Inga by Scott Medbury was a spur of the moment selection to listen to on my part. It is a short, science fiction novel set in the USA in the near future. Inga is decently narrated by both Adam Barr & Ashley Trumpler. The premise for Inga was intriguing enough for me to want to read it. But the execution of this novel by the writer was lackluster. I'd hoped the writing would be more engaging than it was. Inga simply needed more depth in terms of the writing to have made it more captivating. The plot twist at the end of Inga is something I didn't see coming and was the best part of the novel itself.
Below is the publisher's summary for Inga by Scott Medbury from Chirp's website:
The thug ran his hand down the warm curve of her thigh, and it wasn’t until an impossibly strong hand gripped his arm that he realized the girl, was no girl at all. Still, if not for bad timing he might have left the room alive…
Things aren’t always as they seem. The girl in the box is unbelievably beautiful and while Ivan Petrovic knows she’s a Synthetic, he experiences cognitive dissonance trying to reconcile her appearance and what she actually is. That turns out to be a real problem when his cruel boss, Molenski, now the proud owner of the most advanced human form robot on the planet, leaves them alone together.
The more Ivan gets to know Inga, the less machine-like she seems. There are so many questions. Just who did Molenski have the stunning robot modelled upon and what did he plan to do with her? Surely, she wasn’t just to be a sexbot? Ivan has to know, but fears the answers will be terrifying.
Within hours of his boss’ special delivery things get very ugly, very fast and Ivan will be caught right in the middle of the murder and mayhem.
I am giving Inga by Scott Medbury a rating of 2 stars out of 5 stars.
Until my next post, happy reading!!
At least there was a cool twist at the end. And that's a very cool cover.
ReplyDeleteI do like the cover art as well for this novel.
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