When forces split them apart, how do they come together?
Space Division spy Cody Greene lies for a living. That's one of the reasons he looks at every woman he meets with skepticism. He's single because of his dysfunctional relationship with his pampered, politician mother and the fact he's still in love with his high school sweetheart, who died mysteriously years ago.
Cody's in a tight spot when he's ordered to marry a naive tech genius named Lisa Shim. She's part of the elite class and has invented everything that makes Mars amazing. Restricted by his oath, he can't tell her she's in danger.
Is Lisa like his mother? Or is she the perfect match he's been praying for?
My Take:
First, I received this book in exchange for an honest review. And I have no idea where to start. This was the strangest story I've picked up in a long time. Maybe ever. The calling out of a specific religion felt weird. These people were supposed to be super religious but all they thought about was sex. In fact, since it didn't have anything to do with the plot of the story, naming a real modern-day religion in a futuristic story almost felt like the author was making a statement about it. I'm just not sure what it was.
That's how I feel about most of the story. The characters' thoughts, actions, and emotions were all over the place. No one was consistent. Cody agrees to marry Lisa so he can investigate her for treason, and yet we never see any evidence that he's trying to solve the case. And he cries a lot for a tough military man/space agent. It was just weird. I'm all for a guy being sensitive, but he would be a complete jerk one moment and then be crying because he didn't deserve her the next. He almost rapes her on orders even though she's been trying to consummate their marriage for a month.
And Lisa? She comes across more like she has Aspergers or high-functioning autism than her naivety being due to her culture. She doesn't have a clue about anything. She's supposed to be this genius, but she doesn't question anything going on around her.
The entire story was frustrating because there was a good concept behind it. I managed to read to the end. This looks like the first book in a series but nothing is answered in this book. All we did was go back and forth between will they or won't they. I won't be waiting for book 2.
I give it a 2.5 on my scale (rounded to a 3 to be nice I guess) with a PG-13/14 rating.
1-5 scale and what it means:
1: I couldn’t even finish it / just plain bad
2: I hope I didn’t pay for this / disappointing
3: I didn’t hate it, but it was still missing something / forgettable but inoffensive
3.5: On the line between good and ok / like, not love
4: Solid mind candy / worth reading
4.5: So very close to perfection! / must read
5: I could not put it down and I’m still thinking about it! / a true treasure
Movie Ratings in relation to my review:
Clean--Hallmark movies, some kissing, no nudity, no intimacy on or off "screen"
PG--Some innuendo but nothing kids don't hear every day, intimacy is all closed door
PG-13--some language (swear words not related to intimacy), more talk about intimacy, heavy petting, removal of clothing on screen, but intimacy is closed door.
PG-14—somewhere between PG-13 and R. Not erotica, but at least a paragraph of on-screen intimacy
R--swearing (F-bomb, on “screen” intimacy, sometimes feels like the whole story is about the intimacy and not the relationship or some other plot, but not always
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