Thursday, March 18, 2021

Tu'ver by Elin Wyn [Review]

Tu'ver by Elin Wyn
Tu'ver (Conquered World #3) by Elin Wyn
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: January 23, 2020

Conquered World
1. Vrehx
2. Axtin
3. Tu'verKindle
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):
When you know you’re going to die young, you can react in a few ways.

Harden your heart. Fight destiny.
Or roll with the hand you’re dealt and enjoy what time you have.
Archivist Mariella thought all hope of a cure for her disease had been lost long before the Xathi invaded.
The war sped up her timeline, nothing more.
The warriors of the Vengeance? Friends only.
Even if one of them calls to her heart and sparks new desires within her…

Tu’ver and the rest of the K’ver people esteem logic and order above all.
He has a function.
To fight with the crew of the Vengeance. To kill the Xathi. To avenge his people.
So why is he so drawn to the gentle human, Mariella?
And when there’s a chance to obtain information that may cure her, why would he risk everything to save her?

In the war between logic and passion, there can be only one victor.
Thoughts on Tu'ver: If you hadn't figured out that that Tu'ver had a thing for Mariella since book 1 (he carried her to the ship and kept close after she was injured, people!)...uhh, I don't know where I was going with this. Let's just say that Tu'ver and Mariella might not have been fully aware that they had a thing for one another, but everyone around them knew it. They just had to work through their own denial about them to get things moving.

Their biggest hurdle was (in my opinion), Mariella's desire to hide her illness from everyone. While part of me gets her reasoning, another part keeps thinking that sharing what's happening and getting feedback from others who might have different insight is the way to go. Yet she and Leena keep their illness secret and...I don't know. Don't really get far in their research to find a cure. Until someone overhears them talking and points them in a different direction.

Which, SURPRISE!, leads them to figuring things out.

As for Tu'ver, he drops everything to help her once the extent of her illness is uncovered. Which gets a thumbs up from me.

I'm enjoying these books overall (the idea of a bunch of aliens who wouldn't be allies except they're united against their common enemy appeals to me), but I also think they're a little light on story. Given what Vhrex and the others have endured in their fight against the Xathi (losing family and watching entire planets basically get wiped out), I want a little more depth in the characters. While I can see these men choosing to live in the moment and try to forget the horrors they've experienced, I just...want a little more. Again, I'm enjoying the books overall and they're hitting the spot as far as nearly subjugated worlds go, but I keep waiting for that character depth and everything these men are experiencing seems like it's on the surface to me.

Will I continue reading? Yes, I will. I've just felt vaguely dissatisfied (not quite the word I'm looking for, but close enough.) with the last two books and hope we get a little more emotional insight into these characters as the series continues.

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