Her character might have a simple drive, but her reactions are nuanced and often unexpected. Driven by family scorn, Melba comes into this book to wreck Holden and his crew and ends up dooming quite a few others in the process. Much of this is due to the excellent and final new POV character, Melba. To the very last page, this book is throwing curveballs and putting its main characters and the human race in danger. From the jump, tensions are ratcheted to eleven and they don’t die down. The conflict in Abbadon’s Gate also manages to feel the direst of the entire series. His brash and impulsive nature always made his chapters an interesting read keeping me on the edge my seat. Second up, Bull is possibly my favorite of the new cast, probably because he reminds me a lot of Bobby. Her constant optimism and drive to do the right thing is a nice balance to other more utilitarian characters and aligns her well with Holden. Ana is a preacher with a heart of gold and steel resolve stuck in the middle of one of the tensest situations in human history (and that’s coming from someone who just endured the 2020 election). It’s tough to follow an act like Bobby and Avasarala, still my favorites, but Abbadon’s Gate manages. The new POV characters introduced in this book are two of the best. The stakes somehow manage to top vomit zombies taking over Venus, and that’s truly a feat. More impressive, it keeps the tension high even while most of the story takes place in one location. Abbadon’s Gate manages to blow past its predecessors with another incredible story and standout new characters.
The first two are some of my favorite science fiction to date, and Caliban’s War (#2) especially was going to be hard to top. Coming into Book 3, The Expanse series was on a hot streak.
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