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Colossal: Dark Romance in Deep Space
by Alexandra Norton, Alexandra Norton
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Earth has been abandoned, and the human race is spread around the galaxy.
Orion is an entitled, shallow commander's son, who has been banished to Mars by his mother for over a decade. He gets the news that it's time for him to return and learn to take over command.
Kaia lives on Riker 109 as a scavenger. Her boss wants her to target Orion on his stop from Mars to Colossal, the colony ship. He wants her to make it to Colossal and get him information on how to access the ship. It's full of resources and the best tech, due to its goal of finding New Earth.
The book follows their journey as they get to know each other, journey along Colossal, and use each other for their own means.
I greatly enjoyed the world building and unique aspects of the world and the ship itself. I had a hard time feeling very invested in the relationship forming between the two of them, as it's more trauma bonding than anything else most of the time.
It definitely ends on a cliffhanger though, so now it's time to wait until book 2 comes out!
TW/CW - check the authors website for full content warnings: though the dubcon is more like sexual assault with FMC feeling she "deserves it", suicidal ideation, suicide, sexual violence, knife play
I was lucky to receive an ARC from the author to read.
Orion is an entitled, shallow commander's son, who has been banished to Mars by his mother for over a decade. He gets the news that it's time for him to return and learn to take over command.
Kaia lives on Riker 109 as a scavenger. Her boss wants her to target Orion on his stop from Mars to Colossal, the colony ship. He wants her to make it to Colossal and get him information on how to access the ship. It's full of resources and the best tech, due to its goal of finding New Earth.
The book follows their journey as they get to know each other, journey along Colossal, and use each other for their own means.
I greatly enjoyed the world building and unique aspects of the world and the ship itself. I had a hard time feeling very invested in the relationship forming between the two of them, as it's more trauma bonding than anything else most of the time.
It definitely ends on a cliffhanger though, so now it's time to wait until book 2 comes out!
TW/CW - check the authors website for full content warnings: though the dubcon is more like sexual assault with FMC feeling she "deserves it", suicidal ideation, suicide, sexual violence, knife play
I was lucky to receive an ARC from the author to read.