Planet Talzor Needs Brides

Shalhinari Space Chronicles

By: Eva Gordon

Narrated by: Elizabeth Walker

Mitzi leads a quiet life as a professional matchmaker. Her cozy life is turned upside down when she is chosen as the matchmaker for an alien species searching for wives. Naturally, she refuses. Unfortunately, she’s having a hard time saying no to the dashingly handsome but domineering alien warrior. Although, he makes her heart flutter, it’s a good thing he’s not her type.

Jax, captain of the Talzor starship, is ordered to hire a shalhinari, a spiritual matchmaker, to find soul mates for six of his men. He locates the best shalhinari on Earth; yet, Mitzi Selig, the earthbound woman, tries his patience. To his distress, he is drawn to her beauty, questioning his judgment. Worse, his long suppressed empathy gene awakens, a trait not seemly for a warrior.

The magnetic pull between Captain Jax and Mitzi is astronomical. Yet, can a tormented warrior and a woman who refuses to leave Earth find love? A long light-year distance relationship is one thing, but looming danger could curtail any chance for their star-crossed passion.

©2018 Eva Gordon (P)2019 Eva Gordon

Funny and highly entertaining throughout!

I was very pleasantly surprised about how much I loved this sci-fi romance audiobook, from the very first minute all the way to the end. It was a breath of fresh air in the sci-fi romance subgenre. The story setup is wonderfully outrageous, and I could not stop listening to it. The detailed technology, culture, and backstory of the hero swept me away. I also loved that there was always something happening, either in the relationship or plot development. The humor was fantastic! I laughed a lot, and I probably smiled for much of the book. Mitzi, as portrayed by the talented narrator Elizabeth Walker, has tongue-in-cheek humor and hilarious thoughts. The narrator did an expert job with the different voices, the humor, pacing, and emotion. My only tiny criticism is that I often could not tell if Mitzi was saying things out loud or in her head.

The third-person perspective alternated between the heroine and hero, but more often the heroine. There was some great steaminess in small doses. I really like the slow burn relationship buildup without the sex overwhelming the plot. The author did a wonderful job with the love scenes.

I loved the main characters and at least three of the supporting characters, especially the hero's artificially intelligent assistant. The heroine Mitzi was strong-minded, engaging, relatable, and comfortable in her own skin. She is awesome. The hero was very likable, admirable, and had a totally hot voice. The narrator gave him a high-class British accent, and it was delicious. I highly recommend this to all sci-fi romance fans and to anyone who wants a funny romance.

I received a free audiobook copy from the author, and I voluntarily wrote this honest review.

Fabulous

This audiobook is fantastic and loved it both in book also. Eva is a fantastic author and I love her wonderful works of wonder. Narrator did a fantastic job also on this.

Great Story!

Very enjoyable listen. Interesting storyline. The characters were likable. the narration was really good. I look forward to the next book.

Easy listen

Overall this was a good listen. The story moves at a fairly quick pace. The idea is cute, an alien race that needs brides and comes to Earth to find them. However, I was expecting a hot and steamy romance. That is not what this story was. The main love story is sweet, not sexy. There is intrigue and conflict though and I did enjoy the story. Overall, I would be willing to listen to any additional stories in the series as they come.

couldn't finish it

Disclaimer- I recieved a promo code to read this book
I really tried to finish this book, but just couldn't. I got through half, and couldn't go on. I don't think the script was properly edited for audio. Sometimes it felt like I was listening to a one sided phone call, with random breaks and a conversation that didn't make complete sense. The story line is there. But it's really hard to tell the "inner thought" voice of the characters vs that actual "spoken outloud" dialogue. I may try to read the print version to find out the ending.