5.5. Knight Protector
6. Planet Killer
7. Home Front - Paperback | Kindle
8. Layers of Force

Lindsay Buroker
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

Casmir and his allies have struck a devastating blow to the powerful prince who sent invaders into their star system, but war still rages at home. Worse, the prince has escaped with a lethal bioweapon, and he intends to wipe out all human life on Odin. Casmir could lose his parents, his friends, and everyone he holds dear.

On top of all that, the Kingdom fleet commander Jorg has captured two of Casmir's friends to ensure his “compliance." But Jorg wants a bioweapon of his own as well as the deadly crushers that Casmir has made. To side with him would be to side with the devil. But if Casmir doesn’t… he may never see his friends alive again.

Thoughts on Home Front: Hoo-boy. Things are heating up for Casmir...err, things are heating up EVEN MORE for Casmir, really. He's trapped with some really awful enemies away from home and the potential for widespread destruction is HIGH.

On the plus side, he's making friends and recruiting allies left and right. And he's doing it without compromising who he is. Which is kind of fantastic. Admittedly, it was a little touch and go for a while on what he'd be able to accomplish (of the good variety) with the orders he was given, but Casmir is nothing if not resourceful. He took those orders and twisted them just enough to make something good out of what could have been an awful situation.

Meanwhile, things are heating up back on Odin. Oku is starting to see some of the cracks in the royal infrastructure and she's not okay with it. Doing what she can behind the scenes miiiight not be enough to help Casmir. That said, hopefully whatever she can manage doesn't completely destroy her family in the process. Not that there's much to save with her family, but they ARE her family. So, you know, she probably doesn't want them all to end up dead or worse.

Things are getting tense(-r) and I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW CASMIR GETS OUT OF HIS NEXT SCRAPE. I can only imagine it's going to be with the help of all the friends and allies he's accumulated along the way. *thumbs up*