Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Axtin by Elin Wyn [Review]

Axtin by Elin Wyn
Axtin (Conquered World #2) by Elin Wyn
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: January 22, 2020

Conquered World
1. Vrehx
2. AxtinKindle
3. Tu'ver
4. Sakev
5. Daxion
6. Rouhr
7. Karzin
8. Rokul
9. Sylor
10. Iq'her
11. Takar
11.5. Vrehx's Quest
12. Zarik
13. Sk'lar
14. Jalok
15. Tyehn
16. Cazak
17. Navat
18. Sa'lok

Elin Wyn
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Her heart is closed, safe behind walls of ice. Can a berserker alien with a dark past shatter her defenses?

Brilliant chemist Leena guards her heart with a sharp tongue and steely focus on her work.
A battle-happy jock would be the last traveling companion she ever picked - even if he was human. One of the alien warriors? Not a chance.
But there's more to Axtin than his green skin and interesting stripes. His strong arms will protect her from attackers, but as her emotions start to thaw, who will save her from him?

Axtin only finds peace in his endless fights against the Xathi after the destruction of his homeworld.
The galactic rift that brought the war to Ankau simply means a new battleground, nothing more.
But when he's forced to guard the spirited Leena from the dangers all around, can he learn to care for something deeper?
Thoughts on Axtin: Leena and Axtin are...something else. Leena doesn't know how not to push people away (for reasons) and Axtin is knee deep in his joy of fighting (and hopefully defeating) the Xathi. They're oil and water and somehow they manage to make things work. (Mostly because I think they look at all that verbal sparring as foreplay, but that's just my opinion.)

Leena is focused and she comes across as abrasive more often than not. Including to her sister, which makes for some fun family dynamics. Trying to find a cure for the disease that will slowly kill her and Mariella is her sole purpose and she doesn't really care who she angers/alienates in the process as long as she gets results.

Which makes her SUPER fun at parties, I'm sure.

Axtin is good at taking out bad guys and rushing into the fray to protect his fellow soldiers. Turns out he's also pretty darn good at protecting Leena, too. You know, when she'll let him.

Displaced aliens on a dangerous world, hive-minded aliens who want to subjugate everything in their path, and a whole lot of sparring between the sheets. These aliens are meeting their matches in the humans they're trying to help and I'm here for that.

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