Star King is an interesting take on "star-crossed lovers" trope, except in this case, it's really between a Terran girl and an alien prince, but there are no stupid tropes about kidnapping or such. Instead, it started with a shared dream during their toughest hours. Almost two decades later, when the alien trade convoy arrived on Earth, the girl, now a woman with two kids, chose to confront the man that haunted her dreams... and embark on an adventure like no other, as they confront a threat that can annihilate the trade empire.
In a way, this is three books in one, as it switches genre from a military adventure (the lead-up to the shared dream), straight adventure (how the woman managed to talk her way onto his ship), to scifi military adventure including a kidnapping and rescue. Romance is mixed in there, as he must know why she had come to him after all these years.
My only problem with this is these aliens are just too... human... anatomically compatible, similar language that there is no problem with cross-learning, even eat comparable foods and drink comparable drinks (including alcohol)... even crime is the same, except these aliens have higher tech levels. Why does every alien romance have to do with hot alien males romancing Terran females? At least this one didn't do stupid tropes.
Category: Scifi
Primary Plot: Woman saw man in her vision years ago on the alien trade convoy and must meet him; ended up on an intersteallar adventure
Overall Rating: 4/5
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