Review: Amazingly consuming NA sci-fi by Scarlett Dawn! Spoiler free.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2014
Oh my god, you guys! This was amazing! I looooove this book!!! SO MUCH! I’m having serious issues explaining how much without overusing exclamation marks and my caps lock ;) I’ll keep this spoiler free.How I have missed Scarlett Dawn’s writing! She’s incredible. I’ve been reeling since King Cave, and my book hangover from that one lasted ages! I have a feeling it might happen again.Initially I thought this was a full length novel and not 100-page novella, but since I have an undying love for serials, I really didn’t mind. This end on a cliffhanger though, so be warned. I love cliffhangers, so I’m just incredibly excited for the next installment (which will probably be out sometime in November according to goodreads). I know I will re-read this by then, because I loved it to pieces. Seriously. This is so original! I have never read anything like it. I absolutely love the characters and the Mian’s world.If you have read Scarlett Dawn’s Forever Evermore series and enjoyed it, I’m positive you will love this as well. I’m on a constant search for another great NA non-contemporary, and this is exactly what I have been waiting for. The writing is fab, the imagination is off the charts, the characters are diverse and well developed. And I didn’t find any of them annoying, which is a huge pet peeve of mine. I completely adored all of them.I loved (yes, I know I’ve said I loved this book (SO MUCH!) already, I’m just pointing out the finer details here ;)) the way Scarlett built the world in this book. All the tidbits of information about how the humans had evolved, their new rules, how they functioned in their society etc. I adored all the fancy names and the tiny look we got at some of the technology.And the Mian! They live on the planet Triaz. They are tall. Like 7 ft. They have glowing eyes and very good vision, which makes them sensitive to light. This is why they also sleep during the day. They eat only once a week. They are physically superior to humans. They are violent.A Mian household consists of a two Mian males and their Harem. The two male Mian are called Vaq, and they take care of their Harem, which is up to ten Mian females.That last part threw me for a loop at first, and I thought was going to take some getting used to, but the dynamic in the household Braita ended up in was surprisingly easy to accept. There was a twist at the end regarding this that I loved the heck out of... More of that please! ;) I can see this going in a very interesting direction.Another thing I loved was that Scarlett brought back the soulmates, or rather just Soul’s as they are called in Fall. But this is different from what she did in the Forever Evermore series. There the soulmates pretty much were insta-love on crack with a supernatural twist (I promise you that you can safely read King Hall and not be bothered by insta-love, though. The circumstances are different for the main character. So don’t let that deter you from reading it, if you haven't already ;)). In Fall it is a bond that connects a female to a pair of Vaq. She still has her wits about her, she’s not suddenly in love, but there is still something there.So yes, this definitely lived up to my expectations and then some. I’m soooo incredibly excited for the next installment! Also, if you haven’t read any of Scarlett Dawn’s books yet, you should get on that right away :) Her Forever Evermore series is incredible, as is this. It is undoubtedly a favorite. I can feel the hangover looming...