As one of the new human cadets at an alien military academy, I knew I’d have to prove myself. Especially since I’m one of only a few females sent by Earth. I just didn’t know that the one alien I want to impress would be the one who seems determined to hate me.
I was sent here because I’m a champion pod racer, so why won’t the big, gruff pod instructor let me show him what I can do? If he thinks ignoring me or assigning me after-hours work polishing his pods will discourage me, then he’s never met a girl from Texas.
If I’m being honest, the alien’s huge muscles and gold tattoos have me thinking about riding more than pods when I’m around him, but no way can anything happen with one of my teachers. Right?
Especially since I get the idea that the bad boy instructor is hiding something. Does his secret have something to do with the strange things happening at the academy? If there really is a traitor behind it all, could it be him?
Genre: science fiction romance
Publication date: September 2020
Mature content: yes
Review: I really wanted to like this book, and it started out more or less ok, but...
One, the plot is a bit limited and the characters are not very well developed. It feels more like a novella than a full sized book. The story is set in a military academy, but there's little to none academic work or training going on. And apparently for the instructors private classes after hours are really a synonym for sex. Brooke is supposed to be one of the best pod riders ever, but we see her riding an actual pod twice in this book and if you exclude the "private lessons", she only seems to actually take part in one single class.
Two, the author tries to introduce some suspense in the book, but the whole thing is so predictable that there's really no suspense at all. The sabotage attempts look like high school pranks and the culprits do behave like rowdy teenagers.
Three, the romance between Brooke and Koran is a severe case of too much too fast. They go from "I hate you" to "let's have sex" to "I love you" at the flip of a switch. Most of their interactions are limited to sex, so there's no buildup in their relationship at all. And Koran's possessive attitude borders on something a bit dark and disrespectful that I did not like at all.
Bonus points for the interesting idea, but I can't bring myself to recommend this book. Tana Stone's books are a bit hit or miss for me, but I've read several of them I thought were way better than this one...
Happy readings otherwise!
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