What can I say...It's a Scalzi book. I can't wait to read the full book. The characters that Scalzi writes are always extremely compelling and I always want to know their stories. I was a huge fan of the first book in this series and do not anticipate being anything but thrilled with the second installment!

When I asked to read this book I did not realise that it was a preview only - I therefore don't feel qualified to give a full review and was left feeling a little disappointed .
I was unable to give it more than 3 stars due to the little amount of the full story read

This is a genre I love and what I did read was enjoyable and would lead me wanting to read the full story .

I was given an arc of this book in exchange for my honest review - such as it can be in this instance .

When a novel is good, publishers give reviews an advanced readers copy. When publishers worry about bad reviews, they try to gin up buzz with "preview excerpts." I didn't realize this was a preview excerpt when I applied for it. Nobody with integrity reviews a book without reading it cover to cover. I can't imagine what use a preview excerpt would be to an honest reviewer.

I can't wait until the entire book is out! This just made me more impatient. What a great series! Thank you for making the preview available.

As a massive fan of JOhn Scalzi and his various works, this was guaranteed to be a hit for me.

Following on after the events of The Collpasing Empire, I found this to be a very good initial chapter sampler. Others would usually be substantially smaller and not give as good of an idea about the novel. This has definitely gotten me hyped for the release of the next in The Interdependency Series later this month

It wasn't clear when I first downloaded this that it was a preview, which has since been remedied. Due to that I will be waiting until I can read the entirety of the novel before posting a full review on my blog or elsewhere. Still, from what was available this seems like it will be a great second novel in the series. Based on the excerpt I will definitely be picking up a copy of The Consuming Fire for a full review. But as for right now I just don't have enough to go on in order to give a full, detailed review.

I just want more. Love Scazi's world and can't wait to read the rest of this very soon.
Like all the Scalzi books I've read this far this is fun, exciting and makes me want more Scalzi, always more. He's books always puts me in a good mood.

A laid back start to the sequel of the Hugo Award-nominated The Collapsing Fire. I love Scalzi (who doesn't?) and will be sure to review the book for my blog.

I'm glad you edited the actual title listing of this galley because when I selected it, it was not labeled as an excerpt and I was pretty disappointed. My rating is based upon the excerpt i read, not on my frustration with receiving an excerpt in lieu of the actual book.

I absolutely adore John Scalzi. We always buy him for our library and his website https://whatever.scalzi.com/ is endlessly entertaining. I'm actually waiting to read because I downloaded without realizing it's only an excerpt. I'm going to need the entire story not just 159 pages. I buy Scalzi for my library and for my personal collection.

I didn't read the first instalment in this series so this was completely new.
I really want to read the entire book, what I read in this sampler was wonderful.
I'm also happy because I discovered a new author.
Many thanks to Macmillan-Tor and Netgalley for this ARC

As this is a sample I am not quite sure how to review it.
As usual Scalzi's writing grabbed me from the first line and I was soon smiling at his snark.
Even the few chapters sample left me in suspense and anxious to read the full book.
I think it may be even better than the first.

I really enjoyed The Collapsing Empire, so naturally I was looking forward to this sequel. However, the six-chapter preview provided by Netgalley left me a bit underwhelmed. It opens well but descends into an over-abundance of exposition, religious history, and space politics. There *is* enough good stuff in the first six chapters to make me want to read the rest, and I’m hopeful the pace picks up a bit in the subsequent chapters.

The book starts with an interesting scene: a kid almost dies in a room in the spaceship. The appearance of the god was OK, but after that the book became a long and boring description about religion in this fictional universe. WTF? Scalzi was always strong with his scenes and dialogues - and a long, boring, lexical _description_ about religion? Scalzi forgot how to write a _story_? I just couldn't continue to read, I hope this part will be completely deleted from the finalized version.

When the actual story continues at last, with the empress and the committee, that's just simply boring - some guys are worried, others just think she's crazy, but the actual scene is just boring. This sequel does not seem very exciting at the moment...

The backstory from book one, The Collapsing Empire, was ever so brief, thankfully. With this book, number 2 of 3 in the series, the story picks up right where it left off in book one. At times it’s difficult to keep track of the players with all the political machinations going on, still it’s well worth the time to do so. Although I was disappointed the story of the empire’s collapse was not expanded much, then again, this is only an excerpt, so hopefully the remainder of the complete novel will get the story up and rollin’. This excerpt sealed the deal for me pre-ordering the complete new book, due for release on October 16, 2018.

I received an eARC from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
John Scalzi's newest series The Interdependency returns with its second book "The Consuming Fire". A lengthy prologue - like a little novella - and then we are back to the current events of the interdependency. I enjoy Sclazi and so was not bothered by the lead up to events. This is an intergalatic society - dont look for groundpounder action - its a book with much more political machinations. I give it a 4 out of 5 stars.

I don't usually read excerpts, but I just finished book one and I'm jonesing for more, this took off right where it left off and it doesnt seem like the book will disappoint, I can't wait for the entire book!

I usually avoid excerpts as I don't like to be drawn into a story that I know I won't be able to finish. But I have recently discovered some of John Scalzi's other works and wanted to see what this new book was about. I enjoyed what I read and look forward to getting the full book in October. Gives me enough time to read the first book before this one comes out.

I was disappointed when I realized this was just an excerpt, as it drew me in. I really enjoyed the first book from the series and know I will enjoy this one too. Can't wait to read the whole thing!

Enjoyable book. This story takes place in the future, out in the stars. People travel through the Flow, between the worlds. The worlds are controlled by a feudal system and The Church of Independency. The politics reminded me of Dune series. I am looking forward the more from John Scalzi on this book and the series that should follow.

I so appreciated “The Consuming Fire (Preview Excerpt).” It gave me a great introduction to fine writer, John Scalzi, and his amazing work. Highly recommended!

Pub Date 16 Oct 2018

Thanks to Macmillan-Tor/Forge and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.

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