Nightchaser
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'Utterly breathtaking' DARYNDA JONES 'Absolutely fabulous' C. L. WILSON 'So much love for this book! Buuuuuuy it!' NALINI SINGH _______________ A convict and an enchanting rogue hold the fate of the universe in their hands . . . Wanted criminal Tess Bailey and her band of merry thieves are desperate and on the run. The most powerful ruler in the universe wants them dead, and while he hunts them, the stolen ship they escaped on is running out of steam. Their one offer of help comes from Shade Ganavan, a tall, dark and arrogant stranger with ambiguous motivations. At her side is gentle, blind Shiori, Fiona, an ex-rebel fighter with a rage so strong it could bring generals to their knees, and determined Jax and Miko, steering their ship through the depths of space. Together, their friendship gives them strength, but will their bond be strong enough to defeat an enemy whose ruthlessness is legendary? As their luck runs out, Tess will have to choose an ending to her story - and whether to fight against or yield to a temptation so strong, it threatens to cleave the land of stars in two. _______________ Discover why readers everywhere are enchanted by Amanda Bouchet . . . 'Breakneck pace . . . blends humour, danger, and romance with ease' SciFiNow on Nightchaser 'A Promise of Fire made me laugh out loud more than once' Thea Harrison, New York Times bestselling author of the Elder Races series 'Absolutely fabulous. I didn't want to put it down. Amanda Bouchet is now on my auto-buy list! I highly recommend her books to my readers and to anyone looking for a great blend of fantasy and romance' C.L. Wilson, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Winter King 'Give this to your Game of Thrones fans' Booklist STARRED Review for A Promise of Fire 'A sexy, emotional romance' The Washington Post 'I want more of these characters and I want more of this world. I cannot remember the last time I wanted to both savour and devour a book . . . Bouchet's writing is so engaging and magical'SmartBitchesTrashyBooks
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3.5 stars, rounding down. If this were the sort of thing I liked, I would probably have really liked this! I don't dislike it at all, but I'm just not big into science fiction combined with romance, so I wouldn't have picked this up if not for the Ripped Bodice Summer Romance Bingo. I liked the crew/found family situation here, especially the backstory about Tess and Jax. The alternating between first-person for Tess and occasional dips into third-person for Shade's POV was kind of an odd choice - while it didn't really bother me too much, I'm not sure why the author made that decision.
Extra half a star for Bonk the space cat and his self-cleaning litter box. Between that and Tess's birth-control injection that apparently lasts a decade, this might be a pretty decent dystopia, all things considered. (That's a joke, I don't want to live in a dystopia, whoops we already do.)
(2020 summer romance bingo: “the final frontier,” could also work for “I'm on a boat,” I think, since it's a spaceship. Other possibilities: secret identity, maybe a generous interpretation of bootleggers.)
