Review: Capture the Sun

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As a recovery specialist, Lexi Bowen’s jobs typically require more trickery and thievery than honest work. Her former captain might not approve of her flexible morals, but stealing artifacts for rich assholes pays the bills, and Lexi’s had enough of war and death. The FHP left her to die once; she doesn’t plan to give them a chance to finish the job.
Unfortunately, her latest contract takes her to Valovia itself—and right back into the orbit of Nilo Shoren, a Valovian teleporter who already cost her one payday and nearly stole her heart.
Armored against his clever charm, Lexi plans to get in, get the job done, and get out. But when her former crew goes missing in Valovian space, Lexi will have to work with Nilo to figure out what happened—and stop it—before the galaxy’s two superpowers can use the disappearance as an excuse to return to war.

Genre: science fiction / science fiction romance

Publication date: June 2023

Mature content: yes

Review: Capture the Sun is the third and final installment in the Starlight's Shadow series by Jessie Mihalik, and closely follows books one (Hunt the Stars) and two (Eclipse the Moon). It's not a stand alone book, because you need to understand references to secondary characters and previous events.

While I found the previous two books absolute page turners, I felt Capture the Sun moved a lot slower, at least in the first half of the story, hence the four stars rating instead of five.

 

 

 

 

 

I also didn't like the fact that as the plot comes to a close, Lexi is still intent in pursuing her job as a thief (or recovery specialist, as she calls it). I expected her to close that phase of her life and dedicate herself to a more honorable career, but apparently not only that doesn't happen but Nilo wants to join her and become a thief too. Somehow, that left me a bit disappointed.

In any case, this is still a great book and a must read if you've read and loved the previous ones.

  

Happy readings,

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