Week 3 Review: The Purveli

From Goodreads:

Ava has always been different. Born with strong telepathic abilities, she lives a very isolated life until she is offered a job with an obscure network that aids powerful Immortal Guardians in their quest to protect humanity from the psychotic vampires who prey upon them. Suddenly, she doesn't feel so different. For the first time in her life, Ava has found a place where she belongs. She's happy. Life is good. And when her employers invite her to join a group of other gifted ones and a handful of Immortal Guardians on a journey to another planet, it becomes absolutely fantastic.

In no time at all, she is speeding across the galaxy aboard a Lasaran warship manned by two amazing alien races. It's the dream of a lifetime... until a vicious attack by a mutual enemy of Lasara and Earth lands her alone in an escape pod with no habitable planet in sight and only one ship within range: one that carries the enemy who wants to know why the bioengineered virus they released on Earth long ago didn't exterminate humanity and leave the planet ripe for their claiming.

Jak'ri doesn't know how long he has been a prisoner aboard the Cebaun, but he fears the enemy's twisted experiments will soon lead them to a virus that will eradicate the Purveli people. Despair grips him until a female from Earth is taken captive and reaches out to him telepathically. The gift that Ava said caused her such misery in the past soon becomes his salvation as the two of them form a fast friendship. Determined to distract each other from the horrors of their existence, they immerse themselves in telepathic communion during the day, then seek solace and adventure together in shared dreams. As their friendship deepens into love, the two hatch a daring plot to escape their captors. But the enemy will not let them go without a fight.

Can Ava and Jak'ri stand against so many and emerge victorious? 

My Review:
This book was such a great read! It wasn't as addicting to read as The Segonian, but come out, a lady trapped in space with not enough oxygen, and the race to save her? I kinda doubt anything can top that, and this book does deal with being held captive by the Gathendiens, so that was such an interesting premise! 

Each of these stories is pretty self-contained for the most part. Sure, the first book set things off, and ended where these next two have began, but we are getting the start of things coming together, with the Gathendiens working on more experimentations to wipe out various populations. And these characters are slowly getting back together, and I can't wait to see all of them united, it's going to be an excellent sight! 

I'm really glad that they had their shared dreams, because we never actually make it to the Purveli home world, and so it was really great to explore at least his favourite spot! But I loved how those dreams gave them time to interact, to get to know each other and fall in love, to escape their horrible surroundings! They were an excellent part of this book! 

I do kinda wish that I remembered more of the Segonian, because I truly forgot that whole plot with the brother, and so I did think that he was dead, like Ava and Jak'ri. So when it all came together, that was really great to read! Really, The Seogian takes place at about the same time of the Purveli, so it would've been really great to reread it.

This was a fantastic read, and I can't wait to continue! That teaser of the next book has me pumped for it! 

Author: Dianne Duvall
Series: Aldebarian Alliance #2
Read: January 19th, 2022
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Dianne Duvall
Published: January 18th 2022

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars