Aveline got what she deserved. An unlucky thief, she’s been caught and imprisoned on the Interstellar Penitentiary System station. For the rest of her natural life, she’ll be an unwilling subject in whatever experiments the psychopathetic Earth government scientists choose to use her for. But Aveline’s luck is about to change. When a wormhole opens near the space station, Aveline is sucked out of … sucked out of hell and into a world she never knew existed—Sonhadra.
And she’s not alone.
Locked away by a species known only as The Creators, the Ventos, a race of air elementals, have lived a half-life—alive but unaware of the passage of time, or who they are.
Until Aveline arrives.
The last four Ventos in Sonhandra, Aaddhar, Branesh, Ettan, and Thanasis, are awake now, and Aveline holds their hearts in her thieving little hands. Faced with a world utterly changed and unfamiliar, they decide to forge a new one. Together, they’ll create world of freedom and joy, and if the five of them are the only ones who enjoy it, that’s fine with the Ventos.
But Aveline didn’t arrive alone. The person at the heart of her downfall, the one who pushed her onto the path that led to loss and pain, has fallen through the wormhole as well. And she threatens everything Aveline and her Ventos have created. Will they be strong enough to survive the threat they now face? Or will the Ventos be sent back into oblivion and Aveline into hell?
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the Tao of menage
Whirlwind is a lovely, hopeful, love story of the menage variation – and author Ripley Proserpina infuses it with lyricism, poet descriptions, and a mystical flavor. I enjoyed the way she let her characters show us who and what they were in their own time. Aveline in [articular was very realistically portrayed as a girl who grew from accepting an undeserved victim’s mentality to a forgivinging and generous, almost goddess-like woman bound heart and soul to four loving Ventos air elementals. Each of the four male Ventos has a distinct personality and a unique contribution to the relationships, yet they fulfill a united purpose in the story. Themes of loss and compensation, moving on, and restoration weave through the book, giving it an enchantingly uplifting mood. Just wonderful.
Book 4 in the Valos of Sonhadra series
Putting her sister Marisol first EVERYTIME, Aveline ensures they can eat by stealing. Marisol makes the plans and Aveline carries out the thefts. She is a criminal and they are both being punished aboard the Concord….when the Doctors come to choose their experiment tests patients..Aveline puts herself in harms way…she does not want her sister to suffer….
Aveline has suffered aboard the prison ship Concord, torn apart to be stitched back together.. this is in the name of science ( like the other Doctors on the ship do to their test subjects ) it’s in the name of pain… and Aveline knows all about pain. Covered in scars and blind in one eye, Aveline has resigned herself to the fact that she is where she should be… a criminal should be in prison, being punished.
When the Concord crash lands onto the alien plant Sonhadra, Aveline finds herself not on land but in the clouds.
Fleeing nebulous beings into a temple she somehow restores their heart stones and sets forth on a journey of self forgiveness. Something that she would never have been able to even consider without the understanding of an executioner, a healer, a guard and a scholar who also happen to be the last 4 ventos valos left. They have decided not only is she not a criminal and not a bad person… but she is their ‘one’
Breathtaking is a very fitting word for this book. the world building is done brilliantly. The author knows how to make a fictional place truely come to life.
I found it very apt, the thought of beings who couldn’t contain strong emotions so they split apart until they could literally regroup and pull themselves back together. The fact that Aveline was subjected to cruel punishments that literally tore her apart resulting in her being sewn back, (physically and mentally) together was not lost on me either.
Justice was a theme that rang through this book and without any spoilers I’m glad it ended the way it did, it was fitting and just.
Proserpina builds such wonderful worlds. Aveline is a terrific MC – she has made poor choices, but always for others. She is loyal, strong, and yet open. Thanasis, Ettan, and Aadahar are great. I love how they care for Aveline, and how the guys and Aveline learn from each other and support each other. This book is part of the Valos of Sonhadra series. Each book is written by a different author, but Whirlwind can be read as a stand-alone.