Review: I hope it doesn't take an apocalypse to get the Castians to earth.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 24, 2012
This is a classic alien abduction tale. . . with a twist.  It is the third book of the series.  I bought it because the synposis mentioned that the good aliens rescue the earth woman from bad aliens who have been torturning her.  Neither race have seen a female for 400 years.  They have a long standing feud and are entrenched in a nasty war.  I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED! until it ended.  Yes it was short, and yes, I read it out of order, but I went back and bought the first two books in the series the same day and read them too.I liked the story, it was well done, descriptions were amazing ( I was so immersed I was shocked when I got up and the ground was not spongy).  The bleak desperation of the few who were surviving the destruction of earth was really heart wrenching.  I am glad the author left the causes open, like it was just a thing that happened, not that humans had destroyed the planet (not that we aren't beating it up really bad) or aliens though it blocked their view of mars or something.I really like the female lead, Piper, she was awesome, strong and loving.  The Males in the whole series were yummy inside and out.  Such honesty about their lack of experience with sex and relationships, but their expertise at sensing emotions.Overall it was a great tale, I liked it and I will probably reread it, but I am still a bit grumpy at paying nearly $5 for 100 pages of content, there are too many books out there less expensive that I can spend time on, I don't think I will pay that again.  I almost bought them about 4 times, and just couldn't bring myself to do it, and I bought them one at a time, if Shield hadn't been good, I would not have read Armor.