Ms Pillow starts another great series. Remember the old west and mail order brides? This is a futuristic version. Planet has limited number of females born to them. They import human brides to help repopulate their race (dragon shifters). However the women don't know about the shifters or many of the restrictive traditions they will have to comply with. Then there is Rigan. She has no intentions of accepting a husband. She's undercover to get the story on the transgressions of the company providing the brides.Ops. Wedding ceremony night she is chosen by a hunky man in a mask (all the men are masked). With the help of some local wine she goes with her man. Lets just say it is not your traditional wedding night. There are misunderstandings due to her lack of knowledge and his ignorance of her understanding of the customs.All four princes choose wives but we get the hints that all is not well in any household. Their battle with lust, deeper feelings, misunderstandings are multiplied by warring Cat shifters out to destroy the dynasty in the making and keep the war going. All the brides are in danger and war is in the making.Their battles between desires and obligations are long and they give in to their needs, but not with the joining of minds necessary for their relationship. The queen mother is the voice of reason and helps in the way everyone would like their mother-in-law to be. AudioBook Review: Stars: Overall 4 Narration 5 Story 3This will be a fun series I think, although I have come to them out of order – having read a bit back-to-front having read the Dragon Queen (book 9) first. A fun fantasy romance with a less-than wonderfully engaging heroine, Michelle Pillow dives right into the misunderstandings and arguments that serve a large part of the plot. Morrigan is a reporter, and is doing an undercover exposé of Galaxy Brides. She is totally anti-marriage, and more than a bit selfish and spoilt. Her self-import is part defense mechanism and part insecurities, she is always feeling that she has to battle against someone or something to achieve her own ends. Fortunately, even though her mouth and behavior get in her way more often than not, she does come to develop and grow a personality that isn’t quite so abrasive with the patience and help of Ualan. For his part, Ualan is singularly unhelpful to Morrigan when he discovers her total lack of information and knowledge about the customs and rules of the Quirillxen. She had a month to brush up, and apparently he felt that sufficient, even though it is patently apparent that she had not paid attention during the Marriage Laws and customs. These two have, despite multiple miscommunications and some real humor in the reactions, a relationship that is developing as they learn more about one another, with an attraction that grows as the story proceeds. There is arguing – LOTS of arguing, and some tidbits about the world and the people around them, but truly this is Morrigan and Ualan learning to overcome their stubborn attachment to ‘what is’ and start to communicate. It’s fun in all of the missed connections and misunderstandings, but it really was hard to see these two in a happy ever after. Narration in this story is provided by Mason Lloyd: the second book that I have listened to from him and his facility with accent, voice, pitch and delivery add much to this story. Smooth switches from character to character without over-reaching for the female voices, Lloyd keeps the reader engaged and intrigued, with carefully added pauses for dramatic or emotional effect that are perfectly suited to the text. I received an AudioBook copy of the title from the author for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.
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