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Tornians #3
Ynyr
Ynyr was a third male, and while he was a fit and worthy Warrior, he had always known that no female would ever Join with him. Too many looked down on his family because of his mother’s refusal to leave his manno. He knew Ull would be able to overcome this because he was a first male and would one day be a Lord. Maybe even Vali, since he was a second male, but neither Ynyr nor his younger brother Zev would ever be acceptable to a female. The most they could hope for was to serve their House with honor... that all changed with the arrival of the females from Earth.
Abby's life had not been an easy one, especially after the death of her family when she had been sixteen, but she had thought things were finally looking up. She was a year away from achieving her dream of becoming a teacher. Soon she would be making a difference in the lives of children others had given up on... that all changed when she was abducted by the Tornians.
Ynyr and Abby had come together in the most unusual of ways, but that was just the beginning of their unique relationship. Together they had to do something no other Lord and Lady had... They had to take a House that had been destroyed by deceit and evil and turn it into the shining example demanded by the Emperor.
Will the secrets left behind by Bertos and Risa tear them apart? Or will it be Abby's secret and Ynyr's reaction to it that does?
Abby's life had not been an easy one, especially after the death of her family when she had been sixteen, but she had thought things were finally looking up. She was a year away from achieving her dream of becoming a teacher. Soon she would be making a difference in the lives of children others had given up on... that all changed when she was abducted by the Tornians.
Ynyr and Abby had come together in the most unusual of ways, but that was just the beginning of their unique relationship. Together they had to do something no other Lord and Lady had... They had to take a House that had been destroyed by deceit and evil and turn it into the shining example demanded by the Emperor.
Will the secrets left behind by Bertos and Risa tear them apart? Or will it be Abby's secret and Ynyr's reaction to it that does?
352 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 24, 2015
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August 29, 2016
I knocked off a star for the fact that this is the third book and at least the 7th time the main female character was either raped or almost raped.(I might have forgotten a couple of them.) That's a little too much rape for comfort. I kind of liked these alien-dudes - they are Skittle-colored for goodness sakes! - but these guys are a bit rapey for me. Any time they get angry about anything a female does they feel like rape is the answer. You borrowed my stapler without asking? That's a raping. You ate the last alien-cookie? rape.... Seriously, Skittle-aliens? How can you remind me of a delicious and fruity candy and be so damn evil?
Aha!! That's what's going on.
I have a really novel idea: How about if we don't have ANY raping going on in the book? It's so crazy it just might work! How about if we find other conflict resolution techniques?
Aha!! That's what's going on.
I have a really novel idea: How about if we don't have ANY raping going on in the book? It's so crazy it just might work! How about if we find other conflict resolution techniques?
March 1, 2015
Ugh. The cover!
By the way, how did you guys mentally pronounce his name? I went with "Yan-Yur".
This book was better than Wray, but still not as great as Grim.
Also, people annoyed with editing issues should be warned that this book has similar editing issues seen in Grim.
*** SPOILER WARNING ***
I found the author re-using a lot of the plot devices from Grim:
* Abby talking to the males under Ynyr's command and Ynyr being jealous.
* Abby wanting to clean the mansion and re-decorate it.
* Abby being horrified at the horded treasure on the female level
* Abby befriends a local artisan, but instead of a glass-maker, it's a woodworker this time
(Rude, egotistical displaced master woodworker)
* Ynyr being insecure about himself due to being 3rd born. (Grim insecure about scarring)
I'll refine this list with another re-read.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it. But it felt like sort of a re-read with new characters.
The first conflict begins with everyone saying Ynyr shouldn't take Abby to the Etruia (sp?) region as it's still rife with Bertos bad males. Abby gets no say in the matter and is very upset she is being sent to live with Ynyr's parents and brother Ull who believes she should be with him as Ynyr is just a 3rd male.
Eventually Abby makes a good enough argument that she needs to be with Ynyr to help create their home as a couple.
The second conflict is lack of trust/faith in the mate. After their first night together in their new caste, the Goddess and her mate have communicated to Ynyr via his dreams and Ynyr is hiding this information from Abby. Ynyr fears Abby won't believe him. The next morning, Abby realizes Ynyr is hiding something from her and becomes insecure about it.
The main conflict in this one is an oldie-but-goodie involving the sins of the father.
A very young boy is found hiding in the castle (3 year old) and all of the Tornians seem to already know about him.
Brice is the orphaned child of Risa & Bertos. He has been hiding around the castle, stealing food and sleeping where he can as no one is taking care of him. Abby's heart is immediately wrapped up in this poor little boy (remember Abby was a kindergarten teacher) and wants to adopt & care for him.
But all of the Tornians think of Brice as tainted by a bad bloodline. The toddler is frequently referred to as a little caca (shit).
Abby is horrified that all of the Tornians want to send Brice to some prison type colony for orphans & disgraced males. She calls Lisa and Grim begging them to come pick up her and Brice.
Ynyr forbids them from retrieving Abby and Brice. Grim also agrees Brice should go to the colony of misfit males. (Lisa isn't happy with this either)
Abby abandons sleeping with Ynyr and sleeps in the same room with Brice. She ceases all re-decorating plans and furniture orders from the wood-worker she's adopted. Everyone is concerned about her change of attitude.
Meanwhile, there are 'bad males' who have been dismissed from the castle that are plotting to hurt Ynyr through hurting Abby. (re-used plot device from Grim)
When the "bad males" are about to hurt Abby badly, possibly kill her - Brice saves the day by getting Ynyr and Ull to ride to her rescue. This makes everyone realize that Brice isn't bad, so Ynyr agrees to raise Brice as a cherished member of the family.
There were a lot of historical references to an ancient king of Tornian and his beloved wife who happened to be the sister of the Goddess they all worship. The HEA occurs when Ynyr renames his house after Abby's last name as this is what the ancient king did.
The Goddess and her mate up above smile and say they knew he could do it. Meanwhile, the bad God Daco is throwing tantrums over this loss.
I kind of find the Goddess/God scenes a little unsubtle. I liked it better in Grim when it was hinted at the Goddess doesn't appear in any scenes. The God/Goddess scenes feel like the Disney/Mulan ancestor scenes. Just weird and cheesy.
Abby & Ynyr's first sex scene was pretty detailed and steamy, but that's the only one (like Grim)
HEA
Recommended if you loved Grim
By the way, how did you guys mentally pronounce his name? I went with "Yan-Yur".
This book was better than Wray, but still not as great as Grim.
Also, people annoyed with editing issues should be warned that this book has similar editing issues seen in Grim.
*** SPOILER WARNING ***
I found the author re-using a lot of the plot devices from Grim:
* Abby talking to the males under Ynyr's command and Ynyr being jealous.
* Abby wanting to clean the mansion and re-decorate it.
* Abby being horrified at the horded treasure on the female level
* Abby befriends a local artisan, but instead of a glass-maker, it's a woodworker this time
(Rude, egotistical displaced master woodworker)
* Ynyr being insecure about himself due to being 3rd born. (Grim insecure about scarring)
I'll refine this list with another re-read.
Don't get me wrong, I still enjoyed it. But it felt like sort of a re-read with new characters.
The first conflict begins with everyone saying Ynyr shouldn't take Abby to the Etruia (sp?) region as it's still rife with Bertos bad males. Abby gets no say in the matter and is very upset she is being sent to live with Ynyr's parents and brother Ull who believes she should be with him as Ynyr is just a 3rd male.
Eventually Abby makes a good enough argument that she needs to be with Ynyr to help create their home as a couple.
The second conflict is lack of trust/faith in the mate. After their first night together in their new caste, the Goddess and her mate have communicated to Ynyr via his dreams and Ynyr is hiding this information from Abby. Ynyr fears Abby won't believe him. The next morning, Abby realizes Ynyr is hiding something from her and becomes insecure about it.
The main conflict in this one is an oldie-but-goodie involving the sins of the father.
A very young boy is found hiding in the castle (3 year old) and all of the Tornians seem to already know about him.
Brice is the orphaned child of Risa & Bertos. He has been hiding around the castle, stealing food and sleeping where he can as no one is taking care of him. Abby's heart is immediately wrapped up in this poor little boy (remember Abby was a kindergarten teacher) and wants to adopt & care for him.
But all of the Tornians think of Brice as tainted by a bad bloodline. The toddler is frequently referred to as a little caca (shit).
Abby is horrified that all of the Tornians want to send Brice to some prison type colony for orphans & disgraced males. She calls Lisa and Grim begging them to come pick up her and Brice.
Ynyr forbids them from retrieving Abby and Brice. Grim also agrees Brice should go to the colony of misfit males. (Lisa isn't happy with this either)
Abby abandons sleeping with Ynyr and sleeps in the same room with Brice. She ceases all re-decorating plans and furniture orders from the wood-worker she's adopted. Everyone is concerned about her change of attitude.
Meanwhile, there are 'bad males' who have been dismissed from the castle that are plotting to hurt Ynyr through hurting Abby. (re-used plot device from Grim)
When the "bad males" are about to hurt Abby badly, possibly kill her - Brice saves the day by getting Ynyr and Ull to ride to her rescue. This makes everyone realize that Brice isn't bad, so Ynyr agrees to raise Brice as a cherished member of the family.
There were a lot of historical references to an ancient king of Tornian and his beloved wife who happened to be the sister of the Goddess they all worship. The HEA occurs when Ynyr renames his house after Abby's last name as this is what the ancient king did.
The Goddess and her mate up above smile and say they knew he could do it. Meanwhile, the bad God Daco is throwing tantrums over this loss.
I kind of find the Goddess/God scenes a little unsubtle. I liked it better in Grim when it was hinted at the Goddess doesn't appear in any scenes. The God/Goddess scenes feel like the Disney/Mulan ancestor scenes. Just weird and cheesy.
Abby & Ynyr's first sex scene was pretty detailed and steamy, but that's the only one (like Grim)
HEA
Recommended if you loved Grim
March 19, 2020
I loved this story of Ynyr and Abby. We usually see books go from the beginning of their relationship and ends when they get married, but this is like the beginning starts at the end and we get to see what Happily Ever After is like and the issues after getting married.
The end with Brice made me cry.
*****Re-read again*****
Last read on 2/24/2015
I still love this book and again the last part of the book made me cry.
The end with Brice made me cry.
*****Re-read again*****
Last read on 2/24/2015
I still love this book and again the last part of the book made me cry.
March 10, 2016
3.5 Stars
Review to come...
Review to come...
February 25, 2015
3.5 stars.
Ynyr and Abby's love story is wonderful.
I didn't understand why they get a book to be honest, I thought they already got their HEA in Grim?
But since I love the previous books so much, I want to read Ynyr and Abby's story too.
Well, this book while still an interesting read, the similarity with the previous books is too much for me.
You know, those domestic problems, changing furniture, difficult staff who doesn't like changing etc, make it a bit boring:(
Btw, how old these two is? Sigh.
They should be around 20-23 years right?
But the way they handle all those problems just like the other previous H/h, which much older than these two.
I would like to find out more about Ull or Callen and Rebecca, with Rebecca being a doctor, it should be more interesting story line in there.
Or the super stubborn Ull will much more interesting if he pair with a strong heroine who doesn't really need his protection much? Hah! That will be fun:) Oh well..
*really curious whose book next*
Oh yes, I will still read this series for sure:)
Ynyr and Abby's love story is wonderful.
I didn't understand why they get a book to be honest, I thought they already got their HEA in Grim?
But since I love the previous books so much, I want to read Ynyr and Abby's story too.
Well, this book while still an interesting read, the similarity with the previous books is too much for me.
You know, those domestic problems, changing furniture, difficult staff who doesn't like changing etc, make it a bit boring:(
Btw, how old these two is? Sigh.
They should be around 20-23 years right?
But the way they handle all those problems just like the other previous H/h, which much older than these two.
I would like to find out more about Ull or Callen and Rebecca, with Rebecca being a doctor, it should be more interesting story line in there.
Or the super stubborn Ull will much more interesting if he pair with a strong heroine who doesn't really need his protection much? Hah! That will be fun:) Oh well..
*really curious whose book next*
Oh yes, I will still read this series for sure:)
February 28, 2015
Though being kidnapped and offered up as breeders to the most fit and worthy warriors on planet Torino, Lisa, and the other Earth women were able to successfully stop the Joining Ceremony by invoking a little known escape clause. They are now under the protection of King Grim until each woman decides on who THEY want to join with.
One of the Earth women, Abby, feels she HAS met someone she can give her heart to and live with. Traditionally only the first born sons have been granted the honor to continue their bloodlines with a female. But times they are a changing. Now it's the female who decides who she wants and Abby chooses Ynyr from House Luanda, third son of Lord and Lady Oryon.
With the death of several enemies to the empire, new House Lords are appointed. To everyone's surprise, Ynyr is awarded a prestigious house though it has problems that make it too dangerous for Abby to live at. The safest route is to have her live with his own family until Lord Ynyr is able to regain control and instill peace. Too bad Abby doesn't agree and does accompany Ynyr to their new home. Not everyone's happy so the two will have to work together if they're to have any success to create a new beginning.
* * * *
This story starts where Grim left off. If the author would have included a prologue of sorts, I do believe this installment could have been read as a standalone. As this wasn't done, any potential reader really should read Grim first.
At the core of this story is the romance between Abby & Ynyr who blazed a new future in a troubled world. They turned their back on the existing status quo keeping true to what THEY feel is normal in a relationship. In a way reminiscent of Medieval or Regency times, the world depicted in this series is repressed and cold. Kim, Lisa, and now Abby have introducing the most basic of emotions - love - with far reaching and unexpected consequences.
This story reads as an sci-fi adventure story that really doesn't use over the top action scenes to work. The changing POV scenes gave me insight of how each of the main characters dealt with their new circumstances and how they handled themselves doing it. Can't say enough how fun it was following each of the main characters as they were put through their paces. Then when they came together to complete the bond that was forming. I did have concerns when an unexpected scene involving Gods & Goddesses popped up but it did add a measure of mystery to the mix. I guess Gods can get curious about mortals too. :D
Secondary characters. A goodly mix of good and evil secondaries add depth and intrigue to the overall story. Different readers will have their favorite side kick favorite and ancillary characters but I defy anyone not to shed a tear and/or get emotional about the dirtiest of them all secondary characters. Vague non-spoiler on who it is would be that not all of Bertos and Risa bloodline have been killed off.
There is a number of adult content intimacy scenes that have a sensual slant. My one gripe is that I really would have liked to have more adult content types of sharing regarding Isis & Oryon. That would have rocked. Was the helpful sex ed education successful or not. Inquiring minds wanted to know. :D
Overall I really enjoyed this installment and those who enjoy sci-fi fantasy reads should check it out. The reason for my four star rating is that grammatical and spelling error irritated me. I had mentioned in a previous installment about the high percentage of errors so it's quite upsetting that this wasn't a priority for the author in this installment.
One of the Earth women, Abby, feels she HAS met someone she can give her heart to and live with. Traditionally only the first born sons have been granted the honor to continue their bloodlines with a female. But times they are a changing. Now it's the female who decides who she wants and Abby chooses Ynyr from House Luanda, third son of Lord and Lady Oryon.
With the death of several enemies to the empire, new House Lords are appointed. To everyone's surprise, Ynyr is awarded a prestigious house though it has problems that make it too dangerous for Abby to live at. The safest route is to have her live with his own family until Lord Ynyr is able to regain control and instill peace. Too bad Abby doesn't agree and does accompany Ynyr to their new home. Not everyone's happy so the two will have to work together if they're to have any success to create a new beginning.
* * * *
This story starts where Grim left off. If the author would have included a prologue of sorts, I do believe this installment could have been read as a standalone. As this wasn't done, any potential reader really should read Grim first.
At the core of this story is the romance between Abby & Ynyr who blazed a new future in a troubled world. They turned their back on the existing status quo keeping true to what THEY feel is normal in a relationship. In a way reminiscent of Medieval or Regency times, the world depicted in this series is repressed and cold. Kim, Lisa, and now Abby have introducing the most basic of emotions - love - with far reaching and unexpected consequences.
This story reads as an sci-fi adventure story that really doesn't use over the top action scenes to work. The changing POV scenes gave me insight of how each of the main characters dealt with their new circumstances and how they handled themselves doing it. Can't say enough how fun it was following each of the main characters as they were put through their paces. Then when they came together to complete the bond that was forming. I did have concerns when an unexpected scene involving Gods & Goddesses popped up but it did add a measure of mystery to the mix. I guess Gods can get curious about mortals too. :D
Secondary characters. A goodly mix of good and evil secondaries add depth and intrigue to the overall story. Different readers will have their favorite side kick favorite and ancillary characters but I defy anyone not to shed a tear and/or get emotional about the dirtiest of them all secondary characters. Vague non-spoiler on who it is would be that not all of Bertos and Risa bloodline have been killed off.
There is a number of adult content intimacy scenes that have a sensual slant. My one gripe is that I really would have liked to have more adult content types of sharing regarding Isis & Oryon. That would have rocked. Was the helpful sex ed education successful or not. Inquiring minds wanted to know. :D
Overall I really enjoyed this installment and those who enjoy sci-fi fantasy reads should check it out. The reason for my four star rating is that grammatical and spelling error irritated me. I had mentioned in a previous installment about the high percentage of errors so it's quite upsetting that this wasn't a priority for the author in this installment.
June 18, 2016
This book has me the most torn ratings-wise of any book in the series.
I really enjoy this series. Have had a good time living in their universe and look forward to the next book.
Ynyr was important because you learned a lot about history and maybe some foreshadowing of the future. So I highly recommend to anyone reading the series and planning to keep up with the books.
Overall this book is kind of boring. There is so much meeting with warriors and cleaning/decorating the house that I can take. It is the main plot of the book! Who knew you could write a book about decorating a house?
Ynyr and Abby are a good couple. They do try to talk through issues and I know they love each other. But let's face it. The author paired the two most insecure people in the universe together and then put them in charge of a world! So we get A LOT of them questioning themselves. He is constantly worried over being a third male and she is constantly believing herself inferior. That shit gets old real quick.
Ynyr also feels the need to prove he is in charge all the time. He gets offended easily, challenging friends and his brothers, threatening everyone. This also got old.
Abby is constantly thinking how meek and scared she is, but verbally she is an in your face bitch. That just did not wash.
But that being said, all the annoyances did not drive me totally crazy. I mean I understood where they were coming from and what they were going through. That is what makes it hard to rate. Individually, the characters and elements of the book did not work for me, but all put together, the author made it work. So I am settling on 3.5.
Safety gang safe
I really enjoy this series. Have had a good time living in their universe and look forward to the next book.
Ynyr was important because you learned a lot about history and maybe some foreshadowing of the future. So I highly recommend to anyone reading the series and planning to keep up with the books.
Overall this book is kind of boring. There is so much meeting with warriors and cleaning/decorating the house that I can take. It is the main plot of the book! Who knew you could write a book about decorating a house?
Ynyr and Abby are a good couple. They do try to talk through issues and I know they love each other. But let's face it. The author paired the two most insecure people in the universe together and then put them in charge of a world! So we get A LOT of them questioning themselves. He is constantly worried over being a third male and she is constantly believing herself inferior. That shit gets old real quick.
Ynyr also feels the need to prove he is in charge all the time. He gets offended easily, challenging friends and his brothers, threatening everyone. This also got old.
Abby is constantly thinking how meek and scared she is, but verbally she is an in your face bitch. That just did not wash.
But that being said, all the annoyances did not drive me totally crazy. I mean I understood where they were coming from and what they were going through. That is what makes it hard to rate. Individually, the characters and elements of the book did not work for me, but all put together, the author made it work. So I am settling on 3.5.
Safety gang safe
April 20, 2015
I love this series. Ynyr was soooo good!! I am still waiting for Rebecca's story though!
February 3, 2016
Well looks like the first book was the only Good one in this series. I'll still read the next one but this was awful. Yeah it's crappy sci fi but this book was bad crappy sci fi. No real story. Just the h ordering warriors around to move her furniture and decorate for her. Not kidding that was most of the story.
February 7, 2018
This review was originally posted on Addicted To Romance
YNYR is a story that brings together a couple that have only spoken and never seen...a story that takes us to the stars, to a world of alpha males that are strong but tender and heroines that are spirited and strong-willed and bring about change and rise above their circumstances.
After reading Book One, Grim, I knew that I need to continue the series. Now I know...this is book three, but book three takes place right after book one, all the main novels in the series take place closely around each other. So at the end of book one, Grim, we have a couple that was quite unexpected. Ynyr is the third son and has only expectations of serving his older brother in their house, he never thought that he would be gifted with a new challenge and his own house or that he would be blessed enough to have a woman that would want to bond with him. Ynyr was forbidden to touch or speak to any of the Earth women, but when he heard a young woman crying through some bushes, he talked to her and comforted her and both Ynyr and Abby started to talk about each other, their hopes and dreams and started to fall in love even though they don't know what each other looks like.
Abby knows that she will need to make a new life, her life on Earth is over and she knows that the Tornians need women desperately. But her heart desires Ynyr, but she wonders if she is good enough for this man that needs a strong woman by his side. Abby just sees herself as curvy and average, but when Ynyr's mother insists that her son would adore her, Abby decides to take a leap of faith and seek out Ynyr to bond with him. We see the emotional issues of lack of self-worth that both Ynyr and Abby feel about themselves, not feeling worthy of each other which makes them just right for one another in the end. Ynyr has a difficult task, to drive out the bad weeds in the corrupt house he is taking over and doesn't want to put Abby in danger, but Abby needs to be by his side and create a house with him.
I have to say that I found this book to be so compelling and so much more than I ever expected. I will admit that there were certain aspects toYNYR that I found so intriguing and just pulled me into the story. I just adore the world building in this series and its simply fantastic to read. This story takes off from the moment that Book one ends, so we get to see Abby and Ynyr start to build a life together and explore their relationship of new love. There was so much action and intrigue in this book and boy I fell so hard for these aspects because even though there is quite a focus on the romance, we also see the plot build in such a way that keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way through.
I felt such a kinship to Abby though, she is shy and reserved but wow she totally changed in this book. She may be shy at times, but when she believes in doing the right thing, she is kick ass. I loved seeing her strength of character and courage build up in this story. We see that the love she has for Ynyr gives her the motivation to be the strong woman that he needs to fight by his side. I love how passionate she is about her convictions and doing what is right no matter what.
The romance that builds between Abby and Ynyr is so heart melting and sweet. There is something that I love about these alpha males in this series. They are so different from what I normally read. They are warriors, and fighters and so they do have the normal alpha like tendencies, but are sweet and tender with their women. I just adored how respectful he is of Abby and seeing his feelings grow for her is so swoon-worthy.
Definitely a story I didn't want to see end and I can't wait to read the rest of the series and seeing more of this world that this author has created. BRILLIANTLY PENNED!!
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YNYR is a story that brings together a couple that have only spoken and never seen...a story that takes us to the stars, to a world of alpha males that are strong but tender and heroines that are spirited and strong-willed and bring about change and rise above their circumstances.
After reading Book One, Grim, I knew that I need to continue the series. Now I know...this is book three, but book three takes place right after book one, all the main novels in the series take place closely around each other. So at the end of book one, Grim, we have a couple that was quite unexpected. Ynyr is the third son and has only expectations of serving his older brother in their house, he never thought that he would be gifted with a new challenge and his own house or that he would be blessed enough to have a woman that would want to bond with him. Ynyr was forbidden to touch or speak to any of the Earth women, but when he heard a young woman crying through some bushes, he talked to her and comforted her and both Ynyr and Abby started to talk about each other, their hopes and dreams and started to fall in love even though they don't know what each other looks like.
Abby knows that she will need to make a new life, her life on Earth is over and she knows that the Tornians need women desperately. But her heart desires Ynyr, but she wonders if she is good enough for this man that needs a strong woman by his side. Abby just sees herself as curvy and average, but when Ynyr's mother insists that her son would adore her, Abby decides to take a leap of faith and seek out Ynyr to bond with him. We see the emotional issues of lack of self-worth that both Ynyr and Abby feel about themselves, not feeling worthy of each other which makes them just right for one another in the end. Ynyr has a difficult task, to drive out the bad weeds in the corrupt house he is taking over and doesn't want to put Abby in danger, but Abby needs to be by his side and create a house with him.
Life is a risk, Abby. Choose how and with whom you want to share it because you may not get another chance
I have to say that I found this book to be so compelling and so much more than I ever expected. I will admit that there were certain aspects toYNYR that I found so intriguing and just pulled me into the story. I just adore the world building in this series and its simply fantastic to read. This story takes off from the moment that Book one ends, so we get to see Abby and Ynyr start to build a life together and explore their relationship of new love. There was so much action and intrigue in this book and boy I fell so hard for these aspects because even though there is quite a focus on the romance, we also see the plot build in such a way that keeps you on the edge of your seat all the way through.
I felt such a kinship to Abby though, she is shy and reserved but wow she totally changed in this book. She may be shy at times, but when she believes in doing the right thing, she is kick ass. I loved seeing her strength of character and courage build up in this story. We see that the love she has for Ynyr gives her the motivation to be the strong woman that he needs to fight by his side. I love how passionate she is about her convictions and doing what is right no matter what.
The romance that builds between Abby and Ynyr is so heart melting and sweet. There is something that I love about these alpha males in this series. They are so different from what I normally read. They are warriors, and fighters and so they do have the normal alpha like tendencies, but are sweet and tender with their women. I just adored how respectful he is of Abby and seeing his feelings grow for her is so swoon-worthy.
Definitely a story I didn't want to see end and I can't wait to read the rest of the series and seeing more of this world that this author has created. BRILLIANTLY PENNED!!
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March 25, 2015
First of all, I loved all the other books in this series so far. They would all get strong ratings from me any time and I've actually re-read Grim a few times (and that hardly ever happens with an erotic novel).
So this explains why I had such high hopes for Ynyr, but I couldn't even get past 150 pages. The story was so inane, slow and stupid that I run out of words to describe it. WHY did the author annihilate the world I so love?
1. The goody two shoes aspect. The fact that the characters in this book were so pitch-perfect was one of the things that constantly irritated me. They were so understanding with each other, noone in their right mind would act as they did in the same situation. I get it - they loved each other, but their problems were ridiculous and unbelievable. For example reading about the female protagonist "making" clothes for herself, I mean come on, she should just have worn Grim's colors, it was hardly something that really mattered. Instead of learning about her new planet and people around her she spent hours to retrim her clothes in another color (she probably even had 20 servants to do it for her if she had really wanted to).
Or the fact that she had to leave her career back on Earth behind and all she says is: "Yeah, actually, making things work for you, Ynyr, on your new planet, is my new dream because it's so similar to what I wanted to do on Earth anyways." How does that even compare? Does she have no backbone whatsoever? Back in my days people who wanted to work with children actually had some drive and passion for their work.
She never asks for anything (and she should be plenty confused, she is on an ALIEN SPACESHIP), she always figures stuff out really fast, she looks perfect, talks perfect, and even has perfect fake relationship problems. The only thing not perfect is her brain, because she is actually very naive and stupid (by often putting love before the well-being of everyone or putting her own culture before the one of Tornians)
Ynyr, is a little better, but he is pictured as someone the emperor CHOSE to lead his new planet, but he has absolutely 0 leadership abilities, experience or foresight. He knows going to the new planet will be dangerous, yet he fails to take almost ANY precautions. In fact he constantly leaves his new bride with little or no protection and then gets angry if she touches or smiles at anyone. What follows is a stupid internal battle, but he is too perfect to even have a real fight and forgives Abby anything she does anyways. A true leader would have set his best bodyguard or a friend to guard their wife from day 1. Also he doesn't ever really make any decisions or take any actions unless others tell him to do it (his father or Wray or Grim). He could have prepared a lot better for what awaits him and Abby on their new planet, instead he walks into the unknown with 0 plans or preparation.
2. There is something that has been nagging at me since book 1. If there is 1 female for every 200 males how come they didn't die out centuries ago? I mean for the birthrate to remain at 0 (even), every damn woman had to give birth to 200 babies. As they also need about 9 months to do it that's impossible. WHO the hell gave birth to all these men in the first place? Even if you take into the account the fact that Tornians sometimes capture females from other planets this doesn't make sense. Anything over 1 female per 6 males isn't feasible, possible or realistic and even then you had to hope every woman had at least 6 babies in their lifetime (more if u want positive birthrate, which they had to have to colonize all those planets of theirs). I like the premises of having many more males than females, but 200:1 is just over the top weird.
2ndly if they had technology like spaceships etc, why couldn't they just, I dont know, grow babies in a test tube or something? I mean it's even doable with modern Earth sience (we dont do it because it's unethical, as it's also unethical to choose the sex of your baby), but it's DOABLE. So if we can do it now, alience that have mastered spacetravel should be able to do it as well.
3. Repeating of books 1.-2. I mean we arent children. We don't forget every little thing that happened. Honestly, the first 50 pages were the repetition of earlier books. Of course, you can recap what happened earlier in the start of the third book, but you can also do it in like 3 pages max. Instead we hear, all over again, all about the ceremony and how Ynyr talked with his future wife through the bushes in the garden. Waste of paper!
4. Stupid relationship problems and issues. The 2 main characters were too damn stupid and perfect (see nr 1.) to have any real problems anyways so what we get are ridiculously silly fights and arguments over nothing. After which they ALWAYS agree with each other anyways and just have sex.
Example 1: they have sex and she whimpers during it and he stops because he thinks he hurt her. A fake argument ensues. That is just retardedly inane and stupid.
Example 2: Ynyr has many mommy-issues because her mother gave him up to be cared by males at a young age (as is the Tornian tradition, it happens to all the children). In fact, it comes out, that she was rather involved in the lives of all of her children and noone besides their father knew about it. This is another stupid example. The children would know if their mother was TRULY involved and if she often watched them in warrior practice they would have seen her. Also I fail to see why she had to hide everything anyways (bad reputation among others? well she had that anyways from staying with 1 man for forever).
Example 3: So everyone knows Eturia is a dangerous place and Ynyr wants to leave Abby behind (could have guessed that would happen before page 2 of the book btw). Normal people would just discuss this with each other, but no! Ynyr makes a scene by talking about it first with his father and lets Abby overhear, so she feels super betrayed yadayadayaa. If my bf had to go somewhere dangerous and I had 0 experience leading people or with military (as does Abby, since she is a young naive teacher) I would not push so hard to go with him. Of course I love him, of course I'd like to help him out, but I would realize that me going there would outweigh the benefits (I also see 0 benefits, because Abby has no experience, no leadership abilities and no sense for her own well-being). So Why not give Ynyr, as a compromise, 2 weeks and only then join him? You even have video conferences that you can have with your love for those 2 weeks every day. NO, she must go with him immediately or their love and trust wont survive and she can help him in so many ways....stupid.
Wow. after I was about 40% through I just gave up on this book. The dialogue was ridiculous, the world anmd characters unbelieveable and the love story - there was none. Instead of learning to love each other the main characters jump into bed and their relationship jumps into the phase of "Monkey see, monkey do."
A pity, a real pity.
So this explains why I had such high hopes for Ynyr, but I couldn't even get past 150 pages. The story was so inane, slow and stupid that I run out of words to describe it. WHY did the author annihilate the world I so love?
1. The goody two shoes aspect. The fact that the characters in this book were so pitch-perfect was one of the things that constantly irritated me. They were so understanding with each other, noone in their right mind would act as they did in the same situation. I get it - they loved each other, but their problems were ridiculous and unbelievable. For example reading about the female protagonist "making" clothes for herself, I mean come on, she should just have worn Grim's colors, it was hardly something that really mattered. Instead of learning about her new planet and people around her she spent hours to retrim her clothes in another color (she probably even had 20 servants to do it for her if she had really wanted to).
Or the fact that she had to leave her career back on Earth behind and all she says is: "Yeah, actually, making things work for you, Ynyr, on your new planet, is my new dream because it's so similar to what I wanted to do on Earth anyways." How does that even compare? Does she have no backbone whatsoever? Back in my days people who wanted to work with children actually had some drive and passion for their work.
She never asks for anything (and she should be plenty confused, she is on an ALIEN SPACESHIP), she always figures stuff out really fast, she looks perfect, talks perfect, and even has perfect fake relationship problems. The only thing not perfect is her brain, because she is actually very naive and stupid (by often putting love before the well-being of everyone or putting her own culture before the one of Tornians)
Ynyr, is a little better, but he is pictured as someone the emperor CHOSE to lead his new planet, but he has absolutely 0 leadership abilities, experience or foresight. He knows going to the new planet will be dangerous, yet he fails to take almost ANY precautions. In fact he constantly leaves his new bride with little or no protection and then gets angry if she touches or smiles at anyone. What follows is a stupid internal battle, but he is too perfect to even have a real fight and forgives Abby anything she does anyways. A true leader would have set his best bodyguard or a friend to guard their wife from day 1. Also he doesn't ever really make any decisions or take any actions unless others tell him to do it (his father or Wray or Grim). He could have prepared a lot better for what awaits him and Abby on their new planet, instead he walks into the unknown with 0 plans or preparation.
2. There is something that has been nagging at me since book 1. If there is 1 female for every 200 males how come they didn't die out centuries ago? I mean for the birthrate to remain at 0 (even), every damn woman had to give birth to 200 babies. As they also need about 9 months to do it that's impossible. WHO the hell gave birth to all these men in the first place? Even if you take into the account the fact that Tornians sometimes capture females from other planets this doesn't make sense. Anything over 1 female per 6 males isn't feasible, possible or realistic and even then you had to hope every woman had at least 6 babies in their lifetime (more if u want positive birthrate, which they had to have to colonize all those planets of theirs). I like the premises of having many more males than females, but 200:1 is just over the top weird.
2ndly if they had technology like spaceships etc, why couldn't they just, I dont know, grow babies in a test tube or something? I mean it's even doable with modern Earth sience (we dont do it because it's unethical, as it's also unethical to choose the sex of your baby), but it's DOABLE. So if we can do it now, alience that have mastered spacetravel should be able to do it as well.
3. Repeating of books 1.-2. I mean we arent children. We don't forget every little thing that happened. Honestly, the first 50 pages were the repetition of earlier books. Of course, you can recap what happened earlier in the start of the third book, but you can also do it in like 3 pages max. Instead we hear, all over again, all about the ceremony and how Ynyr talked with his future wife through the bushes in the garden. Waste of paper!
4. Stupid relationship problems and issues. The 2 main characters were too damn stupid and perfect (see nr 1.) to have any real problems anyways so what we get are ridiculously silly fights and arguments over nothing. After which they ALWAYS agree with each other anyways and just have sex.
Example 1: they have sex and she whimpers during it and he stops because he thinks he hurt her. A fake argument ensues. That is just retardedly inane and stupid.
Example 2: Ynyr has many mommy-issues because her mother gave him up to be cared by males at a young age (as is the Tornian tradition, it happens to all the children). In fact, it comes out, that she was rather involved in the lives of all of her children and noone besides their father knew about it. This is another stupid example. The children would know if their mother was TRULY involved and if she often watched them in warrior practice they would have seen her. Also I fail to see why she had to hide everything anyways (bad reputation among others? well she had that anyways from staying with 1 man for forever).
Example 3: So everyone knows Eturia is a dangerous place and Ynyr wants to leave Abby behind (could have guessed that would happen before page 2 of the book btw). Normal people would just discuss this with each other, but no! Ynyr makes a scene by talking about it first with his father and lets Abby overhear, so she feels super betrayed yadayadayaa. If my bf had to go somewhere dangerous and I had 0 experience leading people or with military (as does Abby, since she is a young naive teacher) I would not push so hard to go with him. Of course I love him, of course I'd like to help him out, but I would realize that me going there would outweigh the benefits (I also see 0 benefits, because Abby has no experience, no leadership abilities and no sense for her own well-being). So Why not give Ynyr, as a compromise, 2 weeks and only then join him? You even have video conferences that you can have with your love for those 2 weeks every day. NO, she must go with him immediately or their love and trust wont survive and she can help him in so many ways....stupid.
Wow. after I was about 40% through I just gave up on this book. The dialogue was ridiculous, the world anmd characters unbelieveable and the love story - there was none. Instead of learning to love each other the main characters jump into bed and their relationship jumps into the phase of "Monkey see, monkey do."
A pity, a real pity.
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February 12, 2019DNF 30% No rating.
March 17, 2015
I love this kind of SF romance! :)
It's straitforward, hot and well written.
A nice, relaxing read!
It's straitforward, hot and well written.
A nice, relaxing read!
May 18, 2023
Spoilers ahead 2.5*
Ynyr is a third male and was not expected to be selected to join with an earth female but Abby chose him. Now Lord of his own house Ynyr must right the wrongs of the past and figure out his place in this new times
This one was different as we get multiple povs
I'm not sure how I feel about the inclusion of the god and goddess aspect of the story, it gets a bit confusing sometimes
Almost all of the books stress how special the earth women are as compared to the native women especially Tornian women who are painted as selfish and cold hearted gold diggers
I didn't quite like this one as much as others in this series
How the heck do you pronounce his name?! Ugh it drove me crazy 😂
Ynyr is a third male and was not expected to be selected to join with an earth female but Abby chose him. Now Lord of his own house Ynyr must right the wrongs of the past and figure out his place in this new times
This one was different as we get multiple povs
I'm not sure how I feel about the inclusion of the god and goddess aspect of the story, it gets a bit confusing sometimes
Almost all of the books stress how special the earth women are as compared to the native women especially Tornian women who are painted as selfish and cold hearted gold diggers
I didn't quite like this one as much as others in this series
How the heck do you pronounce his name?! Ugh it drove me crazy 😂
April 9, 2015
My least favorite in this series so far
I was really looking forward to this book. I loved Grim, and liked Wray a lot. This one just didn’t have that same spark for me. It was ok, but nothing great. Here's my breakdown:
The pros:
* I adore Eidems writing style - it flowed well throughout
* Loved Ynyr's character
* I enjoyed getting some slight follow-ups with Grim and Wrays families
* Fairly priced at its current listing of $3.99
The cons:
* The name YNYR .......wtf - I even tired of seeing it - horrible character name
* The heroine, was ok, but I tired of hearing how "brave" she was every few pages - Her actions never lead me to feel she was actually the way she was described
* Insta-love feel - I really wanted the hero/heroine to have some time to actually build their relationship - it felt too instantaneous
* Lame ass book cover
* The characters and plot felt too similar to those in the previous 2 books - it just had that "have I read this already???" feel to it
* The ending left much to be desired - I suppose we will get more on this couple in future books but it just let me frustrated upon completion
* In desperate need of an editor
Overall, I was disappointed with this one. It wasn’t bad, but it just never had me emotionally invested. While this book wasn’t for me, I still plan to read future books in this series.
I was really looking forward to this book. I loved Grim, and liked Wray a lot. This one just didn’t have that same spark for me. It was ok, but nothing great. Here's my breakdown:
The pros:
* I adore Eidems writing style - it flowed well throughout
* Loved Ynyr's character
* I enjoyed getting some slight follow-ups with Grim and Wrays families
* Fairly priced at its current listing of $3.99
The cons:
* The name YNYR .......wtf - I even tired of seeing it - horrible character name
* The heroine, was ok, but I tired of hearing how "brave" she was every few pages - Her actions never lead me to feel she was actually the way she was described
* Insta-love feel - I really wanted the hero/heroine to have some time to actually build their relationship - it felt too instantaneous
* Lame ass book cover
* The characters and plot felt too similar to those in the previous 2 books - it just had that "have I read this already???" feel to it
* The ending left much to be desired - I suppose we will get more on this couple in future books but it just let me frustrated upon completion
* In desperate need of an editor
Overall, I was disappointed with this one. It wasn’t bad, but it just never had me emotionally invested. While this book wasn’t for me, I still plan to read future books in this series.
March 17, 2020
I'm so happy with this book! It had everything I've come to expect from an M.K. Eidem book. It was intense, passionate and addicting. I loved how Abby came into her own and embraced her new life without forgetting the one she left behind. Also, Ynyr was such a strong character. His unwavering love and loyalty towards Abby was a pleasure to read. Looking forward to Ull's story. Hope this isn't the last we hear of Ynyr and Abby along with Grim and Lisa. Highly recommend.
March 13, 2015
I love the Tornian series and Ynyr is quite spectacular.
I just wish the author would pay more attention to editing. All my respect goes to self publishing authors but I found the vocabulary errors and mis-spellings so distracting. It seemed a lot worse in this 3rd book which is disappointing since I was hoping the problem would improve.
I just wish the author would pay more attention to editing. All my respect goes to self publishing authors but I found the vocabulary errors and mis-spellings so distracting. It seemed a lot worse in this 3rd book which is disappointing since I was hoping the problem would improve.
March 15, 2015
Entertaining
It was an enjoyable story. Both characters had a lot to overcome. They had to let go of the past to become the people they were meant to be
It was an enjoyable story. Both characters had a lot to overcome. They had to let go of the past to become the people they were meant to be
December 21, 2015
finished today
worth the money I spent
small children are cute!
more childrens!!! more!!
worth the money I spent
small children are cute!
more childrens!!! more!!
June 26, 2022
This one wrecked the series for me. Utterly wrecked it.
We got some more info about the Tornian society and history. Here's what we found out.
Women used to be partners, co-rulers, equals. Then the Great Infection happened and women became scarce... and we're stripped of all rights and their equality. They became commodities. Stories of powerful women, respected ruling women, were stripped from their histories so that women would never question their role as brood mares. It is heavily implied that they were at least pressured, but likely forced, to move on to a different man after having a child or two. Remember that Isis is scorned by Tornians - including the men - for never leaving the man she loved. And lived in fear that she'd have a girl child, because she knew if she did she would be forced to leave. And the man had full rights to the child. These fuckers call it "giving her gift" to the male. In modern times, even, were told the previous emperor ordered Paganus's mother to fuck his father - and no one else - until she gave him a child. She had no rights, no agency.
This series so far has treated the Tornian women with absolute disdain - universally, they are selfish bitches. Some of the earth women have even called them that. For not loving their males or their children, for being only materialistic, for trying to become Empress.
But this book gives you a completely different perspective on it. Why would women love their jailers, their abusers? The men who will take their child from them as they themselves are forced to go breed with the next guy. Remember, in book 1 Grim told Lisa that he would have all rights to his child (but she could keep rights to her earth offspring). The women are just possessions for a time, brought in to deliver you a child and then GTFO. It's fucking devastating!
Tornian females aren't allowed to talk to other men. Touch anyone. Never interrupt their lords. Largely are required to remain in their rooms. And we're going to act like they are bitches for demanding riches? That is LITERALLY all they are allowed to have! Not a family. Not a permanent home. Not a beloved child. I even feel sympathy for Risa - who cares that she played games and got people killed for her amusement? Because fuck all Tornian men. All of them. Anyone being forced to live that life would be so hurt, angry, bitter, lonely... That they'd inevitably spew toxicity on people around them. People who fucking earned every bit of it.
And this book made me really angry because we're finding this out alongside Abby, and rather than reacting with horror, she continues to be a bitch about Tornian women. Abby, oh so precious, perfect paragon of special womanhood, Abby.
Fuck Abby. Fuck her heartlessness, her selfishness, her lack of empathy. Fuck her special princess bullshit, her doe-eyed naivety even as she shit on women who were living in fucking Handmaid's Tale.
This ruined the series because I hated Abby and Ynyr (and not just because of this history and their behavior regarding it, but also because their annoying shouty YA personalities really grated on me). And because I cannot take the horrific misogynist bullshit that utterly saturates this world now.Oh, the good Tornian males are finally getting to see the glory of love now that they are away from the tyranny of the hateful bitches that are all Tornian females. Fuck. That.
We got some more info about the Tornian society and history. Here's what we found out.
Women used to be partners, co-rulers, equals. Then the Great Infection happened and women became scarce... and we're stripped of all rights and their equality. They became commodities. Stories of powerful women, respected ruling women, were stripped from their histories so that women would never question their role as brood mares. It is heavily implied that they were at least pressured, but likely forced, to move on to a different man after having a child or two. Remember that Isis is scorned by Tornians - including the men - for never leaving the man she loved. And lived in fear that she'd have a girl child, because she knew if she did she would be forced to leave. And the man had full rights to the child. These fuckers call it "giving her gift" to the male. In modern times, even, were told the previous emperor ordered Paganus's mother to fuck his father - and no one else - until she gave him a child. She had no rights, no agency.
This series so far has treated the Tornian women with absolute disdain - universally, they are selfish bitches. Some of the earth women have even called them that. For not loving their males or their children, for being only materialistic, for trying to become Empress.
But this book gives you a completely different perspective on it. Why would women love their jailers, their abusers? The men who will take their child from them as they themselves are forced to go breed with the next guy. Remember, in book 1 Grim told Lisa that he would have all rights to his child (but she could keep rights to her earth offspring). The women are just possessions for a time, brought in to deliver you a child and then GTFO. It's fucking devastating!
Tornian females aren't allowed to talk to other men. Touch anyone. Never interrupt their lords. Largely are required to remain in their rooms. And we're going to act like they are bitches for demanding riches? That is LITERALLY all they are allowed to have! Not a family. Not a permanent home. Not a beloved child. I even feel sympathy for Risa - who cares that she played games and got people killed for her amusement? Because fuck all Tornian men. All of them. Anyone being forced to live that life would be so hurt, angry, bitter, lonely... That they'd inevitably spew toxicity on people around them. People who fucking earned every bit of it.
And this book made me really angry because we're finding this out alongside Abby, and rather than reacting with horror, she continues to be a bitch about Tornian women. Abby, oh so precious, perfect paragon of special womanhood, Abby.
Fuck Abby. Fuck her heartlessness, her selfishness, her lack of empathy. Fuck her special princess bullshit, her doe-eyed naivety even as she shit on women who were living in fucking Handmaid's Tale.
This ruined the series because I hated Abby and Ynyr (and not just because of this history and their behavior regarding it, but also because their annoying shouty YA personalities really grated on me). And because I cannot take the horrific misogynist bullshit that utterly saturates this world now.Oh, the good Tornian males are finally getting to see the glory of love now that they are away from the tyranny of the hateful bitches that are all Tornian females. Fuck. That.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 5, 2016
**Spoilers**
A fellow reviewer wrote:
"This book was better than Wray, but still not as great as Grim."
I agree...
I liked Abby in the beginning but she quickly annoyed me.
She was either crying one minute over a misunderstanding or
she was snapping at someone.
She kept stating that she and Ynyr needed to communicate since they were from different worlds but she constantly made snap judgements and decisions.
There was one scene where her personality did a 180 change, it was similar to the movie the Exorcist, and her personality change gave me whip lash.
She blew unimportant harmless things way out of proportion:
"“You lied to me Ynyr… not with words, but without them… I…” tears filled her eyes. “You vowed you would answer my questions, but you didn't. How am I supposed to trust what you tell me now?”
Ynyr had a dream about the Goddess and her mate, or rather he thought he dreamed about the goddess but it was not a dream.
He had a few things to figure out and because Ynyr did not tell Abby about the dream and the kril(that was given to him by Raiden) immediately,
Abby's unreasonable reaction was quoted above.
- I was like really? It is almost like she needed medication or something...
She was just to wimpy, needy and clingy for what needed to be done.
And, the scene with Brice, Bertos and Risa's son was way too dramatic and over the top.
Gehenna is a place where they send children and teens when their parents die and there aren't any family members left to take care of
the individual. This is custom and has been done for years, centuries even and this is how it was explained to Abby:
“It is an area on the moon Ijiraq were young males are sent when there is no one willing to assume responsibility for them.”_Ynyr
“Gehenna is a place for the abandoned and the unfit.” Korin informed her."
So, Abby says:
“At the Joining Ceremony it was said that a male’s brother would assume the responsibility for a young male if his manno died.
Doesn't that include his ‘brothers-in-arms’?”
And the response to her was:
“Only if there is no blood relative. If a blood relative is alive, he must assume responsibility or the male goes to Gehenna.”
So, after Gehenna was explained to Abby,
instead of her just opening her freakin mouth and saying that she wanted to keep Brice, like an Earth Adoption, she has this COMPLETE Melt Down...
She starts having this erratic crying fit, she calls Lisa and begs her to come get her and Brice and allow them to stay on Luda.
And, the first thing that I think is, WTF?!? I mean.. really.
- I could see if Abby had told Ynyr that she wanted to keep Brice, not send him to Gehenna, and he refused her.
But Abby did not give Ynyr a chance or the benefit of the doubt.
She said nothing about what she wanted expecting Ynyr to be a mind reader.
Abby: “I need to leave… get away…” Abby’s eyes met Lisa’s on the screen. “Can I come to Luda? I need to come to Luda. It’s where I should have been all along.
I never should have come here. Can I come?”
“Today. Can you come today? We need to leave today. We can't stay here. We…”
- The fact that she can't have a conversation with her Husband and tell him what she wanted really annoyed me and Abby came across as a stupid psycho.
And, her her reaction to Ynyr after talking with Lisa:
Abby: “Did you find Brice?” She asked, her voice as lifeless and flat as her eyes.
Abby: “I'll go help search for him. The sooner we find him the sooner we can leave.”
Abby: “He trusts me. He knows I won't hurt him and that I will protect him. He will come out for me.” Her head turned towards him, but her eyes wouldn't meet his. “But not if you are with me.”
Ynyr: “Then we do not find him, for you are right. He does not matter to me, but not for the reason you think. You will always matter more to me than anyone else or anything in this universe. More than any offspring, we may have. More than my manno. More than my mother. More than my brothers in blood or my brothers in arms. You matter more to me than my honor or pride. I would forsake all of
that to have you at my side, to have you look at me as you once did.”
- Even after what Ynyr just said, Abby STILL.. acted Stupid.
Again, WTF ?!?
By the end of that chapter,
I did not care about Abby's past and about being adopted.
I did not care about what she went through or who her parents were.
I did not care about Abby, period.
I know that most people don't just walk up to strangers and tell them your life story but once you are married,
that person should be told, at least about the important things that make you react unreasonably.
She should have told Ynyr and given him the benefit of the doubt instead of condemning him.
- I also did not fully understand Korin's situation with his brother.
Korin was under Bertos,
he already knew how harsh and ruthless Lord that Bertos was,
Why would Korin ask Bertos for his brother's, Mabon's, protection?
Why couldn't Korin ask another lord or Grim?
This story resembled Grim in certain scenes, for example, Abby spent a lot of time moving furniture around similar to Lisa in the first book.
I rated this book Three stars because it was better than book two, Wray.
However, this book could have and should have been even better, it's disappointing.
I repeat,
This book was better than Wray, but still not as good as Grim.
April 6, 2018
Enjoyed this one though not as well as the others. It was slow to start, picked up in the middle, slow again and then better at the end.
Still an interesting world and I look forward to reading more of the Tornian books!
Still an interesting world and I look forward to reading more of the Tornian books!
May 2, 2019
This was a repeat of Grim not just plot wise, the bad editing and grammatical mistakes were back in Ynyr. There was nothing new, same annoying aliens and condescending females.
February 7, 2022
3 1/2
So here we get Abby and Ynyr and what happens after the joining ceremony. They show up at their new home (castle) and are a bit over their heads with all that has to be done, along with retraining and weeding out the untrainable. Ynyr is struggling with all the accounts and warriors, while Abby is trying to make the castle a home. Like all the other novels Abby is immediately taken to by so many because of her tender ways and generous spirit. Pretty much like all the rest of the women so far. The biggest difference is that she is more unsure of herself and several times "gives up" on the relationship for small slights without talking it out, at all. So Abby is not the greatest but since the Tornians have a 1 to 200 ratio (which is not delve into well at all) any "worthy" compatible female should do. I would think she could understand this by now.
So, I did enjoy this book. I just had to over look a bunch. It seems very much a historical setting yet they are an advanced civilization. They are novels not novellas and I would like more of a build up of the world. I read this last as I saw that Oryon was included in an anthology before this one. I'm glad I did as this extended on Ynyr's brother from that novella.
OK, since there are no more books in this series, here is my issue with the series in general. Say one of their woman (because they seem to have a life span of our woman) can have 10 children average and they go from one to the next warrior after two children, that means 5 men get to "share" in her bounty right. Well, that is 5 for every 199 men. Let's just round that up to 200, 2.5% of the men are "blessed" with a female. Even if it was more of a 15 kids and changing 1 to 2 children, it would be 5% of the population. The population would be devastated in only two generations and this supposedly has been going on for several generation to the point of not remembering the history. You would have empty cities, empty employment, lack of productivity, etc... This population is not being cut in half every generation, it is being destroyed. And they still are "training" warriors not survivalist. To shun the men that take foreign, other species, women is a ridiculous concept, they would be revered no matter what. By the second generation their society would be in chaos. So putting that aside... a population with such an imbalance of the sexes, most likely would have a lot of same sex coupling, just out of pure sexual drive, especially in a male imbalance. You hear of none of that here. There is no gentleness between the warriors, instead just fighting. I can see that too, in order to get rid of competition but that is not it. This is not what happens, instead it is all about honor. The world is very cursorily developed and at book 4, I would have expected some better explanation. They now have what 11 Earthling and ? Tornian females, not exactly a population starter. So although I like these as romance, the scifi aspect is lacking and the hero and heroines are very interchangeable.
So here we get Abby and Ynyr and what happens after the joining ceremony. They show up at their new home (castle) and are a bit over their heads with all that has to be done, along with retraining and weeding out the untrainable. Ynyr is struggling with all the accounts and warriors, while Abby is trying to make the castle a home. Like all the other novels Abby is immediately taken to by so many because of her tender ways and generous spirit. Pretty much like all the rest of the women so far. The biggest difference is that she is more unsure of herself and several times "gives up" on the relationship for small slights without talking it out, at all. So Abby is not the greatest but since the Tornians have a 1 to 200 ratio (which is not delve into well at all) any "worthy" compatible female should do. I would think she could understand this by now.
So, I did enjoy this book. I just had to over look a bunch. It seems very much a historical setting yet they are an advanced civilization. They are novels not novellas and I would like more of a build up of the world. I read this last as I saw that Oryon was included in an anthology before this one. I'm glad I did as this extended on Ynyr's brother from that novella.
OK, since there are no more books in this series, here is my issue with the series in general. Say one of their woman (because they seem to have a life span of our woman) can have 10 children average and they go from one to the next warrior after two children, that means 5 men get to "share" in her bounty right. Well, that is 5 for every 199 men. Let's just round that up to 200, 2.5% of the men are "blessed" with a female. Even if it was more of a 15 kids and changing 1 to 2 children, it would be 5% of the population. The population would be devastated in only two generations and this supposedly has been going on for several generation to the point of not remembering the history. You would have empty cities, empty employment, lack of productivity, etc... This population is not being cut in half every generation, it is being destroyed. And they still are "training" warriors not survivalist. To shun the men that take foreign, other species, women is a ridiculous concept, they would be revered no matter what. By the second generation their society would be in chaos. So putting that aside... a population with such an imbalance of the sexes, most likely would have a lot of same sex coupling, just out of pure sexual drive, especially in a male imbalance. You hear of none of that here. There is no gentleness between the warriors, instead just fighting. I can see that too, in order to get rid of competition but that is not it. This is not what happens, instead it is all about honor. The world is very cursorily developed and at book 4, I would have expected some better explanation. They now have what 11 Earthling and ? Tornian females, not exactly a population starter. So although I like these as romance, the scifi aspect is lacking and the hero and heroines are very interchangeable.
April 28, 2021
While the first two books in the series truly do feel like your regular alien space rurrrmance...and this is also definitely still that...it also goes tad into fantasy.
In Grim & Wray the whole Goddess religion/belief/thing/whatever got mentioned with just a sentence or two, but here it got whole paragraphs and became active roles. Felt a bit like the book went into a different territory.
Also, as always - alien dudes who need human women to have "offspring"? You bet they have a religion where they worship a Goddess.
...
Really gets old with n-th series.
Oh well.
Ynyr itself?
Hmmm. I think it was tad better than the previous ones, thus 3*.
Overall pretty regular, but the whole god/fantasy plot line really did kind of threw me.
There is definitely set up for more books.
Not something I'll re-read, nor is it something worthymwahahahaha take that! ahem, those who've read the books will get the joke...
But for a casual space rurrmance with a splash of fantasy it did ok-ish.
In fact now I do want those sequel books cuz the author did set up the material.
Though I wouldn't want thisshit ...ummm series to end up like Brides of Kindred with over a dozen books...or is it already over 20? Just...no. One series endlessly long is enough.
Maximum 3 maybe 5 books and please conclude the series.
But I do want those 3 books. One can not give us the beginning and middle and not the end.
So I'd say Ynyr was actually quite a success. Got me wanting more.
P.S. this was also noticeable in the other books, but for all that the Tornian's have space travel...they're really medieval actually. Like - what? How can that be? But so it is in Tornians It's a mystery...of the Goddess XD
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Book #1 review: Grim
Book #1.5 review: A Grim Holiday
Book #2 review: Wray
Book #3 Ynyr
Book #4 review: Ull
In Grim & Wray the whole Goddess religion/belief/thing/whatever got mentioned with just a sentence or two, but here it got whole paragraphs and became active roles. Felt a bit like the book went into a different territory.
Also, as always - alien dudes who need human women to have "offspring"? You bet they have a religion where they worship a Goddess.
...
Really gets old with n-th series.
Oh well.
Ynyr itself?
Hmmm. I think it was tad better than the previous ones, thus 3*.
Overall pretty regular, but the whole god/fantasy plot line really did kind of threw me.
There is definitely set up for more books.
Not something I'll re-read, nor is it something worthy
But for a casual space rurrmance with a splash of fantasy it did ok-ish.
In fact now I do want those sequel books cuz the author did set up the material.
Though I wouldn't want this
Maximum 3 maybe 5 books and please conclude the series.
But I do want those 3 books. One can not give us the beginning and middle and not the end.
So I'd say Ynyr was actually quite a success. Got me wanting more.
P.S. this was also noticeable in the other books, but for all that the Tornian's have space travel...they're really medieval actually. Like - what? How can that be? But so it is in Tornians It's a mystery...of the Goddess XD
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Book #1 review: Grim
Book #1.5 review: A Grim Holiday
Book #2 review: Wray
Book #3 Ynyr
Book #4 review: Ull
January 27, 2016
Ynyr has unexpectedly been thrust in to a position of power, with his beloved new female, Abby at his side. But becoming a new Lord on a dangerous planet and seeing to the perplexing needs of an Earth female is full of different pitfalls he never saw coming.
I have fallen in love with this series, in general I love any kind of sci-fi series especially when it involves disgustingly gorgeous aliens and a little bit of abduction, which is exactly what M.K. Eidem has given us. I am not sure what it is about this particular series that has created a bit of an obsession with it, it could by the absurdly sweet heroes who make me sigh equally with lust and adoration or the feisty heroines who have the sense to know when they have a good thing. Whatever it is, I have devoured each book with utter delight and an eagerness for more.
Ynyr and Abby were a sweet couple, although their story bared a remarkable similarity to Grim I didn't mind too much; I happened to love Grim. And although there was lots of sword waving and aliens about, essentially this was a very cute love story between Ynyr, who as a third son didn't expect much and shy Abby, who had been on her own and abandoned for a long time.
I admit, although there may not have been too much originality in this story, that didn't stop me from enjoying it and I have no doubt that I will be snatching up what ever book M.K. Eidem brings out next.
July 21, 2023
Series: Tornians #3
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good
Ynyr has unexpectedly been thrust into the position of power but with Abby at his side he will succeed. Being a lord is something Ynyr never trained for, or expected since he is a third male, and he is struggling to cope with managing a house and fixing all the issues Bertos left behind. Abby and Ynyr struggle to rebuild their new house, deal with cultural differences, and work on their relationship.
Abby and Ynyr are a sweet couple. Yes, their story is similar to that of Grim and Lisa’s but I don’t mind. I still loved it. As I said before, I love this series with the sweet, clueless, and handsome Torninan's. I am a sucker for sweet alien romances and this series checks all the boxes for me.
I like that in this book we start to see the Goddess interact with the characters. Its fascinating getting her side of the story and seeing how she feels about the situation. I also wonder what is going to happen in the future with Ull.
Like I said, I am a sucker for this series, and for any book by Eidem at this point. So you know I will continue to read any new books by her, and while I am waiting I will reread them over and over until then.
Trigger Warnings: child neglect, abuse, and death discussed
This review was originally posted at Red-Haired Ash Reads.
Rating: 4 stars - It was really good
Ynyr has unexpectedly been thrust into the position of power but with Abby at his side he will succeed. Being a lord is something Ynyr never trained for, or expected since he is a third male, and he is struggling to cope with managing a house and fixing all the issues Bertos left behind. Abby and Ynyr struggle to rebuild their new house, deal with cultural differences, and work on their relationship.
Abby and Ynyr are a sweet couple. Yes, their story is similar to that of Grim and Lisa’s but I don’t mind. I still loved it. As I said before, I love this series with the sweet, clueless, and handsome Torninan's. I am a sucker for sweet alien romances and this series checks all the boxes for me.
I like that in this book we start to see the Goddess interact with the characters. Its fascinating getting her side of the story and seeing how she feels about the situation. I also wonder what is going to happen in the future with Ull.
Like I said, I am a sucker for this series, and for any book by Eidem at this point. So you know I will continue to read any new books by her, and while I am waiting I will reread them over and over until then.
Trigger Warnings: child neglect, abuse, and death discussed
This review was originally posted at Red-Haired Ash Reads.
March 10, 2015
Uh, question? The hell you say Ynyr? Een-er? Whiner? Enyer?
Anyways, I'm a fan of Eidem's sci-fi books. It's no different with this book :)
I really like the world and character building. Really nothing to say except, if you like sci-fi romance, Eidem is a great author to try. I don't think it gets the recognition the other sci-fi romance books get and it's actually more thought out than they are. She focuses on the WORLD, the CONFLICT, the over-all PLOT more than just the budding romance between the two main characters.
I mean, there's smut. It's me.... of course there's smut. BUT it just feels more fulfilling to read because there's so much more in the pages she writes rather than a short romance story and then on to the next character. It feels like she's not in a rush to get as many stories out as possible (*COUGH* FUCKING SERIALS *COUGH*)
Anyways, I'm a fan of Eidem's sci-fi books. It's no different with this book :)
I really like the world and character building. Really nothing to say except, if you like sci-fi romance, Eidem is a great author to try. I don't think it gets the recognition the other sci-fi romance books get and it's actually more thought out than they are. She focuses on the WORLD, the CONFLICT, the over-all PLOT more than just the budding romance between the two main characters.
I mean, there's smut. It's me.... of course there's smut. BUT it just feels more fulfilling to read because there's so much more in the pages she writes rather than a short romance story and then on to the next character. It feels like she's not in a rush to get as many stories out as possible (*COUGH* FUCKING SERIALS *COUGH*)
February 24, 2015
Love this series!
I was so happy this was waiting for me today from pre-order. I really enjoyed reading Abby and Ynyr's story. It was a little slow going at first with a few editing and spelling errors, but it quickly set a pace that had me reading till the end in one sitting. I loved that everyone popped in from the previous books. Right now I am not loving Ull, but I hope for better from him. Looking forward to the next in the series!
I was so happy this was waiting for me today from pre-order. I really enjoyed reading Abby and Ynyr's story. It was a little slow going at first with a few editing and spelling errors, but it quickly set a pace that had me reading till the end in one sitting. I loved that everyone popped in from the previous books. Right now I am not loving Ull, but I hope for better from him. Looking forward to the next in the series!
February 25, 2015
First I have to say that I really love these stories. That being said, the editing or should I say no editing, makes it really hard to read. I could be more forgiving of this if it was her first book, but it's not. I love the characters and the plots, but it SO distracting to have so many spelling, grammar and word mistakes. I don't see hardly any improvement since Grim. Please Please Please get yourself an editor!!
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