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lizzy_22's review
3.0
I liked Marcella Burnard's first Enemy novel; a mixture of scifi, romance and political intrigue and I kind of jumped over book two to read Enemy Mine. What a hot, kinky little read plus it had the bonus of feeling very 'complete' for a novella, always a plus! I think Enemy Games is in my near future.
slc333's review
1.0
Not for me. Short boring bondage erotic lacking in a story with dull characters I cared nothing about. It may appeal to some but I was out as soon as the hero cuffed the heroine to seduce/interrogate her and they had lots of sex while she was being held against her will but really she didn't mind cause she liked it.
sandywilliams03's review
3.0
I remember enjoying Marcella Burnard's first book in this universe, but I couldn't remember what the story was about or why I liked it; just that it had a good blend of romance and sci-fi.
Looking back at my review for the first book, Enemy Within, I see that I was confused by what was going on. If I look at the plot for this short story, I sort of get that same feeling. The author very briefly mentioned different governments and/or organizations, and I had no idea who mattered, who were the good guys, the bad guys, the random guys that had no allegiance. In short, I do not understand this universe. At all.
So, if you give this book a try, just know it is difficult to understand all the stuff going on the universe. That's not a problem with this short story, because the universe stuff makes up so little of the plot. This is a romance. At least 90% of the book is seduction and sex. The cover should have cued me into that, but I still expected more action and plot than seduction and sex. I wanted more plot than that, but I still really enjoyed this. I think it's because I see that this is the type of sci-fi romance author that I can love. I just need to wrap my mind around the world building.
Even though this wasn't what I expected, I enjoyed it. I would have given it for stars except for a few things.
1. SPOILER! The head of the Big Bad Assassin's Guild is afraid of water? Seriously? That's what takes her down? This one little fact weakened the enemy so much that I didn't feel like she was a threat at all, and the fact that the main character thought she was, made me question how good an assassin SHE was.
2. I'm totally blushing as I'm writing this, but toward the end, there's some spanking and some neural device thingy that, to me, comes out of nowhere. It didn't seem to fit with the characters. At least, not the characters I had in my head, so it really pulled me out of the story. I guess it felt forced?
Anyway, if you like really hot sci-fi romance with a decent, but very little plot, this book should work well for you. I enjoyed it enough that I'm going to read the next book in the series.
(Okay. I've already read the first chapter of the next book. I am soooo confused! I might have to write down every person, agency, government, etc. and make some kind of flow chart to get it straight in my head. Maybe it's just me not understanding all of this?)
Looking back at my review for the first book, Enemy Within, I see that I was confused by what was going on. If I look at the plot for this short story, I sort of get that same feeling. The author very briefly mentioned different governments and/or organizations, and I had no idea who mattered, who were the good guys, the bad guys, the random guys that had no allegiance. In short, I do not understand this universe. At all.
So, if you give this book a try, just know it is difficult to understand all the stuff going on the universe. That's not a problem with this short story, because the universe stuff makes up so little of the plot. This is a romance. At least 90% of the book is seduction and sex. The cover should have cued me into that, but I still expected more action and plot than seduction and sex. I wanted more plot than that, but I still really enjoyed this. I think it's because I see that this is the type of sci-fi romance author that I can love. I just need to wrap my mind around the world building.
Even though this wasn't what I expected, I enjoyed it. I would have given it for stars except for a few things.
1. SPOILER! The head of the Big Bad Assassin's Guild is afraid of water? Seriously? That's what takes her down? This one little fact weakened the enemy so much that I didn't feel like she was a threat at all, and the fact that the main character thought she was, made me question how good an assassin SHE was.
2. I'm totally blushing as I'm writing this, but toward the end, there's some spanking and some neural device thingy that, to me, comes out of nowhere. It didn't seem to fit with the characters. At least, not the characters I had in my head, so it really pulled me out of the story. I guess it felt forced?
Anyway, if you like really hot sci-fi romance with a decent, but very little plot, this book should work well for you. I enjoyed it enough that I'm going to read the next book in the series.
(Okay. I've already read the first chapter of the next book. I am soooo confused! I might have to write down every person, agency, government, etc. and make some kind of flow chart to get it straight in my head. Maybe it's just me not understanding all of this?)
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