K.S. Augustin

Okay. I liked this very well. It was an almost seamless blend of Sci Fi and Romance. The world building was stellar (heehee). Drawn with just a few strokes and mostly in the actions and reactions of the characters rather than exposition, the Republic was shown to be extrememly totalitarian with no true freedom for the people. Very well done. The heroine, Moon, has fallen afoul of the Republic through no fault of her own, but this just makes it easier for her to turn against the government when she meets Srin who has been abused by the Republic for 20 years because they want to use his immense brain power. He didn't want to stay but wanted to go back to his fiance. So for 20 years, his handler has been wiping his memory every 2 days. He wakes on the third day or Day One as they call it convinced that he will shortly be going back to his home but as he is kind, he's willing to help them out for a couple of days.

I won't go farther into the plot because this is one that I would definitely recommend to any SFR lover and I don't want to spoil it.

The romance is very well done and you feel for Moon loving him and knowing that every 2 days she must introduce herself to him again as a stranger. You also feel for Srin who somehow knows that his life is not right but who cannot remember why.

These two characters are more well drawn than a larger portion of H/hs in straight romance. They are both living and breathing and fully realized.

The sci fi element is also well done. The experiment that Moon is working on seems plausible in a future setting. The space ships are well described and rationally written and don't seem like super duper all powerful behemoths which ignore the laws of physics. The planets are gritty and realistic. The sci fi is not dense and impenetrable for non sci fi regulars however.

My only real complaint is that the book ended very abruptly. I clicked next page on my reader and literally blinked taken aback when the next page said "the end." I really hope there will be another book because I need to see what happens next.… (meer)

I was given this ARC awhile ago and agreed to give it an honest review, although the story is short I wanted more! Will there be a sequel? I sure hope so! One company genetically modified a human and sent her to Europa to discover anything in the ocean that they could use, but Salvia is lonely and she wants a companion to talk with. She decides not to work until she gets what she wants and after months of not working a companion is sent, but she's confused as Rhs is so much larger than her.........… (meer)