Savor Me Slowly (Alien Huntress, #3)

Nov 02, 2010 Zeek rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, scifi-rom, pnr, favorite-author, own

Although this is the third book in Showalter's Alien Huntress series, it was the first I've read thanks to one of my book sharing bud's. Now I'm going to have to go back and read the first two because I enjoyed this one!

SMS is a passionate, you're-the-one-for-me type of love story, with steamy enough sex to satisfy even me! It's also a fun futuristic paranormal too boot. What sets this series apart from some of the other paranormal romances out there is the fact that the protags and baddies are...more

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Nov 20, 2011 Jan rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance, z-2011, science-fiction-romance, paranormal-romance

Allright.
Ever since I bumped into the cover of the 6th book in this series, I've been tempted by its hotness. It's shallow, and normally I'm totally not the judge a book by its cover type, but seriously, that is one hot damn cover.

Dark Taste of Rapture (Alien Huntress, #6)

But most of my friends don't like Showalter, and I tried her other series once, and it totally didn't work for me, so I didn't really want to read it. But that cover was so delicious...

So yeah, in the end my inner horny teen totally won out, and I decided I should try...more

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Nov 06, 2010 Vanessa theJeepDiva added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010, romance, science-fiction

WOW, best in the series so far. The couples from the first two books were back and had major roles in this book. I love it when characters still continue to have roles in later books in a series. This book is nonstop & keeps you guessing the entire time. We know from book one the Mia has premonitions on account of her Arcadian half. We know that Dallas is alive only because he has taken in a large amount of Arcadian blood. Well he sees Jaxon dying in one of his premonitions. Jaxon’s friends...more

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Jul 13, 2011 Catherine rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-paranormal-sci-fi, romance, series, aliens, assassin-killer-bounty-hunter, bad-childhood, crime-police-mystery-private-invest, genetic-mutation, halfbreed, prisoner-slave-kidnapped, rape-abuse, read-2011, robot-machine

This is a reread for me. I read it for the first time years ago, and it was the book that introduced me to Gena Showalter. My original grade for it was 5 Stars but it seems like my tastes have changed a little over the years because this time around I have to give it 4 Stars.

If you're reading this series in order and are about to start this one, you should know that this book is written in third person. The first two books, Awaken Me Darkly and Enslave Me Sweetly, were written in first person a...more

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Dec 10, 2012 StrangeBedfellows rated it 3 of 5 stars

If you like your violence with a touch of science fiction, Showalter's "Alien Huntress" series is a good pick. The premise for the series is that, in the future, various species of aliens have struck up resident on Earth. A government agency called Alien Investigation and Removal is judge, jury, and executioner where criminal aliens are concerned. Within the ranks of AIR are some buttkicking, gun-toting, kill-you-as-soon-as-look-at-you women that serves as the heroine of each novel. In this book...more

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May 14, 2012 Kathy rated it 5 of 5 stars

This Book Was Way Too Good to Savor Slowly!,

The previous book in this series, Enslave Me Sweetly, was so good; instead of waiting one trillion years for my library to order it, I immediately downloaded from Kindle. Now that's saying something, there are only a few authors who I consider buy worthy, as oppose to library worthy.

Mishka Le'Ace was built to be the ultimate ghost assassin, part machine, part animal, part alien and part human. Created and raised in a lab, enduring and surviving painfu...more

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Nov 07, 2011 Anja rated it 2 of 5 stars

When I start reading the book I thought I might gonna really like it, because I liked Jaxon before and still like him throughout the book and I thought L'Ace would be a interesting character, but throughout the story I didn't really was fond of her. I thought she had great potential, but she didn't meet my expectations. It reminded be a bit of Terminator: Salvation and Marcus - human/machine - and the movie made me feel for him, but the book didn't make me feel for L'Ace. She didn't like her sit...more

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Mar 05, 2011 Jen (Red Hot Books) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: alien-huntress, pararnormal-romance

Gena Showalter’s ”Savor Me Slowly” is another one of her Alien Huntress books. Our heroine is a familiar face, Mishka Le’Ace, who was featured in the YA Alien Huntress book, Red Handed. Her hero is Jaxon, an Alien Investigation and Removal agent. We’ve met Jaxon before but he failed to make much of an impression on me. Of course, we learn there is much more to Jaxon than met the eye in previous books. And Mishka, who was always just painted as a cold-hearted bitch, turns on to be a cyborg (sort-...more Gena Showalter’s ”Savor Me Slowly” is another one of her Alien Huntress books. Our heroine is a familiar face, Mishka Le’Ace, who was featured in the YA Alien Huntress book, Red Handed. Her hero is Jaxon, an Alien Investigation and Removal agent. We’ve met Jaxon before but he failed to make much of an impression on me. Of course, we learn there is much more to Jaxon than met the eye in previous books. And Mishka, who was always just painted as a cold-hearted bitch, turns on to be a cyborg (sort-of) –with a heart.

PLOT SPOILERS:
The book opens with Jaxon a prisoner, who is being tortured for information about a case he’s been working on. Essentially, a group of uber-hot aliens have come to Earth. They’re having sex with the women, and spreading a disease that turns the women into crazed cannibals. (I hope you’re ok with this premise, because it is a major plot point in the next several books.) Enter Mishka, who appears to be there to torture Jaxon. But instead, she rescues him. Of course, she’s trying to get the same information, but not because she is a bad guy. She is part machine and has a chip in her brain that forces her to the will of her owner. Her owner can torture her or worse if she doesn’t do what he wants.

Anyway, Mishka falls in love with Jaxon. But she fears that one day, she’ll be forced to turn against him. We learn there is more to Jaxon than he affable facade and the sparks that fly between them are awesome. In time, Mishka and Jaxon join forces to work on the alien case –and to fight her nefarious owner.

WHAT WORKS:
It’s Gena Showalter. Therefore, the smut works. The lady is a master and writing sex scenes. I like that this book ties together threads from the first two books Awaken Me Darkly and Enslave Me Sweetly. I was afraid that each story in the series would be utterly independent, since there seemed to be no characters that were shared in those stories. Welcome back, old favorites!

WHAT DIDN’T:
There were times in the book I felt like I had missed something. Like when we saw Devyn (from Enslave Me Sweetly) working with the AIR agents. I would have liked to see how that evolved. Instead, it was just a given –and I had to go back and make sure I hadn’t skipped a book or something. Also, I liked Mia in Awaken Me Darkly. I don’t remember her being such a bitch –and I only read her book a couple of days ago, so I think I would remember.

OVERALL:
It’s a solid 4 1/2 stars. I felt for Mishka. I wanted her to get her HEA and she did. With lots of sex too.

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Dec 30, 2010 Karissa rated it 2 of 5 stars

This is the third book in the Alien Huntress series and I really did not like it all that much. Compared with the previous two books this one definitely fell solidly into the romance category; way too much page space was given to the main characters needing each other, owning each other, and forgetting what they were doing because they weren't together.

In this book Mishka rescues Jaxon (he appeared as Mia Snow's co-worker in the first Alien Huntress novel) from torture by Otherworlders. Mishka i...more This is the third book in the Alien Huntress series and I really did not like it all that much. Compared with the previous two books this one definitely fell solidly into the romance category; way too much page space was given to the main characters needing each other, owning each other, and forgetting what they were doing because they weren't together.

In this book Mishka rescues Jaxon (he appeared as Mia Snow's co-worker in the first Alien Huntress novel) from torture by Otherworlders. Mishka is a Shadow, an assassin that kills Otherworlders to protect humans. She is supposed to get information from Jaxon about a virus that a new type of Otherworlder has brought to earth. The virus turns humans into flesh-eating monsters of a sort. Of course, as you might imagine, Mishka and Jaxon hit it off pretty well. This is complicated by the fact that Mishka is part machine and her actions are controlled by a computer chip in her brain.

The characters from the first two books join Mishka in this novel. Eden and Lucuis really do not play a large role. Mia Snow plays a slightly larger role than Eden or Lucius; but mainly she is a jerk like in the first book. It would be helpful to have read the back-stories on Mia and Eden, but not necessary to understand the plot of this book. The only ray of light in this book for me was Mishka's conversations with her internal computer; some of those were a tiny bit funny.

There were so many things that I didn't like about this book I am not sure where to start. First of all Mishka isn't a strong character. She is distracted and whiny and needy almost the whole book; the only place she shines is in her kick-butt fight scenes...but those are rare. Jaxon, who I actually liked in the first book, sheds all his personality in this book and turns into an obsessed/possessive character. In fact Jaxon is just about absent of any personality outside of his unexplainable obsession with Mishka. Why are Jaxon and Mishka attracted to each other? This remains a mystery to me; I guess we are just supposed to accept that they are.

Mishka and Jaxon's obession basically destroys what could be an interesting story line. In every scene they are apart (or together) Mishka and Jaxon can't work because they are thinking about each other. The whole thing was pretty intense (not in a good way), and pretty boring to read about for 300+ pages. The plot could have been very interesting with the new alien race and viruses and all. The action scenes also weren't as prevalent in this book and were constantly interrupted by Mishka or Jaxon worrying about each other. There were a lot of sex scenes and, while they were a bit more creative than in "Enslave Me Sweetly", they still weren't all that great. I also missed the humor in this book. Both Mishka and Jaxon were 100% devoid of any humor what-so-ever and that took a lot away from the story.

The main plotline with the virus is never well resolved either. I am assuming it continues in Book 4 "Seduce the Darkness" of this series. I own book 4 and will eventually read it, but for now enough is enough. There was so much mush and needing/owning each other junk in this book that I fear, if the next one follows in this book's path, my eyes will fall out my head from me rolling them so much. After reading the first three Alien Huntress books in a row these books are also starting to feel a bit formulaic to me. Maybe I just need to clear my head with something a bit more substantial before I read another one.(less)

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Nov 03, 2009 Wendy (V-Lishous) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: gena-showalter, paranormal-scifi-romance, pub-2008, were-shifter-demon-faries-other, i-own, november-09-challenge, 2009-reads, lent, aliens, part-of-a-series

I am enjoying the Alien Huntress books. This is about Mishka Le'Ace who is a killer with a secret she hasn't told anyone. She meets Jaxon Tremain and starts to feel differently toward him. She's saved him from torture and possibly death. In taking care of him she feels herself softening towards him and is fighting it all the way.

It has a good story with a lot of action.

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Oct 25, 2010 Gardavson rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy-romance, paranormal, books-heroine-make-me-want-to-puke

Puke puke, and triple puke. I was feeling quite violent towards this book a time or two. First of all, human hero. Boooring. Whatever. It started out good, but soon got slow, then evolved into boring and borderline painful. Let me say I hated, HATED Le'Ace. She sucked big rotten apples. She wasn't annoying or too big for her britches, but she was majorly flawed and revered for it. Big and bad and oh so misunderstood. Minor spoilage from here. She kills people, admits to killing INNOCENT people -...more Puke puke, and triple puke. I was feeling quite violent towards this book a time or two. First of all, human hero. Boooring. Whatever. It started out good, but soon got slow, then evolved into boring and borderline painful. Let me say I hated, HATED Le'Ace. She sucked big rotten apples. She wasn't annoying or too big for her britches, but she was majorly flawed and revered for it. Big and bad and oh so misunderstood. Minor spoilage from here. She kills people, admits to killing INNOCENT people - men, women, children - to save herself from tortuous pain inflicted by her owner via a computer chip implanted in her brain. Um, hello, hero's don't kill children to save themselves. And then accept boo hoo sympathy because she was "forced" to do these terrible things. There is always a choice. And Jaxon so loved her and sympathized so greatly for her. How out of character is that? If there is one flaw with these AIR agents, it's that they kill without a trial, without hearing anyone out. And yet because she had a reason, it's ok for her to kill innocents. Hello? Hypocritical are we? And the absolute icing on the cake is that Le'Ace draws the parallel of the Schon doing exactly EXACTLY the same thing she's been doing - knowingly killing other people to alleviate tortuous pain - and instead of sympathy, or even an attempt at trying to help them, she admits and agrees that they have to be killed for their actions. Again I say, Hypocracy anyone? This is why I hate H A T E Le'Ace. Then she pulls the "me so vulnerable" card about sex because she CHOSE to seduce people for sex rather than be punished. Is that force? Yes. Does it leave the same fear (just because it's somebody she's choosing to have sex with) of being touched? Hmm, doubt it. So now I have to listen to Jaxon as permission for every touch and sexual move. Can I kiss you now? Can I touch your breast? Can I remove my penis from my pants? He might as well cut it off while he's at it. Puke.

I also didn't like her teatment of Mia. Or how Mia, who was so tough before now fights like a kindergartener.

I did like the whole Schon thing. I wish more had been given to developing that idea. Instead, we sat with Jaxon as he recovered from being an invalid and worshiped Le'Ace for her courage, even though she chose herself over other every time. And how even she admits she'd kill Jaxon if ordered, changes her mind in like, the space of a day, and yet Jaxon gets mad at his friends for doubting her. Big. Fat. Whatever.

Really, (in case you haven't guessed it yet), Le'Ace is what killed this story for me. It was slow at times, mainly while Jaxon was recovering and absolutely nothing was happening except disgusting Le'Ace stuff. If the plot had been more action involved, it might have been ok.

The next in the series looks far better. And I hope Le'Ace is not even mentioned. (less)

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Nov 08, 2011 Angela rated it 5 of 5 stars

Incredible!!! Ms. Showalter has become an automatic buy for me. Savor Me Slowly is the third book in the Alien Huntress series. Unfortunately, I began this book for a challenge, so I had not read the previous two titles. A mistake I will quickly correct. Ms. Showalter shows her amazing world building skill yet again with this futuristic story of Aliens and Otherworlders and their attempts to live among humans or to dominate humans and those whose mission is to stop them. This story has strong ch...more

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Apr 09, 2010 ~*~Princess Nhya~*~ rated it 5 of 5 stars

Okay.. Where do I begin... This book was very deep. The dynamic between Jaxon and Mishka was beyond awesome. Again all the characters I loved and Hated equally, but that's good! Even though I understood Mia's motivation, there were times when even she should not have been allowed to do what she was doing. Action was great, Hilarious, and oh so sexy!! The villians I even loved to hate.

It takes a strong soul, man or woman to not only be real & honest with themselves, but to do the same for the...more Okay.. Where do I begin... This book was very deep. The dynamic between Jaxon and Mishka was beyond awesome. Again all the characters I loved and Hated equally, but that's good! Even though I understood Mia's motivation, there were times when even she should not have been allowed to do what she was doing. Action was great, Hilarious, and oh so sexy!! The villians I even loved to hate.

It takes a strong soul, man or woman to not only be real & honest with themselves, but to do the same for the other person involved. This was obviously just one of the many issues that Jaxon and Mishka were facing, but if you were paying attention it was the only one that would have destroyed them if they were not strong enough to not only face it, but overcome it. Mishka abused beyond comprehension, broken, has only known the most ugly things life has to offer. How can any one believe in anything else if this is all they have been shown? Jaxon, someone born of priviledge has had the Blessing of seeing both sides, even inflicting his own evil on those that did not deserve it. (his past) but he "manned up" and excepted his role in such things by trying to be a better person, man, & friend. And to take it a step further, trying to protect those dear to him from such malice. In a word? Dude Is BAD!! I mean that in a good way. It takes a real man to not be threatned by a woman as strong as Mishka, not just physically, but her mentality. She also knew when to let Jaxon be what he needed to be for her and himself. These two had a wonderful balance of self and their roles in each others lives, no matter what has happened to them or what was happening around them, or what threatned to pull them apart. Even at the expense of letting go of those close to him, Jaxon excepted this and rolled with it. I loved how although it ticked her off, Mishka recognized what a sacrifice this would be for him, and despite how she felt, she tried to make the outcome a good one, even within an inch of giving her life!

The Blessing in this was how quickly they were able to get past their personal hang ups & fears. Finding and accepting what they both desperately needed in their lives.. Love & Each other.. And to top it all off, it was Believable! I highly recommend this one! Best in this series so far.(less)

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Nov 18, 2009 Kaleigha rated it 4 of 5 stars

This is the third book in the Alien Huntress series, and the fourth I have read. I started with the fourth (which should really be the fifth), then went back and did the first three. Four was great, one and two had a lot of potential, but the first person POV was a bit of a turn off. Not getting to know those totally Alpha macho men was such a waste. But in Savor Me Slowly, Gena Showalter goes to the third person narrative, and it pays off.

Mishka Le'Ace is human. Sort of. Created from mixed DNA...more This is the third book in the Alien Huntress series, and the fourth I have read. I started with the fourth (which should really be the fifth), then went back and did the first three. Four was great, one and two had a lot of potential, but the first person POV was a bit of a turn off. Not getting to know those totally Alpha macho men was such a waste. But in Savor Me Slowly, Gena Showalter goes to the third person narrative, and it pays off.

Mishka Le'Ace is human. Sort of. Created from mixed DNA and mechanical parts, she is a cyborg under the total control of whomever owns her at that particular time. It doesn't matter how loathsome or vile the mission, Mishka has no choice but to obey, since failure leads to unimaginable pain. When Mishka is ordered to rescue captured AIR agent Jaxon Tremaine, she expects it to be an assignment just like any other. But Mishka is unprepared for her emotional response to the badly injured agent. After a lifetime of being considered nothing more than a thing, a weapon and a machine, Mishka knows that nothing can come of her feelings for Jaxon. To get involved with him, to fail in her mission, could destroy them both.

Jaxon is the calm, centered, focused agent of AIR. With his gift for diplomacy, Jaxon can get to the bottom of any situation. When he is captured and tortured for the knowledge he has on a deadly enemy, he never breaks. When a mysterious and deadly woman frees him from his living hell, Jaxon still doesn't know if he can trust her. She wants the information he has, and Jaxon wants her. No matter what. Even as Mishka breaks through the calm exterior Jaxon shows the world to the passion and fire underneath, time is running out for them. Even as they team up to find a deadly new enemy, Mishka could be forced to kill Jaxon and those he loves...or be killed herself.

Well, I have to say, I enjoyed this one. The first two in the series had tough, ass-kicking heroines. And we know this because they told us. Over. And over. And over again. Mishka is just as deadly, probably more so, but for her actions speak louder than words. Jaxon is one of the few men strong enough to handle her, too. I very much enjoyed the "real" Jaxon...passionate and fiery, and a bit on the raunchy side. Pretty much all of the cast from the first two books make an appearance, and I enjoyed Mia getting put in her place in her showdown with Mishka. Good story, good characters, lots of action. I am liking Devyn's unofficial role in AIR, and still loving Dallas. Ah...Dallas. Can't wait for his story. Well, now it is back to the Deep Kiss of Winter duology to finish up the series.(less)

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Nov 27, 2010 Wan "The Snake Charmer" rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: aliens, dangerous-hero, robots, kick-ass-heroine, futuristic, alt-planet

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Overall, I really like this book. This series is getting better and better. The heroine has become stronger than the previous books. I love that Miss Gena has brought back the characters from her previous books and intertwined them so the series is more cohesive. Fair warning though, there are definitely many disturbing parts in this book and many sizzling scenes in it as well. In my opinion, this is definitely dark and not for a faint of heart. I also like that this is sci-fi but not the typica...more Overall, I really like this book. This series is getting better and better. The heroine has become stronger than the previous books. I love that Miss Gena has brought back the characters from her previous books and intertwined them so the series is more cohesive. Fair warning though, there are definitely many disturbing parts in this book and many sizzling scenes in it as well. In my opinion, this is definitely dark and not for a faint of heart. I also like that this is sci-fi but not the typical nerdy type. Miss Gena’s writing style is more current, hip, and cool. I love that the aliens in her series are dead gorgeous, not ugly as the typical aliens we’ve seen in the movies and books, and who made rules and said they have to be, anyhoo? I also love plot in this book although I don’t love it as much as book 2 but it’s really good. Okay, confession, I CAN’T wait for next book. It’s supposed to be about my man Devyn, the black-leather-kilt wearing king of Targon. And he is mine!

Synopsis

Mishka Le'Ace, a half super human half machine (android), tattooed back, a** kicking shadow operative agent, fell in love with an A.I.R. agent she rescued. She was created to be a perfect seducing/killing machine. Her creators had put a computer chip in her brain, basically to command and control her. If she refused to do what they told her to do, she'd get punished that would caused her unbearable pain. Jaxon, (you remember him from the 1st book; he was one of Mia Snow's team members), was assigned a top-secret case about an Alien race called Schon. The Schon had been roaming from planet to planet infected its host planet female population (by kissing or sexual intercourse) with deadly virus that caused them to become cannibal and ended up eating their male partners. Most of the female would become pregnant in that case both the host female and the baby would have to be killed. While working on this case, Jaxon was kidnapped and tortured by the Delenseans. Mishka was sent to her mission, to rescue Jaxon and extract the information about the Schon case for Senator Esteps, the man behind the shadow operative agents. After his rescued, she nursed him. They came to know each other and fell in love. Love was the one thing that Mishka have never encounter in her life. She was created and grew up in a lab. She didn’t know that love was the one thing she has been keeping herself alive for all this time to experience. She found it with Jaxon and Jaxon has found it with her. After Dallas, his fellow A.I.R. agent, came to his rescue along with (my man) Devyn. Mishka had let them take him, thought that he’d better off with them and she’d never seen him again. -- Dallas also recruited Mia, Kyrin, Eden, and Lucien along for Jaxon’s rescue mission and the deadly virus case, long story short – Dallas who was rescued by Kyrin now became part alien himself. He also could see the future just like Mia could. -- Come to find out, she had a history with both Mia Snow and Eden Black, oopsies. Now working on the same case, Jaxon and Mishka crossed path again. They knew now that they love each other and would die for one another. However, to be with her, was impossible. Jaxon couldn’t let that happen. He vowed to himself that he would do anything to be back with her. While trying to solve the case, he was taken to Senator Esteps and found out the secret he dread. Esteps was Mishka’s controller and the device was in his body. If he died, she died as well. Jaxon had to do something or risk loosing his woman. So he kidnapped the senator and brought him to his house and put him under a coma awaiting the solution, nice. -- They finally found Nolan, a Schon who promised to help them, but later on betrayed them by luring them to an ambushed. Mishka, Jaxon and Lucien woke up and found themselves captured and chained in one of the Schon safe house. The aliens were waiting for their queen to arrived, per Nolan, the queen was the true host of the virus. She arrived on their planet and infected everyone with it. She needed to be killed. While fighting the Schon, Mia and Mishka came to a face-off. But Mia saw that she truly love Jaxon, who she love like her brother, she later accepted her. After all the Schons were killed. They left only Nolan to live for he would help them and take them to the queen. -- Miss Gena didn’t mention if the queen arrived in this book so this is still a mystery. -- Considering the virus case closed, Jaxon, who happened to be filthy rich, married her and had found a team of the best brain surgeons on the planet and finally operated on Miska. They took out the chip from her brain (almost lost her twice). And they live HEA.
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Nov 20, 2009 Laura the Highland Hussy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Okay, so I wasn't sure what I was in for with this one, and it was so freakin' good that I put the kids to bed early to read it! I could NOT put it down!
Mishka was created in a lab to be the ultimate weapon/soldier/assasain. But no one counted on the fact that while she may have been created, she was still a person. She is ordered to obtain captured A.I.R. agent Jaxon and if he hasn't spilled his secrets to the deleseans, to get him to trust Mishka and spill to her...by any means necessary. And...more

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Feb 05, 2013 Jenni rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: book-series, aliens, e-books, fantasy, paranormal, psychic-ability, romance, science-fiction

Really loved this one. Great love line with some steamy foreplays, the conflicts with a deadly alien race and Dallas premonitions were the core in this story. And I found myself disliking Mia's behavior so much. I thought that since she fell in love with an alien she will better understand what Jaxon is going through, even though Mischka is not entirely an alien, but Mia and Jaxon were placed in a similar situation when their respective lovers were in center. Otherwise, a great book and now onto...more

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Jan 22, 2011 Book rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have to say this was an intense book. Jaxon and Miska were great characters and I was along for this ride. I also didn't want to put this book down. I guess what I like the most about this series is the main character's relationships are all different. They truely act different together and each couple seem real and more believable because of that. They don't say the same things to each other or do the same things when they are intimately together. You truly feel like you are getting to see th...more

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Jan 23, 2013 Kimberly rated it 4 of 5 stars

The couples from the previous story is in this book and will continue to be in the series, that's a plus as far as I'm concerned. As well as other main characters. As much as I want Jaxon to have someone, because he is such a great friend, it kind of annoyed me the way he treated his friends over a female that he really didn't know. Honestly, Mishka Le'Ace annoyed me all the way through the book. But not because she wasn't wrote a great part, but because of the way Jaxon acted to his buddies. Al...more

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Nov 13, 2010 Paranormal Haven rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jaxon Tremain is an Alien Investigation and Removal agent (A.I.R.) and because of the sensitive information he holds, Jaxon has been captured and continuously beaten for it. Before his captors could kill him, undercover operative Mishka Le'Ace saves him but not without a motive of her own. She has been ordered to use any means necessary to get the information from him about a new race of aliens on earth who are spreading a virus that is killing women. Even though she desires Jaxon and sees him a...more Jaxon Tremain is an Alien Investigation and Removal agent (A.I.R.) and because of the sensitive information he holds, Jaxon has been captured and continuously beaten for it. Before his captors could kill him, undercover operative Mishka Le'Ace saves him but not without a motive of her own. She has been ordered to use any means necessary to get the information from him about a new race of aliens on earth who are spreading a virus that is killing women. Even though she desires Jaxon and sees him as more than an assignment, Mishka has no choice but to obey because of a chip in her brain that will kill her if she does not do as ordered by her boss. Jaxon should be furious that Mishka is holding him prisoner until she gets what she wants but he craves her touch and after finding out about her boss, Jaxon will stop at nothing to find and kill him. Even if it means his own death.

Mishka is part human and well, pretty much everything else. She was created in a lab and altered to be the perfect killing machine. Any time she showed any emotions she was punished. It was sad to read how she was and is continually treated by her boss. Even though Miska has been handed a raw deal, she takes it in stride and powers on. Mishka has a lot to complain about but she really doesn't. She does comment on her looks and if Jaxon really cares for her but she never comes off as being whining or insecure. I loved Jaxon. He is an alpha male with a history that brought him to A.I.R. He is known for being calm and can make any suspect talk. I liked when he let down his guards and showed his sarcastic side because that is who he really is. Jaxon and Mishka have a similar reaction to their attraction. First they deny it and are unsure but then each encounter gets hotter and hotter. You feel the chemistry between them even when they are fighting each other.

There is a new race of Alien on earth that is infecting women (and a few men) with a virus that causes them to turn cannibalistic. I was a little surprised to find out why the aliens are really here and what they want. I thought this was an interesting twist to the series and it ends with this story line continuing on to the next book. So far the books in Gena Showalter's Alien Huntress series have been a mix of love stories and cop drama with an other world twist. While I do think we see a lot of the same type of characters (tough women who feel they have something to prove and alpha men who want these women) I can't help but really enjoy reading these books and I think each one gets a little better as the series goes on.

~Stephanie(less)

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Sep 20, 2012 Brittany rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was my first read in the Alien Huntress series, even though it was book #3. It was very enjoyable, and it made me want to get the back story on the other characters. The book had an excellent dilemma about taking your own life to prevent the bloodshed or suffering of others. Is there ever a mercy kill? The connection between the two main characters was a bit too quick for me. I'm not sure that trust and love can be established so hastily, but it was sweet and steamy and entertaining to read...more

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Apr 23, 2012 Teebee rated it 3 of 5 stars

This book started really slow for me...So slow I told one of my friends not to even bother reading it.
But once, it got into the action and the sex it took off!
Sex wise it is one of the hottest scenes I've read in a while!
Rivaling my girl Larissa Ione and Larissa knows she has some spicey scenes!

I really did like the book...my only concern with it was that it took 1/2 way into the book to start getting really good!

Well, I"m reading the next book " Seduce the Darkness" and there is no problem with...more

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Oct 31, 2011 Laurie Bongiorno rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Mar 23, 2013 Kaitlin rated it 4 of 5 stars

While I love paranormal romance books, I’ve never read one that was based around an alien theme. I was a little hesitant at first about how wild the topic might be, but it ended up not being bad at all. Everything about the “otherworldly” characters was very well described so that I was always on the same page with whatever was happening in the book. It was actually quite nice having such a new theme to get involved with other than the usual paranormal topics I tend to pick up.

Was Savor Me Slowl...more

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Aug 31, 2012 Circuit rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: complete-shite, sci-fi

Write "He/she is so wonderful. I'm not worthy" about a thousand times and you got yourself a book. Every female character in this series was a superwoman and obnoxious. Every male character was a horny teenager without value.

Gena's recipe for a supposedly good book is:
1. Form of enslavement: one or another, usually senseless and often also out of place.
2. Female protagonist: that is supposed to be really though, lived through some tragedy and now whines about it for the entire book. She also ap...more Write "He/she is so wonderful. I'm not worthy" about a thousand times and you got yourself a book. Every female character in this series was a superwoman and obnoxious. Every male character was a horny teenager without value.

Gena's recipe for a supposedly good book is:
1. Form of enslavement: one or another, usually senseless and often also out of place.
2. Female protagonist: that is supposed to be really though, lived through some tragedy and now whines about it for the entire book. She also apparently has to be super obnoxious (It might have been only Mia).
3. Shallow physical attraction: which will always remain just as unimpressive only Gena will tell you otherwise using hackneyed unbearable language. The author tells us that the female protagonist hates male gazes (in some bar – not important) yet it is the same thing that attracts the male protagonist. That and some mystifying knowledge of one’s worth. It’s never learned or discovered. It's intuition. It is just the same as in any cheep book and uncreative love story.
4. Background: plot is written for the sole purpose to exist and give the character something to do beyond shagging. No mystery. If you think there is mystery perhaps we read a different book. She did ok on the plot in Awaken, but with each book the backstory is stupider or imaginary (It’s supposedly there, but it’s only a smoke screen).
5 Aliens: that you will find out nothing more about except they are all beautiful and have ridiculous powers like freezing people (like really indiscriminately) and for some reason never take over earth because of their good nature. The ones with the bad nature try, but always lose, although the positive characters never really get any edge. They won’t have to because Gena will just add an ally that will fix their alien problem.
6. Language: that-supposed-to-be-breathtaking-but-does-this-all-the-time. Hey, I don't mind it occasionally. Sometimes it's funny, but the author in this one abuses it. This is her descriptive style. Well that and "their gazes tangled, two swords drawn and thrust together”. WTF? I laughed for 5 minutes, but since that is the language throughout the entire book its stops being funny and starts being excruciating. I can provide more …
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7. A male character that is, as I mentioned before, a piece of meat with a dick. See I liked Jaxon in book one because he was different than all other male characters in the Series, but in this one the author made him into the same crackpot as Kyrim and the other one from book two.

In one word: Atrocious. I’m taking on the next one. You ask why. Testing my recipe...
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Feb 09, 2013 Ronda rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paper-backs

My only regret is not having the time to read this book quicker (work is so inconvenient!)

What a start, from the word go, this action packed story kept me thinking, guessing and all on the edge of my seat..

Characters from previous books landed in the 'Cack House' with me, I was furious with Mia Snow - still not good with her but I'm better, A.I.R needs to sort some of its employees out!!

Mishka and Jaxon were a fabulous pair to read about, I loved them both. Mishka has a history to cry for and th...more

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Feb 01, 2011 Francesca the Fierce ~Eyelet Ecstasy~ rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: series-alien-huntress, aliens, genre-paranormal-romance, books-read-2011

The 3rd book in the Alien Huntress series, but its actually the first one written with a third person POV. I enjoyed this aspect of the book. I can say I would've love to see Lucius thoughts in the previous book. So job well done with this one!

We meet Mishka, who is sort of an assassin. She's really not human, not completely. She was created in a lab and has parts that are robot. I loved the voice in her head that was a bit of a computer processor. 5% chance of this, 90% chance of success at tha...more

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Oct 26, 2010 Martina the Book Fairy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: assassin, chicago, futuristic, urban-fantasy, aliens

The series is futuristic/alien urban fantasy. It's an indeterminate future where multiple races of aliens have come to earth. There was a big human/alien war, but now there's (relative) peace. However, there are government agencies specializing in alien intelligence & assassinations. And it's around one of those groups, designated the A.I.R. (though they don't remind you in this most recent book what it stands for) around whom the individual stories unfold.

This particular book focuses on A....more

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Oct 30, 2008 Tez rated it 4 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. A beautiful, newly discovered alien race is spreading a virus that turns its victims into cannibals, in the third part of Gena Showalter's Alien Huntress series.

They're called the Schön, and both Alien Investigation and Removal and Mishka Le'Ace's boss want them investigated, captured and killed. As always with this series, the world-building is outstanding and the Schön case is intriguing...but it's only a subplot. And if you'd read the back cover copy, you wouldn't know about this storyline at...more A beautiful, newly discovered alien race is spreading a virus that turns its victims into cannibals, in the third part of Gena Showalter's Alien Huntress series.

They're called the Schön, and both Alien Investigation and Removal and Mishka Le'Ace's boss want them investigated, captured and killed. As always with this series, the world-building is outstanding and the Schön case is intriguing...but it's only a subplot. And if you'd read the back cover copy, you wouldn't know about this storyline at all.

Savor Me Slowly is clearly a futuristic romance - with emphasis on the romance. It's worth reading for the aliens and investigation, but my word the characters are annoying. I had no issue with A.I.R. agent Jaxon Tremain in Awaken Me Darkly, in which he was a secondary character. But bringing him to the forefront and giving him romance changes his personality - and jeopardises the case he's investigating. And puts him at odds with his fellow agents, who rightfully tell him to pull his head out of his arse. Of course he doesn't take their wise advice because God forbid anyone in love to do anything intelligent.

Mishka Le'Ace is part machine, with a metal arm and a chip in her brain that keeps her informed…but also gives her pain if she doesn't follow her boss's orders. Clearly she needs liberation and independence - but instead shags Jaxon. Though it kind of makes sense (she just wants to be loved and experience multiple orgasms, oh my!), it will piss off non-romance readers who were hoping for an in-depth exploration of aliens on Earth, their motivations, and how they interact with humans and other alien races.

The Schön only get minor screen time (in which they're killed), and as for the Delenseans who were torturing Jaxon in the first place...why were they doing so? And why didn't they reappear later? Because it was to hook readers in with action, but really just to have Jaxon and Le'Ace meet. And are instantly attracted.

I love the world-building this series has to offer, but the characters...leave a lot to be desired. Not with their shagmates, of course. But otherwise.(less)

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Feb 03, 2013 Haralambi Markov rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: uf-pnr

“Savor me Slowly” is the fifth installment in the Alien Huntress series by Gena Showalter and as many people have claimed, it’s fabulous.

The focus of this story falls on Mishka Le’Ace, who is a feat of biological engineering, combining in herself various human, animal and alien DNA, which coupled with extensive training, a microchip inside her brain and other mechanical parts make her the deadliest assassin out there. Her latest mission to extract answers from A.I.R agent Jaxon Tremain about a n...more “Savor me Slowly” is the fifth installment in the Alien Huntress series by Gena Showalter and as many people have claimed, it’s fabulous.

The focus of this story falls on Mishka Le’Ace, who is a feat of biological engineering, combining in herself various human, animal and alien DNA, which coupled with extensive training, a microchip inside her brain and other mechanical parts make her the deadliest assassin out there. Her latest mission to extract answers from A.I.R agent Jaxon Tremain about a newly arrived race of aliens, called the Schön, which spread a sentient virus. The virus is spread through sex, although later on, we learn that it is also air born, released from the blood.

Both fall in a very passionate love and Gena doesn’t spare a single steamy detail about how much these two lust for each other. The sex scenes go on literally for pages and keep the attention with their originality. Of course the intensity of the character’s feelings towards echa other is what makes this romance even stronger. As in every romance story there are hindrances in the lover’s ways. First and foremost both agents work on the opposite side of the la, Mishka being controlled through the chip by senator Estap. Miska’s reputation as a cold blooded assassin put Jaxon’s friends a barrier between both of them. However as much as they don’t like it, A.I.R agents have to team up and work on this case together, since they have one of the Schön, Nolan, who has decided to betray his brethren.

What I liked most about this story was not that much the sexual attraction and well done romance or the virus crisis. They were simple, yet masterfully created and elegantly presented to the reader. It was the characterization that hooked me from beginning to end. Gena does a brilliant job depicting how not anybody is solely evil in the face of Mishka Le’Ace, who is forced to kill and fight, but carries a caring soul, which only wants to be loved. The duality in the human personality exists in Jaxon Tremain, who has learned to play the role of the quiet, composed man, but upon meeting Mishka reveals his sarcastic, bit more violent and rash self. Both of her characters are strong, but without going to extremes with their stubbornness. The perfect balance has been found for me.

If I were to analyze further this novel, I would state that questions such as who do we think we truly are, is what we act like before other people really us and what is just show to abide society’s norms, how much do we know ourselves and what is it that we want in life. These are all pretty much standard existential questions that come up delicately like clues in a scavenger hunt. Gena doesn’t say things out right, just lets you think about what is possibly meant inside her work. Heck, I am not sure, whether I am on the right track.

In conclusion I give this book 10 out of 10. This is the best read for 2008 so far.(less)

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