Beth's Review: Danger's Halo (Holly Danger #1) by Amanda Carlson

APC PUBLISHER: ACI Books RELEASED: September 18, 2017 GENRE: scifi, fantasy, post-apocalyptic LENGTH: 302 pages FORMAT: ebook, paperback, audible

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153 years in the future, Earth doesn't look much like it used to.

Holly Danger's current assignment, gleaned from a set of foggy instructions and a handful of coin stuffed into a slot, is to pick up a street kid who's about to terminate himself off a cliff. And, as a rule, she doesn't turn down currency. Her job as a salvager keeps her fed and clothed above the norm, which isn't saying much.

The norm in this city is a scrape-by existence in a post-apocalyptic world, where the rain never stops, food is always scarce, and the elite have deserted the ranks in search of something better. Picking up this urchin won't take much time, even if he's located outside city limits. Her craft is fast, her weapons deadly, and her tech has been optimized as well as it can be for a climate clogged with iron dust.

But things take a big turn when she decides to become the boy's guardian instead of hand him over. Outskirts have descended on the city, and their plans don't include playing nice. When her crew is backed against a graphene wall, it's a good thing her Gem is primed and ready to go. It's almost as deadly as she is.. FOUR BOUNDLESS STARS

I love Holly! I am all for strong female lead characters, and Holly is the epitome of just that. She’s a futuristic intelligent, technological, independent, confident, remarkable woman, with a heart. The futuristic world is dangerous, and most spend their days just trying to survive, but Holly spends her days scavenging for anything useful to her team and finds herself accidentally helping others in the process. I love how this trilogy begins. It can also serve as a read alone with no issue, but I want to read book two now. Overall, Danger’s Halo is a huge 4-star book.