Science Fiction Romance
From Goodreads:
PANDORA
by Marguerite Labbe
Sentenced
to life on board a space salvage cruiser, Riff Korra and Zed Jakobsen find
themselves drawn together out of mutual need. But when an epidemic of violence
and insanity consumes their ship, will their bond give them the strength they
need to escape?
BOARDED
by Annie Nicholas
Liaison
Sadie Beckit must accompany the mysterious Ambassador Nual to Central Station.
Sounds easy enough, but the lawless void of space holds many dangers. To make
things worse, Nual seems determined to make Sadie lose her professional
control.
FORSAKEN
PLANET by Elise Logan
Luci has
gone, literally, to the ends of colonized space in order find some peace.
Marooned on a desolate planet with limited supplies, Luci needs to learn to
trust her team leader, Sakir Khyne. Together they must take out hostile forces
and try to survive.
DARK
IMMORTALITY by Kim Knox
Captain
Andros: pirate, vampire, all-round bastard. When he takes Madelen Ariel as his
own, his crew sees an opportunity to mutiny. They’re about to find out just how
much of a bastard he really is.
FREEKER
by Ella Drake
On the
run, convicted murderer Chara stows away on a ship piloted by a big, sexy
alien. Warrant puts the safety of his brothers above all else but the violent
and sensual Chara makes him question the price of risk.
Three of the stories in this collection fit the anti-hero
description. The other two fit the Alphas and Aliens description.
Pandora is a M/M
story full of violence. It was the
longest in the collection. It was
well written but longer than I though it needed to be. As M/M is not my cup of tea it was not
one I enjoyed that much.
Boarded by Annie Nicholas was my favorite. There were no anti-heroes in this one;
just very good Space Opera and Science Fiction Romance. I liked both Sadie Beckit and
Ambassador Nual. I would not mind
visiting their world again.
Forsaken Planet by Elise Logan was another story that did
not have an anti-hero. Her two
main characters, Luci and Sakir, are both on the side of justice and
order. It was my second favorite
in the collection. I though the
world building in this story was the best of the lot.
Dark Immortality by Kim Knox did not appeal to me at
all. It did fit the anti-hero theme. Captain Andros is just what the blurb
says – an all-round bastard.
Freeker by Ella Drake is part of the Space Grit series. Again we have the anti-hero theme. This time both Chara, the female and
Warrant, the male, are both bloodthirsty and love killing. Of course it has to be for a good
reason. Drake turns out well
written stories. In this case it
is a well written story where I did not like either main character.
I am not much for anti-hero stories and reading Deep Into
Darkness did not change my mind. I
liked Boarded and Forsaken Planet but neither had an anti-hero. Pandora, Dark Immortality, and Freeker
just were not my type of SFR even though they were written buy authors whose
books I have enjoyed in the past.
Those books did not have anti-heroes.
I received an ARC of Deep Into Darkness from Netgalley in return for an honest review.
Not Her Gargoyle by Annie Nicholas
Genesis by Ken Lozito
