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Storm Surge by Naomi Lucas

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adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/6.
🌶️🌶️.5/5.

I enjoyed this a lot and these book are quick and fun so i look forward to read more.

mx_manda's review

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4.0

Naomi Lucas is a master at writing creepy, monstrous characters who are believably not Nice Guys. It's taken a couple forays into her Cyborg Shifters universe, but I think I finally get it now...and I really like it here. Hers are not stories to read if your mind is occupied elsewhere. She has a unique voice and way of telling a story that can be difficult to follow at times. I'm saying...you have to commit to her stories if you want to reap the full benefits of them.

I really liked this story, and I was smitten with both of the mains. Storm Surge is a tense horror novel with a monster romance thrown in. Yes, Stryker is a cyborg, but his bestial side seems to be more in control than his machine or human parts. It's why he wears a metal mask—he will never be safe to be around, no matter how friendly he is with you. His beast is snappy... and when they meet Norah, he definitely wants a taste and to coil her in his clutches and never let her go. Sexy and terrifying. Norah is an interesting personality that I haven't seen portrayed in romance: a detached cooler person who doesn't really love anyone or anything. Not because she was traumatized and determined not to, but because she just doesn't feel on that level. She likes other people. She's fond of them. But she can not honestly say she loves them—not even her family. When she falls fast and hard for Stryker, her analytic side wants to step back and try to figure out what's going on with her. Seeing them come together and how they have to work around Stryker’s unique challenges was sweet.

Spoiler

Those forehead "kisses" made my heart go all gooey. If those were not the sweetest damn things, made sweeter by the fact that there's no magic resolution to his snake's desire to bite and consume everything—especially Norah. He's safe, but not safe-safe without his mask. And likely never will be.

Whoo. I will definitely be diving into the next one and re-visiting the others I tried last year.

geleeregina's review

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3.0

I liked this one better than the 1st in the series. Nora Lee & Stryker made a better couple with more chemistry than the previous one. I also wasn't bothered by Stryker's animal side as I was Domnic's. Just overall better story, though I would have punched Matt in the junk....a lot.

beckiebookworm1974's review

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3.0

I liked this one not quite as much as the first book in the series but it was still a solid read.
Nora is a scientist on a research trip on a distant planet but on the eve the team are due to pull out something hits the facility bringing a massive storm in its wake and there’s something shrieking out in the darkness that has picked off all of her colleagues.
Now Nora is alone and stranded the only one left on a planet that had become her prison.

Stryker is a monster Hunter and returning from his most recent mission he picks up Noras distress call.
Feeling instantly connected to the unknown woman’s voice Stryker acts out of character and changes his course to try and rescue the woman whose very voice call to him.

So this was a good read that I did enjoy, I loved the fact that Stryker is a cyborg and shifter and also thought it so cool that his base form is that of a snake.
I loved his unique anatomy and animalistic nature but I did at times struggle to feel the connection.
I’m not actually sure why as it was all there including some very hot sex scenes.
I think maybe the permanent face mask didn’t help and that part I wasn’t a fan of.
I didn’t like that Stryker couldn’t trust himself around Nora and maybe that affected the bond somewhat for me.
I also didn’t like how hard he was on himself when he had so much to offer.

This was dual POV which is my favourite and it was action-packed throughout, The pace here was fast and this moved along fairly swiftly.
Overall this was a decent read and I will read the next in the series.

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amyiw's review

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3.0

These are quick fluff reads. Striker decides to answer a distress call which may or may not be a plant. It isn't as we know because the woman is the other side of the couple to come. Strike is taken with her voice and immediately has a connection.

I never really loved the connection because I thought the mask was an impediment. That he cannot trust himself even with those that he trust is something I never quite liked.