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Dark Space (Dark Space, #1)

Lisa Henry

Start date: August 1, 2018

Finish date: August 31, 2018

Discussion: Book of the Month Club

Discussion leader: Jordan Lombard

Why we're reading this: This will be our August 2018 read by popular vote!
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Jul 27, 2014 Irina rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance, gay, series-to-finish, suspense, adult, ya, fantasy, sci-fi, mel-rec, br-stas

Sci-Fi is a genre that has to be really convincing for me to enjoy. It has to be well thought out and have no loose ends.

Dark Space has a plot with a great potential, but it might take another sequel to fully work up to it.

There were things that bothered me here. Brady's immature behaviour, for one, was more than I could handle. I know he is only nineteen, but you would think, after three years of service, he would toughen up a bit. He would have made a much more likeable character to me had he ...more

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Jan 27, 2013 Lila rated it it was amazing

Shelves: chilling, great-mc, sci-fi, angst, dark, mm

5 stars
Lisa Henry took my heart with The Island; with Dark Space she went to my auto-buy list. Both novels are dealing with some heavy stuff like PTSD, trust issues, and cruelty toward another human being, 'cause Lisa puts her characters through hell before she gives them any hope. Her characters doesn't have diva tantrums, they are not all sunshine and smiles, but that just work for me. If you like dark but emotional, beautifully written m/m, Lisa is your author.
This novel is SciFi romance. I 5 stars
Lisa Henry took my heart with The Island; with Dark Space she went to my auto-buy list. Both novels are dealing with some heavy stuff like PTSD, trust issues, and cruelty toward another human being, 'cause Lisa puts her characters through hell before she gives them any hope. Her characters doesn't have diva tantrums, they are not all sunshine and smiles, but that just work for me. If you like dark but emotional, beautifully written m/m, Lisa is your author.
This novel is SciFi romance. I love to read both genres, so it was my first choice from Lisa's backlist. It's focused more on relationship, but SciFi parts are just as amazing.(view spoiler). Faceless are aliens who came, conquered and destroyed. And you know what? They are scary. They are just plain terrifying. Nobody knows anything about them, nobody knows what are they're planing to do, nobody knows what they even look like. I was constantly on edge of my seat waiting for their appearing in novel. Unlike The Island, this novel is told from first POV. We see distant future, Faceless, and more importantly Cameron, through Brady's eyes. And I think it was great move, it was fun being in his head.(view spoiler). Without Brady's humor this book would be too dark. And you gotta love Brady- he is only 19, but he is having problems that someone of his age shouldn't have ever. And yet, he is light of this novel.:) Cameron Rushton's face is well known to Brady, but just like Faceless he is a mystery. He is a very tortured character,he doesn't belong anywhere and you can tell he is someone who lost hope(view spoiler). Reading about those two falling in love was emotional and engrossing. I recommend it wholeheartedly.
It's not of big importance for me usually,but I have to say that I adore this cover. Model is very beautiful, and his eyes and lips catch your eye among other covers. ::wishing a wallpaper size:: ...more

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Feb 04, 2023 Meep rated it did not like it

Shelves: dnf

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I couldn't finish this originally, and that hasn't changed. Made it to 37% then skipped and skimmed further.

It's an uncomfortable tale of dub-con and Stockholms. Also somewhat claustrophobic.

Alien rape isn't bad because they are aliens?!
Brady's not gay but caught in a telepathic energy exchange so is now reacting. Cam can block the link but won't and keeps fantasising sex while they're locked together.

Beyond that it's repetitive, we keep hearing the same facts repeated over an ...more

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Oct 28, 2013 Ali rated it it was amazing

Shelves: mm, non-lendable-kindle, own

Wow! I don't even know where to begin...so good! I'm not very big into science fiction, but this book makes me reconsider. I loved everything about it. Brady and Can. The chemistry was fantastic. The story was engaging - I read it in one sitting, cause, yeah, it's that good.

And I even got teary. Lisa really gets the reader to connect with Brady...and there are all these feelings and he's confused and...okay rambling now...so I'll stop...but seriously, this book is so worth the read...

(Also just ...more

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Jun 05, 2013 Brin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites, science-fiction, kindle-books, romance, read-in-2013, lgbt, war, bought-2013, read-in-2020

I loved this. So creepy and tense. I love science fiction done right and Dark Space is a perfect example of a really, really good science fiction tale. I literally couldn't put it down.

Full review to follow once I have organised my thoughts into a bit better order... ...more

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