Review: Heroine With Borderline Personality Disorder?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 6, 2012
I enjoyed the first book in this series very much, unfortunately Mercenary's Reward is nowhere near as good. SPOILER ALERT:  The heroine, Mieli, is quite strange -  she is a self-admitted cowardly bitch, saving the hero's life (Jai) using her medical skills but  for entirely cynical purposes. Then she has passionless sex with Jai before sort of  fading into the background . Meanwhile, Jai goes off to barter his body in a hot M/M sex scene so that he can arrange his and Mieli's escape from the planet.  Jai sets Mieli up with a new identity, which also turns out to be an amazing personality transplant - Mieli trains as a nurse, discovering morals, friendship, compassion....and a sudden love for Jai.  Not to be outdone, Jai has transformed from  a super-badass warrior assassin of the War Tribe into a neatly dressed, respectable mercenary. End of the story. Really??!!  Very irritating  characters, especially Mieli, ruined this book for me but I'll keep hoping that Stephanie Snow can replicate Demon's Captive and give her a another go when the next in the series arrives.