Kristie J’s review of The Conquest (Kelderan Runic Warriors, Book 1) by Jessie Donovan
SciFi Romance published by Mythical Lake Press 12 Jan 17
I read this book a while ago, but didn’t get around to doing a review. In the meantime, I read another SciFi romance that really got my motor running and I’m thinking this one might suffer more from the comparison to that book if I had reviewed it before the other one, which is The Gladiator by Anna Hackett in case anyone is confused.
The blurb covers pretty well what the books is about. Taryn is the leader of her people and will trick and pretend in trying to lure spaceships into her little planet in the universe. She needs more men to keep the population going. She and her people spot a spaceship and make ready to get men.
Kason tro de Vallen is the military leader of his people and he is looking for another planet they can expand to, because the planet he is from is running out of resources. He’s a wee bit full of himself, in a cute kind of way, and when they land on this new planet, he thinks they can help all these women folk. Only Taryn is a pretty smart cookie and gets the drop on him and holds him prisoner.
Now, while I found this book cute and funny in places, I didn’t really get the point of the whole thing. She needs more people, most especially men, to help out her planet, and he needs to find a planet where his people can immigrate to. Easy peasy in my opinion and not all that much to build a whole book upon. It was one of those books that wasn’t that bad, but one I know I’ll never reread, and I’m not likely to keep up with the series.
Sorry about that, Ms. Donovan.
Grade: C
Summary:
Leader of a human colony planet, Taryn Demara has much more on her plate than maintaining peace or ensuring her people have enough to eat. Due to a virus that affects male embryos in the womb, there is a shortage of men. For decades, her people have enticed ships to their planet and tricked the men into staying. However, a ship hasn’t been spotted in eight years. So when the blip finally shows on the radar, Taryn is determined to conquer the newcomers at any cost to ensure her people’s survival.
Prince Kason tro de Vallen needs to find a suitable planet for his people to colonize. The Kelderans are running out of options despite the fact one is staring them in the face—Planet Jasvar. Because a group of Kelderan scientists disappeared there a decade ago never to return, his people dismiss the planet as cursed. But Kason doesn’t believe in curses and takes on the mission to explore the planet to prove it. As his ship approaches Jasvar, a distress signal chimes in and Kason takes a group down to the planet’s surface to explore. What he didn’t expect was for a band of females to try and capture him.
As Taryn and Kason measure up and try to outsmart each other, they soon realize they’ve found their match. The only question is whether they ignore the spark between them and focus on their respective people’s survival or can they find a path where they both succeed?
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