Adrift (Callisto Series – Book 1)
Synopsis:
In this science fiction romance action novel, Jasmine is a journalist running from some military types that want her dead. After the bad guys killed most of the passengers on the aircraft on which she was travelling, Norik, a half-Lyrissian, half-human male, saved her. He is a commanding office of a Space Corp ship and is on leave.
There is some chemistry between the two of them that they explore in between trying to figure out how to resolve their situation without dying.
Opinion:
This story was entertaining but there were some points that annoyed me.
Considering that Jasmine was on the run, she did little to keep a low profile while in transit.
Norik was trying to mind his own business and Jasmine kept bothering him. And she kept provoking him to the point he lost control.
I do not mind interspecies-human romances, but the Lyrissians were not a particularly amorous race or tender in their affections. The one love scene was borderline violent and painful sounding. Norik tried to warn Jasmine off, but she would not be deterred. She wanted him to lose control and he did.
Despite those issues, the action in the plot-line gave the story promise and by the end I was looking forward to reading more books in the series. When I looked on Amazon and found other books, the next book in the series was a prequel. No matter how great that story might be, in Adrift, the reader finds out what happens to Norik’s parents and it is not a happy ending. For the one book that is supposed to be after the time period in Adrift, I was disappointed that it appears that Norik and Jasmine were no longer together. That was a letdown for me.
Note to Author Erica Conroy if you are reading this: Once the book ends, there is a supposition of a “happy ever after” ending if the main characters are together. It is not a good idea for those same characters not to be together in future books. That cheapens the ending of the original book because that means their love did not last. It is a warm, fuzzy feeling to read sequels where the I know the history of the secondary characters, how they got together, and their quest to find love.
Overall, Adrift (Callisto Series – Book 1)
The Opinionated Woman's Musings 
It doesn’t sound like my kind of book. I’m glad you brought out the points about their love and sex. I get really tired of everyone thinking good sex means love. That’s not the way it’s supposed to work.
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Since it was inter-species, I went along with it. I did think it was funny that Jasmine thought about tying Norik down for their next “encounter”. The painful part of their lovemaking was due to the fact that he had claws of some sort. At least she was not deterred by the less than stellar physical aspect of their relationship.
**Sigh** The story had so much promise for the sequel…
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