Review: One of my favorite sci-fi romances yet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2014
Terran is the second book in the Breeder series (Breeder was the first). I've read both book and highly recommend both for so many reasons. It's not necessary to read them in order (IMO) but you do see characters from the first book pop up in the second.First, the book is well written - as all of Cara Bristol's books are. The story is so completely romantic but also real at once. Tara, the heroine, is feisty, strong, independent and smart. Marlix is Alpha - he's absolutely hot and he is a Parseon leader. He is simply used to taking what he wants without excuses. In this case, when he sees Tara, it turns out it's Tara he wants and - in a heroic effort to heal her - he takes her. He simply picks her up, tosses her over his shoulder (yes) and carries her home with him and decides pretty much immediately that he won't be releasing her. He doesn't understand why but he just wants to keep her. I love LOVE Marlix's thought patterns, his speech, it's just straightforward, almost cave man like (while he's completely intelligent) which totally captures for me what the men of Parseon are like, what they're used to, how women fit into their lives.One of the best parts of this book was the interaction between Marlix and Tara - the chemistry between them was incredible and just the whole 'I know what I want and I'm not apologizing for it' attitude of Marlix was pure Alpha - but tender at the same time when we got to hear what was going on in his head. And he's sexy as hell on top of it.I can say a lot about this book. I loved it and I might even love it more than Breeder but it left some questions for me which I'm hoping will be answered in the next book - I want to know if Tara was healed and of course, I want to see what happens on Parseon. I can wait for those. I won't spoil it here but the final scene was unexpected and perfect. Actually, I'm not really done reading about Tara and Marlix so I'd very much like to see more from them in the next book in the series.