LIBR220-04 [Fall 2010]

Books books books! bibliographic information, “flash talks", and reader’s annotations with summaries and evaluations of titles...also includes an array of genres, subgenres, and readalikes!

Monday, October 25, 2010

Awaken Me Darkly (Alien Huntress, Book 1) by Gena Showalter

The thrill for alien huntress, Mia Snow, is bringing to justice the extraterrestrial murder suspect and not succumbing to her desires for him.


Rating: Three Stars ***

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Summary: On behalf of the New Chicago Police Department, Mia Snow, a strong, independent alien huntress and her partner Dallas is fighting to control the violence against humankind by the Aradians (an alien species). Assigned the case of serial murders of handsome human men, they are on the search for the extraterrestrial murder suspect Kyrin. They are able to catch Kyrin's sister Lilla, but another agent under the influence of the Arcadian mind control shoots Dallas and has left him to die. The lust and love between Mia and Kyrin has her begging for his healing powers to save Dallas in exchange for the release of Lilla. Even with their eye on both suspects, the murders are still occurring and the real killer is pinpointed to Atlanta, an Arcadian with assets invested in her fertility clinic, who Mia recognizes all too well.

Evaluation: The encounters and interactions between humans and Arcadians is the most interesting aspect of the book. The fighting scenes where Mia kicks as is unbelievable, but the action adds to her independent, burly persona. The sex scenes are pretty explicit and are shocking for being interspecies, but this is coming from someone who is new to the alternate worlds - paranormal romance genre.

Read-a-likes: Close Encounters: An Alien Affairs Novel, Book 1 by Katherine Allred
Dark Lover (Black Dagger Brotherhood Series) by J.R. Ward
Your Planet or Mine? (Otherworldly Men Series) by Susan Grant

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