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The Warriors of Nur #1
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Earth is over populated. Leo’Nya Zesiro is one of the pilots charged with finding and cataloging new "housing options". Life is lovely, at least until her vessel is attacked and she finds herself stranded on a newly discovered, un-cataloged planet.
On a planet where males out number females 1-7, Erol knows from the beginning that Leo'Nya is the female he's been waiting for... now he has to keep her from leaving until she realizes it.
Leo finds the beauty and peace she's always longed for, but there are hidden dangers on Nur. The men might do all the cooking, but they also tend to steal you, that is if they can kill your current owner. If she can stay alive, she might just make it home in one piece. At least if she can manage not to fall in love with the caveman who's trying to keeper her.
On a planet where males out number females 1-7, Erol knows from the beginning that Leo'Nya is the female he's been waiting for... now he has to keep her from leaving until she realizes it.
Leo finds the beauty and peace she's always longed for, but there are hidden dangers on Nur. The men might do all the cooking, but they also tend to steal you, that is if they can kill your current owner. If she can stay alive, she might just make it home in one piece. At least if she can manage not to fall in love with the caveman who's trying to keeper her.
281 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 24, 2012
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C.C. Coats
8 books6 followersC.C. Coats was born and raised in the 'City of Brotherly Love & Sisterly Affection', Philadelphia, PA, where currently still resides. She completed her B.A. in Psychology at The Pennsylvania State University, and her M.A. in Clinical Counseling Psychology- Marriage & Family Therapy at LaSalle University. She works with homeless and run-away youth, and believes that it is our responsibility as living, breathing sentient beings to fight against injustice.
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September 21, 2015
This is the kind of book that I would say to it... "it is not you, it's me" line, because it wasn't the plot line, the writing style (though there were threw in the midst lotS of pet peev) it wasn't none of the mentioned, it was just that I didn't connect with the heroine, there was a ton of secondary characters that I didn't care... and ultimately the one thing that I can rescue from this was the Hero.
I'm going to be honest here, after 70% of the book I just skimmied away till I get to the part of the hero and I really hate doing that in a book so that's why this one gets just 2 stars and I'm not even going to bother with the next one because is the story of a character that I really didn't care just one tiny bit.
I'm going to be honest here, after 70% of the book I just skimmied away till I get to the part of the hero and I really hate doing that in a book so that's why this one gets just 2 stars and I'm not even going to bother with the next one because is the story of a character that I really didn't care just one tiny bit.
November 29, 2016
Pretty interesting... but the side characters? Honestly I could care less about any of them. All their names kind of blended together, and their personalities as well, and I couldn't get emotionally invested in their little stories. So I ended up skipping about 30% of the chapters, because that is how many side stories there were in here.
The sex.... was pretty nice and descriptive in the beginning and then just kind of fizzled into nothing. How sad! Such a buildup, and it all fell flat... I feel like I need a smoke now, and I don't even smoke.
And the ending? Uhm, what the heck? The entire drive of the main character gets destroyed in 5 seconds flat. Oh, you are moping cus you left? Let me just... literally tie you up and leave you here with this random alien guy.
Whatever. A few scenes were very enjoyable and the hero was relatively cute.
The sex.... was pretty nice and descriptive in the beginning and then just kind of fizzled into nothing. How sad! Such a buildup, and it all fell flat... I feel like I need a smoke now, and I don't even smoke.
And the ending? Uhm, what the heck? The entire drive of the main character gets destroyed in 5 seconds flat. Oh, you are moping cus you left? Let me just... literally tie you up and leave you here with this random alien guy.
Whatever. A few scenes were very enjoyable and the hero was relatively cute.
September 8, 2017
This one wasn't for me. The plot was all over the place with too many characters and POVs in my opinion. I'm always a bit frustrated when a book doesn't continuously follow the main characters unless the side plots are important for the story. Didn't feel like that with this one. Also just couldn't get into the writing style and I had to beat down the urge to skim a lot.
April 30, 2020
Grammar errors but good
A good read with some grammar errors but interesting plot, good characters and it leads to a second book .
A good read with some grammar errors but interesting plot, good characters and it leads to a second book .
May 3, 2015
The plot line of this book could have easily travelled into dangerous and distasteful gang bang territory. I'll say upfront that it doesn't. It doesn't even spend all that much time in the realm of the unpleasant. Yes, Leo’Nya Zesiro finds herself claimed, or kidnapped, more than once. Yes, not all of those kidnappers are nice people...aliens...whatever. And yes, even the kindhearted, noble men are incredibly chauvinistic. It's a cultural thing. But the primary thrust of the book is about one man's incredible love (OK, and lust) for one woman and the lengths he would go to in order to gain her love in return (OK, even if that means forcing it in return). It's sweet, really...and steamy. There is lots of steamy.
Leo is a strong-willed heroine, without going overboard into suicidally obstinate. I've seen a lot of such women in the PNR genre, women who simply protest too much instead of seeing to their own self-preservation. I liked this about Leo. I also liked that she was willing to acknowledge her own torn emotions. Erol was simply wonderful. He did seem utterly unable to consider that as an off-worlder Leo wouldn't know of, let alone instantly acquiesce, to his way of doing things. But even as he failed to explain her situation to her he also gave his absolute all to honestly protect and please her. Who can't appreciate that? I also liked the way his species 'phased' into utter badass predators. It was kinda like taking the whole alpha things one step further. Though predominantly side characters I loved Avi and her crew, as well as Erol's brothers to a lesser extent.
I know that a 2nd book, Bound, is due out later this year and that's a good thing. Rather than being focused solely on Leo and Erol's blooming romance this book also included quite a bit of planetary politics and minor characters whose presence seemed to serve no purpose to the current story. My guess is that they are important to a bigger storyline yet to come. It's a little dissatisfying to finish a book and not know how some of the thread tie off in the end, so I'm glad to know there is more to come. All in all I was pleased. The text could do with another pass with the editorial brush, but as I enjoyed the book I was willing to overlook the errors.
Leo is a strong-willed heroine, without going overboard into suicidally obstinate. I've seen a lot of such women in the PNR genre, women who simply protest too much instead of seeing to their own self-preservation. I liked this about Leo. I also liked that she was willing to acknowledge her own torn emotions. Erol was simply wonderful. He did seem utterly unable to consider that as an off-worlder Leo wouldn't know of, let alone instantly acquiesce, to his way of doing things. But even as he failed to explain her situation to her he also gave his absolute all to honestly protect and please her. Who can't appreciate that? I also liked the way his species 'phased' into utter badass predators. It was kinda like taking the whole alpha things one step further. Though predominantly side characters I loved Avi and her crew, as well as Erol's brothers to a lesser extent.
I know that a 2nd book, Bound, is due out later this year and that's a good thing. Rather than being focused solely on Leo and Erol's blooming romance this book also included quite a bit of planetary politics and minor characters whose presence seemed to serve no purpose to the current story. My guess is that they are important to a bigger storyline yet to come. It's a little dissatisfying to finish a book and not know how some of the thread tie off in the end, so I'm glad to know there is more to come. All in all I was pleased. The text could do with another pass with the editorial brush, but as I enjoyed the book I was willing to overlook the errors.
January 8, 2016
I really liked this book. The premise was good, and the fact that the hero was not totally human, and could take on what i would think of as alien characteristics during times of extreme stress/anger was a nice mix. You can definitely tell that this is the first in the series because of the setup's for the other characters throughout, but it was done really well and kept me interested and wanting to buy the next book as soon as it comes out in December.
For a beginning novel from this author i think they did an excellent job and i am hoping to see a lot of growth in her future work. While there were a lot of editorial errors that did pull me out of the story some i still really enjoyed it. For the next one, and even this one, a good editor is highly recommended.
1st read - 07-26-12
2nd read - 01-07-16
For a beginning novel from this author i think they did an excellent job and i am hoping to see a lot of growth in her future work. While there were a lot of editorial errors that did pull me out of the story some i still really enjoyed it. For the next one, and even this one, a good editor is highly recommended.
1st read - 07-26-12
2nd read - 01-07-16
September 25, 2012
Leo crashes her space ship on a planet ruled by men, very few women live here, they are fought over and kidnapped if the one who claims her cannot keep her safe. The men are also shifters, Dragon shifters of a sort... and have great desire for females..
Good book and new one to come out end of this year.
I guess this is a building block book 'i all it' it was sort of all over the place since there were a lot of characters and from chapter to chapter the storyline would jump to different places with different characters..
The ending was good... I hope the next book is a little smoother to read. I am not one to read a story that jumps from one subject to the next with mult. characters but if this is a building block book I see why, I have seen many books like this before..
Good book and new one to come out end of this year.
I guess this is a building block book 'i all it' it was sort of all over the place since there were a lot of characters and from chapter to chapter the storyline would jump to different places with different characters..
The ending was good... I hope the next book is a little smoother to read. I am not one to read a story that jumps from one subject to the next with mult. characters but if this is a building block book I see why, I have seen many books like this before..
March 6, 2016
Liked the story. Some world-building going on that made the story line jump around a bit. But a great story overall.
NEEDS EDITING. Mostly incorrect word usage. Some grammar errors. I kept falling out of the story trying to determine what the author meant to say. For example, "preverbal"?? oh, proverbial
I do, however, look forward to the second book, and am hoping for more thorough editing. To repeat, I liked the story. Would have been 4 stars with good editor.
NEEDS EDITING. Mostly incorrect word usage. Some grammar errors. I kept falling out of the story trying to determine what the author meant to say. For example, "preverbal"?? oh, proverbial
I do, however, look forward to the second book, and am hoping for more thorough editing. To repeat, I liked the story. Would have been 4 stars with good editor.
February 20, 2013
I want to give this one a 4 based on enjoying the story and the characters but it honestly needs a lot of proofreading (kindle version Feb '13). I really don't want to discourage the author though, typos and editing mistakes can be fixed up! For what looks like a first book I think she did a really good job. I'll be keeping an eye out to see if there is a sequel. :)
(I think some of the reviews are a bit harsh, I've seen horrible books with horrible editing and this isn't one of them. This genre is never going to appeal to everyone but the underlying voice of the author is good and she mostly just needs experience and someone to help read through for editing purposes in my opinion.)
(I think some of the reviews are a bit harsh, I've seen horrible books with horrible editing and this isn't one of them. This genre is never going to appeal to everyone but the underlying voice of the author is good and she mostly just needs experience and someone to help read through for editing purposes in my opinion.)
September 20, 2016
This book would have been great if it didnt bounce around wit character's, not just two but every single freaking one that was mentioned in it. It got to the point that kept checking to see if it was done yet, I was more then happy to reach the end and not care what happens next.
Would this be a good book to pass time? Maybe.. for some but for me H** NO itsnoteven try to read it again and see if I would like it next time, this shoul have been keeping walking and dont let it tempt you book, harsh but for me its the truth.
Would this be a good book to pass time? Maybe.. for some but for me H** NO itsnoteven try to read it again and see if I would like it next time, this shoul have been keeping walking and dont let it tempt you book, harsh but for me its the truth.
July 24, 2012
The complete lack of punctuation, correct spelling, accurate word usage, and grasp of the English language rendered this book unreadable. I made it 8 percent of the way into this book before giving up in disgust.
How hard is it to edit your work, people? The idea was good, the execution was an executable offense.
How hard is it to edit your work, people? The idea was good, the execution was an executable offense.
January 29, 2015
a little disappointed by this story, so i'm happy to have it for free in my kindle !
Okay i took a looooong time to read it, but in the end, i feel something missing anyway.
I don't really know what.
I didn't like the back and forth between the story of the Leo and Erol and the twin sister...
Okay i took a looooong time to read it, but in the end, i feel something missing anyway.
I don't really know what.
I didn't like the back and forth between the story of the Leo and Erol and the twin sister...
November 21, 2016
Good world building, decent characters, but much too long. I don't often complain about that! Usually they are too short...
I was bogged down in the details about midway, left it to read something else, and never wanted to come back.
That and she flies to future planet to live as a sex slave/forced mate to an essential caveman -- meh not my thing anyway.
I was bogged down in the details about midway, left it to read something else, and never wanted to come back.
That and she flies to future planet to live as a sex slave/forced mate to an essential caveman -- meh not my thing anyway.
October 11, 2012
Exactly what it sounds like,a trashy sleazy book about cavemen aliens. When will I learn?
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