{"id":4061,"date":"2014-12-08T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-08T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/?p=4061"},"modified":"2014-12-05T20:47:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-06T02:47:31","slug":"book-review-black-hole-bounty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/?p=4061","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Black Hole Bounty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NBTMR_BlackHoleBounty_Banner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4057 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NBTMR_BlackHoleBounty_Banner.jpg\" alt=\"NBTMR_BlackHoleBounty_Banner\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NBTMR_BlackHoleBounty_Banner.jpg 500w, https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/NBTMR_BlackHoleBounty_Banner-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><b>BLURB:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">Destiny is written in the stars? Maybe, but when you\u2019re in a black hole you make your own damn destiny.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">It\u2019s not every day you get abducted by an alien general, but then, Jerusa Whichab isn\u2019t having an average day. Earth is fading from view and she\u2019s got a decision to make \u2013 cooperate with her despotic, yet unnervingly attractive captor or receive an injection of goo. General Toyeb can\u2019t be trusted, and his body-healing, mind-blowing Theta waves leave her panting for more. But what choice does she have if she\u2019s to stay alive?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">None, if enemy bounty hunter Berwyck dal Korth has his way. Intent on capturing Jerusa, he performs a binding ritual to ensure she cannot escape him \u2013 a ritual with unforeseen side effects for both of them. Forced into hostile proximity, Berwyck and Jerusa battle to subdue their rising attraction, but will they conquer their desire \u2013 or succumb?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\" align=\"center\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><strong>My Review:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">Black Hole Bounty defied my expectations. I mean, in some ways it was what I expected &#8212;\u00a0it is a romantic alien abduction story after all &#8212; but it managed to throw me for several loops and even at the end, I can&#8217;t honestly say for sure I know where the rest of the series is going. I just know I want to find out!<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">I was quickly drawn into this story because of its light, conversational, and easy narrative voice. It actually\u00a0made me think a little of my own Cassie Scot series (in narrative style\u00a0only \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">The story\u00a0itself began with Jerusa being kidnapped by aliens &#8230; they need her. Well, they need her blood to cure a disease. Apparently, one of her ancestors wasn&#8217;t exactly human and so many generations later, neither is she.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">I was concerned about the story a bit during the first half. I did not like General Toyeb, the man who kidnapped her and who I originally thought would be the main romantic interest. I also thought Jerusa was a bit too trusting. But as I said, the story defied my expectations. It took a major right turn halfway through and the second half just kept getting better and better, leaving me wanting more by the end!<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">Among other things, I like the creativity of the world building, the thought the author put into the alien biology, and the fact that though there is romantic interest here, the aliens\u00a0are not human.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">I believe this is a new author. And I think one to watch!<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\" align=\"center\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>AUTHOR Bio and Links:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">Sienna spent her adolescence staring at the dark skies over the Caribbean coast of Panama, dreaming up romantic adventures she now delights in writing down. She reads, writes and revels in romance, and she\u2019s attracted to off-beat, sexy characters\u2014in fiction and in real life! These days she lives a long way from the Caribbean, but when she drags her husband and children to Hermitage Castle to gaze at the stars, the vast beauty of space makes her feel at home. Who knows, maybe an alien will pop down and invite them on a ride?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">You can find out more about Sienna and her books on her website: www.siennabronwyn.com.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">Zoom down with a message on FB: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sienna.bronwyn or<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">Tweet to her @Sienna_Bronwyn<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">Buy links:<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Black-Hole-Bounty-Sienna-Bronwyn-ebook\/dp\/B00MU46IM8\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1408465287&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=black+hole+bounty<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/black-hole-bounty-sienna-bronwyn\/1120161444?ean=2940150734760<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/store.secretcravingspublishing.com\/index.php?main_page=book_info&#038;cPath=30&#038;products_id=933&#038;zenid=885456d5a9caf51600fa6e792b90cac9<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"rc-28e4345f384\" class=\"rafl\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rafflecopter.com\/rafl\/display\/28e4345f384\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLURB: Destiny is written in the stars? Maybe, but when you\u2019re in a black hole you make your own damn destiny. It\u2019s not every day you get abducted by an alien general, but then, Jerusa Whichab isn\u2019t having an average day. Earth is fading from view and she\u2019s got a decision to make \u2013 cooperate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-romance-what-im-reading","category-science-fiction-what-im-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4061"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4064,"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4061\/revisions\/4064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}