Review: Interesting world, fun characters
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2013
** Review written for an originally posted on my blog, Book Bliss. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased and honest review**Review: 3 starsGeneral: **Please note this is the second book in a series**Romance and science fiction are a hard thing to mix. One tends to take the backseat to the other. I think the strongest part of this novel was that they mixed together perfectly. The romance kicks in from the get go and boy does Eric know his way around a woman! The science fiction is constantly weaved him via the fun world so it was nice to read a well balanced book. The characters and plot were entertaining and complemented each other.I do think the world building in this needed work. I am unsure if it is because it was a second in the series or not but I felt all that was really given was an info dump prologue. I had trouble fully connecting with the book because there was so much I didn’t understand and couldn’t visualize. Also to that extent there was a sincere problem with the passage of time for me. I felt that things felt like they were skipping huge chunks of time to get from one pivotal scene to the next.Characters: Sophi- Sophi is a wonderfully written character who takes a long and hard journey in this book (and I wonder if she was present in the first book). She was tortured by the enemy and a vast majority of the book is watching as she goes from her hardened cold ways to men to falling for Eric. She had a good mixture of strong and independent mixed with the fear and hesitancy of someone who had experienced trauma.Eric- Eric is hot. Plain and simple that is the best way to describe him. Sexy to perfection from his looks to his skills in bed he was a great choice! Aside from that though he was loyal, caring and dedicated not only to Sophi (once he gave in) but to his job and country.