Storm by Tana Stone

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Enslaved to the alien gladiators. Trapped on a harsh alien moon. Stranded with an alien warrior who may be as dangerous as my former captors.

All I know about the Taori warrior who saves me during an escape attempt and the ensuing battle is that he’s huge and horned. When he drags me from the carnage and deeper onto the barren moon, I’m grateful for his protection — even if he does eye me like I’m the last drop of water in the desert.

When he confesses that he’s slowly being consumed by an ancient curse on his people — a mating fever with only one cure — I don’t want to believe him. Especially when being around him provokes desires I’ve never experienced before. Desires that feel like they’re devouring my inhibitions. Can we evade the aliens hunting us and escape the deadly moon before we’re both cursed?

Storm

From Gladiator Chains to Desert Flame

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💚💜💙❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Chemistry: 🧪🧪🧪🧪
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 😋🙂🤨😘🥰
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration

🛡️ Audiobook Review: Storm

Genre: Sci-fi Romance | Narrators: Aubrey Vincent and Marcio Catalano
Series: Sky Clan of the Taori, Book 5

👽 Hero Spotlight: Kaos

Kaos is a battle-scarred warrior of the Taori, a race dubbed “immortal” not for their invincibility, but for their sheer numbers and relentless resilience. After centuries aboard a skyship locked in interstellar warfare, Kaos and his crew are hurled 500 years into the future via a wormhole—only to be ambushed by the Xulonians, a decadent alien race whose three moons serve as playgrounds of cruelty: one for pleasure, one for bloodsport, and one for the hunt. Kaos is captured and sent to the arena moon, where he escapes with his captain. But fate intervenes—he and a female prisoner are thrown from the ship mid-flight, landing in the scorching desert sands of the battle moon.

🦸🏼‍♀️ Heroine Spotlight: Kensie

Kensie has survived years of servitude on the arena moon, forced to wear a lethal shock collar and cater to gladiators until their inevitable deaths. Hardened by loss—especially the death of a human lover who couldn’t survive the brutal alien combat—she’s vowed never to love again. But when she and Kaos find themselves stranded and hunted, her survival instincts clash with the slow-burning trust she begins to feel for the brooding warrior at her side.

🔥 Plot Pulse

Kaos is deep in the throes of mating heat, a biological torment he’s determined to resist. Betrayed by a former mate who chose his own Taori brother, Kaos has sworn off love. But isolation, danger, and Kensie’s quiet strength chip away at his defenses. Their chemistry simmers beneath the surface, and when Kensie offers to help ease his pain, it’s not just physical relief—it’s emotional healing. Their bond is forged in fire, trust, and the shared ache of past wounds.

💘 What Hit Home

• Tana Stone’s alien world-building is wildly imaginative and emotionally rich.
• The Taori’s “immortality” is a clever twist—more myth than magic, rooted in their overwhelming numbers.
• Loved the crossover with Vander warriors! It added depth and continuity to the universe.

😬 Room to Grow

• The political intrigue surrounding the Xulonian moons was compelling, but at times the strategy-heavy scenes slowed the emotional momentum. I craved more action and rebellion, less tactical chatter.

🎧 Narration Vibes

Dual narration brings this story to life.

• Marcio Catalano nails Kaos’s gravitas—his voice is deep, commanding, and emotionally grounded. His character work is seamless.
• Aubrey Vincent delivers expressive, emotionally resonant narration, though her portrayal of Kensie occasionally felt too aloof for such a vulnerable, layered heroine.

📝 Final Thoughts

Kaos is a gritty, sensual, and emotionally charged sci-fi romance that blends survival stakes with slow-burn intimacy. If you love tortured heroes, fierce heroines, and alien worlds that feel both brutal and beautiful, this one’s worth the listen.

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