My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Justin’s debut book is as exciting as it is emotionally satisfying. I only needed to read one page from Justin’s sample off his website to see this was a book I had to read. The action mixes well with emotional attachment to the characters and his SciFi tropes are used well. The Titans are fierce soldiers with awesome fight scenes I’ll remember for a long time. His use of nanotechnology is creative and integral to the story. Shawn, the main character, starts off as a young man more interested in his band and seeing his girlfriend than visiting his mom. I enjoyed the process of his feelings changing towards his mom and him growing up fast into the hero humanity needed to survive the Titan invasion. The ending is clever, satisfying my desire for capable enemies that thwart the good guys’ plan time and time again. Continue reading
Isolation and Despair” is accurate; I leave each story feeling unsettled. This anthology is showing me the type of stories I like, and don’t like. It is a mixture of happy and sad endings, though more heavily on the sad so far. I prefer stories that show someone in despair but ending in their overcoming their sadness. 
