It’s never a good sign when a review book takes me a month to read. If only Susan Kearney’s Jordan had taken just a month! I’ve been reading it off and on for the past three months, barely able to tolerate more than ten pages at a time. It’s not that the book was horrible,…
This is a book I would describe as way too busy. Though it’s action packed, there’s just too much to deal with in one story – from dragons, other worlds, kidnapping, scattered references to the legend of Camelot, to constantly running from things out to get them, I was tired when I finished reading. Talk…
First Channel part of the Sime/Gen series, one of the pioneering SF romance series. It’s not the first in the series, but it’s set before any of the other books published in this series, so some readers might prefer to start with this book. Because it’s SF first, First Channel has complex worldbuilding – something…
There are few things I appreciate more than a well-written, alternate reality romance that doesn’t need much back-story and isn’t too complicated. Darkness Unknown is the fifth installment in Alexis Morgan’s Paladin series, but it functions as a stand-alone and avoids unnecessary data dumps. Gwen Mosely dropped out of college to return to the family…
No Words Alone is a futuristic that’s a lot of fun. In the end, however, it only served to reminded me why I usually like science fiction more than most futuristic romances. Sure, it was enjoyable to read, but issues big and small kept nagging at me. Most of all, for all the futuristic trappings,…
I liked this book much more than I expected too. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen the Twilight phenomenon in action. In the last year these books have seen incredible buzz, and everyone and their dog seemed to be reading them. I read the first one, because it was a selection…
Midnight Rising is the fourth installment of the Adrian’s Midnight Breed series. The plot immediately drew me in and I liked its thoroughly tortured hero, Rio. Because the action is light, the hero and heroine – and their relationship – got the attention they deserved. Although not all great, this was a fun read overall….
How To Lose An Extraterrestrial in 10 Days is the last in Susan Grant’s very enjoyable science fiction trilogy (the first two titles are Your Planet or Mine and My Favorite Earthling). While paranormal romances are sprouting up like weeds, science fiction romances are hard to find, and this is one that I can recommend…
It’s been along time since I read a science fiction (as opposed to fantasy) romance. Not having read the first book in Susan Grant’s series I was a bit lost, but after a few chapters I got my bearings. Jared Jasper’s family has been prominent in California politics for years and held up public service…
Stargazer is a rousing space adventure set in a fascinating universe brought vividly to life. Exciting and action-packed, it’s one of the most purely fun books I’ve read this year. Lilly is a princess from Oasis, a garden planet currently at war with the neighboring Ravigans. Raviga is a desolate world made inhospitable through years…