Review: Not too bad...but also not too good either.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2014
I liked what the story represented... a human female and an alien romantic interest but after reading this, I don't think it delivered much of what I was really interested in...the romance.  I would say about one quarter of the entire book accounts for the `romance' and three quarters involved endless chase and escape scenes that were extremely wearisome and merely added pages.  The writing, which was not always cohesive, an abundance of weird names and a complicated plot that required more brainpower than I was willing to invest, and the fact that some things just didn't add up made this just an okay read for me. Additionally, the cutesy scene at the Cube tournament that had the aliens behaving like a group of frat boys (especially considering that Sandrea was the first human they ever interacted with!), and a lack of a definitive description of the Bluthen or even Mhartak especially regarding his compatibility to a human female, sealed the `okay read' criteria.I did like Sandrea's honesty and how she didn't pussyfoot around the fact that she was attracted to Mhartak. In fact the author did a great job with the sexual buildup between then, she just didn't deliver on the action.  I also liked their interactions...the few times when they weren't interrupted - when she wasn't running, being chased, conquering an alien game with her awesome sense of logic, or saving the entire alliance army. She wasn't jarring as a strong, female lead where she did stupid things just because. She honestly admitted her fears and was willing to listen.Overall, I would recommend it and would probably read another book by this author because I do think she has a style to her writing and, as this seems to be her first book, I'm willing to give her another chance