“I love being a Marine but there are days…We may have a lot of the same problems in 2122 we did a hundred years ago but back then the Gul brothers weren’t paying lots to see my head on a spike! Not that I was born yet but that’s not the point! So I’m a pretty good shot and Rick is even better. Did I ask daddy Gul and his boys to go on a rampage? No, I didn’t! But now we have to leave the planet … planet and go to the New Hope colony where the locals like to eat people!”
-Staff Sergeant Susan ‘Molly’ Bennett, USMC
In early 2122 Marine recon squad leader Staff Sergeant Susan ‘Molly’ Bennett had her first encounter with members of Hassan Gul’s family. The fight makes her a hero to a nation and to nine-year-old Ciara McCord O’Brien in particular.
The Guls have been committing murder and mayhem on three continents for years. High on their list of targets is anyone or any nation involved with the starship and colony program to develop Earth’s first extra-solar colony on Tau Ceti 4. Now Gul’s primary target is Molly and the Marines who killed his sons.
Hassan Gul’s thirst for revenge brings her together with Ciara’s dad LT Paul ‘Rick’ O’Brien. The result of that incident results in attracting a whole new level of attention from the surviving members of the Gul family of killers. Their only safe haven may be the New Hope colony on Tau Ceti 4.
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The Fierce Girls At War series beginning with ‘Fierce Girls’ is not simply about the bonds between the characters. It is about women who are smart, brave, quick thinking, resilient and who are good leaders. They are steady under fire, they are problem solvers and they are resourceful and creative thinkers. They feel fear when circumstances are frightening but they don’t panic. They are not dependent on their male counterparts and more often than not they outshine them. They feel lust and love but are not driven by either (most of the time). Many of them are experienced, competent soldiers while others are young students dropped into a perilous situation from which no one is coming to rescue them. Some of them are bound by bonds of family but by no means are they all. Book One ‘Fierce Girls’ introduces the main characters –Gunnery Sergeant ‘Molly’ Pickford, Lieutenant Commander ‘Rick’ Cassidy, his daughter Ciara and other members of his family, and Captain Naomi MacCaffrey, a Canadian officer captured by extremists and rescued by Molly in the African jungles. They must find it in themselves to fight battles against other humans before the coming desperate struggle against an alien invasion of Earth’s first colony in space that will arise in the following books of the series. Those books will show these women and others take the lead in fighting for the life of the colony.
The main male character Rick Cassidy serves as a catalyst who sets family members and friends in motion but he does not fight their battles for them although sometimes he fights with them. For one he is a son, for another a father, for others he is a brother, for another a partner and best friend while for still others he is a colleague, a friend, a lover, and a leader who respects the women in his life as competent, intelligent, capable people he inspires to push forward in the face of danger, politics, sexism and inertia.
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I really wanted to love the books, the premise sounds awesome and just my cup of tea, but I couldn’t get into it.
The story starts with the introduction of the character, and there is a lot of them. 🙂 They somehow fit together in a large picture. The info-dumpy narrative was a bit overwhelming at the start. But after a while the storyline emerges, it gets more interesting. While it’s a bit overwhelming, it sets the world, the characters, and the tone for future books, and there is a lot of them.
I love the idea behind the storyline, but no a fan of the execution.
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Fierce Girls is a pleasant read. I loved the premise of this story – fighting terrorists and forced to leave the planet because you’re too good at your job? A colony on an alien planet with hostile locals? Yes please! I really wanted to love this book, but it starts very slowly. There’s a lot of exposition and information dumping, and the pacing isn’t very consistent. The action scenes are *superbly* written, and I would have loved to see more of those. Overall a pleasant way to spend some time.
I have to say, I am not a huge paranormal fan when it comes to my books. I have maybe a couple that I liked and the rest had me rolling my eyes saying no thank you. When it comes to romance, things can get a bit tricky and not believable for me. I was so excited when I was in the first few chapters, I was loving everything about this story! I had wished I had the time to read it through one setting because as soon as I put my device down, I could not wait to get back to this story.
The main family of this story makes me cheer and laugh. They are strength and glory whether they are together or apart. I loved how we are in the future and my how times have changed. I love technology so I loved the advancement. The battlefield is more dangerous and this story has a lot of angst. The love of friendship blooming and the way these Fierce Girls (and men) go to war.
This is a story that you know is endless. It has to keep blooming because there is so much more. I needed this new genre to mix things up for me. This one is a book I definitely recommend!
Fierce Girls is a fantastic and thrilling read and is a fabulous introduction into this series!
The world and characters the author has built is highly entertaining. A world of modern technology but is still relatable. The Cassidy and O’Brien family have captivated my heart! A family of intelligent, strong, and brave women is inspiring. Ciara is something…read the book, wink wink. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I couldn’t put it down! Theres a ton of action and some really heartfelt moments that had me tearing up. I loved the friendship between Rick and Molly. That is a ride or die kind of friendship.
This was truly entertaining read and I look forward to reading more in this series! I give this 4 stars.
When Sergeant Molly Bennett kills two of the sons of world famous terrorist, Hassan Gul, she pokes a hornets’ nest. When she and Lieutenant Rick O’Brien kill Gul, himself, and two more of his sons, the hornet’s nest bursts open and all hell breaks loose. This is the backdrop to Mike Adam’s exciting new novel, Fierce Girls, and the foundation of a whole new series with the same name as Molly and Rick have to deal with the consequences of their actions.
The action in this book is intense, develops quickly and plausibly, but not necessarily in a predictable fashion. That’s good obviously! I learned quickly I could never be certain what Adams had in store on the next page. The other highlight of the novel is the large cast of fiercely independent and deadly capable characters. O’Brien’s large family (mother, sisters, daughter) often steals the show from the two technical heroes—but that’s a good thing because I have no doubt that these women will be taking center stage as the series develops.
In summation, the future is a mixed bag in Mike Adams’ 22nd century universe. On the one hand, technology is becoming truly amazing, faster-than-light travel has been developed and humanity is colonizing a planet orbiting another star. But on the other hand, the threat of terrorism is worse than ever and much of it is directed at stopping the colonizing of that new world. This well-thought-out mix produces plenty of problems which provide loads of excitement in this novel and promises even more in the books to come.