Bond of Destiny by Larrisa Ione

This novella drops you right in the action. It does try to fill in the gaps for you as to who the people are, but I feel like the fact that I had read all of the previous books really helped.

I wished more than once that this was a full-length novel. So we could really get into Tracker putting his past behind him. As is, the conversations about the slaver guild and their destruction felt like a throwaway. I wanted to see them burn on the page for what they did. (Just me?)

This book, like all Ione’s work, has very explicit sex, which is one of the many reasons, I read her work, but I have a gripe. They do it ON a hay bale. As a person with hay fever, the moment that happened, I broke out in hives, in solidarity with all the naked body parts touching the hay. NO! STOP! Go inside and immediately shower.

For those of you who are not averse to hay bale sex, this is a fast read and a nice jump back into the world. Here is hoping there is a full-length in the works. -Sky

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Heh. “Full-length.” Heh.

Larissa Ione can write a badass woman falling for an alpha like no one else. Her books are always steamy and explicit as hell and Bond of Destiny is no different.

Though this is a novella, it was packed with action and well-paced. I agree with Sky that a hay bale is not sexy, just pokey-- and not in a good way. I also agree that some moments happened quickly and I would have loved to see them develop more if this was a full-length (heh) story.

I don’t see any Larissa Ione books in the works, so alas, we may have a long wait ahead of us. If anyone hears any news! LET US KNOW! Meanwhile, I’ll just sit here, sighing, and looking forlornly out a window. -Ford