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The Chalice
Decimated by the savage Deg’Nara and teetering on the brink of extinction, the last surviving males of the once great Chiagan-Se embark on a quest to salvage what is left of their civilization. They send their remaining seeker ships into the void, searching for genetically compatible females. Time is running out, but in the far reaches of the universe, on an obscure and primitive planet, a match is discovered.
One thousand panic-stricken women awaken two hundred years in the future, captives aboard an unmanned alien spacecraft bound for parts unknown! How had they gotten there and why?
The males thought they came willingly. The females believed they’d been kidnapped. Full of hopeful expectation, the Chiagan-Se prepare for the arrival of their new mates. Terrified and furious at the inexplicable abduction, the women prepare for combat! And when the two sides meet, the battle commences.
One thousand panic-stricken women awaken two hundred years in the future, captives aboard an unmanned alien spacecraft bound for parts unknown! How had they gotten there and why?
The males thought they came willingly. The females believed they’d been kidnapped. Full of hopeful expectation, the Chiagan-Se prepare for the arrival of their new mates. Terrified and furious at the inexplicable abduction, the women prepare for combat! And when the two sides meet, the battle commences.
446 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2011
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P.L. Parker
23 books183 followersI write stories with alpha males and strong, determined women.
I am a dreamer, an avid reader of fiction, a sometimes gardener and an inept crafter. I live in Idaho. I have three sons, a daughter-in-law, a granddaughter, little grandson and a new great-granddaughter. Over the years, I taught dance but as time passed, I decided to try my hand at a new endeavor - writing. I enjoy life and all its promises.
I am a dreamer, an avid reader of fiction, a sometimes gardener and an inept crafter. I live in Idaho. I have three sons, a daughter-in-law, a granddaughter, little grandson and a new great-granddaughter. Over the years, I taught dance but as time passed, I decided to try my hand at a new endeavor - writing. I enjoy life and all its promises.
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December 20, 2012
3.5 really
I won a copy of The Chalice and put off reading it because I honestly hate the cover. It makes me think of bad Swedish porn. (No offense against the Scandinavian porn industry. I'm sure they have some good porn too.) And come on, lets face it, the plot-line of a ship full of females bound for a the arms of a wholly male populace is rife with the possibility of cheap bow-chica-bow-wow moments. It could easily go bad very quickly. But I wanted to support the author and appreciate the winnings so I gave it a chance.
I made it 45% into the book before there was even a hint of a kiss and a good 250 pages before there was a sex scene. (It was only the first of two and fairly mild to boot.) Relief, not porn then. What it was instead was funny. Now, I don't mean the trying to take itself too seriously, forcing you to laugh derisively at it funny. No, I mean the genuinely and intentionally humorous type of funny. Danesha, or 'Dread' was a whole ball of fun all by herself. Never have I encountered such a bitter and pessimistic character that makes you love her so much. No matter how dire the circumstances you could count on her to think of something worse and lighten the mood. Then there was a little bit of slapstick and all of the basic misunderstandings that one would expect to encounter when two sentient species are forced to interact. I laughed out loud a lot.
Some of the characters were a little stereotypical. Dread was after all a foul mouthed African American from the Detroit ghetto who was always ready for a fight. Then there was the stiff lipped Englishwoman who always kept her cool, the whinging Irish woman who kept wailing 'I dinnae nooo,' the busty blond Swede, and the placid Japanese ninja-type. They were a lot of fun though. A little more thought seems to have gone into the male cast. Parker painted them as contradictorily strong, hot-blooded warriors who also happened to feel like lost little boys. I really enjoyed seeing the women take charge. I also enjoyed that there as a plot outside of the romances. In fact I would have liked to have seen a bit more of it. I especially wanted to see how Shagal won his mate over...or was won over. Hard to tell on that one.
On the downside, to say the book head hops would be an understatement. It not only leaps unexpectedly from one person to the next, but from one scene to the next. One moment you are in Kara's head on a transport shuttle, then the next you are with Tegan on the bridge of the ship, with nothing to indicate you have moved. I often had to reread passages or just keep going until I found a clue to reorient myself by. It was a challenge. Despite this I was pleasantly surprised by the book and look forward to reading more of Parker's writing.
I won a copy of The Chalice and put off reading it because I honestly hate the cover. It makes me think of bad Swedish porn. (No offense against the Scandinavian porn industry. I'm sure they have some good porn too.) And come on, lets face it, the plot-line of a ship full of females bound for a the arms of a wholly male populace is rife with the possibility of cheap bow-chica-bow-wow moments. It could easily go bad very quickly. But I wanted to support the author and appreciate the winnings so I gave it a chance.
I made it 45% into the book before there was even a hint of a kiss and a good 250 pages before there was a sex scene. (It was only the first of two and fairly mild to boot.) Relief, not porn then. What it was instead was funny. Now, I don't mean the trying to take itself too seriously, forcing you to laugh derisively at it funny. No, I mean the genuinely and intentionally humorous type of funny. Danesha, or 'Dread' was a whole ball of fun all by herself. Never have I encountered such a bitter and pessimistic character that makes you love her so much. No matter how dire the circumstances you could count on her to think of something worse and lighten the mood. Then there was a little bit of slapstick and all of the basic misunderstandings that one would expect to encounter when two sentient species are forced to interact. I laughed out loud a lot.
Some of the characters were a little stereotypical. Dread was after all a foul mouthed African American from the Detroit ghetto who was always ready for a fight. Then there was the stiff lipped Englishwoman who always kept her cool, the whinging Irish woman who kept wailing 'I dinnae nooo,' the busty blond Swede, and the placid Japanese ninja-type. They were a lot of fun though. A little more thought seems to have gone into the male cast. Parker painted them as contradictorily strong, hot-blooded warriors who also happened to feel like lost little boys. I really enjoyed seeing the women take charge. I also enjoyed that there as a plot outside of the romances. In fact I would have liked to have seen a bit more of it. I especially wanted to see how Shagal won his mate over...or was won over. Hard to tell on that one.
On the downside, to say the book head hops would be an understatement. It not only leaps unexpectedly from one person to the next, but from one scene to the next. One moment you are in Kara's head on a transport shuttle, then the next you are with Tegan on the bridge of the ship, with nothing to indicate you have moved. I often had to reread passages or just keep going until I found a clue to reorient myself by. It was a challenge. Despite this I was pleasantly surprised by the book and look forward to reading more of Parker's writing.
July 12, 2017
So, the weirdest thing happened with this novel. Parker offered me the second book in the series Breeder Slave. I was like, great, but can I also read the first? She obliged and sent both copies. There I am reading, thinking to myself, I know this plot. It is familiar. That or I am crazy, which is always a possibility. When you read 200 books a year, plots tend to blend in the mind.
The first thing I did when I looked up The Chalice was I checked Amazon, I rely on Amazon to tell me if I’ve purchased a book before, it failed me. My bad, I didn’t check my Goodreads account. It turns out I am not so crazy and the reason why the plot was so achingly familiar was I read The Chalice back in 2012!
I am not sure if Parker re-released, however, The Chalice seemed more fully realized the second time around reading it. The characters had more depth and there was more insight into what drove each of them. There are a lot of characters and I never got lost. Each is given their own personality and they were fully realized. The world the woman find themselves in is frightening and overwhelming, but they struggle and get through it, working together. I will admit I laughed out loud quite a bit at some of the antics.
The Chiagan-Se race, are a proud warrior race that has been brought to their knees and the brink of extinction by their enemy Deg’Nara. Reading their heartbreak and passion for moving on and to rebuild was moving, to say the least. They have honor, and dignity in the face of annihilation.
Parker wrote true heroes, with perfect heroines to go with them. I am giving The Chalice 4.5 Boundless Stars, I really, really enjoyed reading it the second time around. The only downfall I saw with the story is the author writing in what I consider “stereotypes” and referring to Denesha as Dread the entire book.
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The first thing I did when I looked up The Chalice was I checked Amazon, I rely on Amazon to tell me if I’ve purchased a book before, it failed me. My bad, I didn’t check my Goodreads account. It turns out I am not so crazy and the reason why the plot was so achingly familiar was I read The Chalice back in 2012!
I am not sure if Parker re-released, however, The Chalice seemed more fully realized the second time around reading it. The characters had more depth and there was more insight into what drove each of them. There are a lot of characters and I never got lost. Each is given their own personality and they were fully realized. The world the woman find themselves in is frightening and overwhelming, but they struggle and get through it, working together. I will admit I laughed out loud quite a bit at some of the antics.
The Chiagan-Se race, are a proud warrior race that has been brought to their knees and the brink of extinction by their enemy Deg’Nara. Reading their heartbreak and passion for moving on and to rebuild was moving, to say the least. They have honor, and dignity in the face of annihilation.
Parker wrote true heroes, with perfect heroines to go with them. I am giving The Chalice 4.5 Boundless Stars, I really, really enjoyed reading it the second time around. The only downfall I saw with the story is the author writing in what I consider “stereotypes” and referring to Denesha as Dread the entire book.
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July 5, 2012
Despite the torrid cover, there's actually a story in The Chalice. It's a sort of "Mars Needs Women" scenario in which an intergalactic war has decimated the race known as the Chaigan-Se. With no females left to provide mates, the Chaigan-Se are doomed to extinction. A number of the males are put in stasis and an emissary is sent to scour the universe for a genetically compatible race with which to breed. As it turns out, Earth women fit the bill. Unfortunately, there is no time to do more than kidnap suitable females and put them into stasis.
The story begins on a spaceship as the Chaigan-Se males and the human "Chalices" wake from their long slumber. The Chalices are, of course, bewildered and scared. The Chaigan-Se males are under the impression the women have come willingly. How they interact with one another initially, with no common language, is a hoot. The protagonist Kara is thrust into a leadership position which she reluctantly assumes. Throughout the story, I really enjoyed seeing her grow into a suitable mate for the leader of the Chaigan-Se, Tegan. Tegan was a delightful character as well, a handsome and gentle giant who is capable of leading the remnants of a once-great race. Parker does a wonderful job showing how the characters deal with their cultural differences. I especially enjoyed the plot point that had the males innocent physically. It was a great choice that rendered the Chaigan-Se vulnerable emotionally and therefore appealing.
The story begins on a spaceship as the Chaigan-Se males and the human "Chalices" wake from their long slumber. The Chalices are, of course, bewildered and scared. The Chaigan-Se males are under the impression the women have come willingly. How they interact with one another initially, with no common language, is a hoot. The protagonist Kara is thrust into a leadership position which she reluctantly assumes. Throughout the story, I really enjoyed seeing her grow into a suitable mate for the leader of the Chaigan-Se, Tegan. Tegan was a delightful character as well, a handsome and gentle giant who is capable of leading the remnants of a once-great race. Parker does a wonderful job showing how the characters deal with their cultural differences. I especially enjoyed the plot point that had the males innocent physically. It was a great choice that rendered the Chaigan-Se vulnerable emotionally and therefore appealing.
June 13, 2012
I've always loved to read Ms. Parker's books because I know I'm guaranteed a phenomenal story that will keep me rooted until the end. The Chalice certainly fulfilled my expectations. I loved the whole concept of women from our time being taken into a space ship, and two hundred years later they break free from their cocoons to find that another race called the Chaigan-Se had kidnapped them. They were to be the Chalices or birthing mates for the males of that race who had survived a brutal war. These warriors were big and strong with long flowing silver hair and hearts so gentle to be any women's dream lover. This author has such a way with characters and showed her brilliance again in The Chalice. All her characters are so well developed that you feel as if you know them personally. My favourite secondary character was Dread. She was a hoot! Throughout the story there was enough drama or soft loving moments to keep me from putting the book down. Ms. Parker's descriptions of strange creatures inhabiting alien places and fight scenes that took place were well-written and built the conflict. What more can I say? I loved this book!!!
May 16, 2019
One day Earth women are going about their business, living normal lives, and the next thing they know, they awaken out of suspended animation on an alien spacecraft a couple hundred years in the future. They've been chosen to become the brides or "chalices"of the Chiagan-Se, an alien race whose people were nearly wiped out by the Deg'Nara. The Chiagan-Se need women and a new homeland. They are good men who have no idea their Chalices from Earth didn't come voluntarily.
The Chalice is an entertaining, sometimes funny romance with a lot of twists and turns, missteps and misunderstandings. Great character interaction.
The Chalice is an entertaining, sometimes funny romance with a lot of twists and turns, missteps and misunderstandings. Great character interaction.
June 17, 2013
Excellent read.
October 21, 2013
I am gonna repost my review from Amazon, with a preface. I liked this book a lot, and I went on to read the other two books published (they were great too!) I am not going to edit my amazon review except to fix a misspelled word.
Amazon review:
I liked this book, it was engaging with an active plot, a not too convenient resolution, and plenty of description woven into the story without bogging it down. I would like to think I have pretty good taste, I like romance from the bodice-ripper fluff to the fairly rauncy novellas. If an author gets my attention, I will buy everything she writes, I would love to name drop here, but it would take a while. This piece is up there, I would rank it well with the works I have read. Space, alien abduction, unusual humanoid heroes; I am all in.
Yes, there is a but. The kindle version has some unusual punctuation around what I think was some editing options. A little distracting.And...
I am not going to judge an author on the exclamatory language they write, I do love a good f-bomb if used in the right place, but I can understand if a writer chooses to refrain.
It seems this author has some trouble transferring the full depth of emotion in an experience she is relating to the reader. I felt a little disconnect with the Chiagan-Si. Even I knew Siri was a spy and when they said they would destroy her stinger and drop it into space I kept waiting for that to happen. And...I would never give a person free range of my ship if I suspected them even one tiny bit of being less than honest, not without being in complete control of everything they saw, heard, and touched. These men knew by being in statis for 200 years/revolutions they were out of the technology loop, but they were a little too trusting of Siri, especially when they were able to lock out navigation and weapons to the chalices. And as warriors in an established and far reaching territory they were supposed to be battle hardened; but they weren't as smart as I wanted them to be. Other novels resolve language barriers with translator implants, modified DNA, or even subliminal education, so I was a little disappointed in the author's resolution. I mean, if you can put an unknow alien species in stasi for 200 years without their hair and nails growing with relative high success, why can't you teach them your language over the same 200 years? These warriors also didn't fight well in space, they should have never left their statis point without the ship being overhauled, and much of the wear and tear on the ship should not have happened, if it were properly prepared, ( I'm just saying). When they were attacked by the Deg'Nara (whom I gather were merely a horde of neaderthal Americans from the way they invaded, murdered the natives, used up resources, and found each other contemptable) I expected to read about clever evasiveness and at least some verbal posturing on both sides by these warriors (Chiagan'Si and Deg'Nara). I can't imagine the Deg'Nara society withstanding the time the Chiagan'Si were in stasis, it was just too disjointed.
During the first part of the novel the tension came from the chalices inability to communicate with the Chiagan-Se, but then by chapter 13 we lose like 3 months of communication inprovement, some really emotional confessions about the chalices procurement, and why they are needed, not to mention the revelation of how long they have been in space; I would have liked to have read that.
Love scenes: I want the full monty, or at least if the moment of gratification is gonna be denied me, at least get me hot first. The scenes in the chalice fell far short of my expectations. They felt like married sex, and as a single girl, that just doesn't hold my interest.
Overall, I felt like I was previewing a zero draft with some editing notations added in. And as a zero draft this would work well, in 6 more months of revision, the book would be at least 100 pages longer and far more polished. I wondered if this was Ms Parker's first book. Please don't hear me offering only criticism, this was a good book and I plan to keep it to reread in a few years.
Some of the aforementioned issues added to the plot, I didn't expect them thus they were original and refreshing. The magnetism of the characters really drove the story. The Chiagan'Si warriors' physical need for the chlices warred with their inexperience and lack of confidence. The reality that they literally awoke to a brand new world played havoc on their warrior's control and confidence; forcing ( I think) the chalices to take a more aggressive tack with them. again, I liked the book, but I saw a little room for an even better book.
Amazon review:
I liked this book, it was engaging with an active plot, a not too convenient resolution, and plenty of description woven into the story without bogging it down. I would like to think I have pretty good taste, I like romance from the bodice-ripper fluff to the fairly rauncy novellas. If an author gets my attention, I will buy everything she writes, I would love to name drop here, but it would take a while. This piece is up there, I would rank it well with the works I have read. Space, alien abduction, unusual humanoid heroes; I am all in.
Yes, there is a but. The kindle version has some unusual punctuation around what I think was some editing options. A little distracting.And...
I am not going to judge an author on the exclamatory language they write, I do love a good f-bomb if used in the right place, but I can understand if a writer chooses to refrain.
It seems this author has some trouble transferring the full depth of emotion in an experience she is relating to the reader. I felt a little disconnect with the Chiagan-Si. Even I knew Siri was a spy and when they said they would destroy her stinger and drop it into space I kept waiting for that to happen. And...I would never give a person free range of my ship if I suspected them even one tiny bit of being less than honest, not without being in complete control of everything they saw, heard, and touched. These men knew by being in statis for 200 years/revolutions they were out of the technology loop, but they were a little too trusting of Siri, especially when they were able to lock out navigation and weapons to the chalices. And as warriors in an established and far reaching territory they were supposed to be battle hardened; but they weren't as smart as I wanted them to be. Other novels resolve language barriers with translator implants, modified DNA, or even subliminal education, so I was a little disappointed in the author's resolution. I mean, if you can put an unknow alien species in stasi for 200 years without their hair and nails growing with relative high success, why can't you teach them your language over the same 200 years? These warriors also didn't fight well in space, they should have never left their statis point without the ship being overhauled, and much of the wear and tear on the ship should not have happened, if it were properly prepared, ( I'm just saying). When they were attacked by the Deg'Nara (whom I gather were merely a horde of neaderthal Americans from the way they invaded, murdered the natives, used up resources, and found each other contemptable) I expected to read about clever evasiveness and at least some verbal posturing on both sides by these warriors (Chiagan'Si and Deg'Nara). I can't imagine the Deg'Nara society withstanding the time the Chiagan'Si were in stasis, it was just too disjointed.
During the first part of the novel the tension came from the chalices inability to communicate with the Chiagan-Se, but then by chapter 13 we lose like 3 months of communication inprovement, some really emotional confessions about the chalices procurement, and why they are needed, not to mention the revelation of how long they have been in space; I would have liked to have read that.
Love scenes: I want the full monty, or at least if the moment of gratification is gonna be denied me, at least get me hot first. The scenes in the chalice fell far short of my expectations. They felt like married sex, and as a single girl, that just doesn't hold my interest.
Overall, I felt like I was previewing a zero draft with some editing notations added in. And as a zero draft this would work well, in 6 more months of revision, the book would be at least 100 pages longer and far more polished. I wondered if this was Ms Parker's first book. Please don't hear me offering only criticism, this was a good book and I plan to keep it to reread in a few years.
Some of the aforementioned issues added to the plot, I didn't expect them thus they were original and refreshing. The magnetism of the characters really drove the story. The Chiagan'Si warriors' physical need for the chlices warred with their inexperience and lack of confidence. The reality that they literally awoke to a brand new world played havoc on their warrior's control and confidence; forcing ( I think) the chalices to take a more aggressive tack with them. again, I liked the book, but I saw a little room for an even better book.
October 5, 2015
The beginning of Chalice is like a comedy of errors, humorous in the right ways, where I get a laugh every few pages and the plot line moves forward.
Then at one point, past 50% it was... no longer giving me humor to laugh or smirk about, love lust was put onto the table (which was a bullet I thought we dodged in the beginning, but no, it pushes itself front and center), and then there is undeniably really stupid decisions being made regarding the spy in the ranks scenarios.
Then we have the fact that these two groups don't speak the others language. At the beginning it was being portrayed well, but by the middle you are like, what the heck are these aliens guys even doing all this time? Why is there no liaison system being set up and language programs being made and adapted? Supposedly they were a great and intelligent species, so where is there basic "we should probably try to communicate better with these women by doing [x]." It was just a commentary. "Sure, let's figure things out." but nothing changes on the male side, and on the female side, you wonder how the hell they managed to avoid depression... /:
And that made it frustrating, and overall I think it cheapened a book that had started off by making a "mars need women" trope entertaining, because by 70% I was debating skipping to the end.
AWKWARD SEX SCENE ALERT!
And seriously? I fucking knew this was going to happen. So stupid, no wonder their society was nearly wiped out.
Also, this did all this super checky insuring the females are good picks, but didn't think to put parameters into the search that ensured the females desired men not females? Sigh.... it's not like it was a concept completely foreign to them... so why the stupidity?
Also the fight scenes would have better skipped by the author. More aftermath destruction would sent the right message rather than this weirdo space battle fight that just makes me question these supposed " elite warriors."
More fight scenes that are chaotic and not all that heart pumping for me.
And another awkward sex scene.....
and supposedly everyone is all accepting? what?
what???
Then at one point, past 50% it was... no longer giving me humor to laugh or smirk about, love lust was put onto the table (which was a bullet I thought we dodged in the beginning, but no, it pushes itself front and center), and then there is undeniably really stupid decisions being made regarding the spy in the ranks scenarios.
Then we have the fact that these two groups don't speak the others language. At the beginning it was being portrayed well, but by the middle you are like, what the heck are these aliens guys even doing all this time? Why is there no liaison system being set up and language programs being made and adapted? Supposedly they were a great and intelligent species, so where is there basic "we should probably try to communicate better with these women by doing [x]." It was just a commentary. "Sure, let's figure things out." but nothing changes on the male side, and on the female side, you wonder how the hell they managed to avoid depression... /:
And that made it frustrating, and overall I think it cheapened a book that had started off by making a "mars need women" trope entertaining, because by 70% I was debating skipping to the end.
AWKWARD SEX SCENE ALERT!
And seriously? I fucking knew this was going to happen. So stupid, no wonder their society was nearly wiped out.
Also, this did all this super checky insuring the females are good picks, but didn't think to put parameters into the search that ensured the females desired men not females? Sigh.... it's not like it was a concept completely foreign to them... so why the stupidity?
Also the fight scenes would have better skipped by the author. More aftermath destruction would sent the right message rather than this weirdo space battle fight that just makes me question these supposed " elite warriors."
More fight scenes that are chaotic and not all that heart pumping for me.
And another awkward sex scene.....
and supposedly everyone is all accepting? what?
what???
November 9, 2020
On the edge of extinction, the Chiagan-Se know they need to survive, and to do that, they need genetically compatible females to procreate. They send a seeker ship to find these women and lo and behold, a match is made. 1,000 frantic women awaken to find themselves on an alien ship in the future. Why have they been kidnapped and who are these aliens? The women prepare for an interstellar battle of the sexes while the men try to figure out what went wrong. Can the two sides figure out how to live, love, and make the Chiagan-Se a thriving civilization or have they just doomed themselves?
The Chalice is truly a science fiction romance both scifi and romance readers will enjoy. P.L. Parker is a gifted writer, especially when it comes to action scenes. Her descriptive narration pulls the reader in and becomes a part of the story. The conflict between the Chiagan-Se and the females is realistic yet doesn't overwhelm the overall arc of the plot. The plot moves at a great pace with a balance of science fiction and romance. What propels the plot, though, is the story of Tegan and Kara. He wants her to come to him willingly but there's a lot they need to overcome before that happens. If you're a fan of Tiffany Roberts, you'll love The Chalice. Highly recommend!
Disclaimer: I bought a copy on Amazon CA.
My Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by: Mrs. N
This review first appeared: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/po...
The Chalice is truly a science fiction romance both scifi and romance readers will enjoy. P.L. Parker is a gifted writer, especially when it comes to action scenes. Her descriptive narration pulls the reader in and becomes a part of the story. The conflict between the Chiagan-Se and the females is realistic yet doesn't overwhelm the overall arc of the plot. The plot moves at a great pace with a balance of science fiction and romance. What propels the plot, though, is the story of Tegan and Kara. He wants her to come to him willingly but there's a lot they need to overcome before that happens. If you're a fan of Tiffany Roberts, you'll love The Chalice. Highly recommend!
Disclaimer: I bought a copy on Amazon CA.
My Rating: 5 stars
Reviewed by: Mrs. N
This review first appeared: https://www.nnlightsbookheaven.com/po...
January 7, 2013
I really liked this story. The characters were great. The story itself was different from other sci-fi romances that I have read. The book too was nice and long which I really like too. The only reason I didnt give it 5 stars because it has some editing issues but the author comment on my review on Amazon and explained what happened. When a author takes the time to contact a reader or comment on a reader's review it shows to me that the author really cares about her/his readers. Great book!!
May 1, 2012
I don't read scifi, except for P.L. Parker's books. I like her writing stlye and her ability to build characters that I can root for. I also don't do spoilers, but I will say The Chalice is combination of Star Trek and Star Gate on high-octane steriods, only with deliciously hot men and kick-ass women!
August 27, 2012
Fabulous scifi romance! Instantly fell in love with the characters. I think I stayed up most of the night, fell asleep around 2am and then finished it the next morning. It was fast paced and full of action, just the way I like them. Parker kept me on the edge of my seat, which is hard to do, and I really loved it. I would totally read anything by this author again.
April 11, 2013
I enjoyed this book even if it did have a slow start and was a little confusing at times.
I love reading about new species and this was a very exciting read. It was different and loved the authors writing style.
I love reading about new species and this was a very exciting read. It was different and loved the authors writing style.
April 14, 2013
This was so unexpectedly funny (seriously, I cracked up more than once; some of the dialogue is priceless) and action-packed and engaging. I'm so happy I read it. The cover of this book doesn't do this book justice at all.
Awful cover. Great book.
Awful cover. Great book.
November 1, 2013
New author to obsess over! I've already gotten the prehistoric time-travel novels by this author and I'm looking forward to diving in. I am so glad I stumbled across this book on a goodreads list, and am hoping further stories in this world.
March 13, 2019
Good book for the most part.
How blind are the Chiagan-Se to not know Siri is playing them until it is too late.
How blind are the Chiagan-Se to not know Siri is playing them until it is too late.
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June 1, 20174.5 stars, review to follow on Boundless Book Reviews
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