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The Morcai Battalion #5
The Pursuit
The first time Mekashe, Captain of the Imperial Guard, meets blue-eyed human beauty Jasmine Donally, the two nearly come to blows. Forever devoted to the Cehn-Tahr, Mekashe is forced to sever ties with the object of his adoration. Years pass before their paths cross again, but Mekashe hasn’t forgotten what transpired—or the way she makes his heart race. But even if he can forgive the past, insurmountable barriers still threaten to keep them worlds apart. With their mutual attraction escalating quickly, they’ll have to find a way to bridge the gap—or be lost to each other forever.
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published March 27, 2018
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Diana Palmer
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Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
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Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
Diana Palmer is a pseudonym for author Susan Kyle.
(1)romance author
Susan Eloise Spaeth was born on 11 December 1946 in Cuthbert, Georgia, USA. She was the eldest daughter of Maggie Eloise Cliatt, a nurse and also journalist, and William Olin Spaeth, a college professor. Her mother was part of the women's liberation movement many years before it became fashionable. Her best friends are her mother and her sister, Dannis Spaeth (Cole), who now has two daughters, Amanda Belle Hofstetter and Maggie and lives in Utah. Susan grew up reading Zane Grey and fell in love with cowboys. Susan is a former newspaper reporter, with sixteen years experience on both daily and weekly newspapers. Since 1972, she has been married to James Kyle and have since settled down in Cornelia, Georgia, where she started to write romance novels. Susan and her husband have one son, Blayne Edward, born in 1980.
She began selling romances in 1979 as Diana Palmer. She also used the pseudonyms Diana Blayne and Katy Currie, and her married name: Susan Kyle. Now, she has over 40 million copies of her books in print, which have been translated and published around the world. She is listed in numerous publications, including Contemporary Authors by Gale Research, Inc., Twentieth Century Romance and Historical Writers by St. James Press, The Writers Directory by St. James Press, the International Who's Who of Authors and Writers by Meirose Press, Ltd., and Love's Leading Ladies by Kathryn Falk. Her awards include seven Waldenbooks national sales awards, four B. Dalton national sales awards, two Bookrak national sales awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award for series storytelling from Romantic Times, several Affaire de Coeur awards, and two regional RWA awards.
Inspired by her husband, who quit a blue-collar manufacturing job to return to school and get his diploma in computer programming, Susan herself went back to college as a day student at the age of 45. In 1995, she graduated summa cum laude from Piedmont College, Demorest, GA, with a major in history and a double minor in archaeology and Spanish. She was named to two honor societies (the Torch Club and Alpha Chi), and was named to the National Dean's List. In addition to her writing projects, she is currently working on her master's degree in history at California State University. She hopes to specialize in Native American studies. She is a member of the Native American Rights Fund, the American Museum of Natural History, the National Cattlemen's Association, the Archaeological Institute of Amenca, the Planetary Society, The Georgia Conservancy, the Georgia Sheriff's Association, and numerous conservation and charitable organizations. Her hobbies include gardening, archaeology, anthropology, iguanas, astronomy and music.
In 1998, her husband retired from his own computer business and now pursues skeet shooting medals in local, state, national and international competition. They love riding around and looking at the countryside, watching sci-fi on TV and at the movies, just talking and eating out.
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March 28, 2018
I loved the original Morcai Battalian trilogy. I thought
was just so-so. Not quite ready to abandon the series I anxiously awaited this new installment. I was so disappointed with this book.
Both the main characters were just awful. Jasmine is the spoiled, over-protected, cat phobic, 18 year old daughter of the first human ambassador to Cehn-Tahr. Mekashe is a 200-something year old captain of the Imperial Guard. These two people have no business interacting with each other. This had 'disaster' all over it from page 1.
If you're into secretive alpha jerks and spoiled tstl women this is the book for you.
The story reminded me of a Harlequin from the 90's. The best thing about this story was Todd McLaren's excellent narration.
2.0 - 2.5 ***
was just so-so. Not quite ready to abandon the series I anxiously awaited this new installment. I was so disappointed with this book.Both the main characters were just awful. Jasmine is the spoiled, over-protected, cat phobic, 18 year old daughter of the first human ambassador to Cehn-Tahr. Mekashe is a 200-something year old captain of the Imperial Guard. These two people have no business interacting with each other. This had 'disaster' all over it from page 1.
If you're into secretive alpha jerks and spoiled tstl women this is the book for you.
The story reminded me of a Harlequin from the 90's. The best thing about this story was Todd McLaren's excellent narration.
2.0 - 2.5 ***
December 7, 2023
I am not sure this is the same dp that wrote many of the worst heroes in romantic fiction of all times.
The hero here is too good to be true, while the heroine is a bitch.
There is a dystopian world where the earth had a bad cataclysm and aliens are in touch with humans.
I won’t spoil too much of the situation, if you are patient enough you can read it, it was honestly quite boring.
The hero is a powerful alien who disguises his true form into a humanoid one.
The heroine falls in love with him. But not knowing his true form she offends and insults repeatedly all his race in a show of racism that was intolerable to hear. Her father who was the appointed ambassador, is expelled because of her insults and commits suicide.
She grows up and becomes a doctor in the army, that she hates.
In the end she reconciles with the hero.
I hated her.
She hated cats. The hero is an alien who looks like a big giant mix between human and cat. Basically my dream man. And he’s completely celibate. The best of my dream men.
And she didn’t like him?
Oh. He also has a tail! So you could stroke him while he purrs.
And the idiot didn’t like him?
It’s not fair. I want to know where this aliens are!
The hero here is too good to be true, while the heroine is a bitch.
There is a dystopian world where the earth had a bad cataclysm and aliens are in touch with humans.
I won’t spoil too much of the situation, if you are patient enough you can read it, it was honestly quite boring.
The hero is a powerful alien who disguises his true form into a humanoid one.
The heroine falls in love with him. But not knowing his true form she offends and insults repeatedly all his race in a show of racism that was intolerable to hear. Her father who was the appointed ambassador, is expelled because of her insults and commits suicide.
She grows up and becomes a doctor in the army, that she hates.
In the end she reconciles with the hero.
I hated her.
She hated cats. The hero is an alien who looks like a big giant mix between human and cat. Basically my dream man. And he’s completely celibate. The best of my dream men.
And she didn’t like him?
Oh. He also has a tail! So you could stroke him while he purrs.
And the idiot didn’t like him?
It’s not fair. I want to know where this aliens are!
April 2, 2018
Intriguing. Wasn't sure if this story could have a 'happily ever after', the animosity and conflict was so high. Only Palmer could pull it off and she did it in grand fashion. Really kept me guessing. The plot, characters, and theme of Book 5 is as well crafted as Book 1. A thoroughly enjoyable series.
May 28, 2018
3 stars.
The book started with our heroine as a thoughtless, self-absorbed and spoiled 18 yo, accompanying her father on his way to his newly appointed ambassador position in an alien world. She met the hero during that voyage and he just happened to be the commander of the royal guards of that world. He's instantly attracted because she embodied his dream mate. But when she saw his cousin in his true form, she went hysterical and spewed some racial slur. Her father was dismissed from his ambassadorship, went home in disgrace and subsequently committed suicide. The hero was then told that their physicality made them incompatible as mates anyway.
Forward five years, our heroine is now a trained military medic for a different alien race and during a battle, she accompanied her patient aboard the Morcai where our hero is now the CO. Everyone was quite hostile until she discovered that it was what she said that led to what happened all those years ago. Then everything is pretty much forgiven and they sort of live HEA with the help of some alien tech.
Again, I'm really not impressed with the h/H and I'm not that convinced of the heroine's about-face. Generally, I've been a bit disappointed with the reboot of this series.
The book started with our heroine as a thoughtless, self-absorbed and spoiled 18 yo, accompanying her father on his way to his newly appointed ambassador position in an alien world. She met the hero during that voyage and he just happened to be the commander of the royal guards of that world. He's instantly attracted because she embodied his dream mate. But when she saw his cousin in his true form, she went hysterical and spewed some racial slur. Her father was dismissed from his ambassadorship, went home in disgrace and subsequently committed suicide. The hero was then told that their physicality made them incompatible as mates anyway.
Forward five years, our heroine is now a trained military medic for a different alien race and during a battle, she accompanied her patient aboard the Morcai where our hero is now the CO. Everyone was quite hostile until she discovered that it was what she said that led to what happened all those years ago. Then everything is pretty much forgiven and they sort of live HEA with the help of some alien tech.
Again, I'm really not impressed with the h/H and I'm not that convinced of the heroine's about-face. Generally, I've been a bit disappointed with the reboot of this series.
March 30, 2018
Originally published at Reading Reality
At first it seemed like this book had a vampire problem. Not literally, there are no vampires in this science fiction romance. (If you want vampires in space read Break Out by Nina Croft – it’s awesome) But The Pursuit still began with the same problem that most vampire romances have – what in the galaxy does a 250 year old male want with an 18 year old female? Beyond the obvious. But in order for this to result in a believable happy ever after, she has to be something really really special for this relationship to work. After all, what do they have in common? While her fresh perspective on pretty much everything may seem charming for a while, she will grow out of it. Will the person she grows into still fit into his already very much established life?
Just as I got frustrated with the corner that it seemed this book was painting itself into, it took a sharp turn and jumped completely out. And got a whole lot better as a result.
At first, the story in The Pursuit reads an awful lot like a old-fashioned Harlequin category romance moved into space. The hero is rich, powerful and much, much, MUCH older than the naive, innocent, sheltered, beautiful and virginal heroine. It’s only when the story breaks that pattern that things really take off.
So to speak.
Mekashe is the commander of the Imperial Guard on his home planet, a member of the mysterious and secretive race called Cehn-Tahr. He is also a member of the Royal Clan, but fairly far down the line of succession.
He is also 250 years old, but looks like he’s in his mid-30s at most. His race was genetically engineered and enhanced at a point far back in their history. While they appear mostly human in public, their real form is clearly derived from a giant and sentient cat species. By position, Mekashe is a high-ranking military officer. His would-be inamorata has problems with both.
His emperor (and great uncle) has insisted that he take some of the R&R he’s entitled to by traveling on a passenger liner from Terravega, now the human home planet, to Memcache, his home.
On that journey he meets the woman of his dreams. Quite literally. He has been dreaming of tall, slim, blonde Jasmine Dupont for years. She is the daughter of the first human ambassador to Memcache, and honestly, at the beginning of the book she’s the epitome of the TSTL heroine.
Not only is she basically a child at 18, she is self-absorbed and offensive at every turn, to the point where she commits a diplomatic faux pas so bad that it costs her father his job and eventually his life, as well as kills any hope for the budding relationship between herself and Mekashe. Her stupidity could literally have killed her, as the offense she committed usually carries the death penalty.
It’s only when things hit absolute bottom that Jasmine finally becomes the person she was meant to be – a person who might be able to stand beside Mekashe as an equal – if they ever find each other again.
Escape Rating B: The first part of this book is frustrating as hell. Jasmine may be 18, but she acts like a child at every turn. She is derisive of the military and she hates and fears cats. Poor Mekashe sees her as his fated mate, or at any rate his mate for life, but is rightfully worried that she will react badly when she discovers his true identity and form. And he’s right to worry. It’s a disaster.
But a disaster that she is still strangely shielded from. The Cehn-Tahr are so secretive that her father is not allowed to tell her the reason for his dismissal. She doesn’t know what she did and therefore can’t learn from it. Her parents have protected, indulged and cosseted her at every turn, and it has done neither her nor them any favors.
It’s only when she’s at the very real end of her rope that she really takes responsibility for herself and her own life, even if she still doesn’t know what it was she did wrong. She finally grows up. She also tells herself that she hates the Cehn-Tahr in general and their emperor in particular, but her feelings for Mekashe never die – no matter how much she wants to kill them.
Circumstances (with a little help from their friends) finally push Mekashe and Jasmine into each other’s orbit again. And while the HEA resolves awfully quickly and the problems are solved too easily (to the point of deus ex machina or in this case, perhaps deus ex medica, easy), by the time it happens, Jasmine has grown into a person who is worthy of it.
About that ending and all the people in it, as well as those who help along the way… This book probably makes no sense if you have not read the first and foundational book in the series, The Morcai Battalion. Which was surprisingly awesome military science fiction. While the main characters in that book are mostly secondary or tertiary characters in this one, the worldbuilding is all done in that first book. The romances that follow it, including this one, are the wrapping up of the loose ends created in that original scenario. So while I don’t think you need to read all of the intervening books to get to this one – that first one is essential. And highly recommended.
At first it seemed like this book had a vampire problem. Not literally, there are no vampires in this science fiction romance. (If you want vampires in space read Break Out by Nina Croft – it’s awesome) But The Pursuit still began with the same problem that most vampire romances have – what in the galaxy does a 250 year old male want with an 18 year old female? Beyond the obvious. But in order for this to result in a believable happy ever after, she has to be something really really special for this relationship to work. After all, what do they have in common? While her fresh perspective on pretty much everything may seem charming for a while, she will grow out of it. Will the person she grows into still fit into his already very much established life?
Just as I got frustrated with the corner that it seemed this book was painting itself into, it took a sharp turn and jumped completely out. And got a whole lot better as a result.
At first, the story in The Pursuit reads an awful lot like a old-fashioned Harlequin category romance moved into space. The hero is rich, powerful and much, much, MUCH older than the naive, innocent, sheltered, beautiful and virginal heroine. It’s only when the story breaks that pattern that things really take off.
So to speak.
Mekashe is the commander of the Imperial Guard on his home planet, a member of the mysterious and secretive race called Cehn-Tahr. He is also a member of the Royal Clan, but fairly far down the line of succession.
He is also 250 years old, but looks like he’s in his mid-30s at most. His race was genetically engineered and enhanced at a point far back in their history. While they appear mostly human in public, their real form is clearly derived from a giant and sentient cat species. By position, Mekashe is a high-ranking military officer. His would-be inamorata has problems with both.
His emperor (and great uncle) has insisted that he take some of the R&R he’s entitled to by traveling on a passenger liner from Terravega, now the human home planet, to Memcache, his home.
On that journey he meets the woman of his dreams. Quite literally. He has been dreaming of tall, slim, blonde Jasmine Dupont for years. She is the daughter of the first human ambassador to Memcache, and honestly, at the beginning of the book she’s the epitome of the TSTL heroine.
Not only is she basically a child at 18, she is self-absorbed and offensive at every turn, to the point where she commits a diplomatic faux pas so bad that it costs her father his job and eventually his life, as well as kills any hope for the budding relationship between herself and Mekashe. Her stupidity could literally have killed her, as the offense she committed usually carries the death penalty.
It’s only when things hit absolute bottom that Jasmine finally becomes the person she was meant to be – a person who might be able to stand beside Mekashe as an equal – if they ever find each other again.
Escape Rating B: The first part of this book is frustrating as hell. Jasmine may be 18, but she acts like a child at every turn. She is derisive of the military and she hates and fears cats. Poor Mekashe sees her as his fated mate, or at any rate his mate for life, but is rightfully worried that she will react badly when she discovers his true identity and form. And he’s right to worry. It’s a disaster.
But a disaster that she is still strangely shielded from. The Cehn-Tahr are so secretive that her father is not allowed to tell her the reason for his dismissal. She doesn’t know what she did and therefore can’t learn from it. Her parents have protected, indulged and cosseted her at every turn, and it has done neither her nor them any favors.
It’s only when she’s at the very real end of her rope that she really takes responsibility for herself and her own life, even if she still doesn’t know what it was she did wrong. She finally grows up. She also tells herself that she hates the Cehn-Tahr in general and their emperor in particular, but her feelings for Mekashe never die – no matter how much she wants to kill them.
Circumstances (with a little help from their friends) finally push Mekashe and Jasmine into each other’s orbit again. And while the HEA resolves awfully quickly and the problems are solved too easily (to the point of deus ex machina or in this case, perhaps deus ex medica, easy), by the time it happens, Jasmine has grown into a person who is worthy of it.
About that ending and all the people in it, as well as those who help along the way… This book probably makes no sense if you have not read the first and foundational book in the series, The Morcai Battalion. Which was surprisingly awesome military science fiction. While the main characters in that book are mostly secondary or tertiary characters in this one, the worldbuilding is all done in that first book. The romances that follow it, including this one, are the wrapping up of the loose ends created in that original scenario. So while I don’t think you need to read all of the intervening books to get to this one – that first one is essential. And highly recommended.
July 10, 2019
I started skipping chunks of pages about 1/4 in. I missed nothing. In a galaxy of common (cheap?) genetic modification why would you ever not get modified. Why was an academics daughter so out of touch that college wasn’t something she had already thought about? What’s the point of telling nobody anything about your culture but still having culturally offenses punishable by death? Why have ambassadors if you can’t tell them anything and they can’t carry that info home? Also what 200+ year old would find an 18 year old delightful unless he was a perv. He could leave for a long weekend and she could be dead by the time he gets back. There are many non gross non military branches of medicine. Why not got into pediatrics? Bodily fluids are part of the job. She hides for two days and is told what she did even though no one was supposed to tell her and suddenly everyone is besties and she never wants to leave his side again. Once again I was rooting for the heroine to end up with someone else. Yikes. So much yikes. If there was sexy times I never saw it and I’m eternally grateful.
April 9, 2018
THE PURSUIT is a fascinating look back into author Diana Palmer's sci-fi world. This is her fifth offering and each one is better than the last. One of my favorite things that an author can do in a series is bring back past characters and she does a great job in doing this while still making it the main couples story. Jasmine and Mekashe are the center of the storyline as we watch them in the past, present, and get a look of hope for the future. Jasmine had a lot of growing up to do and this author stretched things out to give her that time, and give us the time to meet and like other characters - such as her fellow Rojaks.
I enjoy the Morcai Battalion series and, as I am not a real big sci-fi fan, that says something. Ms. Palmer gives her readers an amazingly well scripted look at this sometimes violent very turbulent world.
My complete review may be found at: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id...
I enjoy the Morcai Battalion series and, as I am not a real big sci-fi fan, that says something. Ms. Palmer gives her readers an amazingly well scripted look at this sometimes violent very turbulent world.
My complete review may be found at: http://freshfiction.com/review.php?id...
August 30, 2019
This fifth book of the Morcai Battalion series. There is an instant attraction between Mekashe, Captain of the Imperial Guard and Jasmine Donally, daughter of the first Terravegan ambassador to the Cehn-Tahr. Unfortunately, because of the secrecy surrounding the Cehn-Tahr, Jasmine makes a terrible gaffe which leads to her father's dismissal as the ambassador. The repercussions of his dismissal makes their lives a downward spiral and separates Mekashe and Jasmine for years. After her father's suicide, Jasmine is offered a scholarship and a position in the Rojok military. Eventually she learns of her part in their reversal of fortunes and is horrified. Once again the Emperor intervenes on the behalf of a human/Cehn-Tahr relationship.
July 4, 2018
The Pursuit
Love Diana Palmer. The Pursuit is Mechaske? and Jasmine's story and follows about the same story line in the end. It starts with the two of them falling in love only to be separated by Machine's immaturity and fears. She ends up in Rojok med and combat training after her father's suicide. They meet again 5 years later, things have changed in Memcashe and you people are no longer held responsible for what impulses and fears cause them to say and do. They mate and the serum given Maddie finally recreated so they can have children, also her father was cloned and she has him back. He is head of the holding on and she is a doctor on the ship. Great series.😀
Love Diana Palmer. The Pursuit is Mechaske? and Jasmine's story and follows about the same story line in the end. It starts with the two of them falling in love only to be separated by Machine's immaturity and fears. She ends up in Rojok med and combat training after her father's suicide. They meet again 5 years later, things have changed in Memcashe and you people are no longer held responsible for what impulses and fears cause them to say and do. They mate and the serum given Maddie finally recreated so they can have children, also her father was cloned and she has him back. He is head of the holding on and she is a doctor on the ship. Great series.😀
January 18, 2018
This is yet another great addition to the Morcai Battalion books. I actually purchased my first kindle due to the second Morcai Battalion book only coming out in e-book format. Before that I fought not to get a kindle as I had tried the Sony e-book reader and HATED it!
Love this series. If you like futuristic/sf romance, you will love the book. Get past where the heroine is "flighty or scatterbrained and you will be fine. I loved the hero.
Love this series. If you like futuristic/sf romance, you will love the book. Get past where the heroine is "flighty or scatterbrained and you will be fine. I loved the hero.
June 10, 2018
Very disappointing. So many inconsistencies with the other stories in this series. The first few books were absolutely enthralling! The world building was fantastic, but it really fell apart in this story. So many details that contradicted the other books. Diana Palmer is very prolific and I would plead with her to get an editor who is familiar with the rest of the series to help her weed out inconsistencies and contradictions in any future stories.
March 25, 2019
Great story....but.....
I am tired of the constant rehashing of previous plots/storylines of current book and previous books. It is either filler material or the author thinks the reader has got to be an idiot to constantly keep forgetting who what when and where in the plot.
I am tired of the constant rehashing of previous plots/storylines of current book and previous books. It is either filler material or the author thinks the reader has got to be an idiot to constantly keep forgetting who what when and where in the plot.
May 17, 2019
Kosmicznie zła część. Gdybym mogła wyszarpałabym sobie z głowy to, co przeczytałam. Nigdy nie widziałam tak idiotycznej postaci, jaką jest Jasmine. Do tego więcej wzdychało się i ocierało łezkę nad akcją z poprzednich części, niż faktycznie wdrażało się nowe przygody. Beznadziejna i niepotrzebna.
April 1, 2018
The Morcai Battalion: The Pursuit
Another great story in this series. The characters are amazing and the story is wonderful!!! This is truly my favorite series of all.
Another great story in this series. The characters are amazing and the story is wonderful!!! This is truly my favorite series of all.
April 2, 2018
Fifth book in The Morcai Battalion series.
Mekashe and Jasmine's story.
Mekashe and Jasmine's story.
February 5, 2021
I made the mistake of starting this book without reading any of the previous books in the series. I'm usually okay with doing that sort of thing but with this being sci-fi romance and what has come before (there's a lot of mentions of previous characters and things that happened in the past) and not being up with all the previous world building that went on, I felt myself drifting with this book. Don't get me wrong, what I read, I enjoyed. I found Jasmine to be utterly delightful even though she was a self-pronounced ditz. And Mekashe was so sweet in his attraction to Jasmine and his joy in finally finding her after being alone for so many years. I could see myself getting heavily invested into both these characters and I'm certain I will once I get a bit more back story under my belt. Mekashe is keeping a lot of secrets from Jasmine and that can't be a good thing. One thing though, I'm nervous about them being forced apart for whatever reason.The blurb implies it's a conscious decision on Mekashe's part and that's what makes this a second chance romance even though the story opens with Jasmine and Mekashe meeting for the first time and exploring a sweet budding relationship. I'm looking forward to picking this book up again once I've caught up with the first four books. PS. I might have skipped to the end and read the ending a little bit and it mentions a lot of trials and tribulations Jasmine and Mekashe have to overcome in order to have their happy ending. I'm not sure how I feel about that either. Stay tuned.
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April 3, 2018
The Morcai Batalion: The Pursuit had some good moments (Jasmine's training), but overall I didn't like it as much as previous books in the series. I think the balance between the time periods was skewed - more pages devoted to the second half would have worked better for me, and I found Jasmine's fit, for lack of a better way of putting it, inconsistent with the character she had presented. Finally, there was too much scowling (twice on one page, within a few lines) and too much twinkling of the eyes.
February 20, 2018
Once again I would like to say that I’m not the type of person who likes to read Space Sci-Fi stories I usually stay away from that genre. But I can say that Diana Palmer has officially made me a fan. The story of Jasmine and Mekashe will keep you on the edge of your seat,make you cry, and of course make you smile. Get ready to explore rare planets and meet plenty of good soldiers who are ready to rescue those in need.
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April 4, 2018"Palmer’s futuristic, interspecies romance is a sweet story with a sad and tragic twist. Readers will truly wonder if these two protagonists will ever get past their differences and have the happy ending that they truly deserve" (RT Book Reviews).
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