Abandoned to the enemy’s tender mercyMinta, the reserved secretary for a spy team that spread a man-made plague, leaves the planet too late — the team abandons her on the enemy’s space station. She’s forced to fend for herself until she can make contact with an elusive spy, Watcher, who has a starship. To avoid arrest, she nurses a plague victim — a gentle, whimsical man who spouts Lewis … Lewis Carroll. But to know this enemy is to love him . . .
When Finn Shanwing falls ill, he doesn’t intend to hide that he’s actually an high-ranking cyborg warrior. Neither does he intend to fall in love with the secretive nurse who saves his life . . . but by the time he reveals to Minta she saved an enemy commando, it’s too late for his heart. Or hers. Also too late to escape the wrath of Watcher — half-human, half-machine, and both halves obsessed with her.
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Book four in the Repelling the Invasion series a well written story by an Author I have not read before. I found myself smiling as I read parts of this story. Minta,is in hiding and Finn Shanwing recites Lewis Carroll especially when he is sick. These two will have a lot to overcome before they get there happy ending. I liked Brainless her pet Mizzet. I enjoyed reading this story and hope there is more to come. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I loved this world created with Finn and Minta in it. Even though they were mortal enemies they found a way to fall in love. But would it be enough? Great strong characters with an intriguing and action packed story full of fun!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
This is a quirky story with great world-building. Minta is so way over her head, that it’s kind of amazing that she’s still alive. You can almost feel the tension of her life.
I can’t leave out the fact that even along with the tensions there is also humor. And some kind of bizarre poetry, added by being mainly spouted by Finn. Well, after he got well enough to talk. Finn is the one that Minta accidentally became his nurse.
Both Minta and Finn were great main characters with plenty of secrets and depth. Even poor misguided Watcher was an odd but interesting character.
There is also a good cast of secondary people in the story. That also includes some interesting tag-a-long animals that attach themselves to Minta. Brainless and LouTwo are mizzets who one after another adopt Minta. You’ll have to read the book to figure out what mizzets are because they resided in the mind of the author until they hit the page.
I have to say that early on I thought this book was a bit odd and I wasn’t sure that I was going to like it. But I am glad that I went on because it really began to pull me in. I think it was also the characters that pulled the most.
I liked the cover for the eBook, I thought it was attractive.
“I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.”
Minta, a secretary, doesn’t find out until late that her employers are terrorists. When they release a plague and bug out, she’s left behind in enemy territory and must rely on the goodwill of the enemy to survive. When she’s called on to nurse Finn, a cyborg and enemy commando who caught the plague her people released, she falls in love with him and begins to question what she always believed. Who’s the real enemy?
Love Thy Galactic Enemy doesn’t offer pat, black and white answers, but paints the “world” in shades of gray, showing the ambiguity and complexity of life, and the internal conflict that arises when fact seems to contradict belief. The characters well-developed and complex. Even the bad guy, the Watcher, is drawn with empathy.
This is the type of story (the morality, the lesson) that would have made for a good Star Trek episode.
Loved the mizzets. (Just don’t get too attached to them!).
Not my cuppa…too much telling, slow pace, just….couldn’t….do….it. Maybe because this is the fourth book in the series? Not sure but just couldn’t keep me entertained/engaged with the story or characters.