Official Review: Surviving Anstey by Susan Hancock

MsTri · Post by **MsTri** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:24

Thanks, but I'm afraid I'm really not interested in reading about the protagonists' escape plan and execution of such, so I will not be reading this.

Manang Muyang · Post by **Manang Muyang** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:26

Sci-fi doesn't excite me much. But since the author kindly provided a free copy, I will give this a try. I only wish the villain's name was easier to pronounce. It makes me antsy, LOL.

JKirchhofer · Post by **JKirchhofer** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:28

This book look extremely good. As I was reading the review I couldn't wait to start reading the book. I have a feeling I am not going to be able to put this book down.

Brenda Creech · Post by **Brenda Creech** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:30

Thanks for the great review! The more of it I read, the more convinced I was that I wanted to read this book! Your description of the Devon coast was enticing! Then I came to the recommendations and saw the part about the profanity and sexual content and was disappointed! It sounds like an adventurous book with a lot of action and suspense, but the profanity and sexual content are a deterrent for me, so I will have to pass, but I enjoyed reading your review.

Leyla Ann · Post by **Leyla Ann** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:31

This book sounds like a very good combination of historical and sci-fi. I would definitely love to check it out!

glubglub200 · Post by **glubglub200** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:32

Anstey sounds like a horrible tyrant but also like a interesting villain. Nice detailed review and I can't wait to read more about this alien villain.

Ivana Komel · Post by **Ivana Komel** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:35

Surviving Anstey seems like a very interesting sci-fi book. I am definitely putting this book on my to read list. Congratulations for the detailed review!

Chrystal Oaks · Post by **Chrystal Oaks** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:40

Based on the review, this science-fiction/fantasy book is well-written with a strong female protagonist fighting against an evil alien on earth. It sounds like it is fast paced and keeps the reader engaged until the very end. Great review!

Ferdinand_Otieno · Post by **Ferdinand_Otieno** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:40

This is an amazing science fiction adventure novel highlighting deceit, power, fear, drugs, slavery, crime, justice, and standing out. The book is temporarily free on Amazon Kindle and has an awesome well-worded OnlineBookClub review. Congrats @SusanJenniferH1 on the BOTD.

Deval Sodha · Post by **Deval Sodha** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:43

Wonderful story line of the book.
The character of Kat really seems to be interesting.
Will definitely read this book.
Thank you for the great review.

aacodreanu · Post by **aacodreanu** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:43

You pointed out the essential about this book in my opinion: the author makes use of various devices like alternating points of view and the hanging omniscience of the bad character added to the wilderness of Devon in Elizabethan times. It is intergalactic travel, aliens, cohabiting with humans in such remote past.
It will be hard to leave the book once the reader has started it.

sylvia+cummings · Post by **sylvia+cummings** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:45

Surviving Anstey ~ is a Science Fiction Adventurous Book which tells the story of Love through Time and Space. The book entails Romance, filled with action-packed which is geared more mature readers.

Separated by Space and Time, the two find commonality and must develop their own special power to fake on their oppressors and fight back. The dialogue too was an effective blend between this historical time and the futuristic and highly developed alien refugees.

Thanks to the Author

LinaJan · Post by **LinaJan** » 02 Dec 2020, 12:53

This sounds like a very unique premise to the story! And I love novels set in a historical setting, will all the 'rough diamond' qualities of darkness, danger and mysticism. And, to top it up, it is set in the beautiful Devon! This definitely goes right up my list.

Thank you for such a thorough, informative and inspired review!

Sirajuddin A · Post by **Sirajuddin A** » 02 Dec 2020, 13:06

This science-fiction fantasy of time-traveling beautifully transports its time traveler from a distant planet to the earth and in Elizabethan times.

enna_idEsrun · Post by **enna_idEsrun** » 02 Dec 2020, 13:15

Nicely written review. At the outset the thrill and suspense of the book hits you. The author draws you in with her almost mesmerizing style of writing that just flows word into word. But while other-worlds empire stories and sci-fi genres are always intriguing, I can be pretty sensitive to themes that revolve around slave trade, brutality and violence. Still I am sufficiently curious to learn more about the romance between Thomas and Kat; I am curious too to discover how the four rebels fare in their getaway plot. Thus, I do believe that I will add Surviving Anstey to my shelves.