Polaris Rising

[psocoptera]

Polaris Rising, Jessie Mihalik. A het romance novel set in a space opera setting, and it's a *lot* of fun. A space princess captured by bounty hunters teams up with a notorious outlaw; spaceship thefts, blaster battles, and sexy times ensue. You definitely need to like het romance for this, although unlike the standard romance novel we're only ever in the heroine's POV (which meant there was much more objectification of the hero's body than hers), and the action is genuinely good. As is often the case in romance series, this book introduces the couple who will star in the next book, and they seem sufficiently appealing that I'll probably read it.

Comments

[randysmith]

Thanks for this rec--I devoured it and enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm neutral on romance *except* I hate intelligent characters acting stupidly because hormones, and so I was very grateful that didn't happen here. ("Ok, I know this is probably a bad idea but I'm going to do it anyway, because YOLO" is actually fine--it's smart smart smart smart WHY DID YOU DO THAT? that gets to me :-}).

I'd be curious what you thought of the second book; I didn't like it as much, and I'm trying to figure out if that has to do with the personality differences between the main characters of the two books, or a sameness of the plot. Relevant for whether I grab the third when it comes out next month :-}.