Now that you’ve seen The Last Jedi, take a journey to save the galaxy again!Michael Moreci’s Black Star Renegades delivered an exciting, intergalactic, quest that would make Steven Spielberg or George Lucas want to film it, and create special editions for decades.Moreci (The Throwaway, 2018, etc.) highlighted his talent by creating a living, breathing, world(s) set in the cosmos. The opening chapter is a space chase and introduces the brotherly duo of Cade and Tristan Sura. Moreci does an excell...

Review originally posted to Let's Get Off This Rock Already! (https://letsgetoffthisrockalready.com...)Black Star Renegades is so thoroughly inspired by Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy (mostly the former) that Moreci proclaims as much on its Amazon store page. Ultimately, that works in its favor. What we have here is a fun, fast-paced adventure novel with its own distinctive setting, characters, and feel, that nevertheless has the courage to make straightforward use of tropes. Only some na...

https://koeur.wordpress.com/2017/10/0...Publisher: St. MartinsPublishing Date: January 2018ISBN:9781250117847Genre: SciFiRating: 1.8/5Publishers Description: Cade Sura holds the future of the galaxy in his hands: the ultimate weapon that will bring total peace. He didn’t ask for it, he doesn’t want it, and there’s no worse choice to wield it in all of space, but if he doesn’t, everyone’s totally screwed. The evil Praxis kingdom is on the cusp of having every star system under its control, and if...

Inspired by Star Wars to the point of being an unoriginal copycat. Writing quality isn't up to snuff, so I only made it about a hundred pages in. Especially unfortunate cause I was looking forward to a good space adventure here.

“He allotted himself a quick second to jam his claw against the control panel and silence all alerts. He knew he was in deep trouble, again; he didn’t need a soundtrack.”Fun. Popcorn for the SF reader.“And what are you going to do?” she scoffed. “What I always do,” Cade sighed. “Something stupid.” If imitation is the most sincere form of flatter, Lucas Films, Marvel, DreamWorks--not to mention J. R. R. Tolkien, should be very flattered. In fact, their legal departments may consider when imitatio...

My expectations clearly exceeded what this science fiction adventure could deliver. Yes, there are clear parallels to Star Wars. Thank goodness for the breadth of outer space, because Black Star Renegades and Star Wars are galaxies apart. Moreci has crafted some decent comic book elements but they never really reach their full potential. Cade suddenly finds himself in the role of "The Chosen One", and continues to refute the point continuously throughout the novel. He teams up with rogue pilot K...

3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum https://bibliosanctum.com/2018/01/08/...Known for his work in comics, Michael Moreci makes the transition to novelist in this rollicking debut which was clearly written as a tribute to his love of space-faring action and adventure sagas. Anyone familiar with popular franchises like Star Wars or Guardians of the Galaxy will no doubt see some of their plot elements and character tropes represented in Black Star Renegades, which borrows liberally from its inspira...

DNF - Usually I'll give a novel that starts out rocky 50-100 pages to win me over but Black Star Renegades lost me on page 5: "This guy is awesome," Cade whispered to his brother.

This is fun.As the author states in his acknowledgements, this book is a love letter to Star Wars. It's not perfect, but it's fun. And, what more could you ask for in a space cowboy story? I am here for the sequel when it happens.

Cade Sura and his brother Tristan are orphans that have picked up for training to be a peacekeeper, Rai. Tristan is assumed to be the Paragon, someone that can handle a powerful weapon to save the universe. But when he is killed after capturing the weapon everyone starts thinking it is Cade that is the Paragon. But Cade wants nothing to do with this responsibility. Thankfully he has a couple friends that he can gather to help him stop Praxis and their War Hammer.Cade has some serious self-esteem...

After reading Melanie Rawn's The Mageborn Traitor and Stephen R. Donaldson's Seventh Decimate (reviews for both books coming up in the near future), two decidedly subpar novels that proved to be major disappointments, I needed something fun and light to get back into the swing of things. And Michael Moreci's Black Star Renegades appeared to be just what I needed. The advance reading copy of this title went to the top of the pile when it showed up in my mailbox and the timing was just about right...

Galaxy hoping, space rebels, evil characters, pilots, friends, foes, robots, sword fights, backstabbing and an epic quest all take place in this book. The galaxy is at war and they need the "chosen one" foretold by legend, to swoop in and save the day. But what happens when the chosen one meets his demise, and another must step up to the plate?Cade and his older brother, Tristan, are orphans who travel to the caves of Quarry on a mission. There tragedy strikes, and Cade is the sole survivor. He

The nitty-gritty: A fun and character-driven debut, fans of Star Wars will find much to love in this fast-paced space opera.In Michael Moreci’s afterward to his fun and furious debut, he unabashedly calls Black Star Renegades his “love letter to Star Wars,” and it shows. It’s easy to make your way through the story and say things like “Cade is Luke Skywalker” or “Ga Halle is Darth Vader” or “the shido must be a light saber.” But Black Star Renegades , for all the obvious Star Wars par...

Review from Tenacious Reader: http://www.tenaciousreader.com/2018/0...3.5/5 starsThis is a book that was written as a love letter to Star Wars, and it shows.  You enjoy it for the adventure and the crew's personalities and excitement as they work to defeat a large and ominous force in the galaxy. It embraces all of the tropes and deus ex machina found in Star Wars and if you can't embrace them as well, then this might not be a great choice of book for you. And that's fine, no book will please ev...

"Black Star Renegades" was an absolute delight from start to finish! One of my favorite things to do is to just aimlessly wander through the stacks of books at my local library and grab books, mostly at random. It can be anything that catches my eye: An author I recognize, an interesting cover, a particular genre. This time it was that name "Black Star Renegades" and the picture of the four adventurers on the cover.First things first: this book is a huge love letter to "Star Wars." Morceci doesn...

I read Black Star Renegades to fulfill the prompt of “A book with your favorite color in the title” (a misnomer of sorts, since I don’t really have a “favorite” color) for the 2018 POPSUGAR Reading Challenge.I received an ARC of this book from St. Martin’s Press via Goodreads giveaway, which has no influence on the contents of my review.Billed as being inspired by Star Wars and incorporating the swagger of Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Star Renegades begins with a great deal of promise. Cade Su...

For fans of Brandon Sanderson...I know that sounds weird to say Black Star Renegades isn't a natural fit for the kind of books Sanderson writes (he's a fantasy, Black Star is sci-fi), but when reading this book I couldn't help but see the similarities, especially in tone. Like Sanderson, Michael Moreci has a casual, breezy way of writing--it's fun and engaging while maintaining a level of seriousness as well, particularly through the characters. Anyway, as for Black Star Renegades, I was lucky e...

Story: 3 (As unoriginal as it sounds but also, unfortunately, uninspired)Characters: 5 (Enjoyable protagonist character arc but little else)This is the story of a young orphan from a backwoods planet who gets recruited by an aged spiritual warrior armed with a glowing sword to join the rebellion against the evil empire and their planet-killer, err... sun crusher. Our lead is a great pilot with a biomechanical hand who’s the new hope for the galaxy after his family member, the Chosen One, failed

"Black Star Renegades" is a seat of the pants, loads of action, space opera romp. In Michael Moreci's hands, you won't find a technical description of the FTL drive of the star ship. And, I could care less, because this adventure novel packs in all that one wants in space opera. A young hero/savior, with a moody weapon of mass destruction, leads/ cajoles a rag tag revolution against an evil empire of world destroyers and killers. This is not deep thought, but it is big fun. Buckle in boyos and g...

Funny, epic, and thrilling, BSR comes as advertised -- the epic journey of Star Wars meets the swagger of Guardians of the Galaxy. For me personally, it felt like Star Wars: Rebels with a little bit more attitude. The immense world building is complemented by a furious pace and strongly written action sequences. Also, 4-Qel is hands down the best droid/robot in the galaxy. Space opera fans rejoice, your new favorite is here.