Aliens: Criminal Enterprise Book

Well, I finally got what I wanted -- an Aliens book that wasn't just a recycled Aliens trope. Instead of making her story about mad scientists or Space Marines on a rescue or Weyland-Yutani trying to capture a xenomorph for research, Perry chose to write a story about a planet of drug-makers. These are illegal drugs, of course, so to stave off the risk of invasion from either rival drugrunners or the law, the guy who runs the planet populates it with xenomorphs. The aliens are really just background, since the real story is about the characters who make up the staff of the lab.

The thing is, the story still isn't that great. It's actually the best of the books I've read so far in this series, but that's like saying I prefer The Phantom Menace to Attack of the Clones; in the end, I'd rather not have to watch either one. It doesn't help that Perry populates her story with people who aren't likable, but I guess that's what one would expect for a drug lab.

If I could do half-stars, I'd probably give this book 2.5 instead of two stars, but this is definitely NOT a three-star book. Breaking Bad it ain't.