Review: Beautiful Romance, but Grim & Long
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 6, 2013
Set 500 light years from Earth, this is an erotic sci-fi romance, with slight flavor of apocalypse and dystopia.  Heheheh! I'd give the book 5 stars for the beautiful story of Moeraq the Holy Warrior Lizard Man. I loved him. His developing relationship with Amber (human) is beautiful. I loved the witty dialogue, and the way RLSmith handled the language barrier. I also loved the backstory, for how the planet came to become so religious. Brilliant.However, the book became too grim for me, with rape, torture, and assorted violence. Also, too long, with nearly 1000 pages. Many scenes began to feel repetitive (the rape scenes and the stupidity of the other humans). There was not one single secondary HUMAN character I could like. What are the chances? Losers, about 50 losers.This author writes quite well, but this type of ugliness is depressing, and I don't want these scenes in my head.But if horror and misery doesn't bother you, read the story. You will love this Lizard.