Thursday, August 15, 2024

Star Cruise: Ghost Ship by Veronica Scott [Review]

Star Cruise: Ghost Ship (Star Cruise #3, Sectors SF) by Veronica Scott
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: December 26, 2023

Star Cruise
1. Star Cruise: Marooned
2. Star Cruise: Outbreak
3. Star Cruise: Ghost ShipKindle
4. Star Cruise: A Novella
5. Star Cruise: Songbird
6. Star Cruise: Mystery Dancer
7. Star Cruise: Idol's Curse
8. Star Cruise: Time Loop
9. Star Cruise: Star Song
10. Star Cruise: Dream Dancer

Related Novellas
Star Cruise: Stowaway
Star Cruise: Rescue

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Alien Empath
1. Danger in the Stars

Nebula Dream
1. Wreck of the Nebula Dream

Sectors SF
1. Escape from Zulaire

Veronica Scott
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
After losing his Space Navy career due to an unfortunate accident, Theo Knox is looking for any opportunity to distinguish himself as an officer aboard the luxury cruise liner Nebula Zephyr. When they come upon a derelict freighter, he’s happy to lead a small crew to salvage the ship and bring her to port. But once he’s boarded the little ship questions pile up. What happened to the original crew? Why is the lifeboat still docked? Is the ship haunted? What’s in those mysterious crates in the cargo hold?

Security Officer Jayna Evans has complicated feelings about Theo so she’s pleased to be assigned to his salvage crew. She hopes they can work out their future while bringing the derelict to port but the uncanny events aboard the abandoned vessel pile up and she can’t trust anyone, not even Theo.

Can Theo and Jayna salvage the ship and their relationship? Will anyone survive a cruise on the Ghost Ship?
Thoughts on Star Cruise: Ghost Ship: I have a big soft spot for ghost ships just floating aimlessly in space and the people who find them. I mean, ghost ships are inherently creepy BEFORE you throw in any weirdness that might be hiding in the dark corners of said ship. What I'm trying to say is YESSSSS.

Two of our intrepid salvage crew happen to have a thing they're sort of dancing around. Now, you might think this would be distracting, but I kind of think their thing helped them stay focused as things went sideways. I mean, when you want the other person at your side to survive what's menacing you, it's very motivating.

So. Theo and Jayna. He's an officer looking to find his place with his new crew. She's a security officer with a non-nonsense attitude and a bruised heart. Trusting Theo to run the salvage op is easy. Trusting him with her heart? Not as much. A series of odd occurrences, the crew starting to act out of sorts, and a ghostly child that may or may not exist soon has Jayna and Theo looking over their shoulders. Then things get really weird.

An abandoned ship, more than a few strange happenings, crew members on the edge, a man determined to figure things out, and a lady who will fight to the bitter end. Ghosts ships, man. GOOD STUFF.

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