Science Fiction Romance
From Goodreads:
Love can
get you killed.
Security
contractor Lily Rowan is clawing her way back to normalcy after a training
mission gone horrifically wrong left her physically and emotionally broken.
She’s returned to the city she grew up in, but not to hide from her nightmares,
to face them. Living alongside the Ormney—genetically altered refugees who’ve
settled in The Zone—is a daily reminder of the Ormney trainee who nearly took
her life. Lily knew it would be tough, but she couldn’t have known coming home
would drop her straight into a madman’s deadly game.
Someone
is drugging Ormney men and turning them into mindless killers, reenacting the
attack Lily barely survived. To stop the killing spree and put her own demons
behind her, Lily must overcome her fear and work with Jolaj, a refugee Law
Keeper with dangerous secrets and hidden motives of his own.
Jolaj
long ago dedicated his life to his people, risking everything to find them a
new home. But working with Lily could prove to be the most difficult task he’s
ever faced. Despite the Council’s decree making relationships with the
outsiders forbidden, he’s finding it hard to keep the courageous Lily at a
distance.
With the
fragile peace between their people on the line, Lily and Jolaj must stop the
horrific crimes before their growing attraction makes them the killer’s next
targets.
In the
near future, the world is forever altered when the existence of the Ormney is
made known. But two things remain the same—serial killers still walk among us
and murder is still as ugly and terrifying as ever.
I found
Deadly Lover to be fun but predictable. It did not keep me for enjoying the
book but it could have been stronger if there had been a twist that added
additional surprise to the story.
I could anticipate the action and knew who the villain was as soon as
he appeared in the story. Changing
either of those would have added strength to the story.
The
aliens coming to Earth and being kept in a compound was not a new concept but
the way they arrived was. That
part was a surprise. The plot
moved at a steady pace with scenes full of tension followed by time for the
reader and the characters to catch their breath.
There is
a large cast of characters. Both
Lily and Jolaj were very well developed.
I like how it took time to reveal the circumstances that lead to Lily being injured. That part was very well done and added
some mystery to the story. Jolaj’s
character was revealed early. His
place with the Ormney was not know for quite some time.
There
are multiple side characters. Some
developed and some not. There
certainly plenty of choices for the next book.
The
world building was very good.
Little by little using description and action everything came into
focus. Nothing was forced just revealed
as needed.
I
purchased Deadly Lover from Amazon and one thing that really bugged me was the
number of typo’s. Had this been an
ARC they could have been forgiven but this was the final edition. Every time I has to stop and figure out
where a word really belonged or hit a misspelled word it took me out of the
story. I hope Allder finds someone
to do a better job of proof reading next time. The story deserved better.
The
things I liked about Deadly Lover certainly outweighed the things I did not. There are just not enough good SciFi
Romances being published. Charlee
Allden has started a series that will add to anyone’s collection.
Amazon Digital Services published Deadly Lover by Charlee Allden in 2015.
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