Regine Abel

*I WAS A CHOSEN BETA READER*

When Regine told me she had a new book coming out and was looking for beta readers, I got so excited! After reading Raising Amalia, I was ready for another read from her. I seriously need to just save up some money so I can buy all of her currently released books. It's gotten so bad that I will honestly take books off of my bookshelf just to make room for hers.

This book centers on a girl named Lydia, who was falsely accused of a crime and shoved into a space show more prison. From there, she was brutally experimented on and abused by both the scientist and guards. If you would, I would classify this as a sadistic treatment of the people aboard, even if they did bad things in the past. They didn't deserve this. Then, as they're entering a new world, the ship crashes. I would assume since we don't really hear from any of them again, that everyone except Lydia perished.

Upon further exploration of the new world, she stumbles across a city of ice. This is where we meet Kai. He is emotionless at first and scares the living daylights out of Lydia, but all of that is quickly fixed once she helps him by finding his heartstone. A heartstone would be the equivalent of our hearts, just much more advanced. I mean, these beings could morph into golems and look like total badasses when they have their heartstones.

Throughout the rest of the story, Lydia helps save Kai's brothers and sisters (I mean this in the sense "army brothers". They aren't actually related) by saving their heartstones as well and waking them all from the terrible hibernation that the creators had put them in.

Just like the last book I read from Regine, this book was a wonderful mix of genres. Though I wish it was longer and more details revealed at the end, I did love this book and everything that was in it. The characters were relatable and highly engrossing, the plot was dream worthy, and the theme was amazingly described.

For this, I give the book 5/5 stars. I highly recommend this read, especially since you don't need to read the last books to understand what's going on. It's a standalone! Also, if you haven't already, make sure to check out Regine's pages on Amazon, Goodreads, and her website! show less

*I WAS A CHOSEN BETA READER*

When Regine approached me about becoming a beta reader for this book, I immediately took the position. I was excited! I've never actually explored this type of genre mix, and I seriously love it now. Regine has a writing technique I've never seen before. It makes the story realistic and understandable. Not only that, but it makes it lovely to read. It made me desperate for more, and I am ready to beg for scraps.

Sevina has to be one of my favorite characters mainly show more because of how strong she's stayed despite her situation. She is a twenty-two-year-old who has never set foot outside of the slave ship she was born on. I mean, come on. That has to be pretty boring, right? Not to mention, she has a lot of the crew ready to beat the crap out of her like they do to the other prisoners. Her mother was a great character, also despite what she had been through.

Then we meet Sevina's mate, Eryon. He's, from what was described, HOT. Why can't we have guys like him on Earth? Is that too much to ask for? Apparently, because Regine makes it impossible to not wish for things. Honestly, I need to meet her before I die. She has become one of my absolutely favorite authors, be it may that her books are shorter than my liking and always leave me wanting more.

The plot of this book was well developed and continued on like a waterfall flowing over a cliff. The characters were addictive and beautifully described. The theme had to be amazingly written and horrifyingly real. The writing style was, like I said before, addicting. I should just say that this book was addicting and worth giving up my life for. If I had to choose what book would be one I would read for the rest of my life, it would be this one. There was a wonderful mix of genres in this book, and I'm ready to read her next one.

For everything I have described, I give this book 5/5 stars. I highly recommend this book if you haven't already considered checking it out. show less

Heartwarming

I loved this book. It’s not your typical s I do Roman e but a heartwarming journey of growth and blending of cultures. There’s also the porn videos they watch together lol

I liked the pacing and story of this book better than the first one. Although I was a little disappointed that it jumped at least 25 years from book one, I was happy to see Legion find his HEA.

I was a little put off by the concept of different color skinned humans having different abilities, and I was especially concerned about the generalization that Asians = brown-skinned. No, not all Asians have brown skin... edit: After reading the 3rd book's introduction, I realized black- and show more brown-skinned humans were lumped together, and Asians were deemed a different group. Once again, that was still problematic, since there are brown-skinned Asians... Race/skin color seemed to play a little too much in this book, and I would have preferred a different tactic to distinguish humans with special abilities.

I still enjoy the universe though and will continue onwards with the next book.

Romance: 25-year-old black Haitian-Canadian psychic recruit FMC with 58-year-old unofficial alien peacekeeper commander MMC show less