The Drafter

Anyone know why this is twice the price on Apple Books? Assume price wrong but on my Apple Books this is 9.99 Vs 4.99 on Amazon Kindle

This book could have been at least 150 pages shorter. Repeat, repeat, repeat. I quit caring about Peri Reed and wanted to just finish the book.

Harrison's precursor short story is excellent and I can't recommend it highly enough. I have finally found time to read the novel this weekend. And it shines just as brightly. This is a thriller on simmer. A stage is set in the now, but bit by bit we also are told the past. And just as she demonstrated in her Hollows series she has no trouble adroitly juggling the different skeins of yarn in her hands. If you like thrillers with a SF twist, a cast of characters, and an ongoing story read this.

I'm a huge Kim Harrison fan and had no idea she'd written a new series until I read about it on another forum. Poor advertising by the publisher should not deter you from picking up this book. Kim always writes strong female characters and Peri Reed is fantastic. The whole premise of the novel was wonderful and I couldn't put it down. This book is not the Hollows, but you can see the threads that tell you it has the same spirit and fully realized characters.

I couldn't put The Drafter down once I had the time to start it. Kim Harrison is the author I would want to be if I could. She has the ability to make one believe in a world we know is fiction. Her character development is impeccable in spite of the fact that Peri Reed loses her memories by way of the plot. The ending is perfect and leaves one wanting for more. Thank you, Kim, for the beginning of what I see as an awesome series.

Kim Harrison has created an intriguing universe in this book. Lots of suspense and emotion. I can’t wait to read the sequel!

Already a Hollows fan, I dove straight into The Drafter finding another complex and enjoyable character. A true page turner with me rooting for the character thru the end and feeling a true sense of empathy for those that may actually have memory loss and even individuals manipulated for others' purposes. I want to see how Peri's adventures continue! Read the book. Fall in love with the true artistry of a Kim Harrison's universe all over again!

I loved Harrison's Rachel and Ivy series but this book is not up to those standards. It seemed to take forever to get through and by the time I got to the end I was just glad it was over. Sorry, but save your time and money.

Good book, hard to follow as it bounced all over. Ending was bland.

The Drafter by Kim Harrison is the first novel in the series The Peri Reed Chronicles. Peri Reed is a Drafter agent at a government-sanctioned organization, Opti, which completes secret special operations. The unique ability of the highly trained Drafter- Anchor pairs revolves around a Drafter’s ability to manipulate small sequences of time to adjust for any mistakes that are made during an op. Peri Reed has been working with her Anchor for three years completing their tasks successfully and basking in the glory of their successes. During one op, secrets about Opti and her Anchor are revealed, leaving Peri with the nagging pull of her intuition telling her that something is amiss even while she has no direct memory of the night and must rely on her Anchor. Drafters forget any changes in time that they make and must rely on their Anchor to supply them with the sequence of events. As events quickly spiral out of Peri’s control, she must try to figure out who she can trust as Opti and the Alliance, trying to bring Opti down, attempt to manipulate her. I loved this novel. I had read the novella prequel to this first novel, which definitely changed how I approached the story. First, I didn’t need to spend additional energy trying to decipher how the time drafts work. This might take some time if this novel is the first time the reader is introduced to the mechanisms in place in this world. Another impact was that the novella included some of the same characters. I had met some of the characters in the novella, which is years before The Drafter and so it was fun to figure out what might have happened in that intervening time for the situation to be the way that it is in this novel. Regardless, this novel is exciting! I could not stop listening to it. The characters are fun and believable for the most part, the plot is fast paced and winding. It’s got that maddening effect when the reader knows more than the characters and this just makes the reader groan and want to shout at the book. Throughout the novel, my heart ached for Peri. And I did not expect the end and even as it was happening I was thinking of what other explanation their might be. Finally, everything is neatly tied up at the end with no loopholes, but leaves the reader thirsting for what happens next with Peri Reed. The narration by January LaVoy was much improved from the novella. However, one character had a nasally irritating voice that was unchanged, but in this novel it fit his character more. She did a great job with all of the characters in general. The production quality was good. I would recommend this novel to anyone who likes strong female characters, time travel stories, and stories involving government agencies. I cannot wait for the next book in this series. Audiobook purchased for review by ABR. Please find this complete review and many others at my review blog [If this review helped, please press YES. Thanks!]