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Renegade Love: An Alien Bounty Hunter Romance by Ann Aguirre
6 reviews
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
caseymac's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Gun violence and Slavery
ems_readin's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
It’s definitely more of a heist book than a romance novel- which, with a title like ‘Renegade Love’, you’d expect the romance to be a focus. So I didn’t get what I wanted out of it. If you’re looking for a quirky heist sci-fi with a side of romance and too much description of lizard dick, this book is for you. It gives Mandolorian fanfic vibes. For a 293 page digital book, this dragged on forever and I only finished it so I could add this too my read books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
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
greystory's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
For me, Renegade Love falls above Love Code but below Strange Love. I enjoyed the fun space romp of a story, pretty good characters, and one last shot at exploring this setting and world-building. The ending was pretty satisfactory and I was a sucker for the Leverage references (hell yes, top favorite shows!). I liked that there was some tie-in to the previous books in this one and would have actually loved a little more connection. Then again, I would also love like 3 more books in this universe!
All in all, I think my only real gripe was about how quickly Oren went from being wary of Yara to instantly being ride or die with full trust and faith in her. The book had been building it up a little but could have done with a bit more, or maybe better establish reason for the sudden change with some of Oren's thoughts and fears at how quickly he was giving in himself. Something!
Yara had been firmly established from the start as pretty rolling-with-it philosophy on life, the manifestation of "Adult life is already so goddamn weird." and "You know those days when you're like 'this might as well happen.'", so it made sense when she was shrugging and leaning into the alien romance. Even knowing that, we still get her expressing some low-level fears and concerns (and excitement) to herself at the prospect of a relationship in a way we didn't really get with Oren and it made even less sense to not get that from Oren's point of view.
Anyway, Oren sounded like a sad little cutie and Yara was a hoot and I wish them a very merry happily ever after. I loved the bots in this story, the surprise character was kinda cool but so much more could have been done there too, and seeing another Greenspirit was fun! Overall, a good solid read and I would totally read more if Ann Aguirre writes any more set in this universe.
All in all, I think my only real gripe was about how quickly Oren went from being wary of Yara to instantly being ride or die with full trust and faith in her. The book had been building it up a little but could have done with a bit more, or maybe better establish reason for the sudden change with some of Oren's thoughts and fears at how quickly he was giving in himself. Something!
Yara had been firmly established from the start as pretty rolling-with-it philosophy on life, the manifestation of "Adult life is already so goddamn weird." and "You know those days when you're like 'this might as well happen.'", so it made sense when she was shrugging and leaning into the alien romance. Even knowing that, we still get her expressing some low-level fears and concerns (and excitement) to herself at the prospect of a relationship in a way we didn't really get with Oren and it made even less sense to not get that from Oren's point of view.
Anyway, Oren sounded like a sad little cutie and Yara was a hoot and I wish them a very merry happily ever after. I loved the bots in this story, the surprise character was kinda cool but so much more could have been done there too, and seeing another Greenspirit was fun! Overall, a good solid read and I would totally read more if Ann Aguirre writes any more set in this universe.
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, and Murder
mswarning's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence, Medical content, and Death of parent
Minor: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail
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