Review: Exploring new worlds
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2012
How surprised I was that I loved this book!!!!  Sci-fi really not my thing but I do like IR romance so I wanted to see how the book would turn out.  This is a modern story with references that allows the reader to connect to the world we live in and not have to imagine a world that is too far from our own. I like this. Not too many times can I connect with science fiction like this. Octavia Bryant (homage to Octavia Butler?) is a career minded Black woman living in D.C. who is becoming quite used to the tall, yellow hued giants from Elyria. The Elyrians have come to Earth to find wives and replenish their gene pool and they seem to gravitate towards Black women. The author addresses a serious social issues surrounding Black women: the lack of viable mates.  Very subtle and clever device.  Kade Egon is enamored of Octavia and will do almost anything to catch her notice and when he does, he's not above being high-handed and  stubborn. Octavia tries to resist , mostly because of the ethnocentric father, but it is no use. Kade meets all of her expectations for a life partner except that he doesn't come with a chocolate coating... You wil so thoroughly enjoy this book. Lots of surprises, laughs and a tad bit of danger.