Xenon by Regine Abel [Review]

Xenon (Xian Warriors #9) by Regine Abel
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: August 2, 2022

Xian Warriors
1. Doom
2. Legion
3. Raven
4. Bane
5. Chaos
6. Varnog
7. Reaper
8. Wrath
9. Xenon - Paperback | Kindle
10. Nevrik
11. Rogue

Regine Abel
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

What is dead is never truly gone.

When she embarks on a rescue mission in an abandoned lab, the last thing Kate Lewis expects is for a long dead Xian Warrior to rise from his ashes. Then he claims she’s his soulmate. Although she doesn’t doubt his sincerity, Kate cannot help but question the truth of his words. The mysterious and tortured man awakens an irresistible passion in her, but as the team’s Chief Medical Officer, she must keep her wits about her and remain professional. Who even knows what he is now?

Xenon has risen from the endless nightmare of having a fractured soul. Now he realizes that six years have gone by and that the world has moved on without him. Worse still, he barely recognizes the man in the mirror, the experiments having desecrated his body with countless traits of the hated Kryptids. Kate’s fierceness and tender support keep him from giving in to madness. She doesn’t see him as a monster, but a man.

Surrounded by danger, abominations, and traitors, the team must contend with the betrayal of former allies. Did Xenon return only to lose the one female who gave him a reason to live?

Thoughts on Xenon: The next mission to close down the now-defunct (in theory) Kryptid experiments is underway and BOY did Legion and his team get a surprise when they found one of their fallen warriors. Xenon is alive, but not necessarily well and he has a little adjusting to do once the Vanguard team swoops in to rescue him. I mean, it's been six years since his "death", the Vanguard have made allies of those who were once enemies, and the body he's currently in has gone through some significant changes.

Oh, yeah. And he's possibly met his soulmate.

Considering all that Xenon's been through, Kate wants to take things slow. Which is understandable, really. The experiments Xenon was subjected to have changed him on a fundamental level and he needs to come to terms with that mentally and they need to make sure nothing that was done to him will endanger her. So they go slow. Ish. Slow-ish. Slow enough that they get to know one another before going all in, but not so slow that they miss out on this special something that's been gifted to them. Life is short and all and one should grab onto the good things before they slip away.

(That sounds very doom and gloom, but it's not! I swear!)

A little danger, a few booby-traps, betrayal that continues to send shock-waves through the Vanguard, a metamorphosis, and two people finding each other despite the staggering odds against it. You know, considering one of them was thought dead for a while. *thumbs up*