Review: Fantastic Sci-Fi Thriller/Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
The heroine is a telepath in a world where being so is cause for automatic execution.  Because she saves the life of the hero, he feels honor bound to take care of her. His idea of taking care of her is taking her on his spy mission, after which his government will grant her a new identity (she can't be identified as a Seer).Both characters are wonderful, interesting and you always want to root for them (even the hero when he screws up)!  The heroine, although sheltered for most of her life, isn't portrayed as totally naive and mousy; she is quick on her feet and doesn't have TSTL moments.  The hero is from a golden boy background but is not an arrogant alpha,  He is a very caring, honorable man.  What makes the characters interesting is that they're realistic (despite this being a sci-fi) - they aren't great at everything and there are times when she handles the situation better and vice versa. Their relationship builds and it does suffer blows, but there is an HEA which made sense to me.  I loved, loved how you hear the hero's thoughts.  But what I really love about this romance is that the author doesn't use sex as the main thing you read about in the relationship.Regarding the thriller part.  I had no idea on who was involved until more towards the end.  The baddies are not two dimensional types so you aren't able to guess who is involved in the nefarious scheme.  There are some interesting side characters introduced and I can see (or at least hope) that the author develops books on them.Although this is stated to be part of a series, you don't need to read "Star Dancer" in order to understand the story, but it is a very good read, so I recommend you read both!