Review: The 2nd book syndrome!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 8, 2014
I absolutely loved the first book, I think I read it about three times so I feel terrible that I don't think this was a five star read!The action and the characters, especially Marlix, developed way too fast!  He is an alpha in patriarchal society where there were definite ideas and beliefs not only about women and their place, but even more so about Terran females who were inferior. Therefore, to go from that extreme in a matter of minutes where he kidnapped a Terran female because he felt aroused by her felt like it was cheating me, the reader from connecting with the confusion, denial and even anger that such feelings would evoke - which was so evident in the first book. And everything else he did, because it happened so fast, felt disingenuous with who his character was supposed to be.  I liked Tara's character, but even the changes in her attitude give me whiplash! Compared to the first book, the sex scenes were clinical and emotionless - there was zero spark, and the token effort to introduce spanking to assert Marlix's  'alphaness' fell short.Even the attempt to veer the story from the lackluster romance by introducing a trumped-up plot to culminate the story fell short and made no sense. Finally, the word 'Monto' was ridiculously, abundantly overused as the token exclamation for Marlix - sheesh.Above all, this is a romance and I was most disappointed because I didn't experience the complexity of these two different individuals falling in love.Like I said, I loved the first book and had the same attention to the emotional growth, relationship, and cohesiveness of the storyline and the protagonists been given the same effort, while preserving the integrity of Marlix and Tara's story, it would've been a great read. As it stands, I can't give it more than three stars!