Purple Pirates and Mouthy Maidens
I purchased the first book in this series a while back with
every intention of reading it straight away.
Didn’t happen. I’ve only just had
the chance to sit down and take a breath and seriously read anything. Serious, however was not the word for
it. Honestly, liking this book at all
says more about me and the mood I’m in than the books literary merits. It was fluff, pure and simple; little about it
could be taken seriously.
So I bought
the whole damn lot!
Yes that means all six of them, and read them all in one big glut of a reading frenzy.
Yes that means all six of them, and read them all in one big glut of a reading frenzy.
Unlike others who found them to be highly amusing, I didn’t
find them to be a ‘Precious pup’ roll-around-on-the-floor-holding-your-belly, wet-your-pants
inducing laugh, but they were humorous and corny in a Marvel Comic sort of way.
While I think purple must be the author’s favourite colour,
personally I just couldn’t imagine it – a man being hot while he was
mauve? And honestly, no (evident) nuts,
no belly button, no nipples – how on earth were humans and Aressotlians
supposed to be at all compatible? It
reminded me a lot of Avatar. The
hovering Island’s with cascading waterfalls flowing into space were very pretty,
but yeah, no science. How did they stay
there? What ever happened
to gravity?
I don’t really know why I liked these books. Men with all brawn and no brains have never
been particularly appealing (unless you’re just looking, of course). But intelligence is sexy and if you want more
than eye candy, it’s pretty necessary. However,
Eve’s aliens while being thick as a couple of bricks, have a naïve, almost
innocent, if violent quality that obviously held some appeal on a subliminal
level.
So suspend belief because this isn’t science fiction, its
fantasy with spaceships and impossible genetic couplings.
If you like your men purple, to be pirates, and to lack the
basics of humility because they’re totally cranking hot, and the terror of the
universe; and your women to be cranky, tongue-lashing, full of spunk, buxom babes
unafraid of purple aliens then these books are for you.
They’re fast paced, sizzling, sexy, humorous and ‘comical’. A fun, entertaining read when you have a few minutes of
time to waste while sipping cider, in the sun... on holiday.
«««1/2
Sydney Whyte
Rating Chart
«……………….A no goer
««……………Alright, but not a re-read
«««………..Liked it
««««…….Loved it
«««««…Amaze-balls – ticks all the boxes!!!
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