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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I liked all of the characters from the very beginning. Dawn did a great job getting the reader fully emerged into the story and what the characters were feeling. Ryvan was absolutely adorable, I wouldn't mind being captured by him any day
Nothing really to add to my original review. I just love revisiting this one!
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Xera is a translator, stuck on a ship working for the GE (Galactic Explorers), a human enterprise lead by greedy businessmen. Khan, her captain is a dull-witted, cowardly misogynist prick. They end up stranded on a barren planet with another ship full of Scorpios. Not really the enemy, but almost.. and Xera is the only one who can speak to them.
Ryven is the Scorpio captain but also an important man on their home planet. He finds himself intrigued by Xera, although she is nothing like the women of his planet. But he is a patient man and hides his interest until the timing is right.
Xera is a very independent young woman who is better at martial arts than dancing. She comes from a planet that is OK with strong women but sexual intimacy is forbidden outside of marriage.
The buildup of the relationship between the h and H was great and their characters are strong and enduring.
The world building is pretty good. The Scorpios do have cultural differences, but not enough to really come across as 'alien' unfortunately. Still I found them intriguing and the characters were interesting. When Xera arrives on their planet she finds out about the aliens who live on the other side of Scorpio space, the Khun'tat, who attack humanoid species to drink their blood. Sounds a little silly when I put it that way... but they were well written and scary.
There is also intrigue on the planet of Scorpio.
I really had a hard time putting this one down. It gets a little silly with OTT action stuff at the end, but it was a great read overall. The ending and epilogue are sweetly romantic.
Safety is good
I do wish the author had written books about the other two romances in the making in Ryven's family. I really wanted to find out what happened to the girl (Rysing) rescued from the Khun'tat.
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Xera is a translator, stuck on a ship working for the GE (Galactic Explorers), a human enterprise lead by greedy businessmen. Khan, her captain is a dull-witted, cowardly misogynist prick. They end up stranded on a barren planet with another ship full of Scorpios. Not really the enemy, but almost.. and Xera is the only one who can speak to them.
Ryven is the Scorpio captain but also an important man on their home planet. He finds himself intrigued by Xera, although she is nothing like the women of his planet. But he is a patient man and hides his interest until the timing is right.
Xera is a very independent young woman who is better at martial arts than dancing. She comes from a planet that is OK with strong women but sexual intimacy is forbidden outside of marriage.
The buildup of the relationship between the h and H was great and their characters are strong and enduring.
The world building is pretty good. The Scorpios do have cultural differences, but not enough to really come across as 'alien' unfortunately. Still I found them intriguing and the characters were interesting. When Xera arrives on their planet she finds out about the aliens who live on the other side of Scorpio space, the Khun'tat, who attack humanoid species to drink their blood. Sounds a little silly when I put it that way... but they were well written and scary.
There is also intrigue on the planet of Scorpio.
I really had a hard time putting this one down. It gets a little silly with OTT action stuff at the end, but it was a great read overall. The ending and epilogue are sweetly romantic.
Safety is good
Spoiler
she is a virgin because of the culture where she was raised. But she's no blushing virgin. He was a bit of a playboy before they met, but there are not details given. One OW tries to flirt with him at a party and he shuts her down harshly and quickly. Xera didn't see it. That was the only time we see or hear of an OW.I do wish the author had written books about the other two romances in the making in Ryven's family. I really wanted to find out what happened to the girl (Rysing) rescued from the Khun'tat.
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Technically a reread, but I don’t remember how long ago I read it. Honestly it isn’t as good as I remember, but it’s still awesome. It’s one of the few alien sci-fi romances I’ve read that haven’t weirded me out. There’s a little too much sexism for me, but it’s also sort of their culture so I’m a little lenient.
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Only the April 29, 2012 edition is free. Here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/No-Words-Alone-Spark-ebook/dp/B007Z55EUY/ref=la_B002BMOSWQ_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1354351753&sr=1-1
This book started so well, but lost momentum 2/3rds in.
The h is a strong, intelligent woman. She manages to be independent while avoiding falling into he "I'll show you and do the opposite of what you say, even if it's likely dangerous" trope. I loved that she was skilled, that she could speak her mind but understood when to hold her tongue, and that she chooses to find the best in things instead of moping and spending the book looking for escape.
The H was strong, alpha type, who manages to maneuver the h where he wants her, without a lot of manhandling or commands.
So what went wrong? Pacing. The h spends the majority of the book on the H planet. There's lots of strolling, and shopping, and talking and thinking. After awhile it felt repetitive. If the author had swapped the time spent on Hell Planet, with the time on home world, this would have been a 3 or 4 star read.
The h is a strong, intelligent woman. She manages to be independent while avoiding falling into he "I'll show you and do the opposite of what you say, even if it's likely dangerous" trope. I loved that she was skilled, that she could speak her mind but understood when to hold her tongue, and that she chooses to find the best in things instead of moping and spending the book looking for escape.
The H was strong, alpha type, who manages to maneuver the h where he wants her, without a lot of manhandling or commands.
So what went wrong? Pacing. The h spends the majority of the book on the H planet. There's lots of strolling, and shopping, and talking and thinking. After awhile it felt repetitive. If the author had swapped the time spent on Hell Planet, with the time on home world, this would have been a 3 or 4 star read.
Great story. This was actually the first sci-fi romance I think I have ever read. I was hesitant at first because I never really read sci-fi, but I am so glad I picked it up! I loved the relationship between the hero & heroine, how he saved her from her sex-starved, vicious crew and took her back to his home planet with honest intentions. I liked the way she went about making efforts to adapt to her new surroundings and was still able to maintain her own identity. I really enjoyed the romance aspect, and the imagery the author painted was well done.
I was kind of enjoying it -since to then, I like to read some romance mixed with science fiction- until I came to this dialogue:
(Hero / heroine are kissing)
The thought triggered a sudden panic. She jerked away as if bitten by ice water. “We’re not married.”
“Not my fault,” he murmured, making for her lips.
She wrenched away, aware that he allowed her to go. He didn’t look pleased, though. “We are not married,” she repeated, stronger this time.
He crossed his arms and regarded her.
Discovering her hands were shaking wasn’t pleasant. She hugged herself to disguise it. “Look, I don’t know what your morals are here, but we don’t do certain things before we’re married on my world. A woman can be ruined if anyone even thinks she has. I’ve no interest in becoming a whore.”
Let's see if I get this straight:
a) if you kiss someone, you have marry him/her, regardless of how long you've known each other (1 week in this case)
b) sex before marriages equals becoming a whore.
Excuse me?
Enough. It was bad enought having to go through some heavy-handed clichés that make life in a space station disturbingly similar to life in a middle-class suburban landscape.
In all honesty, I should give it 1 star only. But I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, there may be people out there who enjoy this kind of thinking. I am just not one of them.
(Hero / heroine are kissing)
The thought triggered a sudden panic. She jerked away as if bitten by ice water. “We’re not married.”
“Not my fault,” he murmured, making for her lips.
She wrenched away, aware that he allowed her to go. He didn’t look pleased, though. “We are not married,” she repeated, stronger this time.
He crossed his arms and regarded her.
Discovering her hands were shaking wasn’t pleasant. She hugged herself to disguise it. “Look, I don’t know what your morals are here, but we don’t do certain things before we’re married on my world. A woman can be ruined if anyone even thinks she has. I’ve no interest in becoming a whore.”
Let's see if I get this straight:
a) if you kiss someone, you have marry him/her, regardless of how long you've known each other (1 week in this case)
b) sex before marriages equals becoming a whore.
Excuse me?
Enough. It was bad enought having to go through some heavy-handed clichés that make life in a space station disturbingly similar to life in a middle-class suburban landscape.
In all honesty, I should give it 1 star only. But I don't want to rain on anyone's parade, there may be people out there who enjoy this kind of thinking. I am just not one of them.
It starts off with a human crew (Galactic Explorers) and an alien crew (Scorpio) both crash landing on a dangerous planet after being in a crippling fight with each other. Xera Harris-daughter is a translator for the human crew under Captain Asshole (oops I mean Khan) who despises her. Commander Ryven Atarus is the leader of the alien crew . With no choice the humans and the aliens must now join forces to survive a trek to a safe cave on the planet.
There are evil plots both political and personal, dangerous aliens, space battles, kidnappings, and more all while a human and an alien form a lasting love.
There are evil plots both political and personal, dangerous aliens, space battles, kidnappings, and more all while a human and an alien form a lasting love.
This book was really great! I later found out that this was actually the second book in a series which explained why I didn't understand everything right from the start. Xera was stranded in a hostile situation with aliens on a godforsaken planet full of sand. When attacked by the captain of her ship Xera finds herself protected by the aliens and cared for. Ryven seems to have taken a liking to the little female alien that he rescued from the human captain. But without the words to tell her what he really feels I tries to show Xera what is going on in him. Unfortunately being human, Xera actually needs to hear the words but be sure of his feelings. Trust in a new situation and married off as a war price to Ryven hasn't left her without her doubts.
A sweet, romantic story set in a very exciting world with monsters, not-so-much monster and humans, that actually need to finally understand that there's much more out there then just them and what they want.
I actually really, really enjoyed this, but was then disappointed in the continuing story in book 3. A lot of story strings that were picked up in this story but didn't make it into the next one and were completely unexplored in their potential. That was too bad. I still love this one and I'm probably going to treat it as a standalone story.
A sweet, romantic story set in a very exciting world with monsters, not-so-much monster and humans, that actually need to finally understand that there's much more out there then just them and what they want.
I actually really, really enjoyed this, but was then disappointed in the continuing story in book 3. A lot of story strings that were picked up in this story but didn't make it into the next one and were completely unexplored in their potential. That was too bad. I still love this one and I'm probably going to treat it as a standalone story.