Review: Nice story somewhat lacking in excitement.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
I bought this book because I loved Her Cyborg Awakes, also by Aires. In this book Kellac, an elite PureGen, and Gema, a human/alien hybrid are released from prison to compete as partners in a Survivor's Game "viewcast" (television) show. The novel is about their adventures and challenges on a mystery planet while trying to survive and, of course, their romance.For some reason, this book just didn't captivate me the way Cyborg did. The pacing is somewhat off, with lots of details about their daily activities gathering food, building shelter, etc. Gema, who inherited some special powers, thanks to her alien blood, easily averts several crises that could have resulted in capture or death -- too easily, perhaps, as it rendered those scenes anticlimactic. In addition, the game master is a stereotypical jerk without dimension, and the side characters are also not well-developed enough to make one care about them.The romance also wasn't as hot as that in Cyborg. Kellac lacks the sexy warrior machismo of his brother, Kaistril, and the whole thing is just ... nice. Not exciting or intriguing, just nice.This is all just my opinion. It is common to see people write in their reviews that a book in a series "isn't as good as the first one" they read; I don't know why. Someone should come up with a name for that.