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Host by Octavia Hyde
5.0

Nobody writes like Octavia Hyde/Eris Adderly. I devour everything she writes. I also appreciate that she does her own cover art, as it really gives us a great glimpse of how she imagines her characters. Her characters have depth, humor, and vulnerability. This series about how the Nepenthe species and humans team up to survive is riveting. This author writes excellent SCI-FI romance. Her world building and descriptions are thorough and relevant without feeling like information dumps. The Nepenthe aren’t mammals like us, but intelligent life form cephalopods. How does it work? Mrs. Hyde makes it seem feasible. Not only that, but the Nepenthe are lovable!

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Nobody writes like Octavia Hyde/Eris Adderly. I devour everything she writes. I also appreciate that she does her own cover art, as it really gives us a great glimpse of how she imagines her characters. Her characters have depth, humor, and vulnerability. This series about how the Nepenthe species and humans team up to survive is riveting. This author writes excellent SCI-FI romance. Her world building and descriptions are thorough and relevant without feeling like information dumps. The Nepenthe aren’t mammals like us, but intelligent life form cephalopods. How does it work? Mrs. Hyde makes it seem feasible. Not only that, but the Nepenthe are lovable!