Review: Great concept!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2013
Ok how to make a kick arse hero? Make him a cage fighter. How to make him unstoppable, throw in the fact he is also part alien. That guaranties a rocking body  with superhuman strength.  You do have to suspend belief slightly about human Rachel competing against aliens with special powers. But we are talking sci-fi here so I can say if you like the premise you will probably go with it.  While  acknowledged that Rachel would be at a disadvantage. It's explained away by the fact she is fitted with special implants to help with extra fast healing.Of course there is violence. It is a book about cage fighting but it isn't gratuitous and it feels necessary to the story. The focus is on the mystery and the romance, the odd fight scene just moves things along. I wasn't turned off by the competition at all.As the first book in a new series there is a lot of world building and character set up going on. For Sci-Fi set in different galaxies KD Jones makes it easy to visualise the world the characters inhabit. She also puts enough interest and background into the secondary characters that you are looking forward to the next book in the series. There is a good mix of easy to follow storyline and romance from the perspective of all of the main players in the story. If you are after an action  packed steamy sci- fi romance then this one is for you.