Week 30 Review: Only Bad Options

From Goodreads:

Space opera meets Bridgerton in an exciting new science-fiction fantasy adventure by bestselling author Jennifer Estep. Perfect for readers looking for a mix of magic and technology and for fans of soul mates and enemies-to-lovers stories.

A WOMAN WHO SEES EVERYTHING . . .

Few people know the name Vesper Quill. To most folks, I'm just a lowly lab rat who designs brewmakers and other household appliances in the research and development lab at the powerful Kent Corp. But when I point out a design flaw and a safety hazard in the new line of Kent Corp starcruisers, everyone knows who I am—and wants to eliminate me.

I might be a seer with a photographic memory, but I don't see the trouble headed my way until it's too late. Suddenly, I'm surrounded by enemies and fighting for my life.

I don't think things can get any worse until I meet Kyrion Coldren, an arrogant Regal lord who insists that we have a connection, one that could be the death of us both.

A MAN WHO CAN'T FORGET HIS PAST . . .

The name Kyrion Coldren strikes fear in the hearts of people across the Archipelago Galaxy. As the leader of the Arrows, the Imperium's elite fighting force, I'm used to being a villain, as well as the personal assassin of Lord Callus Holloway. Even the wealthy Regals who live on the planet of Corion are afraid of me.

But everything changes when I meet Vesper Quill. I might be a powerful psion with telepathic, telekinetic, and other abilities, but Vesper sees far too many of my secrets.

Thanks to an arcane, unwanted quirk of psionic magic, the two of us are forced to work together to unravel a dangerous conspiracy and outwit the dangerous enemies who want to bend us to their will. 

My Review:
Oh man, I had such a great time reading this book! I love Jennifer Estep's writing, and the fact that she wrote a sci fi-with pew pew noises-I was so excited. This was a really fun read, I loved this world of science and magic, and I loved getting to know these characters! 

We get set up for the events in this book right away with her pointing out the flaw in the ships. And boy does her life take a turn! She has events in her past that she doesn't want to look at, but with everything going on, she can't avoid them. Add in the truebond that she has with Kyrion, and trying to take down this threat, she has a lot going on! 

Kyrion has a lot of his plate, he's being used as the boogieman for the leader of the empire, basically. And his parents had a truebond-and that scarred him in more ways then one, making it so that he doesn't want one of his own. But oh, I loved watching them interact! 

That ending was so satisfying! That she used what she learned, and the abilities that she had, it was just really great to watch the bad guys being taken down! And those last few scenes? So clever, and I'm so excited to see where things go from here! 

We really better get a sequel, because only the top layer of threats has been dealt with. And only on one side, since there's more than one enemy. I want to know who is behind them, and watch these two take them down. And to take down the other bad guy, because he's incredibly evil! 

This was a really fantastic read, and I really hope that it does become a series! 

Author: Jennifer Estep
Series: Galactic Bonds #1
Read: July 27th, 2022
Source: Author for Review 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2022 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Jennifer Estep
Expected Publication: September 20th 2022

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