Keir by Pippa Jay

Science Fiction Romance

From Goodreads:

A demon waiting to die...

An outcast reviled for his discolored skin and rumors of black magic, Keirlan de Corizi sees no hope for redemption. Imprisoned beneath the palace that was once his home, the legendary 'Blue Demon of Adalucien' waits for death to finally free him of his curse. But salvation comes in an unexpected guise.

A woman determined to save him.

Able to cross space and time with a wave of her hand, Tarquin Secker has spent eternity on a hopeless quest. Drawn by a compulsion she can't explain, she risks her apparent immortality to save Keir, and offers him sanctuary on her home-world, Lyagnius. But Quin has secrets of her own.

When Keir mistakenly unleashes the dormant alien powers within him and earns exile from Lyagnius, Quin chooses to stand by him. Can he master his newfound abilities in time to save Quin from the darkness that seeks to possess her?

Keir is a fast paced tension filled book.  It is Science Fiction Romance but the romance element is allowed to develop as the story progresses.  The same is true for the character development.  Both Keir and Quinn continue to develop as the story progresses.  What both are like at the beginning of the book is very different from what they are like at the end.

Keir is set in a very complex world with a lot of back-story required for the story to work.  The plot development allows each to come to light as needed.  The plot itself is complicated.  It feels like one thing (Saving Keir) at the beginning and becomes something else entirely half way through the book.  That change intruded on the story at first.  Several characters and a new world seemed to come out of nowhere without the lead up I would have liked.  Once I got past that the story again progressed in a smooth and believable manner.

I had read parts of Keir before but not the entire book.   I don’t know where or why but it may be because Keir is a re-release from 2012.  I do know I had not read the entire book.

Keir is book one in the Redemption series and book 2 is due out shortly.  That is probably the reason for doing a new release.

Keir is a great read for all SFR fans.

Pippa Jay published Keir in 2015.

I received an ARC of Keir from Netgalley in return for an honest review.

Stacking The Shelves - June 6, 2015

Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books I added to my shelves this week. They may it be physical or virtual. I include books I buy in a physical store or online, books I borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!  Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga at Tynga's Reviews.  Follow the link to see what others have on their shelves. 

Purchased:

Murder On Amsterdam Avenue  by Victoria Thompson

Tracker by CJ Cherryh








For Review from Netgalley:

The Marriage Act by Alyssa Everett

Keir by Pippa Jay

Inherit the Stars by Tessa Elwood

Tales from the SFR Brigade edited by JC Cassels, authors – Linnea Sinclair, Marcella Burnard, Erica Hayes, Liana Brooks, Pippa Jay, Berinn Rae, Amy Laurens, Kyndra Hatch

Science Fiction Romance

From Goodreads:

Experience love and adventure among the stars in ‘Tales from the SFR Brigade,’ a free digital anthology of eight Science Fiction Romance stories.

• A space captain discovers the cyborg she loves just might be her greatest enemy.

• A mind-wiped prostitute risks all when she recruits a dangerous stranger to help her escape a terrible fate.

• A prisoner-of-war confronts the comrade who loved her, then left her for dead.

• A space-obsessed physics teacher is kidnapped by a far-too-charming alien.

• An apocalypse survivor battles the biomech-enhanced hunter who seeks to capture her.

• A young artist must choose between her comfortable life on Earth or a war-torn space colony with her beloved.

• A daring thief is on the run from the alien law man who is determined to bring her to justice.

• A widowed rebel leader tries to save the last remnants of humanity, one stranger at a time.

From Earth to the furthest reaches of the galaxy, explore the worlds of Science Fiction Romance with stories from Linnea Sinclair, Marcella Burnard, Erica Hayes, Liana Brooks, Pippa Jay, Berinn Rae, Amy Laurens, and Kyndra Hatch.

Download ‘Tales from the SFR Brigade’ from Smashwords free today.

The SFR Brigade Mid-Summer Blog Hop just ended and as it did SFR Brigade published their first book of short stories titled Tales from the SFR Brigade.  This is a free ebook.  Click on the link above to get your copy.  I downloaded and read immediately and loved every story.

World building:  These are short stories so there is not a lot of time to world build.  In spite of that each author manages to include just the right amount of information about the world their readers need.  All are stand alone with the exception of Linnea Sinclair’s story.  The back-story is in Games of Command. 

Characters: There are some well drawn characters in each story. After meeting them in the short stories I would love to see them in full-length books or novellas.

Writing:  These are some exceptionally well-written short stories with short but well developed plots.  After finishing the entire volume I was ready to go back and re-read every story again.

I do have one suggestion.  I would have liked a clickable 

Table of Contents.  As I read I bookmarked the start of each story so I could easily find them again.

This was a great idea and I hope that there will be future volumes.  There was a wealth of writing talent in Tales from the SFR Brigade.  I look forward to seeing more from each author.

Tales from the SFR Brigade is an ebook.  Remember it is free so be sure to download and read.

SFR Brigade published Tales from the SFR Brigade in June of 2013.