Time stopped when he saw her… this human female is his future.
Ellen has long known that some space invader is supposedly her mate. But when she finally meets the ruggedly handsome Hacker, her senses go supernova. Their connection creates an intergalactic paradox that threatens the world, and unraveling it means they’re in for a close encounter of quantum proportions.
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Three alien soldiers team up with humans from Sedona, AZ, to fight off another alien race who wants to take over Earth’s wormholes. Taking over includes destroying Earth’s civilization. Fast, fun read with excitement and clean romance.
Original review: https://myshelfbooks.wordpress.com/2020/04/10/review-paradox-by-erin-kellison/
With this third book I finish the first saga inside the megasaga called Intergalactic Dating Agency (I call it first, because it is the first one I have read. No idea if they must be read in a proper order). It wasn’t what I expected. It has been surprisingly much better. Yeah, I picked the books due to the meat display of the covers; but I stayed thanks to the easy fun and fast pace. Not that I’m ignoring now the six packs and the big shoulders. It just that they are not the only reasons to keep coming back. Let’s start the review before I start rambling about hunky male cover models!
We go back to the Red Rock mountains to meet Hacker, another supersolider who survived the war and now is hiding on Earth. He is working side by side with Raider and Leif and their mates in order to prepare Earth for the war against the Consortium of Light. An event that is going to happen way sooner than expected. In order to get better results, they must ally weith the Verum, human time travelers that have operated in secrets for ages. That is how Hacker meets Ellen, the woman that the vortexes have designtated as his mate… Can a time traveler spare some time for love?
The thing I love about these books is their short length, the intense pace and the boundless action. Paradox doesn’t disappoint in that regard and it has even much more time invested on action scenes than the previous book. As soon as the main characters meet, we go from one fight to another. It doesn’t matter if it is hand-to-hand combat or a blaster exchange or even a space battle. It could feel cramped for such a short book, but the transtions are fluid and logical. Or at least is like that during most of the book. I must admit that by the end, the train was going so fast that I lost the vagon and it was impossible to get on it again. If someone asks me to explain them what happens during the last couple of chapters I would sadly inform them that I’m not the person with answers. I LOVE craziness for light readings, but this one was too much even for me. Nevertheless, it was fun and fulfilling; so I won’t complaint too much.
Shockingly, the romantic part of this book is almost null. If you blink you could miss it, so there is not much time to develop a good relationship. I guess that’s why the author uses the old trick of putting a time traveler there. Someone who already knew Hacker and Ellen were going to be the real deal. As it was a fact, there was no need of explaining it further. That would have pissed me off in other kind of books, more serious ones if I must say. For a story that is meant as filler and a killer of time, that’s an issue that won’t have any effect on my enjoyment. Even though I stand by that statement, I must also admit that in this case I wouldn’t have minded more bonding time between the characters. The reason is due to Hacker’s bahaviour when he first meets Ellen. He is outrageously cute behaving like a puppy, but also displaying a lot of sexy cockiness. I really love those few moments when they try to know each other a little better. More of those would have been welcome.
And nothing else to say without spoiling too much of the book. Great world-building, that could have had a better ending; but if it works, it works. Let’s hope the other sagas are as easy-to-read and enjoyable as this one.