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A desperate woman. An escaped criminal. Two worlds thrown together.
Emori is determined to steal the rumored healing device to save her sister. Thwarted in her plans, she hides in an abandoned Malaki ship . . . only to discover it isn’t abandoned at all.
When she realizes it’s being piloted by Thane, one of the most vile criminals she’s heard of, her fear knows no bounds. But she slowly begins to wonder if Thane is as bad as he seems, and if the Malakus aren’t quite the saviors they appear.
Thane curses every god he can think of when he finds a human stowaway on his escape ship. It’s bad enough that she fights him every step of the way, but he must also fight the feelings he’s beginning to have for her.
On their flight across the galaxy, and as Thane and Emori battle back and forth, Emori catches glimpses of the real Thane and realizes he’s not the bad criminal everyone says he is. And Thane knows he’d do anything to protect Emori, the one human he’s learned to care for.
Genre: science fiction romance
Publication date: October 2020
Mature content: yes
Review: I came across this book purely by chance and given the great reviews on Amazon I decided to give it a try. At this point I'm not even sure other people read the same book I did.
Granted, the plot has potential. It may not be entirely original but from the science fiction point of view it's not all that bad.
But the way sentences are written is strange sometimes and there are many typos, especially in the first half of the book.
And the characters? Thane is a psychopath that kills people just because he can - it's not his fault, it's the humans' fault because they get in his way. He hits Emori a lot - because she was just asking for it. Even she seems to admit she deserved being hit. And then two minutes later they are having sex - how does that even make sense? No matter what the subject, I believe books exist to convey messages - and this one, sadly, conveys the wrong ones. Abusive relationships are not Ok, not even in science fiction.
And on top of all that, the end is a complete cliffhanger, so we need to read book two in the series to find out what happens next.
So while I can rate this book with a few points for the general plot idea, I certainly don't recommend it.
Happy readings!
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