Scorch by Tana Stone

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I volunteered to sneak onto an enemy battleship. Now I’m stranded on a prison moon with a hot Drexian pilot who can’t stand me.

I had no choice. It was either volunteer for a rescue mission for the Drexians or go to prison on Earth.

I know, I know. The irony isn’t lost on me. But what were the chances I’d end up on a creepy alien prison moon running for my life with a Drexian who seems annoyed that I saved him?

You’d think Jax would be grateful I used my considerable burglary skills to break him from the Kronock brig, but he looks at me like I’m dirt on the bottom of his boot. And I don’t think it’s because of my dodgy past back on Earth.

He’s got a grudge against humans. At least human females. Which is a problem since we’re stuck together on a swampy planet that’s too hot to wear much of anything.

All I have to do is survive until we’re rescued, and I’ll never have to see the aggravating Drexian again. If I can fight the urge to kill the annoyingly gorgeous alien for that long. Not to mention my urge to…

Scorch

A good action/adventure alien romance!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙💜❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 🙂🥰😎😄
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Duet Narration

The Hero: Jax – he was a Drexian fighter pilot with the Inferno Force, and was stationed at the new space station dubbed The Island. He discovered an energy rift near the station and he went through it along with his captain Kalex. The captain was able to get away but captured by the Kronock battleship which was on the other side of the rift.

The heroine: Samira (a.k.a. Sam) – she is a thief who likes to steal from people who take advantage of the poor and the weak. Kind of like a Dexter who is a burglar instead of a killer. However, when she is caught, the authorities don’t care that she is only stealing from those who deserve it. She is given a choice, to go to jail or to help the Drexian warriors in a rescue of one of their own. They need someone with her skills to enact their plan. So she agrees to help them.

The Story: Jax was once signed up for the bride program, but had a terrible experience and his hopes were crushed. He now thought that human women were nothing but trouble and didn’t plan on ever getting married. He was surprised when Sam showed up outside his cell to rescue him. He had been expecting an attack by the Drexian Inferno Force, and instead just one small human woman came.

I liked the fact that Jax underestimated Sam from the very start and loved the fact that she was more than up to the task of rescuing him. I also liked that this book was much more of an adventure than the first book in the series. The characters were well developed and the world building was pretty great. I liked both characters despite how cocky Sam was. I figured she was good enough at her job to deserve the attitude.

This audiobook was told in multiple points of view and was narrated in duet narration by Aubrey Vincent and Adam Prugh. Adam Prugh has a nice deep voice, with a bit of a rough edge that I liked quite a bit. Aubrey Vincent has a nice voice and sounds natural and expressive as she narrates. In this book, unlike the last, she did a british accent, which I didn’t like as much. She sounds a bit too harsh. Also I absolutely hated some of the voices she did, like the ones she used for Raina and Serge.

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