Review: Love sci-fi romances, this one was a bit of a swing and a miss for me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
So let me preface my review with a "I'm a huge fan of Sharon Green."  She wrote a series of books that have many similarities to this book. So, I was quite excited to read it and did a little jig as I started.  Perhaps because of my high expectations, I found myself dissatisfied with this book.  My issues were:  the heroine is quite inconsistent in her thoughts and actions, the love between the two main characters was a bit forced (I don't see how the heroine could truly love the warlord, it seemed more of a lusty-hero worship to me), and I had some difficulty suspending my disbelief for some of the scenes (and I'm pretty good at suspending my disbelief so this is saying a lot).  To elaborate, the main heroine comes across as a very missish, submissive individual but then will have these startling aggressive moments that, at least in my mind, were ill-timed.  For example, in a situation where I would expect the heroine to talk back to the hero, she retreats and she attacks verbally when there is less cause for her to do so.  It was strange.  Also, she kept on harping on the appearance of the warlord and how he tried to take care of her as a foundation for her attraction for him but this contrasted quite sharply with what actually happens to the heroine (she was never really kept safe).  Then, there were violent scenes which I'm okay with but I just couldn't get over how quickly the main heroine recovered, especially since she's an EMPATH.  Overall, it was okay, particularly in view of the dearth of good sci-fi romances available.