With Amazon Roulette, the second book in the Marina Alexander Adventures series, Gleason has created a really intricate and exciting world full of mystery, thrills, politics, science, and even a dash of romance. I love how the characters and events are all intertwined. This book kept me on the edge of my seat! It’s so tempting to read to the end to find out how all the threads are connected—but don’t do that to yourself! Enjoy the ride as everything unfolds beautifully.
Marina Alexander is a kick-butt heroine for contemporary times. She’s smart, tough, she doesn’t “need” a man to validate her (but isn’t afraid to go after what she wants!), and she makes mistakes and owns her faults. This book delves further into Marina’s relationships with members of the Skalas, showing us her conflict between family and her sense of duty. Characters like Rue (please, give us a book about Rue!), Gabe, Helen, and Lev continue to develop and evolve in this story, and a geeky but fierce entomologist named Eli is thrown in the mix to stir things up. No one is truly what they seem, on the surface. Makes me wonder what direction Marina will take in the future as her relationship with “Gaia” is starting to present itself.
The “roulette” game is awesome and scary, as are the Skalas. But, it takes a talented author to make me sympathize with the “devil.” What the Skalas do is fundamentally wrong, but they are so convinced in their beliefs, and on the surface (not in execution) their beliefs are noble.
This book made me want to Google all sorts of things about science, history, even bugs, just to see what factual and what wasn’t! That’s how committed this work is, it’s so convincing I want to “research” it further!
Amazon Roulette can definitely be a stand-alone (and that’s coming from someone who hates to read books out of order). There is enough detail given to understand the character’s motives and to drive the plot forward (five years after Siberian Treasure) without dumping a lot of useless info on the reader at once. I also liked how, as the story progressed, more nuggets from Siberian Treasure’s story were given.
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