Sentenced to War

While this book is not heavy into the nuts and bolts of ground contact, which is a shame; it does an excellent job of portraying the bonds that binds young men and women together in the fraternity of combat. Rev, as the main character finds himself facing what amounts to a life sentence in the military after a sham trial for a minor traffic infraction [yes, the war is going that badly]. This is the story of him finding himself and his place in the world. Looking forward to the next in the series and a definite recommend for this book.

I could not put this book down! It was what every person who enjoys military Sci Fi looks for. And as a retired Army Infantry NCO of 30 years it has what military types look for to take their minds off those long deployments during their rare down times. Believable humanity advancements while keeping with our history. The character's take on very human traits and complexities. And best of all there were no military slang errors that make many military types like me crazy such as the use of "Over and Out" and the word "repeat" used in the wrong context. Great Job Gentlemen hurry up with those books now.

Sentenced to War by J.N. Chaney and Jonathan P. Brazee is a page-turning coming of age story that I made the mistake of starting at 10pm. When I got to the last page at 3am, I immediately checked to see if the next book was available. The next TWO are available, glory be. (It doesn’t end on a cliffhanger, it’s just that good.)I love military scifi and coming of age stories, and found Sentenced to War a good mix of the two. Our main character, hopped up on hormones, gets himself sentenced to a stint in the military as a conscript. Humanity is at war with technologically advanced aliens. It isn’t going well, and we need more cannon fodder, which is why even a traffic ticket gets you drafted for a term of service.Aspects of this story reminded me favorably of Old Man’s War by John Scalzi, and Orphanage by Robert Buettner. While it does follow a “formula” in which our character goes through boot camp, training, battles, etc, it never becomes formulaic. I had no idea what was going to happen next, and there was never a TSTL moment.I like Rev Pelletier, our main character, who is a believable product of his culture and upbringing. He’s got good bones, as they say, if only he can grow up before he gets blown up.I’m not former military, and I don’t care about tables of organization, rank, proper military speak, and so on. I’m also happy to assume that in the far future, when humanity has spread out to multiple new planets with hundreds of billions of us floating around in multiple military organizations, that rank and structure will have changed. So I ignored the reviewers who railed against those things.The technology was explained well enough I got the idea without ever descending to complete geek-speak and trumping character. At its heart, Sentenced to War is about a good guy learning how to make tough decisions and finding the place he belongs.

Searched for a colloquial word for feces. Many hits. Book is disappointing and deleted.Note: last time I actually quoted an objectionable word in a review, the review was rejected. So, it is not like Amazon finds the language acceptable to them either. But they'll sell it to us.

It certainly looks like this series is going to be a great one. Reminiscent of Starship troopers this story has got me wondering what is next. I can't help thinking that we may yet see Krissy again. Just have to wait.

I enjoyed this book. It started a bit slow, but it sped up real fast. I have to say that it is a close contender to Starship Troopers. Very close.You know about the hero at the beginning of the story, yet you still feel the suspense of what is going to happen to him. At the end of the book a new wrinkle is added. What about Love?Both of the authors are good on there own, here they multiply.

Okay, I will be honest. I did not believe I was going to enjoy this story as much as I did. I like Sci/Fi/Drama. For me, it is important to have a central character and not wander all over the storyline. Character first, storyline second. "Sentenced" does that. If there is a negative it is that I do not understand why people, or even alien beings, seem disposed to fighting one another. In this story, death is lightly glossed over. However, friendships, are highlighted, which I think are more important than fighting each other. Just imagine....

Though this isn't my fav genre, I wanted to see how good it was. It's a deep look at Rev, who become a Marine against his will. It covers his training, & first battle, his friendships & their losses. And now I Have to read the next book... (I'm not surprised about how good it is h I have read other books by each author & those were good too)

Really well written too. When you add the character development to the tech, this is a brilliant beginning to a series. Enjoyed it enormously and I now find that I can read the next one too. Lucky me!

Well written, good characters, absorbing story line.The witty remarks between the characters were a little forced but in general I really enjoyed reading this and wanted to know what happened next.

Well that was a great storyline took a little while to get going but when the fun started could not put it down. Found it a bit slow between the battles but can see and understand why.. Well worth 5 stars and looking forward to book 2

I was unsure about this book when I purchased it. The blurb didn't set it out well enough. The book was very good with lots of action and a good storyline which flows throughout the book. Definitely good value for money. I will buy the next one.

Modern Military space Fiction at its best and the plot and story is well written with characters that you can relate to an see develop as this book comes alive the next book will be delivered to me presently