Review: REVISED REVIEW - November 2013
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2013
****Original Review****Ok, so I'm not a prude and I enjoy a little spice in my books or I wouldn't have purchased this one BUT I like to have a good story and character development that supports the love scenes. Character development, believability in the relationship is crucial to my enjoyment of a story and it was sorely missed here.  Having two strangers have near constant sex was not romantic to me.In reality, this is really not a romance novel - it is an erotic novel with a tiny story, that could have been amazing, thrown in. If you are looking for an erotic novel, here you go.If you are looking for science fiction romance, pass. You will be disappointed.  Too bad, though. I really liked the idea behind this story.****Revised Review November 5, 2013****Ok, having now read some real stinkers I now feel compelled to revise this review.  In no way does this qualify as a 1 star.  Ms. Hunt has talent and the world she created was believable.  The sci-fi elements of the story were interesting, though not well developed BUT the romance wasn't there.  Hence the original low review.  Upon refection, I've realized this wasn't fair to the author as she wrote a great story for her genre - which is sci-fi EROTICA.  I had just mistakenly read this book thinking I was reading a sci-fi ROMANCE.  Critiquing this book based on a genre it was not written for was indeed unfair.  Considering this book in the genre it was intended, I'm rating this book as follows:Quality of the book - 5 starsAuthor's writing style/ability - 5 starsBelievable characters - 5 starsSci fi elements - 3 starsLove scenes - 5 starsFully fleshed out story - 3 starsRomance - 1 starIf you are looking for an EROTIC sci-fi novella you might like this book.  Understanding that I qualify erotica as sex first and foremost with the relationship just kinda there.  This fits that description exactly.  The sex scenes were pretty dang hot and well written.If you are looking for a sci-fi ROMANCE, you will be left feeling SHORT CHANGED as the romance factor isn't here.  There's no real SUSTAINED tension between the characters (it's there very briefly in the beginning) and no build up in the relationship.  It's just there - i.e. h just accepts H's claim and bam! instant relationship, instant sex and instant love.  This does make sense given the brevity of the book and that it is erotica and not true romance.Also - one thing that might be a turn off to some is the h was an army commander responsible for many, many deaths.  I didn't like that aspect of the h's character.Based on the quality of the writing, I am now rating this as a 3.75 star story for it's genre, again - this is a sci-fi erotic novella not a romance.  If you are looking for a book in this genre you might really enjoy this as the writing was very fluid and enjoyable and the story was interesting, though not fully fleshed out and few details given.  I just personally wanted MORE with this book - more buildup in the relationship, more story and less sex. This is probably a testimony to this author's talent AND I didn't like the "cream" factor.  That was kinda gross to me.