Helpful Score: 4
Good read. Action oriented futuristic/science fiction romance. [Call it SF lite, maybe?:] I liked the setup - trying to turn people who have been enemies for a 1000 years into allies - or at least peaceful cohabitors. Some want the Alliance to succeed, others want the war to return. Three cultures on a collision course...
The hero and heroine were good characters. The hero is interesting and charming and he's also tired to death of war. He sees in the Alliance his chance to 'make good', both for himself and his Drakken crew. The heroine is the highest-ranking serving officer in the fleet - a legend who has lived for war, eager to wipe out the vile Drakken. She is put in charge of the Unity - the first of the Alliance warships - staffed with members from all the Alliance races. The Drakken hero is assigned as her second in command. Though trying to be fair, she keeps expecting the hero to live down to her expectations of all Drakken. A tough enough relationship by itself, it is further complicated by lust, love, past pain and the plans of fanatics.
This is book 1 of the Tales of the Borderland and follows the Otherworldly Men series. You can read Moonstruck without reading them, the necessary background information is included in this book.
Otherworldly Men
1. Your Planet or Mine (2006)
2. My Favorite Earthling (2007)
3. How To Lose An Extraterrestrial in 10 Days (2007)
Tale of the Borderlands
1. Moonstruck (2008)
2. The Warlord's Daughter (2009)
The hero and heroine were good characters. The hero is interesting and charming and he's also tired to death of war. He sees in the Alliance his chance to 'make good', both for himself and his Drakken crew. The heroine is the highest-ranking serving officer in the fleet - a legend who has lived for war, eager to wipe out the vile Drakken. She is put in charge of the Unity - the first of the Alliance warships - staffed with members from all the Alliance races. The Drakken hero is assigned as her second in command. Though trying to be fair, she keeps expecting the hero to live down to her expectations of all Drakken. A tough enough relationship by itself, it is further complicated by lust, love, past pain and the plans of fanatics.
This is book 1 of the Tales of the Borderland and follows the Otherworldly Men series. You can read Moonstruck without reading them, the necessary background information is included in this book.
Otherworldly Men
1. Your Planet or Mine (2006)
2. My Favorite Earthling (2007)
3. How To Lose An Extraterrestrial in 10 Days (2007)
Tale of the Borderlands
1. Moonstruck (2008)
2. The Warlord's Daughter (2009)
Helpful Score: 1
Loved this book. The story line of two starship captains who end up on the same ship following the end of a very lengthy war, is captivating. The story moves well and of course there is romance. Susan Grant does it again
I really enjoyed this. Good romance, good characters, good worldbuilding. I think this leans a bit more toward Romance than SF, but the SF is solid and necessary.
The hero was terrific. Loved him! The heroine had believable motives for all her actions. I adored some of the background characters too and hope they show up later in the series. At least one, not so much. Couldn't stand him...but to tell would spoil the story.
I know some folks thought it was slow, but it's more a character story with action than an action story. Some have said in other venues that the sex/love is too soon, but I didn't think so. The characters' backgrounds make this totally plausible to me.
I will be reading the rest of the series based solely on the terrificness of this book, since I don't like to read spoilers and don't know anything about what happens next.
The hero was terrific. Loved him! The heroine had believable motives for all her actions. I adored some of the background characters too and hope they show up later in the series. At least one, not so much. Couldn't stand him...but to tell would spoil the story.
I know some folks thought it was slow, but it's more a character story with action than an action story. Some have said in other venues that the sex/love is too soon, but I didn't think so. The characters' backgrounds make this totally plausible to me.
I will be reading the rest of the series based solely on the terrificness of this book, since I don't like to read spoilers and don't know anything about what happens next.
It was pretty good, but I think I'd have enjoyed it more if I'd read the other series first. The two main characters were really cool.
