A review by sueodd
The Cold Between by Elizabeth Bonesteel

This book has been sitting on my kindle forever, so I decided to finally read it. I knew it was romance, but was hoping the sci-fi part would be halfway decent. I noped out after only 2 chapters. As is typical in romance novels - the author describes the characters' appearances in great detail. The only thing that happened in those chapters was sex: Elena is on shore leave and is convinced to go to a bar by her sexually promiscuous friend Jessica. Elena is not enjoying herself, but as she's leaving she strikes up a conversation with Trey, of some other space faction, and ends up going back to his place and sleeping with him. The original encounter at the bar is told through Elena's POV, and the sex scene is told through Trey's POV. That's it. I'm sure there is more sci-fi later on, but when the book starts into detailed sex right out of the gate, I know I'm going to hate it. Elena is quickly set up as "I'm not like other girls". Trey has some mysterious past that makes him dangerous. Tropes abound, and I'm done.