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A review by lifeinthebooklane
The Last Dominant by Eris Adderly
5.0
Amazing world-building, an engaging plot, a dominant male and some hot, kinky sex
Well if that isn't enough to make you want to read the book, what's wrong with you? To many dark sci-fi romances forget the whole sci-fi part of the story, they are virtually no different to a contemporary romance. This didn't suffer from that failing. We had some really good world building and a love across the divide theme.
Quillian and Rushkah should be mortal enemies, their planets have been at war almost forever it seems. However they have more in common than would first appear, including some fairly rare DNA from which the title of the book originates.
I absolutely loved Rushkah and Quillian, neither was perfect and both battled their feelings for the other. The chemistry they shared was palpable and this is one steamy and kinky read. Quillian discovers a hitherto unknown dominant side and whilst Rushkah's head rebels at the idea, her body, soul and heart have very different ideas.
The story is written third person from both POV's, so I found it easy to connect to and understand both characters. The plot held my interest and moved with good pace. It had enough detail and thought put into it to satisfy the part of me that has read sci-fi and fantasy for over 30 or so years.
If I was to criticise anything it would be that some parts of the story could have done with a little more fleshing out. The book didn't lack detail but this was one occasion where I think a few more scenes, or longer scenes would have actually added to the book. However that is very much a case of what I personally would have liked, this is still an excellent story and one I really do recommend.
Well if that isn't enough to make you want to read the book, what's wrong with you? To many dark sci-fi romances forget the whole sci-fi part of the story, they are virtually no different to a contemporary romance. This didn't suffer from that failing. We had some really good world building and a love across the divide theme.
Quillian and Rushkah should be mortal enemies, their planets have been at war almost forever it seems. However they have more in common than would first appear, including some fairly rare DNA from which the title of the book originates.
I absolutely loved Rushkah and Quillian, neither was perfect and both battled their feelings for the other. The chemistry they shared was palpable and this is one steamy and kinky read. Quillian discovers a hitherto unknown dominant side and whilst Rushkah's head rebels at the idea, her body, soul and heart have very different ideas.
The story is written third person from both POV's, so I found it easy to connect to and understand both characters. The plot held my interest and moved with good pace. It had enough detail and thought put into it to satisfy the part of me that has read sci-fi and fantasy for over 30 or so years.
If I was to criticise anything it would be that some parts of the story could have done with a little more fleshing out. The book didn't lack detail but this was one occasion where I think a few more scenes, or longer scenes would have actually added to the book. However that is very much a case of what I personally would have liked, this is still an excellent story and one I really do recommend.