Review: The Evaporation of Sofi Snow by Mary Weber

Except no one but ambassadors are allowed there.

For Miguel, Earth’s charming young playboy, the games are of a different sort. As Ambassador to the Delonese, his career has been built on trading secrets and seduction. Until the Fantasy Fight’s bomb goes off. Now the tables have turned and he’s a target for blackmail. The game is simple: Help the blackmailers, or lose more than anyone can fathom, or Earth can afford.”

What I liked:
High tech toys! Seriously, what’s not to love. Sofi Snow lives in a world where most illnesses have been eradicated thanks to cures. FanFight games (think Hunger Games without the death) run by tech geniuses. And another planet just chilling outside of Earth’s atmosphere. It was almost like reading a movie script.

The characters! Sofi and Miguel each intrigued me. Not to mention the sparks and thinly disguised disgust on Sofi’s part. Think woman scorned plus the old adage, “a thin line between love and hate.” Sofi’s had a hard life, but she’s determined not to let it get her down. And Miguel, well he’s searching for redemption. Of course, there’s a host of secondary characters that keeps the story moving and engaging as you play the game: whodunnit.

Underlying themes! Mary Weber is famous for this. She always touches upon a real life issue and uses fiction to unearth the root cause and show hope. This book’s theme: trafficking. It’s horrifying to imagine, but Ms. Weber does it in away that you won’t pass out reading it, but understand the underlying emotion and thought that this does go on in real life.

So what say you? Have you read it? Liked it? Loved it? Unsure? Share your thoughts, but please no spoilers.