Kristie J’s review of Prince of Firestones (Krave of Everton, Book 2) by Zoey Draven
Sci-Fi Romance published by Amazon Digital Services 25 Sep 18
I was most delightfully surprised when I read the first book in this series, Kraving Khiva. So when I saw this one was out, I couldn’t get it and read it fast enough. At only 191 pages, it’s a short story, but the shortness of it didn’t take away the enjoyment of this follow-up story of Khiva and Eve, the H/h of the first book.
This story picks up soon after Khiva and Eve have left the planet for the brighter and more accepting planet of Dumera. While once Khiva was almost royalty on his home planet, his life went to hell when it was destroyed. This is all covered in the first book, and now they are living and loving together and life is so much better. But there are still issues that keep them from being completely happy. Khiva is still torn over his missing mother and brother. They disappeared when the planet was destroyed, and he’s been trying to find word of them ever since. And while Eve is doing well as a book cataloguer, Khiva is working at a dangerous and demanding job in the mines on Dumera. And while it’s still a long way down from what he once was, it’s still a lot better than being a sex slave for a sadist like he was doing. They are both still concerned about the people they left behind and work toward saving them.
There’s not a lot of action in this book, more of a look into how they are doing. I love this. So many times we finish a book and wonder how the characters are doing after the story is over. Here we get to see that future. Eve and Khiva are still desperately in love with each other, and the author does so very well in getting this across to the reader. There are a few bumps along the way, but there’s never a question that they will always be together. I enjoyed this book just as much, if not a wee bit more, than Kraving Khiva.
A note, though. One should not read this one without have read the first book. If not, the reader will be completely lost. Ms. Draven has plans for more books in this series about those still in their own hell. Since we’ve ‘met’ them in the first book I know I’m going to be getting the next the day it’s released and plan to start reading it right away. As I said in my review of Kraving Khiva, these books and this author are a wonderful example of why I love this genre so much.
Grade: A
Summary:
When Eve Tesler booked a visit with one of Madame Allegria’s Krave, notorious alien lovers with special, non-human skills between the sheets, she never thought that she’d fall in love with him…or learn about the dark secrets behind the well-known brothel.
Now, after escaping from Everton with Khiva, they land on Dumera, a neutral colony where they hope to start a future together without having to hide in shadows. But the memory of Madame Allegria and the Krave they’d had to leave behind still haunt them, as does the memory of Khiva’s missing mother and brother.
To complicate matters, as they begin to navigate life together in a new, strange place, something unthinkable happens: Eve becomes pregnant
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