Review: Knighthunter

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Knightmaster Nea Laurier is tough, dedicated, and lives to be the best Oronis knight she can be. All her life, she’s worked hard to live up to her prestigious family name. She will do whatever it takes to rescue Knightqueen Carys from their enemy, the vicious Gek’Dragar…she just wishes it didn’t involve the most cunning and dangerous man she knows. A man she detested when they were at the Academy, and a man she still detests—Knighthunter Kaden Galath.

Now she’s headed deep into enemy space, and the only person guarding her back is a man she’ll never trust.

Knighthunter Kaden Galath was born in the darkness and came from nothing. Being a knighthunter—a spy for his people—is the perfect job for him. He uses all his unique and deadly abilities to keep the Oronis safe, even the beautiful, perfect, do-gooder Knightmaster Nea. He’s vowed to always stay alone in the shadows…but Nea might be the weakness he never expected.

As Kaden and Nea embark on a mission to some of the deadliest enemy planets, they fight side by side, and uncover each other’s darkest secrets. Following the trail leading to their captive queen, Nea and Kaden will face their most dangerous battle yet, and a fiery passion that will engulf them both.

Genre: science fiction romance

Publication date: July 2023

Mature content: yes

Review: Knighthunter is book 2 in the Oronis Knights series by Anna Hackett, and closely follows book 1 (Knightmaster). I had high expectations for this story, as I was curious about the fate of the Oronis queen but...

...I have to say I didn't like it all that much. I found it a lot less fast paced than book 1 and some of the scenes are really silly or unbelievable. 

For example, Nea and Kaden land on a planet that has been supposedly turned into a desert by careless and excessive mining - but of course they have to miraculously find an oasis with a lake and enough water to bathe in (and have sex). 

Or later, when they are going to another planet that apparently no one had heard of before and they needed to risk their lives to discover the appropriate coordinates for - the Earth spaceship they are travelling in suddenly has detailed information even about the original inhabitants and the mutations the planet suffered.

All in all, this is probably a book those who read and liked book 1 (like I did) will not want to miss but it's just not as good as I was expecting (which doesn't mean, of course, that I won't be waiting for book 3, as I'm particularly curious about the queen and her bodyguard).

Happy readings,

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