Thursday, March 21, 2019

Champion by Anna Hackett [Review]

Champion by Anna Hackett
Champion (Galactic Gladiators #5) by Anna Hackett
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: May 12, 2018

Galactic Gladiators
1. Gladiator
2. Warrior
3. Hero
4. Protector
5. ChampionPaperback | Kindle
6. Barbarian
7. Beast
8. Rogue
9. Guardian
10. Cyborg
11. Imperator
12. Hunter

Anna Hackett
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Fighting for love, honor, and freedom on the galaxy’s lawless outer rim…

Space marine Blaine Strong enjoyed being a composed, controlled member of space station security…until he was abducted by alien slavers. Forced into underground fight rings and pumped full of drugs, he’s now seething with anger and out for revenge.

Rescued by gladiators and fellow humans on the desert world of Carthago, Blaine is fighting to be the man he once was. But when the House of Galen is attacked, he must focus on joining the gladiators to fight back. That means teaming up with a tough, competitive female gladiator who not only challenges him at every turn, awakens a fierce desire he’s never felt before, but a woman who can sense the churning emotions inside him.

Gladiator Saff Essikani is the best net fighter in the Kor Magna Arena. Raised from young to fight, she bows to no man and uses her empathic abilities to win at whatever cost. With her House targeted and people under their care threatened, she’ll stop at nothing to find those responsible. But then she finds herself face to face with a big, tortured man from Earth who affects her like no man before. As Saff and Blaine head into the desert to uncover a conspiracy, their incendiary desire flares hotter than the desert suns. But as Blaine’s angry emotions rage out of control, Saff knows that unless he learns to embrace the man he is now, he has no chance of survival.

Note to readers: This sci fi romance contains a lot of action (think wild gladiatorial fights and daring rescues), tough gladiators (the warriors of the House of Galen) and a steamy romance (between a tough female gladiator and a tortured space marine). So if you like it fast, and gritty, and sexy, this is for you!
Thoughts on Champion: This time around we have a human male (the only one the gladiators have come across, come to think of it) and a female gladiator. Blaine has been drugged and tortured and forced to fight in the pits below the Kor Magna Arena and he's a bit of a mess when we first met him. He's come a long way since then, but he's still struggling to find himself.

While Blaine is the seething mass of rage and emotion, Saff is the cool, competent gladiator who knows what she wants and goes after it. While Blaine isn't her usual type, it turns out there EXTREMELY compatible. Both in temperament and otherwise, if you know what I mean.

With the three women Blaine was rescued with end up in the hands of some bad, bad people, the House heads out to save them. Because that's what they do. They save people.

Things are heating up for both humans and aliens alike. Conspiracies are being uncovered and more and more humans keep popping up. Which is AWESOME because that means I have more books to read.

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