Long Live the Queen: The Husbands Search by Cady AustinMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Interesting Start
This book is set in the same universe as Diamond Girl: A Sci Fi Reverse Harem Romance, by the same author. It has a similar enjoyable tone as this other book and it was a very easy read, with the pages flying by.
Veronica was abducted from Earth and trained as a nurse to cover the costs of her medical care when she was first found. She seemed pretty happy with her lot if a little lonely away from Earth and other humans. After qualifying, she left the planet where she had trained and became a travelling nurse.
Her job as a nurse to the King of Eralis, takes her to a polluted, dusty planet, with scarce water resources, more men than women and a terrible attitude towards women, despite their rarity. She is surprisingly fond of the curmudgeonly old King. They have a strange friendship, with her showing her patient no fear, unlike most of the rest of the planet.
This is quite a short book and is the first of four books in the series. There is a cliffhanger and a lot of the plot of this first book is given away in the blurb, however, I still really enjoyed reading it.
The author does a good job of describing the society in which Veronica finds herself and her unique place in it, as both female and human. The writing has a nice light touch, with gentle humour and steamy sex scenes. It’s entertaining and pure escapism, however, it has more weight to it than a lot of alien romance fiction. I think this promises to be a good series, I just hope I don’t have to wait long before the next book comes out.
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