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annkniggendorf's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
eg_m's review against another edition
4.0
Although it started a little slow, the narrative picked up speed quickly when the heroine, Andi, found her planetary trading career landed her in the middle of a civil war. The intricacies of the world building and the plot are fascinating and so smoothly integrated into the story that there's never a sense of info dump or a temptation to skim whole passages to get back to the action. Blending in a touch of mysticism and paranormal, this action-packed sci-fi romance edges into space opera, and it's all good.
snaze6's review against another edition
4.0
Romance and Sci-Fi
This book is quite the adventure and I enjoyed every bit of it. The sci-fi adventure includes many twists and turns as the hero and heroine journey on an escape across a planet. The hero is an alpha yet gentle military commander who has the heroine's feather ruffled at first before melting her heart and making her swoon for him. My first book by this author and I'm definitely interested in reading more. I found this free in Amazon and thought I'd take a chance on a new to me author and a little different genre - I'm glad I did.
This book is quite the adventure and I enjoyed every bit of it. The sci-fi adventure includes many twists and turns as the hero and heroine journey on an escape across a planet. The hero is an alpha yet gentle military commander who has the heroine's feather ruffled at first before melting her heart and making her swoon for him. My first book by this author and I'm definitely interested in reading more. I found this free in Amazon and thought I'd take a chance on a new to me author and a little different genre - I'm glad I did.
amyiw's review against another edition
3.0
2 1/2
I bumped it up because it had a pretty decent story. My issue was that there was a silent self talk in 1st person POV from the female character that was jarring since all the rest was 3rd person dual POV. Perhaps it was to distinguish between talking and thoughts in the audio? Still the audio was pretty bad for me too because the male voice narrates everything, feelings, actions, and all male voice while the female narrator narrates the female voices and the thoughts. So the guy says her feelings, 'she became hot, and the female I wonder if he likes me. This was even more jarring so I went to reading it and actually started kind of enjoying it. I still didn't like the 1st person self talk but... the story flowed better for me.
Even with going to the print read, I still didn't love it. The relationship felt forced, or too fast, yet it took forever to get there. I didn't see what he saw in her as he was trying to save her and she pretty much wanted to disbelieve everything he said. I felt she was a bit silly and naive. When they are finally together it felt like insta love in a war zone. Not very good for a romance. Still the overall storyline is good. Was hard to decide between 2 and 3.
I bumped it up because it had a pretty decent story. My issue was that there was a silent self talk in 1st person POV from the female character that was jarring since all the rest was 3rd person dual POV. Perhaps it was to distinguish between talking and thoughts in the audio? Still the audio was pretty bad for me too because the male voice narrates everything, feelings, actions, and all male voice while the female narrator narrates the female voices and the thoughts. So the guy says her feelings, 'she became hot, and the female I wonder if he likes me. This was even more jarring so I went to reading it and actually started kind of enjoying it. I still didn't like the 1st person self talk but... the story flowed better for me.
Even with going to the print read, I still didn't love it. The relationship felt forced, or too fast, yet it took forever to get there. I didn't see what he saw in her as he was trying to save her and she pretty much wanted to disbelieve everything he said. I felt she was a bit silly and naive. When they are finally together it felt like insta love in a war zone. Not very good for a romance. Still the overall storyline is good. Was hard to decide between 2 and 3.
slc333's review against another edition
2.0
It had elements of a good sci-fi romance, with a hot special forces captain sent to extract our heroine from a planet before it erupts into war. Then being unable to gt out before hostilities erupt, travelling with a small band of survivors, discovery of conspiracy, a desperate journey, alien monks, magical alien artifacts and mind control. So why such a low rating you ask. Well the one thing this potentially rollicking space romance lacked was a decent believable chemistry between our hero and heroine. They met once when he comes to tell her she needs to leave. They have 1 dance and what amounts to a 15 min conversation by a lake before they are on the run for their live. Sure they were attracted to each other but that was it. Then our hero falls foul of a malaria like disease and is in a freaking COMA and our heroine is obsessed with saving him, she cannot lose him etc. It is ridiculous, she spends more time conversing with his sergeant both before he falls sick and the whole time they are trekking along with coma hero before the magical alien artifact wielded by the monks saves him. And her whole attitude with monks was irritating. Demanding they save her one true love that she met a few days ago and spoke to half a dozen times. The our hero wakes up, they have sex and declare their love for one another. I guess he fell in love with her while he was freaking unconscious. It was SO ridiculous that it detracted from what would otherwise have been a pretty awesome story because the action and adventures,and story around the war etc were all really good.
prationality's review
3.0
I mostly enjoyed this story. In a lot of ways this reminded me of Jayne Castle's earlier "Harmony" books; romance was present and the attraction the characters felt for each other shaped a lot of their interaction, but it wasn't the defining characteristic of the story. I think if they two hadn't become romantically linked they would have gone the extra mile for each other because that is who they are.
And to be honest I sometimes felt the romance was a bit forced. The timeframe isn't terribly long for this story and they spend the better part of that time tramping through the jungle with Tom's men, fighting off native warriors, unlocking the mystery of what was going on, Tom was practically comatose for a good chunk of time and at one point or other the two are separated. The few moments of quiet they do have together don't feel as deep a connection as they should have warranted.
Also, and maybe this was just me, but Tom's crew is sent to retrieve Andi (and only Andi). He doesn't know why, Andi isn't certain why and together the pair of them can't come to the obvious conclusion that is explicitly stated about halfway through. I honestly kept thinking "It can't be that simple an excuse right? There is something more special at work?". Nope. It really is that simple.
Scott tosses a lot of information at us in regards to the world, the political climate, the outside influences, the religion, the social structure, the business holdings, the outside military based on the planet, the economics, the history of the people, mystical woo-woo that saves lives, Andi's specialness...seriously. Its a lot of information for one book. I'm normally all for it, but there's no time in between anything to really absorb any of it.
I found myself confused, more than once, who exactly they were all running from and why the Head Honcho the rebels (I guess?) all claim to respect can't stop what's happening. And when the motivation is laid out, its a bit of a handwave that's kind of telegraphed, but not very well throughout the story.
I enjoyed the story for Andi and for Tom, and their misfit band of traveling companions. Despite my confusion I wanted to follow through to the end to find out what the big mystery was. And hey I'm always in favor of women who at least TRY to be proactive in their rescue attempt.
And to be honest I sometimes felt the romance was a bit forced. The timeframe isn't terribly long for this story and they spend the better part of that time tramping through the jungle with Tom's men, fighting off native warriors, unlocking the mystery of what was going on, Tom was practically comatose for a good chunk of time and at one point or other the two are separated. The few moments of quiet they do have together don't feel as deep a connection as they should have warranted.
Also, and maybe this was just me, but Tom's crew is sent to retrieve Andi (and only Andi). He doesn't know why, Andi isn't certain why and together the pair of them can't come to the obvious conclusion that is explicitly stated about halfway through. I honestly kept thinking "It can't be that simple an excuse right? There is something more special at work?". Nope. It really is that simple.
Scott tosses a lot of information at us in regards to the world, the political climate, the outside influences, the religion, the social structure, the business holdings, the outside military based on the planet, the economics, the history of the people, mystical woo-woo that saves lives, Andi's specialness...seriously. Its a lot of information for one book. I'm normally all for it, but there's no time in between anything to really absorb any of it.
I found myself confused, more than once, who exactly they were all running from and why the Head Honcho the rebels (I guess?) all claim to respect can't stop what's happening. And when the motivation is laid out, its a bit of a handwave that's kind of telegraphed, but not very well throughout the story.
I enjoyed the story for Andi and for Tom, and their misfit band of traveling companions. Despite my confusion I wanted to follow through to the end to find out what the big mystery was. And hey I'm always in favor of women who at least TRY to be proactive in their rescue attempt.
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