One Step Sideways (Enhanced World Book 9)

Let me just start by saying I do not usually read action or military themed books, nor do I read fantasy (paranormal yes, fantasy, no). I also had not been aware of the previous serious within the same “enhanced world” that precedes this one so I had not read it prior to this to get more background info and to fall in love with peripheral characters mentioned in this book. So taking that into consideration when I say this gets 5 very enthusiastic stars I hope it resonates at how wildly wonderful this world, these characters, and this story truly are. I took a chance on this because I love Victoria’s contemporary romances and this new series seemed like a great opportunity to try something WAY outside my usual preferences with an author I enjoyed. And even though I totally missed that this was a shared world/spinoff from a previous series I was hooked immediately. A dynamic and richly crafted world just left of contemporary featuring “Enchanced” humans who wake up one day with special powers in a unique twist on an “x-men” esque trope pairs with deeply relatable and scarred characters, an edge of your seat plot, and an introduction to a found family that leaves you wanting more, makes this an amazing experience from start to finish. This story follows an “Enhanced” excon (Kane) and an ex military Hacker (Danny) both with scars literal and figurative who meet when forced to work together to help save enhanced youth disappearing from inside the very prison our excon was just…

Truly amazing. I loved this story so much. It is an amazing action filled adventure. The characters are perfect and there interactions are entertaining and fun. With a perfect ending I am excited to read more in this series.

Well written story and well developed characters. WOW!! I was so engrossed and involved! I felt everything in the book! It even made me cry! Loved this book and can't wait to read the next one!

As this is the first of the series I liked the characters and the premise of the enhanced. I also love a good hurt/comfort story line. Especially when both MC’s are damaged. The author did a great job of telling the story and wrapping up all the loose ends for these to MC’s. Definitely looking forward to the next in the series.

I tried to find if this was a spinoff from another series. So much was referred to that happened in the past. But I didn’t find anything linked to this book. Lack of cohesion made the reading messy. Nice HEA though.