Starship for Rent

By: M.R. Forbes

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

When Noah sees an advertisement offering him a chance to rent a starship, he’s convinced it has to be a trick.

Already having the worst day of his life, he’s willing to do anything for a distraction, including following a random stranger’s directions to the middle of nowhere to see a ship he doubts exists. Except there is no trick. The starship is real. And Noah’s life will never be the same.

All he has to do is sign the agreement and hand over the cash.

Joined by his wisecracking friend and a woman he met online, he’s about to discover that the universe is more dangerous, bizarre, and amazing than he ever imagined.

And the biggest problem with leaving home may be surviving long enough to come back.

If you like robot-head starships, improbable heroes and intergalactic mayhem, you’ll love Starship For Rent, the latest sci-fi romp from bestselling author M.R. Forbes.

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Another Great Book from MR Forbes

This book continues the adventures of Ben and Matt as they use the same tactics Keep used on them to find deserving (i.e., dying or having a recent tragedy) people to give starship rides to for $20 a head. Noah, Tyler, and Allred go for a ride and, of course, things don't go as planned.

One issue: The starship's AI is named Levi (Lee-Vye), not Levy (Lev-ee). Please listen to the previous books to get the pronunciation right. It's driving us nuts!

The performance

I liked the story. It was unique for most of the sci-fi that I have read and I am anxious to see how this progresses.

Tedious

The overly detailed description of starship fighting bores me. Even at 1.5x speed I couldn't get through it. I'm glad I didn't pay money for this.

left in the dark

it has a very similar beginning as the previous series that this started but lacks a lot of the luster that intrigued me with the other book

Very much young adult.

Very much young adult. I'll have to think before trying book 2. Performance was very good and the story is starting to develop but I've seen better from this author.

It moved at a snails pace

The amount of time I spent listening to this book, is time I will never get back.

childish

simple minded YA escapism. Oh, there are starships and robots and aliens. But any suggestion of similarly to Science Fiction is purely accidental.

Could of been better

The Narrator had trouble with the characters, sometimes switching voices which made it a little confusing at times.

The MC's were annoying and a bit whiney.

The author pulled a cheap trick of ending the story in the middle of a dramatic scene, most likely to be continued in book two.