2019 SF/romance. Ada von Hasenberg, younger daughter of one of the
three Houses that together rule human space, has been on the run for
two years from an arranged marriage. She's finally been caught… but
then they made the mistake of putting her in a cell with the
man-monster.
This book is trash that's not ashamed of being trash. Yeah, Ada
somehow learned to do sneaky spy stuff well enough that the
gene-boosted special forces guy is impressed. (They instantly fall in
lust, love follows, and for most of the second half of the book
they're imitating rabbits.) And she can out-negotiate her father, one
of the three most powerful people in the universe. Mary Sue? Or just
someone competent, doing things competently?
Adjust your expectations and your mood. If you're after serious
world-building, look elsewhere; this is happening in more or less
generic SF-land, and the reader is expected to be able to fill in
details as they see fit. This is a story about a found family of big
damn heroes on a starship.
It's not great, but it is fun. They rescue each other, a lot. There is
banter. This was recommended by Ilona Andrews, and for me it has much
the same feeling as the Kate Daniels series, perhaps even more so;
the fantastic events are important, but they're the background against
which the love story can happen.
This is the first book of a trilogy, but in the manner of modern
romance series each book deals with a different couple.
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