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Silent Lucidity by Tiffany Roberts

6 reviews

mel_c_bell's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

Hmm...ok. I enjoyed this book BUT I skimmed a lot... The MCs are adorable and loveable I wanted nothing but HEAs, babies, and bonus epilogues for them. However, the story is mostly just them running from safe house to safe house whilst giving each other steamy eyes. Meh, could be worse.

I got "If John Wick was an Omegaverse vibes" do with that what you will.

Another element I struggled with was how quickly the FMC was like "Oh, I will give up everything because you saved me from my own misguided actions." She goes from a "I will risk anything to get back to Earth" to "He's taken ladies" in the span of a chapter. 

World building is quite impressive for an alien romance and I never thought seriously about DNF'ing so I'm going to rate this book as an overall success, and I'm ready to start book 2 :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, and Trafficking

cozyreader9752's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

malisac16's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

katiekeske's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Really enjoyed this adventurous, alien romance. The world was interesting, and I loved the gritty, futuristic feeling of the city. 

I was a little hesitant about how to feel about the hero because he was really possessive of Abella despite her telling him she isn't a possession and wants her own choices, but he grew on me. He is a bad@$$ protective hero, and he learns about love. 

Looking forward to reading more in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Trafficking

ta2dlibrarian's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A sci-fi romance with all the action, drama, and steam. An enslaved earthling dancer is saved from her kidnapper by a silent, deadly assassin with surprising dance moves of his own.

Roberts does not hold back on the world building so be prepared for lots and lots of details and new names/places/species/etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Blood

rodes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder