I have read several of the books in the Detyen series and I was having a serious case of Déjà vu with these books especially the first one Soulless I could swear I had seen parts of that plot in another one of the stories that I had read, or it maybe that I have read so many of them that they are all beginning to blur.
Soulless
We have Sierra and Raze in this story. Sierra is the daughter trying to live up to her fathers’ expectations and Raze is a Detyen that gave up his humanity for a longer lifespan. Not only their lives are at stake, but those of their comrades and they must learn to trust each other if they are going to survive. At times the story veered into a bit of silliness with the dialogue and to be honest parts of the plot, but these two at least kept the game playing under control for the most part.
Ruthless
Iris and Toran are the fated pair in this story. There was for me too much cat and mouse between these two and I started skipping pages to get the story to move along. Toran has found his mate in Iris and he can now escape the 30 y/o death sentence that his species has. This one was a bit cheesier than the first story but still had enough to keep me entertained.
Heartless
Quinn and Kayde are the most damaged of the aliens and humans in this bunch. Quinn is still struggling with her time as a slave, whilst Kayde is a soulless and as such doesn’t register many things like others. These two did well with giving each other some time to heal and come to grips with all that is entailed with the Detyen bond. Quinn and Kayde were fine there were times when things took on a bit of an over the top everything that can go wrong going wrong feel, which became a bit of an eye roll.
The series is a nice step away from reality as long as you are ok with things bordering into the quasi over acting space opera dramaody.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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