Thursday, September 28, 2023

Undying Stars by Anna Carven [Review]

Undying Stars (Darkstar Mercenaries #6) by Anna Carven
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: October 24, 2022

Darkstar Mercenaries
0.5. A Darkside Interlude
1. Taming Chaos
2. Shattered Silence
3. Fractured Souls
4. Decadence
5. Hyperspeed Dreams
6. Undying Stars - Paperback | Kindle
7. Radiant Darkness
7.5. Stronghold
Sublime Target

Related Series:
(find all the books in the series on the 1st book review)
Dark Planet Warriors
1. Dark Planet Warriors

Darkstar Mercenaries and Dark Planet Warriors Short Stories
Duality

Anna Carven
| Amazon |

Synopsis (Goodreads):
When Kora Williams wakes up inside the dark alien warship called Silence, fate has spun completely out of her control.

She doesn't understand why she was abducted by a vicious, depraved Kordolian, and she can't believe she was rescued by an even more dangerous one. A big, armor-clad brute of a warrior, who lifted her into his arms far too easily, as if she weighed next to nothing.

She should be dead, or at the very least, doomed to a terrible life as a slave.

But she's been saved, and now she's on a ship full of dangerous silver-skinned aliens and their surprisingly human mates. She wants nothing to do with this strange new reality. She doesn't want to dwell on her horrific ordeal. All she wants to do is return to a normal life on Earth; to her cozy little house, her job, her son...

But these Kordolians have other ideas. To her dismay, it turns out there's a reason she was taken.

And the big, lethal warrior who rescued her?

He's been assigned to protect her.
Thoughts on Undying Stars: One of the last of the unmated First Division warriors is about to fall and I am here for it. I mean, I've been here for all of them (MAN, do those warriors fall hard and fast!) and Jerel needs to find his happy place.

As it turns out, his happy place is with a rescued human woman who handles everything thrown at her surprisingly well. She was abducted and abused, rescued by the very imposing First Division, and then had to figure out how to keep her teenage son safe form his own stupidity. She's quick thinking and she doesn't crumble under pressure. Which works nicely because not only has she been through a lot, the First Division isn't known for shying away from dangerous missions and if she's going to be in a relationship with Jerel...well, you can see where that's going.

While Kora is showing us what human women are made of, Jerel is succumbing to the call of the mating fever. Which sounds ominous, but his biggest drive is to protect Kora and keep her and those she cares for safe. Given that Kora's son is involved in something dangerous to him and the aliens (you now, if they weren't the most terrifying warriors in all the worlds), keeping everyone safe means big changes for the humans.

More answers, a very dastardly plan by desperate aliens, a daring mission, a coolly competent woman, and the warrior who makes her feel ALL THE THINGS. *thumbs up*

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