Browncoat Fox reviewed Firefly - What Makes Us Mighty by James Lovegrove (The Firefly Series, #7 of 8)
Another involved plot worth the wait
5 stars
Despite having read this one more recently, being the 7th entry, it took a moment to recall much of the events of this book. Back in Shindig we got to see some glamour and a taste of the posh life in Firefly, as well as some of the more serious underlying facts of life in the 'Verse such as the incident with Atherton Wing, and the nature of working with Lord Harrow.
In a similar manner, this book has a superficial layer with a much, much deeper truth hidden behind it. Zoe shows her rebellious streak that emerges time and time again when she doesn't see eye to eye with Mal, and it is more profound here in this book, and for good reason.
It was nice to see Book having a very believable role in this story, and there were some more new details into the Firefly universe added …
Despite having read this one more recently, being the 7th entry, it took a moment to recall much of the events of this book. Back in Shindig we got to see some glamour and a taste of the posh life in Firefly, as well as some of the more serious underlying facts of life in the 'Verse such as the incident with Atherton Wing, and the nature of working with Lord Harrow.
In a similar manner, this book has a superficial layer with a much, much deeper truth hidden behind it. Zoe shows her rebellious streak that emerges time and time again when she doesn't see eye to eye with Mal, and it is more profound here in this book, and for good reason.
It was nice to see Book having a very believable role in this story, and there were some more new details into the Firefly universe added by this story as well. There is a lot of good things to say deeper into the details, but it will sadly be one spoiling element after another! If I recall correctly this is the novel where a very fun dynamic is introduced by pairing up Simon and Inara, involving Simon in a way like his proposed heist on Osiris.
The crew get sucked into a much bigger picture beyond their originally intended involvement, but as Mal would know, that seems to happen often to him and the crew as they tend to have a fair amount of bad luck along with the good.
Being the 7th book, readers sticking to the series this far in have a good idea what to expect, and I certainly don't recall any disappointments here.
