Science Fiction Romance
From Goodreads:
"Victoria "Tori" Hart doesn't know it, but she's
the key to saving the universe. After a childhood of moving from place to
place, first with her paranoid, restless mother and then in foster homes, Tori
has finally found a home in Hope, Ohio running her antique shop. Then a man who
claims she's the answer to the plague that's destroying his world invades her
peaceful if boring life. Abducted into space and facing death, Tori tries to
escape as she fights against her growing attraction to her kidnapper. But can
she fight her inner obligation to save a people she's never known? Reese
Taren's emperor has sent him on what Reese considers an insane mission-to find
the Heart of Destiny, a mythical object said to have the power to save the
Empire from alien invaders. Reese has lost everything in this war-his wife and
son, his home, his planet. Now he lives to find a way to destroy the entity
that threatens the Empire, even if it is chasing after fantasy objects. His
search for the Heart of Destiny leads him to Earth and Tori where he discovers
that her very body chemistry is the key to defeating the invader. But as they
travel through space toward their enemy, Tori somehow manages to heal his damaged
heart. Now Reese is once again faced with losing everything because to save the
universe and all of humanity, he must sacrifice Tori ."
My favorite reading area is Science Fiction Romance (SFR) so
when Dark Star Dawning showed up on Netgalley I requested a copy. I have to say this is not one of my
favorite stories.
Tori and Reese are the main characters. Tori lives on Earth and does not know
that is not her home world. Reese
is the damaged hero who had to destroy his home world. The ash is the villain and Toni
is the only one who can destroy the ash.
Since this is a romance it is not the destination but the
journey that is important. This
journey has all of the usual ingredients.
There is danger, tension, a
cast of secondary characters and of course romance. Everything is in place for a great story but while I enjoyed
reading Dark Star Dawning it did not catch and keep my attention like I
expected. I think there are
two reasons. The main reason it
did not was that so many of the situations have been used and used and
used. The second is that much of
the writing is spent in one of the characters heads making it more passive that
active. Pick it up to get your SFR
fix but don’t be surprised if it is not one of your favorites.
Imajinn Books published Dark Star Dawning by Elysa Hendricks
in 2013.
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