Who couldn't adore this book? It had just the right amount of spice, tension, action, deceit and bet
OH, GOD. OH, god. Oh, god. That thing is stinking huge!
THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID - okay so it's taken completely out of context but I could not resist it. It's even in my notes ... 🤣
Oh boy, is this one ever good. I laughed, a lot, got a little emotional, and cheered on my now favorite FMC!
A lot has gone down between the Varoolians and humans, tensions are high and when we left book 1, things were only starting to look up.
When the King's shuttle is shot down with a human missile, Prince Lun and Colonel Tandy Roberts decide they want to go down to investigate. The only problem is only mated pairs are allowed on the planet per the peace treaty.
Prince Lun, against the advice of council, agrees to join with the high commanding Colonel Tandy and bring the responsible party to justice.
Prince he may be, Lun is warrior through and through, and he's about to be tested to the extreme. Tandy is holding her code of silence, she can't tell him about the secret lab or their new queen's involvement in the virus that wiped out half of the populous. If she can't tell him about that, how is she going to ever be able to tell him that she was part of the decision to unleash the bio weapon?
***Spoiler Alert***
At first Tandy thinks the Prince is just some eye candy and it's wasn't a real hardship to consummate the marriage when the man's packing some serious heat in that department. The Prince, however, never underestimated his new mate - which is what she is, his second heart coming to life as they come together.
Getting planet side was a bit of an adventure and Tandy is pretty impressed by all the tech that the Varoolians have. When they have to set down a ways from the King's crashed transport, Tandy begins to realize that Lun isn't just some eye candy, the man is full of honor and respect. She can't help to begin to feel guilty for lying when it came time to select a location to travel to.
Having convinced Lun to head towards a guard base instead of the secret lab, Lun and Tandy run into troubles that pit the tenuous trust they have together against itself.
Along the way they find a wolv-wolf pup and Lun immediately is attached to it. It melted my heart for him just like it did to Tandy.
They have grown into a family of three by the time they make it to the guard shack where Tandy comes clean about her deceptions just in time for the Folri to attack.
Lun is a beast as he attacks them but in the end it is Tandy's hand-to-hand combat knowledge, aided by Varoolian armor, that saves the day.
We end a month later when we get to find out that this adorable family of three is expecting a new member!
Who couldn't adore this book? It had just the right amount of spice, tension, action, deceit and betrayal! Hands down a good book, I think better than Book 1 in my opinion because we weren't having all the world building that book 1 had. Instead of being focus on biology (because Deirdre is a biologist) we get a focus on the physical world (because Tandy is no slouch).
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️, 🌶🌶 - spice is evenly spread too, huge bonus for that - and a 😱😱 on angst - another perfect blend throughout the book.