Review: Wow!  Did the other reviewers actually read this book?
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
There are so many reasons not to like this story.  Let me start with the most glaring.  The world creation utterly blows.  I mean, it sucks moose balls.  This review is full of spoilers, but I think you will want to read them so you know what to expect if you read this book.This is a love story.  The Hero was only two years old when he declared his undying love for the infant heroine.  (I know, that's a little annoying, but really nothing compared when with the rest of the annoying aspects of this book.)  This meeting occurs while the King of the world happens to be stopping by the heroine's house "on business."  Oh, did I mention that the King banished the heroine's parents, stripped them of their titles and all of the their property, and is now "visiting" them (with his young son our Hero), in their squalid shack for no apparent reason.  Is this believable?  I say it is not.When the heroine is nine, and the Hero is eleven, their world is destroyed, and they are sent off in separate directions only to meet up years later.  Luckily the nine and eleven year olds were able to begin sexual exploration before they were separated.  Ewwww!  Really?  The only thing we know about the maturation rate of this species is that they reach adult status at 15.  So, still, nine years old is just gross.When the Hero and Heroine meet up again eleven years later, we find that the Hero spent 8 years in cold sleep and has only been awake for the past three years.  So, by my calculations, that makes him around 14.  Now he is the King - - of seven people, as far as I can tell.  We are told that there are others on the "new" planet, but we never meet them, and the only thing we know about them is that they don't seem to feel compelled to report anything to king, and they are not included in any of his counsel.  The "others" also apparently live nowhere near the castle, which, although huge, is only populated by the same seven people (no guards, kitchen workers, maids - - nobody).The new King acts like a five year old whose regents are letting him pretend he has some authority.  The Hero yells and acts like a child throwing a tantrum, and then the people he supposedly rules ignore everything he wants them to do.  It's really ridiculous.  In one instance the King has a meeting with his seven subjects to tell them he wants to go to war.  They pretty much overrule him.  In a huff the King abdicates and takes off for the stars.  Later, his seven subjects join him.  But seriously, there is an intergalactic war going on, and this King is jumping in to fight with seven other people (five, if you exclude the two women in the group who seem to serve no purpose at all).Perhaps the worst part is the "I love you, but I can't be with you" part of the story.  Apparently, there is a law that says these aliens can only interbreed.  They must be kept pure.  This is why the heroine's parents were banished - one of them was human.  And, you guessed it, the King is prohibited from being with his one true love because she is a half breed.  Oh, and apparently this law is irrevocable.  It cannot be changed.  The species might be going extinct, and they are helpless to do anything to escape the impact of this stupid law.  That makes sense, right?  Everyone has laws that can never be changed - - - even by the King.When it appears that the couple will overcome this obstacle, the other shoe drops.  Somebody drags out a dusty ancient text that tells of one instance were somebody mated with an outsider, and the bloody race war that ensued nearly destroyed that entire species.  Having read this old book, now the lovers know they can really never be together.  Really?  Again, I say, "Really?"  As far as hurdles that separate lovers in romance books, I have to say, these are among the worst I have ever had the misfortune to read about.  Lame hardly begins to describe how pitiful this whole storyline is.I'm not really sure how anybody could think this book was worth reading.  Trust me.  It's a must miss.