The fate of his people rests in her hands.When the penitentiary ship she’s incarcerated in gets sucked into an anomaly, Kira barely survives the crash onto an alien planet. Along with a handful of survivors, she finds refuge in The City in the Caldera alongside its Fire Valos inhabitants. But the sadistic experiments performed on her by the prison’s scientist make the heat intolerable for her. … for her. When the opportunity to go to the frozen city of E’Lek presents itself, Kira believes she’ll finally be at peace.
Duke is confused by the strange human female. Like him, she’s cold, made for the icy lands of the Northern Valos. Her resemblance with the Creators and questionable friendship with a human hated by his people raises their collective suspicions. Yet, only she could save their lost tribes condemned to an eternal slumber. As his heartstone warms for her, Duke is determined to prove to the rest of the tribe that beneath her frozen exterior hides a compassionate female. His female.
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This novel is part of a shared world created by multiple authors, which I find fascinating. Iced, by Regine Abel is another of her imaginative creations that is just so entertaining and sucks me right in! The characters are likable and the drama is engrossing. Can’t wait for more Valos stories!
A marvelous story. This is Kira & Duke’s story. The story line which includes different species is great and the characters well-developed. I found this very enjoyable and finished in one setting. I now plan to read the rest of the series.
This series just gets better and better!
The world building goes from strength to strength, and Regine Abel makes you believe in Sonhadra and the Valos.
This episode is set in the North amongst the Ice Valos, and tells the story of Kira and Duke.
Instant attraction turns to a deep, meaningful relationship. There are some humorous moments as Duke struggles to understand human women.
But all is not plain sailing, there is danger, adventure, and the discovery of more survivors of the crash whilst searching for a 3D printer….all is explained when you read the book.
I voluntarily reviewed an ARC of this book.
Another fantastic instalment in the Valos of Sonhadra series
After crash landing in the space penitentiary on the planet Sonhadra five months earlier. Kira knew her life would change, initially living with a band of other survivors and barely surviving. When they are found Lucie another ( inmate ) and the fire Valos, they move with them to their city.
As a victim of experiments on the Concord, the heat of the fire Valos and the City in the Caldera was slowly killing her. So when the chance to visit the Northern Ice Valos come up, Kira knows she has to go. The iced city is her only hope for survival.
After setting out to find the city and becoming separated in a blizzard, kira stumbles across the lost tribes of the Ice Valos, its apparant that they have been mistreated and experiments on by the creators.
Duke has been searching for his family and the other I’ve tribes since he was awoken by the human Lydia, his friends mate and their bringer of life back to the frozen city of E’lek. With so many now awake he can focus on finding the others that are missing. What he doesn’t expect to find is a tiny snow fairy hiding out with them…
I am a unrepentant sci-fi romance lover. The original books in this series literally had my head spinning and my sci-fi hear singing with joy! A whole new world of inhabitants and species to learn and discover and this book does not disappoint!
I love the fact that we get to know more of the Valos story and meet previous charachters again… their continuing story was one that focused on trust, in oneself in others in the future… a true page turner.
It’s fantastic seeing how after so much hurt and hardship, how the Valos and humans have worked together to move past the hurts of the past and focus on the future. Accepting of others differences despite the similarities between the humans and the creators.
Despite her concerns, I found Kira to be a wonderful female lead.. with her fears and jealousy ( over Duke ) she was a realistic breath of fresh air when most female leads are written to perfection with no foibles. I loved her inner comments and thoughts about Lydia when duke was explaining his history!!
Duke is now in Bubbles Book Boyfriend Harem…as if he had a chance to escape my notice with his wonderful caring and protective nature!!
This was my first book by this author and while I did somewhat enjoy “Iced” in some places this really wasn’t my complete bag.
I was actually really looking forward to this as the blurb really intrigued me and I do so love me an alien that looks like an alien romance.
So It wasn’t any one thing in particular that turned me off here.
I think it was just an overall combination of issues that didn’t quite gel for me.
Together they just stopped me emotionally connecting which was a shame because as I said earlier this on paper sounded so good.
So this is part of a larger series where each particular instalment is written by a different author.
I know, cool ay; I thought so too.
Each book can be read as a standalone while still being part of a larger picture.
I myself read “Iced” as a standalone and it did work.
I had no problem following along here despite being a newcomer to this alien world.
So Kira and Duke; this is where I had issues I didn’t particularly like Kira I found her rather judgy
I also struggled with Duke as well the way he was all about second-guessing Kira’s motives and all they were like matching bookends in the judgmental department.
Not very nice personality traits and all, as a result, I actually struggled to feel their connection.
I was just not feeling the love here.
Look this wasn’t awful; I just didn’t live up to my initial expectations and also didn’t leave much of an impression on me probably because I didn’t really care that much about Kira or Duke.
I did finish and it did have its moments.
I guess for me this was more of a middle of the road read.
I borrowed “Iced” with my KU subscription.
All opinions expressed here are entirely my own.
Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm.
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This is my first time reading this author and I would read more by them. The book is well written. It was just missing something for me, I didn’t really have a connection to it. Saying that, it was an interesting concept and takes you to another world.