A review by megmcardle
Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro

4.0

Primary Inversion is about a woman soldier who is also the heir to an empire. The Skolian empire is ruled by a family of powerful empaths, and they are at war with another empire, the Eubians, that (coincidentally!) prey on empaths. She meets the heir to that rival empire, and discovers that he is also an empath, and has been bred to destroy the Skolians. This first entry did a good job of setting up the fictional universe and defining it's rules. The characters, especially of the lead, are well drawn and believable. But I could not STAND the voice that the narrator used for the rival Eubians. It pretty much put me off the book, and I had to stop listening about halfway through and ended up borrowing a print copy from the library to finish. I was glad I stuck with the book in print and finished it, though, as it seems like a pretty interesting series. I'll probably give book 2 a try.