Sithe

Blades of Arris, Book 1

De: Starla Night

Narrado por: Lance Greenfield, Cindy Kay, Connor Crais

It’s a routine mission. Hunt down the ones who dared - dared - steal our sacred procreation metal from us, the rulers of the empire.

The Arrisans conquered Earth in a day. They smashed into our helpless planet like a wrecking ball, and overnight, everything changed. That’s what our history books say.

The truth is, I’ve never seen an Arrisan face-to-face. But when my lone medical ship is attacked by ruthless pirates, the nightmare that hunts them down is no hero. Cloaked in assassin’s gray, metal scythes fused to his wrist-bones, he is the grim reaper of the conquerors. The Arrisan elite special forces. A blade.

Luckily for me, he’s in a good mood now that he’s the last man standing in the blood-soaked ruins of my bridge - so, he lets me live. After all, I’m just a lesser. Clearly, I’m no threat. Until his body starts reacting to mine.

From the author of the Lords of Atlantis and Onyx Dragons comes a dazzling new series full of unique alien shifters, fierce passion, and loyal warriors who find their fated mates in the stars. Each full-length book is a complete romance with an epic happily-ever-after. Claim your conqueror today!

©2021 Starla Night (P)2025 Starla Night

Master Class in Consent & Fabulous World Building

I saw this book in Facebook and figured, "what the heck why not?" I'm so glad I decided to read this book. I listened to the audio book version. So good! The narrators really did a great job of sucking you into the story.

As for t story itself, it's fantastic. The world building is so good. The characters are rich and their respective character arcs? Top notch. I will say the book felt a smidge long but that could be because I've been reading shorter books lately and not because the story drags, let me tell you, this story doesn't drag. its all purposeful. if sex scenes aren't your thing, you may want to skim a bit but I found them interesting and the scenes were designed to show the deepening connections between Cat and Sithe. Also, Sithe...that man is something special. His tenderness, the respect he shows Cat in honoring her wishes and listening to her, recognizing her skills in and letting her take the lead? whew! I loved it. I can't wait for the next book which features Zai. Also the poor ship Captain, he was so outta his depth with Cat. 😄 In summation, read it! You won't regret it!

Excellent

This has to be my favorite alien romance thus far. Yes, there is sex and steam, but it's such an integral part of the story and the world building that this book wouldn't be as good without it.

This was a completely different take on the fated mates concept. Without giving too much away, I loved the way the main characters figured out what they were to each other without a whole lot of "destiny" involved. Their relationship really evolved as the story progressed and they helped each other to grow as they got closer.

The narration was very good. Both narrators brought a lot of depth and personality to the characters and made this a very enjoyable story to listen to.

Awesome!

My heart sank when I first started listening to this because I thought it would turn out to be another erotic book disguised as a Romance. Yes there is erotica, but it’s such an intrinsic part of the story it is totally necessary. Sex is both an illness and a salvation in the story. I cannot recommend this book enough and I cannot wait until the next one in the series is released. If you like intrigue, this is the story for you. The performances were perfect. And there was a hint of the next story at the end.

Interesting premise.

I like the story but found some of the verbiage odd. looking forward to the next book.

Another great installment by Starla Night

My review is for the audio version of this book. Overall, Starla is one of my favorite authors and I’m excited to see her begin another series!

My thoughts on the narration:
- The female narrator was enjoyable to listen to. She had a soothing cadence, kept the pace well, and I really appreciated how she did different voices for the characters. It really helped me remain clear on who was speaking and when. She had a lot of passion in her reading and it felt lively and engaging. It felt like she had a good grasp of the characters and story. I would absolutely not mind hearing her again in the next books.
- I wasn’t as fond of the male narrator. He felt kind of flat at times and even when he was reading the heated scenes, it didn’t really *feel* as passionate as the woman’s reading did. I know his character was supposed to be more flat, but something was missing to keep that same level maintained between the narrators. He wasn’t bad, it was just a bit jarring to go from how the woman narrated to how the man did and it felt a bit disjointed.
- In my opinion, the woman more than made up for the man when narrating and kept me intrigued to hear the rest of the story.

Overall an enjoyable listen and I look forward to the next book in the series!