{"id":3362,"date":"2018-10-18T17:20:29","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T21:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/?p=3362"},"modified":"2018-10-18T17:21:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T21:21:11","slug":"peace-force-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/2018\/10\/18\/peace-force-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Another fun sci-fi slump buster from the mind of Simon Haynes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-218\" src=\"https:\/\/dragonauthors.com\/bookwyrms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tiny-star.png\" alt=\"gold star\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 id=\"title\" class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"><strong><span id=\"ebooksProductTitle\" class=\"a-size-extra-large\">Peace Force, by Simon Haynes<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Harriet Walsh was destined to serve on the Peace Force. She\u2019s been receiving invitations to join up since she was only 15 years old\u2026 she just doesn\u2019t know it\u2014mostly because they\u2019ve been printed on the backs of takeout menus and advertising pamphlets by an obsolete robot. When her beloved aunt passes away, leaving behind a broken heart and a pile of debt, Harriet finally gets her mail. Serving on the Peace Force isn\u2019t exactly her passion, but jobs are scarce and she needs the cash. Besides, Dismolle is a retirement planet. How bad could it be?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Well, she\u2019s about to find out. Training isn\u2019t easy when nobody outranks the antique-bucket-of-bolts robot that was left running the show, especially when it has to recharge more often than a five-year-old iPhone. Add a training weapon she\u2019s not allowed to train with, a police budget funded by a lottery scam, and an AI cop car that likes long walks on the beach, and Harriet is in for one miserable Peace Force experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In other words, classic Simon Haynes.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CrbXcU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Amazon<\/button><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/book\/id1366451042?at=1001lNKT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">iBooks<\/button><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/ebook\/peace-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Kobo<\/button><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/peace-force-simon-haynes\/1128631560?ean=2940155192947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><button class=\"button\">Nook<\/button><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We had a lot of fun with this one, including plenty of snort-laugh moments, and the plot had more depth than some of the author\u2019s other titles, making it something of a cross between a comedy and an action adventure. The cop car made for great comic relief (we\u2019re hoping to see more of that guy in the future), and the robot sidekick\/antagonist was delightfully infuriating. It did feel as though the main character was sometimes too quick to process the more emotional events of the novel, but the focus is intended to be on the comedy, and Simon Haynes does comedy in spades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Overall, it\u2019s a fun setup that delivers on the promise of a good laugh, without ever tripping into sentimentality\u2014the perfect light caper to cleanse the palate between those weekly episodes of <i>Riverdale<\/i> or <i>This Is Us<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Nobody pays us to recommend anything. 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