Review: 4.5 Not great romance, in my opinion, but I loved the secondary characters and the worldbuilding!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
By reading the summary I thought I was about to read just another soulmate chose-by-destiny-or-whatever type of romance book, a genre I don't mind but I rarely actually love since they involve a bit too much useless drama and too little free will for my tastes. I was in for a surprise!I'm not gonna lie, I am not rating this book above 4 stars just for the romance in it, because if I had to rate it just for that I wouldn't probably go above 3, but this book for me was a lot more than just a romance book. Shroud felt real, the moon base, the customs, the Heart stone, all the details of the alien planet felt real. So did the characters both the villains and the 'heroes'. I loved the relationships among the princes and even among the brides. I didn't particularly loved either Vashia or Dolfan (the 2 main characters), but it didn't matter, by the end of the book I learnt to appreciate them anyway and there was a whole cast of secondary characters to love, hate and understand.The story is kind of slow to start, but then explodes in a fast paced adventure I couldn't put down without regret. I really appreciated the fact the author doesn't give in to clichees and stereotypes and actually managed to surprise me more than once with her unpredictable turn of events.If there is one thing I would have changed, it would have been for Tarren to have her separate book. I came to love her and I wanted to read about her finding her own happily-ever-after in a longer and more leisurable fashion. Still I hope the author will consider writing more books in this series, Mofitan is still waiting for his bride, after all :3(also posted on GR)