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smwhrcelestial's review
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
sarah_fodots's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.0
iam's review
3.0
Entertaining if a bit awkward story about a crew of humans getting lost in space and encountering aliens.
Healing Touch focusses on Noah, the captain of the crew that got lost, and Vivek, an alien healer-spy.
Content warnings include: violence, death, torture, one character uses language that might be harmful to trans readers, sex on-page, character contemplates suicide; mentions of slavery.
There were quite a few weird things about this book.
The romance was mostly insta-lust, which yeah, is a thing, but felt completely out of place in the life-or-death torture/escape setting where the characters meet. Then as soon as their surrounding situation calms down they instantly jump into "you are my home"/"i want to belong to you forever". All of this happens in the span of maybe a day, possibly less.
The focus of some scenes was also weird, bordering on uncomfortable, and often awkward. Not just in the way of how and what was described, but also what the characters think about. Vivek forgets about his mission, Noah forgets about his crew, and both of them forget about the child they rescued and are now supposed to care for but sex is somehow more important to them.
The entire plot about Bedel, the child, was also.... not exactly weird, but I'm wondering why he was included when it lead nowhere. Same goes for the libido supressing drugs Vivek was taking? Like, what was the point???
The worldbuilding was okay, but I was a bit disappointed by the aliens. They seem to be entirely humanoid, with antropomorphic snakes, lions and dolphins, centaurs and entirely human looking ones making up the ones that appear.
Any sort of background for the characters was missing. The characterization wasn't entirely consistent, but that was fine bc it didn't go very deep anyways.
Still a diverting read that flowed easily.
Healing Touch focusses on Noah, the captain of the crew that got lost, and Vivek, an alien healer-spy.
Content warnings include: violence, death, torture, one character uses language that might be harmful to trans readers, sex on-page, character contemplates suicide; mentions of slavery.
There were quite a few weird things about this book.
The romance was mostly insta-lust, which yeah, is a thing, but felt completely out of place in the life-or-death torture/escape setting where the characters meet. Then as soon as their surrounding situation calms down they instantly jump into "you are my home"/"i want to belong to you forever". All of this happens in the span of maybe a day, possibly less.
The focus of some scenes was also weird, bordering on uncomfortable, and often awkward. Not just in the way of how and what was described, but also what the characters think about. Vivek forgets about his mission, Noah forgets about his crew, and both of them forget about the child they rescued and are now supposed to care for but sex is somehow more important to them.
The entire plot about Bedel, the child, was also.... not exactly weird, but I'm wondering why he was included when it lead nowhere. Same goes for the libido supressing drugs Vivek was taking? Like, what was the point???
The worldbuilding was okay, but I was a bit disappointed by the aliens. They seem to be entirely humanoid, with antropomorphic snakes, lions and dolphins, centaurs and entirely human looking ones making up the ones that appear.
Any sort of background for the characters was missing. The characterization wasn't entirely consistent, but that was fine bc it didn't go very deep anyways.
Still a diverting read that flowed easily.
casaembrujada692's review
3.0
Meeh - it was ok. I could‘nt relate at all why the characters acted / felt the way they did and somehow everything felt rushed. Would‘nt read it again and I will not continue to read the series.
melitta's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
litandlayne's review
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
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