**^BOOK REVIEW- Cosmic Boom: Project Enterprise 9 by Pauline Baird Jones

   

If you love your chemistry interstellar, your action fast-paced, and your space opera sprawling, then grab COSMIC BOOM, the ninth entry in the award-winning Project Enterprise series, and take an exciting adventure into the unknown.

 

Book Details A critical mission, a cosmic event, and a secret….

USAF Captain Hedy Quinton joined Project Enterprise so she could travel to a distant galaxy. Excited about her first command, she never expected the headaches that would go with it. She’s dealing with a lonely AI in her ship’s systems, a really cute deck officer who used to be a robot, a disgruntled ally who wants to be in command, and a passel of possibly dubious scientists. The only thing going for her is that none of them are named Dr. Smith.

BoomerJ—known as Boom—is still getting used to his new human body. His new form feels and needs things that his robot body never did, especially when he is around his new commanding officer, Hedy Quinton. His new emotions also make him realize something else—that his new form is fragile compared to his old one.

For Hedy, the pressures of command come into sharp conflict with the longings of her heart when Boom goes down to check out the weird happenings on an unknown planet. Things don’t go well down on the planet or up on the ship, making Hedy wonder if she should rethink her life’s choices.
Can their love survive a cosmic event, betrayal, and the secret of Boom’s past, or will they be destined to be lost in space?  AMAZON LINK

5+ STARS 

This book was my first venture into this series. And I'm so glad that I took the leap.   There is such a good main character in Hedy.  I really enjoyed her humor that played out in her head.  Some funny stuff there with her phrases that pop up in her head about Star Trek.  And that's not the only funny parts that she adds.  Of course she is also a very skilled Captain.  

I liked that dual points of view were a part of the story.  It made for even more interesting reading when I got to see both Hedy and Boom 's input. Boom's struggles with the human part of his new life was SO well done.  But he will have a whole lot more to deal with because he has no memories of a certain time of his life.  They will include plenty of surprises.  The struggle with his feelings for Hedy also keep him busy.  But the attraction isn't just on his side but they will have things to work out.

Roy, the computer is even more.  More like the actual ship and that also was a good interaction. 

I've mentioned the humor but there is also great world building and more than enough danger to go around.  

I liked how the story ended and I hope there will be more stories in this series.  I adored this one.  It was so good on so many different levels.  What an adventure it turned out to be.  

 

 I received a free ARC of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.