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A review by raven168
Hyperspeed Dreams by Anna Carven
3.0
3.5 stars
Well. Color me surprised. With the little bit we got of Tasha in Alexis's book, I did not like her and I was not looking forward to her book. But I actually really rather liked it. Tasha turned out to not be what I expected and was a character that worked for me.
As a child, Tasha was kidnapped and forced to undergo all sorts of terrible experiments and enhancements. She was turned into a killer and forced to become addicted to a powerful drug. But she always did her handler's bidding because they held the lives of her family over her head. That all came to an end when they had the ship that Alexis was on attacked and Tasha learned of her death. Now she's determined to get free of their hold and try to protect her remaining family. Which leads us to where Alexis's book overlaps with this one. Tasha not only unexpectedly comes in contact with the only race that could possibly save her life, but finds out her sister isn't actually dead. It's a lot to take in, but she's had to deal with worse.
Lodan has tagged along with Nythian when Alexis insists on finding her mother and brothers and making sure they're safe. On the ground, he is hit with a scent that immediately catches his attention. So it's not surprising that when he comes face to face with Tasha his mating fever is triggered. The only thing that seemed kind of random with Lodan was this whole thing with the ship. The ship's AI literally becomes jealous of how Lodan treats Tasha and tries to kill her. Now, sure it was interesting, and it was used to explain why Lodan was the best pilot they have, but was it necessary? Also seemingly completely random was the Avian alien's actions. Like, I really didn't see the point of any of it.
At first I wasn't sure how I felt about Tasha's constant need to punch and attack Lodan. As a person with violent tendencies myself (mostly with video games mind you), I even thought it was a bit much. But it did end up with these two coming together in a very believable way given their personalities. In fact, I think Lodan ended up claiming his mate much faster than anyone else because of it.
While the speed at which Tasha ends up trusting Lodan and the other Kordolians is unbelievably fast considering her huge trust issues, I liked her character because she trusted them. I had gone into this expecting her to be some hardass, stuck-up, won't listen to anybody because she has been physically enhanced and knows how to fight so can take of herself kind of character....but she wasn't. And that thrilled me. This drug that she's addicted to slowly degrades her physically and will eventually kill her if she doesn't get another dose. So she knows that she's too weak to do much good and she actually lets people help her and does what is asked of her. Unfortunately, this drug was something that was supposed to have been destroyed and banned because of its devastating effects on Kordolians. How these people on Earth have had it for so long is a mystery. Just another reason for the Kordolians to wipe them out. And oh what bloody fun that was for them.
The ending was good with a very typical Kordolian raid on the compound. Tarak even joined them, which was fun. This book ran pretty perpendicular to the last one, time frame wise, so I don't really think much changed or we learn more about the enemy. I'm sure that's to change pretty quick though with only 2 books left in the series.
Well. Color me surprised. With the little bit we got of Tasha in Alexis's book, I did not like her and I was not looking forward to her book. But I actually really rather liked it. Tasha turned out to not be what I expected and was a character that worked for me.
As a child, Tasha was kidnapped and forced to undergo all sorts of terrible experiments and enhancements. She was turned into a killer and forced to become addicted to a powerful drug. But she always did her handler's bidding because they held the lives of her family over her head. That all came to an end when they had the ship that Alexis was on attacked and Tasha learned of her death. Now she's determined to get free of their hold and try to protect her remaining family. Which leads us to where Alexis's book overlaps with this one. Tasha not only unexpectedly comes in contact with the only race that could possibly save her life, but finds out her sister isn't actually dead. It's a lot to take in, but she's had to deal with worse.
Lodan has tagged along with Nythian when Alexis insists on finding her mother and brothers and making sure they're safe. On the ground, he is hit with a scent that immediately catches his attention. So it's not surprising that when he comes face to face with Tasha his mating fever is triggered. The only thing that seemed kind of random with Lodan was this whole thing with the ship. The ship's AI literally becomes jealous of how Lodan treats Tasha and tries to kill her. Now, sure it was interesting, and it was used to explain why Lodan was the best pilot they have, but was it necessary? Also seemingly completely random was the Avian alien's actions. Like, I really didn't see the point of any of it.
At first I wasn't sure how I felt about Tasha's constant need to punch and attack Lodan. As a person with violent tendencies myself (mostly with video games mind you), I even thought it was a bit much. But it did end up with these two coming together in a very believable way given their personalities. In fact, I think Lodan ended up claiming his mate much faster than anyone else because of it.
While the speed at which Tasha ends up trusting Lodan and the other Kordolians is unbelievably fast considering her huge trust issues, I liked her character because she trusted them. I had gone into this expecting her to be some hardass, stuck-up, won't listen to anybody because she has been physically enhanced and knows how to fight so can take of herself kind of character....but she wasn't. And that thrilled me. This drug that she's addicted to slowly degrades her physically and will eventually kill her if she doesn't get another dose. So she knows that she's too weak to do much good and she actually lets people help her and does what is asked of her. Unfortunately, this drug was something that was supposed to have been destroyed and banned because of its devastating effects on Kordolians. How these people on Earth have had it for so long is a mystery. Just another reason for the Kordolians to wipe them out. And oh what bloody fun that was for them.
The ending was good with a very typical Kordolian raid on the compound. Tarak even joined them, which was fun. This book ran pretty perpendicular to the last one, time frame wise, so I don't really think much changed or we learn more about the enemy. I'm sure that's to change pretty quick though with only 2 books left in the series.