In 'Star Crossed' by Heather Guerre, the story follows Lyra, a strong-willed and independent woman who finds herself kidnapped by alien slavers and rescued by an alien named Asier. As Lyra navigates her way back to her home planet to save her sister, she must also navigate a complicated relationship with Asier, who claims her as his own. The book is filled with action, danger, and forbidden lust, all set in a well-built world with intriguing alien races and intense romantic tension. The writing style keeps readers engaged, with a fast-paced narrative that unfolds to reveal surprising twists and turns.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
Content warnings include themes of non-consensual sex, sexual assault, kidnapping, and other mature issues that might be triggering for some readers.
Has Romance?
The story heavily features romance elements, especially involving the complex relationship dynamics between the main characters.
From The Publisher:
He's duty-bound to protect her. Even if that means protecting her from himself.
Asier Mor-Talis is a Scaeven Enforcer. He metes out justice-protecting the rest of the universe from the cruel, conquering nature of his own race. When he rescues a beautiful, clever human woman from a trafficking ring, he finds himself on the wrong side of his own principles. Lyra is everything he could ever want in a mate, but matebonding with humans is forbidden. If Asier gives in, he shames himself and destroys her life. If he doesn't, he'll lose her forever.
Lyra Hallas is no damsel in distress. Sure, she's been abducted by an unknown alien race. And, yes, those aliens are bigger, stronger, and more technologically advanced than humans can possibly compete with. But Lyra's spent her entire life fighting her way out of desperate situations, and she's not about to give up now. When her escape is aided by one of those selfsame aliens, she's astonished by the intense bond that develops between them. But being with Asier means giving up human society-including her sister, the only family she has. It's a choice she's not sure she can make.
Torn apart by their separate worlds, Lyra and Asier must fight to find their way back to each other, and to the happiness they can only have together.
Ratings (10)
Incredible (2) | |
Loved It (4) | |
Liked It (2) | |
It Was OK (1) | |
Did Not Like (1) |
Reader Stats (15):
Read It (9) | |
Want To Read (5) | |
Did Not Finish (1) |
1 comment(s)
A note I made while reading:
I'm at 50% and this is an absolute shitshow as far as consent goes -- in both directions.
He clearly thinks he should refrain from having sex with her, but she urges him to go ahead, knowing that her pheremones are nearly irresistible to him. He's said that if she gets pregnant he'll have to pair-bond with her for life, and he says that his reproductive physiology is complex, and she keeps sexing him without asking for more details. And he keeps sexing her, hoping she'll get pregnant so she'll have to stay although he knows that's not what she want. Also, he fucks her almost to death and then they try again at her urging.
NO ONE is considering consequences.
Having now read the wwhole book, my take is that this is a space romp with Dr. Who levels of making sense (i.e. hardly any and if you try to make it make sense you'll just spoil your fun), heavy duty alien banging, and a certain amount of happy accident in the resolution.
It kept me interested and engaged the whole time, but I felt like there were plenty of problems with it too -- I just didn't like how heedless bouth MCs were towards each other and their separate and joint future.
What can you read after
Star Crossed?
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