Cold Attraction by Zoe Ashwood is a science fiction romance novel. If you want some lighthearted but hot romance with an intriguing political plot in the background, this might just be the book for you. It’s a very easy read.
Dr. Adriana Ribeiro is an extraterrestrial anthropologist and part of the first group of humans to visit the icy planet Rendu to study the Rendians and their society. The most interesting Rendian being Taron ad Naals, captain of the ship that is taking them to Rendu. She is instantly attracted to him. But he is acting cold, after the one hot encounter they had.
When captain Taron ad Naals gets back to his home planet with a bunch of humans, it is clear the political situation has changed. The king is dead, and the current queen, Taron’s cousin Zeema, is under the control of a power-hungry regent. Tasked with protecting the human delegation and keeping them from finding out what has happened, he is forced to work closely with Adriana.
The aliens are pretty close to human, with only superficial differences, so it didn’t quite have the feel of encountering really alien cultures that I love so much. I would have liked a little more in depth info on the aliens. The romance was fast paced and a bit love at first sight, it is never really clear why they love each other, but it worked.
I liked that the main character was a female scientist, and that other female scientists were represented in the story. The human characters are from different countries, which was nice, but there was not a lot of backstory to them. Even with the main characters I didn’t feel like I got to know them while reading the book, so I didn’t really feel invested.
This is a fun, quick, science fiction romance.
I received this book for free from the author in exchange for an honest review.
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