Helpful Score: 2
This was a good story, a bit too steamy for my liking, but a good read anyway. Very futuristic.
Helpful Score: 1
This book had the potential for a good story, but it fell short. It was a bit cheesy and full of sex, sex, and more graphic sex. Can you say bor-ing?! The first time they did it the author took around nine pages to describe it!! They engaged in the act at least 20 times in this 310 page book, and when they weren't actually doing it, they were thinking about it and talking about it the majority of the rest of the time! If you cut all that out, you might be left with around 75 to 100 pages of actual story. Don't bother to read this unless you like cheesy porn.
Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed this Science Fiction Romance. The author twisted familiar themes and situations, like alien abduction and examinations, long-lost loves, hope and redemption and made them unique. This story, sort of a Planet of the Apes/Star Trek TOS ep combo has good low-tech worldbuilding, realistic socio-political worldbuilding, cool aliens, a few good twists, and a very good love story with an ending I found very satisfying.
There are many mild love scenes but nothing very graphic and very few explicit words--it's not an erotic romance, but a sensual one.
The characters are solid and grow throughout the story. The heroine is strong, intelligent and independent. The hero is handsome, gifted and, eventually well-rounded.
I wasn't sure I'd like this book and it seemed a fairly light read while I was reading it...but it's been a week and I still keep thinking about the story. I hadn't planned to keep it to reread but now I am. I liked this story enough that I've added Ms. Hendricks' other SFR novels to my To Buy list, and sent the author feedback--which she very nicely replied to.
There are many mild love scenes but nothing very graphic and very few explicit words--it's not an erotic romance, but a sensual one.
The characters are solid and grow throughout the story. The heroine is strong, intelligent and independent. The hero is handsome, gifted and, eventually well-rounded.
I wasn't sure I'd like this book and it seemed a fairly light read while I was reading it...but it's been a week and I still keep thinking about the story. I hadn't planned to keep it to reread but now I am. I liked this story enough that I've added Ms. Hendricks' other SFR novels to my To Buy list, and sent the author feedback--which she very nicely replied to.
