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wilybooklover's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
This has a lot of the same elements that I enjoyed from the previous two instalments of this series, but this one felt a bit rushed and lacking in connection. It’s incredibly fast-paced — I think it would have benefitted from giving the characters more time to be fleshed out and the plot more space to breathe. I also didn’t care for the constant pop culture references.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent and Abandonment
xta_07's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
A super fun, lighthearted read. I've been using these books as "palate cleansers" while I read through some heavier stuff. While I LOVED Oren, and his discovery that he can indeed care about someone. I missed the slow burn and exploration of love that the other two books do so well. Over all, I've been really enjoying Ann Aguirre's writing and plan to seek out more of her works.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Murder, and Abandonment
ehmannky's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I give a lot of praise to the Ice Planet Barbarian series, but the Galactic Love series is the alien romance novels that I recommend to anyone I can convince to start reading alien books. They've just got such a light-hearted and just warm tone to them and they're just So. Fun. It took me a second to get into this one (a lot of the sci-fi references Aguirre has Yara say were a bit much at first), but once I got, like, 5 chapters in, I was so into it. I'm a sucker for a grumpy x sunshine trope, and even more so when the sunshine one is like "yes, he has killed someone, but he's nice to ~*me*~." Also, this is a heist book! In space! With found family! It's a delight all the way through.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
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