Review: Decent Sci-Fi tale that's all about the adventure, less about the MM romance - which is not a criticism. 4*
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
This is a very well-written tale that I could almost see being played out as a TV show, it was that vivid. It is more a sci-fi adventure than a romance novel, which I'm in no way complaining about. It is a short tale and the blurb pretty much tells you what happens, so there's no point repeating any of that.The tale worked as the characters had a shared past, having been young lovers torn apart by threats and parental influence, but when one needed the other's help, their friendship reunited and they worked as one. One had gone on to become a high-class courtesan, bound by laws/covenants of the Discretionarys, and the other had gone on to join the military. I couldn't work out exactly how many years they'd been apart, but that didn't matter as both were mature characters and the explanations and slight recriminations came once the danger had passed.Overall, this is a solid read, which would have earned 5* had it been that little bit longer that there'd been some time for a couple of love scenes and had it ended in a HEA/epilogue for this couple.Ebook courtesy of NetGalley and Riptide Publishing, in return for an honest review.