A review by blujade
Smoke Island by Antony Trew

4.0

Good survival airplane/shipwreck/ stranded on a deserted island story.

Pros: most if the story is believable
Racial tension
Unexpected friendships
Villains in the story were believable

Cons:
A little long winded at certain points (found myself skimming a few paragraphs)

The constant name changes in the beginning was confusing at first they were referred to by their race because the main character didn't know their names, then the author switched between race, ethnicity, gender, full names and eventually nicknames. With nine different characters this was exhausting.

I also felt the romance was very unnecessary and took away from the story it actually made me knock off a star.

But overall I enjoyed the story.