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Title: Better than the First!
Review: I found the first one slow moving and hard to get through, although that was admittedly because I was in school when I read it and concentrating more on other things. The Golden Age held my attention, however, enough for me to purchase the second book, which I read over Christmas vacation. I have to say that this one held my attention much more, and I found I could barely put it down. It was much more entertaining, I thought, than the first one. The only problem I had with it was Phaethon's condescending attitude. It added dimensionality to the character, but almost went so far as to make him un sympathetic. Daphne quite literally goes to the ends of the earth for him and he treats her like she's some kind of burden, always ignoring her when she's probably the smartest of the bunch. "No no no honey, space travel is for big strong men only, why don't you run along like a good little girl and clean the house" -- UGH! SO annoying. Other than that though it was a very good book.
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