Oh boy. I had such high hopes for this one. The blurb for Perfect Gravity immediately caught my attention. Sci-Fi Romances are a weakness for me. I haven’t come across many so when I do, I gobble them right up. I get so excited to see what authors create as a future for us and when they throw in romance, sign me up. I didn’t read the previous title which makes me new to this series. However, I do think there is more than enough in the book that I had no problem catching up so that’s not my problem. So what’s my problem?

It’s really hard to enjoy a story when you just don’t like the main character. Not Kellen. From the very beginning, I found him to be a great character. I loved how each of his layers are peeled away, both past and present, and we get to know him more and more. I knew no matter what he did, good or bad, once Yoink was introduced, I was going to adore him until the end.

My problem lays with Angela. I was iffy from the get-go. The story starts, they are young meeting for the first time, I’m mildly intrigued. But, as the story progressed, I began to like her less and less. Her political priorities seemed honorable but everything else, I kept thinking WTH?! A quarter of the way into the book and already I was figuring things out and yet, she couldn’t see it. For someone so smart, she was clueless. Towards the end, I felt myself beginning to thaw towards her. Then there she goes again making me not like her.

The futurist background story I really enjoyed, and the additional characters really drew me in. OMG, I love Chloe! Cheeky, sassy, now her story I would love to read. Heron and Mari, their story I think I may go back and read especially since I would like to know more about this series and their world. Daniel, without going into detail, him I just found disturbing. Maybe, down the road, I’ll give it another go re-reading Perfect Gravity. Maybe I just need more time to warm up to Angela. Maybe.

reviewed by Jac

Three and a half
Having read Wanted and Wired I was desperate to learn more about the varied characters this author has dreamed up. I was really looking forward to seeing how this dark future envisaged for mankind could be somehow turned around. We met the wonderfully caring Kellen previously and it was clear he has some sort of past connection with congress woman Angela but in this story we get not only more of their backstory but fresh insights into just why Angela is the tough no nonsense woman she has become. With the very real possibility of war looming Angela is sure she knows her duty but has no idea that she's about to become a target herself !
I love the world building in place here as its futuristic enough to feel different and yet not full of gobbledegook that needs repeated explanations. The author excels in giving us vibrant diverse supporting characters and I have to admit that the effervescent Chloe and Yoink the very special cat just stole every scene they were in. Plus I wanted more Dan Dan but alas that wasn't to be but who knows what the future of this series holds .
Ok nitty gritty time and in sorry but I didn't really care much for Angela. She's ruthlessly cold and I struggled to warm to her. The author attempts to redeem her with a sad loss but even then her reaction was to take a life ! I do understand revenge is a strong motive but it just didn't work for me . Plus there's a moment when she requested something from Dan Dan that had me wanting to bang her over the head ! I tried to feel sympathy for her but honestly she's my least favourite character in this series. Will she mellow in the future? If brutal I'm hoping we don't get too much of Angela but other characters have me salivating because come on with all that mech technology something surely can be done ! For me this wasn't as good as the first book but I'd definitely read more from this author.
This voluntary take is of a copy I requested from Netgalley and my thoughts and comments are honest and I believe fair

Angela had her goals set and nothing was going to keep her from reaching them. That means she made sacrifices along the way. One of the biggest sacrifices Angela made was walking away from Kellen, her old school best friend, and lover.

Years later, Kellen’s team is hired to take out an android replica of Angela’s husband only to find out that it was the real deal, killing Angela’s husband. Angela has not lived with her husband in years and her marriage was a marriage of power not love so she wasn’t overly wrought about the loss…but her life is now at risk.

Kellen’s boss/team leader offers Angela sanctuary along their group not realizing the effect it would have on Kellen. Kellen doesn’t want to face the hurt and love he still has for Angela but Angela seems to want to reignite at least a friendship if not more.

Fast-paced, action intense and filled with marvelous world building, Perfect Gravity is a complex and multi-layered adventure that will tantalize the sci-fi fan in us all.

I received this ARC copy of Perfect Gravity from SOURCEBOOKS Casablanca. This is my honest and voluntary review. Perfect Gravity is set for publication November 7, 2017.

My Rating: 4 stars
Written by: Viven Jackson
Series: Wanted and Wired (Book 2)
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Publication Date: November 7, 2017
ISBN-10: 1492648191
ISBN-13: 978-1492648192
Genre: Scifi Romance

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Action-packed, page turner that has Angela questioning everything she has worked for since she was a young woman. She sacrificed so much for a government that she believed in that has seemingly betrayed her. With Kellen's help she will get to the truth. It is easy to get immersed in the post apocalyptic world and get behind Angela and Kellen. The secondary characters add so much to the story. Hope there is a follow-up to this book.

I requested this one hoping that it would be a great new series in a new world, but turns out I can't really get into something this futuristic. I had a hard time returning to it, and found it too much suspension of belief. I really hope that someone else loves it though, because it seems like this would be terrific for it's target audience.

Perfect Gravity is the second installment in the dystopian science fiction romance series Tether. I did not read the first book before picking up this one and did find myself a little lost at times likely because of this. Characters from the first book play minor roles, so I anticipate those who enjoyed the first book will like this one. This book features Angela and Kellan who are rekindling an old flame while dealing with the ramifications of political unrest in their technologically advanced future world. Readers are given a history of the relationship between the two characters with flashback sequences. The story itself was fairly heavy on the romance and a bit light on the dystopian science fiction. I really wanted it to be more the other way around and therefore didn't find myself liking this story as much as I could have. I felt like this could have been a good book, but I had a hard time staying focused on the story because of the inclusion of too much detail regarding the romance. There were more interesting storylines the author should have focused more on.

This had a very interesting start. Perfect Gravity starts at the same point in time that Wanted and Wired, book one in the Tether series, started. While the time line is the same this time Angela Neko and Kellen Hockley are the main characters and we see things from their point of view. Seems that someone wants Angela dead. She runs to her old flame, Kellen, for protection. Turns out that many things are not as they seem as Kellen and Angela try to stop a war only to find out that the war is also not what they thought it was. This is full of twists and turns driven by some very interesting characters. My favorite is the cat. Seems she has been augmented and in addition to cuddling and purring she can make a big difference in the outcome of the story. This does come to a nice conclusion leaving me wondering if this is a two book series. I hope not as the world building and back story leave many more places for the story to continue.

I received a free copy of the book in return for an honest review.

I loved the first book in this series but had trouble getting into this one. The characters were compelling but the storyline dragged in places. Still enjoyable.

Book Info
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Expected publication: November 7th 2017 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Original Title Perfect Gravity
ISBN 1492648191 (ISBN13: 9781492648192)
Edition Language English
Series Tether #2
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Source:Netgalley EARC

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Second in a snarky, sexy sci-fi romance series with the perfect balance of humor, heart, and heat. When someone tries to kill powerful continental senator Angela Neko, Texan outlaw and old flame Kellen Hockley is the only man who can keep her safe...and help her save the world.

Kellen Hockley usually keeps quiet about his past, but once upon a time he loved a girl named Angela. He hasn't seen her in a decade, but now he has to break the news to her that his team of rogue treasure hunters accidentally killed her husband. He's had better days...

It's not the news that's delivered to Angela Neko that breaks her apart--it's the rumbly, Texas drawl delivering it. She can't believe she's hearing Kellen's voice again. But there's no time for distractions. When Angela's own life is threatened, yielding up all of her lies and secrets, she and Kellen must figure out how to reverse the geopolitical firestorm she lit to save the world, to save Kellen's cat...and just maybe to save each other.

My Thoughts


After reading it I likened book 1 Wanted and Wired to one of my favorite older sci-fi-fi book series Crimson City , which starts with book 1 by the same name Crimson City. This second book is even closer to the feeling of that older sci-fi series in some ways but still has a unique flair in keeping with it's being written in 2017.

Filled with twists and turns that kept me turning pages each day until had to stop and process the more intricate information received. The fact that this is a varied mix of technical and futuristic along with the romance mixed with suspense and mystery was kind of strange here and there but all misgivings were forgotten or overlooked as the story unfolded. Even some of the more predictable parts were forgiven as Angela and Kellan found their way back to each other despite those still trying to keep them torn apart forever.

Through all the betrayals, political intrigue, outright lies and secrets that the pair endured their abilities to rise above these trials was triumphant to behold. Despite the many deaths that took an emotional toll on them both their determination to soldier on on behalf of those left alive was neither undertaken lightly nor was it without a positive outcome.

The ending of this second book proved that despite the evil humans were capable of they were also capable of greater deeds of compassion as well.

[EArc from Netgalley in exchange for honest review]

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I love this series! In the first book in Tether we were introduced into a post apocalyptic world where the most of the earth and its wildlife has been decimated. Half organic half cyber robotics humans reside in this new earth and politics and endgames dictate people's fate. Perfect Gravity runs parallel on the latter half of the first book in the series (so it would be best that they be read in order) and this time we concentrate on the powerhouse senator Angela Neko, who has a very personal past with the throwback brilliant scientist Kellan Walker. These two has a very emotional and tragic past which I would not elaborate on since it would definitely spoil the story. Suffice to say, their story is gripping and is a page turner, add to that the ongoing plot about who really is the bad guy and what is the end game for the ragtag team of Heron Farrad. I cannot get enough of this series plus Angela and Kellan's story and basically their love story is pure gut wrenching emotion balanced perfectly with humor, smarts, snarky conversations and the very essence of what love despite everything truly is. I want the next book please!

Was a good read, but couldn't immerse myself fully into it.

This maybe the second book in a series put it will pull new and old reader the second they read.
Readers will fall into a vivid world created by Vivien Jackson. Characters are alive, feisty, snarky and full of life. The plot is predictable but Vivien Jackson ability to write will keep readers hooked. No just for the HEF or the amazing action scenes but the well written characters and plot that keeps readers eating up the pages of Perfect Gravity.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher Sourcebooks Casablanca for the advance copy

Took me a bit to get into the world - but once I did- wow! Loved this story - the world, the characters - everything. I didn't read the first book, which might be why it took a while to understand the world - but thoroughly enjoyed!

Please note: I received a copy of PERFECT GRAVITY from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the publisher and author.

Five stars and here’s why:

Super fast-paced, explosive action, and highly addictive! Vivien Jackson doesn’t disappoint! This is the second book in the TETHER series focuses on Senator Angela Neko and Kellan Hockley. **swoon** Angela is the queen of snarky and a strong heroine, too. I just enjoyed reading her story so much. Kellan – his sexy drawl and his cat..? Well, you just have to read it. I do recommend that you read book one before reading book two, in order to truly appreciate the series. I loved it. Highly recommend!

The second book in the Tether series focuses on Senator Angela Neko and Kellan Hockley. Unique dystopian world with a feisty heroine and a sexy hero. Lots of action and romance will keep you quickly turning the pages.

*ARC provided by NetGalley for an honest review.

The conclusion of a dystopian world where mech robots are unrecognizable from humans. Senator Angela Neko has given her life to the government, but when drones start to destroy cities and civilians, her ordered world is about to be upended. Super humans linked into the net, nanobot particles form a human countenance, net altered cat, orbiting "space" stations for refugees. Running to the only place for safety when her life is threatened, she returns to the only man she has ever loved. Betrayal of epic proportions, political machinations, HEA. Pacifists have all the best death weapons. I voluntarily reviewed an ARC from Netgalley.

Overall I found the story to be well-written with a great plot. Thanks!

I received this novel from the publishers through Netgalley for an honest and unbiased review.
Perfect Gravity was an explosive, fast paced novel that started with a sigh and ended with a boom! I had never read anything like it and that's saying something. If you are into science fiction with a flare of romance and mystery, then this one is definitely for you.
While the story was fun and enjoyable, I thought it may have been a little too fast paced. You were thrown into the action in the first few chapters and it didn't let up until the very end. Sometimes this can be a very good thing, but I felt like I dived in without a life vest. I didn't get very much build up or anything before the plot was thrown at you and it was either run or be dragged behind.
There wasn't time to get comfortable with the world the author had developed before you were being submerged. Again it isn't necessarily a bad thing, but in a world this awesome, there should be some sort of grace period. I mean a futuristic world where science is melded to humans is such a powerful concept that it deserves more back service.
On a more positive note- the characters were not only likable, but relatable. While Angela Neko is a psycho perfectionist at heart, she was raised and trained to be this way. So even her neuroses are understandable. Kellen Hockley, her match in every way that matters is just as loveable as any hot blooded Texan Cowboy, so what if his beasts are of the futuristic kind?
With a little more detail and a couple more chapters this could have been an amazing store. It just needed a little more fluffing. It still managed to be a good story, just not incredibly so.
3 out of 5 Stars