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A review by nipomuki
Collision Course by Zoe Archer
3.0
My three stars are kind of unfair. The book did exactly what it intended, in perfect style. But it did not give me what I wanted from the read.
It is a sf romance with forced proximity, very hot sex and professionally competent heroes. Both main characters come from very different but difficult backgrounds and find in each other the person they can be human with.
Nothing wrong with that.
Why did it not satisfy me? One part is the sex. I love sex, but I don't like it when the relationship is defined by it. The hot sex takes up most of the book, and that never was why I read my romances.
Also I did not find the possessiveness and the violence of the male hero attractive. He was very respectful of his partner, but very caveman in many ways.
The main problem for me was that the heroes never failed. Not once. This is an action packed rescue mission in space, with bad guys and dangerous situations galore. And I understand that both the heroine and the hero are incredibly capable. But to me a story without failure is just meh.
And they take everything totally serious! Where is the fun in that?
And of course there were the expectations: there are two romances with forced proximity in a tiny spaceship that I have read and loved. I guess I wanted this to be like them. And it so wasn't.
It is a sf romance with forced proximity, very hot sex and professionally competent heroes. Both main characters come from very different but difficult backgrounds and find in each other the person they can be human with.
Nothing wrong with that.
Why did it not satisfy me? One part is the sex. I love sex, but I don't like it when the relationship is defined by it. The hot sex takes up most of the book, and that never was why I read my romances.
Also I did not find the possessiveness and the violence of the male hero attractive. He was very respectful of his partner, but very caveman in many ways.
The main problem for me was that the heroes never failed. Not once. This is an action packed rescue mission in space, with bad guys and dangerous situations galore. And I understand that both the heroine and the hero are incredibly capable. But to me a story without failure is just meh.
And they take everything totally serious! Where is the fun in that?
And of course there were the expectations: there are two romances with forced proximity in a tiny spaceship that I have read and loved. I guess I wanted this to be like them. And it so wasn't.