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teresab78 's review for:
In Enemy Hands
by M.A. Church
****Reviewed for Prism Book Alliance®****
I love sci-fi and slave fic, so when I saw the blurb for In Enemy Hands, I had to read it. I really connected with the characters and liked how both the sci-fi and slave portion of the story worked, with only a few exceptions.
Varo, although a starship captain, is very naïve in some respects. He cares about his crew and hates his abusive father. When he is captured by Adlar, even though he is a prisoner, he is not treated like a slave; he is given choices. As such this doesn’t read entirely like a slave fic but it does bring up questions as to the validity of feelings as Varo is still a prisoner. Adlar was noble and kind for an assassin. I liked him and his treatment of Varo very much.
The few exceptions I had were some of the sci-fi details. One was the common names for food. Adding a different planet’s name to cinnamon or other spices is not as creative as I would have liked, especially as Earth is not a planet named in this world, nor is there any indication that humans or Earth has anything to do with this system. I know it was used to help the reader get a feel for the food by relating it to something we know but it took me out of the story a bit. There was also a lot of terminology borrowed from other space shows; things like beaming people from ships. There were unique animals, though, and a few other technologies that were put forth. I appreciate that effort.
On the whole, it was an entertaining, sexy story.
I love sci-fi and slave fic, so when I saw the blurb for In Enemy Hands, I had to read it. I really connected with the characters and liked how both the sci-fi and slave portion of the story worked, with only a few exceptions.
Varo, although a starship captain, is very naïve in some respects. He cares about his crew and hates his abusive father. When he is captured by Adlar, even though he is a prisoner, he is not treated like a slave; he is given choices. As such this doesn’t read entirely like a slave fic but it does bring up questions as to the validity of feelings as Varo is still a prisoner. Adlar was noble and kind for an assassin. I liked him and his treatment of Varo very much.
The few exceptions I had were some of the sci-fi details. One was the common names for food. Adding a different planet’s name to cinnamon or other spices is not as creative as I would have liked, especially as Earth is not a planet named in this world, nor is there any indication that humans or Earth has anything to do with this system. I know it was used to help the reader get a feel for the food by relating it to something we know but it took me out of the story a bit. There was also a lot of terminology borrowed from other space shows; things like beaming people from ships. There were unique animals, though, and a few other technologies that were put forth. I appreciate that effort.
On the whole, it was an entertaining, sexy story.