Review: Don't bother with this unless you've read the first book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2014
What a disappointment.  I really enjoyed the first book - complex world building, great characters, believable romance - but this book lacked everything the first book delivered.  If you haven't read the first book, you will have a hard time understanding the world, because there is no time devoted to explaining or further building the world created in the first book.  This is sci-fi, so without clear worlds, the story immediately is muddled.  Things that were well established in the first book - women can't go out alone without fear of being attacked - and demonstrated early in this book when Tara was attacked, were thrown away by the end (she leaves the ship and takes the public transport system back to a remote area all by herself) - it's almost like the author is forgetting her own world rules.The characters morphed into love much too quickly.  If Marlick had long standing firmly held beliefs about women, terrans, etc., to have them all come crashing down in a matter of days because of a single interaction with a shop girl seems fairly incredible.  Also, to have to resort to hiding out once he kidnaps the girl, is ridiculous - he's essentially the president of his country - why would he have to hide?I struggle with Tara's easy acceptance of a life of submission - and not just in the bedroom - given her strong resilient persona projected at the beginning of the book.  In the face of a life of potential loneliness vs. a life with Marlick, feelings of subjugation turned into love way too quickly.I will read the next one because I know this author can write - hopefully this is just a misstep.