Reviews

Last Call by Naomi Lucas

birdloveranne's review

2.0

I like the story well enough but never liked the main character, they Cyborg. He had no redeeming qualities and never improved.

myzanm's review

4.0

I really liked this.
Can't really say why but it was a fun read.

tiffanyann's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

itab76's review

4.0

3.5

reading_rainy's review

4.0

**3.5**
This one is hard to rate. It’s not a simple sci-fi romance. It’s kinda horror too.

The souls of the girls before her were not the same ones she had grown up with, but a macabre mass of angry, painful emotions that had settled in and rotten in a place from which there was no escape.

We’ve got a half cyborg hero, Jack, who is build for war. Allie has lived her short existence knowing she is going to be sold as a “breeder”. She escapes with a few of her female friends and they crash land on a planet. Allie is the lone survivor. She’s been surviving on this desert-like planet for over 5 years, alone, eating worm larva (or something like that). It reminded me of the movie “Tremors” and possibly “Dune” with the sand worms popping up to eat her.

It took me awhile to warm up to this story and get into the world building. The cover makes you think it’s some steamy sci-fi, and it does have steam, but it’s oddly creepy too.

simply_sam's review

2.0

I figured it was available through KU so why not, right?

Yeah.....that lasted for all of 8%.

While I thought the blurb sounded right up my alley for scifi romance and that the author may be on the right track with her ideas, the writing felt somewhat juvenile and it definitely reads like an indie published first work. Not that that's always a bad thing, it's just not something I could get into.

Moving on.

stornierung's review

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Where is Pirate Captain Larik's book? :(

schomj's review

4.0

I'm never sure how to rate or review NL's books. They're so... themselves. I am sucked into her worlds of chaos and nonsense and, in this case, unexpected horror. I think one of the reasons I enjoyed this so much is because it hit my Gothic sweet spots.

CW: power imbalance between H/h, references to rape and religious abuse, sex, scary monster (and it's not the hero this time!)

koops333's review

3.0

3.5

short fun sci-fi romance

mousegoddess's review

3.0

This was a little too on the nose at times and needed some editing but this author is really good at mixing sfr with horror