Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Cargo
SERIES: Akar Chronicles #1
AUTHOR: Kiki Burrelli
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 187 pages
RELEASE DATE: October 15, 2018
BLURB:
Lust at first sight
Phoenix spots the tall, dark and dangerously sexy man in line behind him at the club immediately. He thinks he’s found a dance partner for the night, but the stranger has other plans.
Jax has worked his entire life to become the best sourcer on Akar, maybe even in all of Zila Galaxy. He specializes in finding things, and if the money is right, he and his loyal crew are there. Except, this mission has sent them farther than they’ve gone before, to Earth.
Grows into an unbreakable bond
It’s not personal, Phoenix just happened to be what Jax’s client requested. He’s not a person, he’s cargo. Except, the moment Jax gets Phoenix on his ship, he can’t help but care for and protect the Earthling. It wouldn’t be so bad if the client who requested Phoenix—as well as the other specimens with his unique genetic mutation—didn’t happen to be the Akarian Federation. The AkarFed rules its people with an iron fist and they couldn’t care less about Jax’s burgeoning feelings.
Phoenix may be in space, with no hope of returning to his home, but he is nobody’s victim. All he needs to do is ignore the alien captain long enough to figure out a way home. But, with each passing moment—and mile—that gets harder to do.
As their connection grows, Jax discovers they are more than just cargo and captain, they are fated mates, now he just needs to figure out how to keep them together.
REVIEW:
I should have known better, but i have to admit I was just a touch….not nervous. Anxious? I don’t know. Antsy maybe. I love sci-fi. I love just about anything I can get my hands on, but I saw a convo in passing about tentacles and I was kind of like. Hmm. Now I’m not knocking that. At all. If you love it, love it. I was apprehensive because of a previous book I had read about tentacles. But anyway, this was good. Like I said, I should have known better. Kiki writes some damn good book and this, I think, was off to a good start for a series.
Phoenix, Billy and Tannish are just looking for a night in a new place. A new club. Something to break them out of their rut. But they were getting nowhere with this line and assholes with mouths were coming out of the woodwork. Phoenix has his eye on a gorgeous man but the taint of jeers interrupts him. After defending his friends, they all move to leave, when Mr. Hottie gets them in the club. Before Phoenix knows it though, he’s being kidnapped and so is Tannish. He refused to go down without a fight, but Jax is too much for him and next thing he knows, he’s in outer space. Being known as cargo and nothing else doesn’t sit well with Phoenix. He’s determined to rescue Tannish and escape. He almost succeeds several times too. But Jax locks him away. After a scorching kiss.
Jax doesn’t know what’s wrong with him. This humanoid is only supposed to be cargo. Nothing more. But something about Phoenix is drawing him in and he has yet to figure out why. He tries to withhold the growing emotions but he can’t keep Phoenix away from him. And from the looks of Phoenix’s health, Jax needs to keep an eye on him. With his mixed signals, he has Phoenix not knowing which way is up and it’s hitting like a physical blow. Jax meets an old friend to find out why he is reacting the way he is and what he is told hits him with a blow he’s not quite sure how to handle. Especially when he finds out more about what’s really going on. All he knows is Phoenix is his mate. His other half and he will do anything he can to keep Phoenix safe. And that’s a battle in itself.
Phoenix is my spirit animal lol. I know he’s human but damn. That boy can fight. He takes no shit. He might go down but he’s not going down without a fight. He’s so loyal to his friends. He protects them anyway he can. When he’s kidnapped all he can think of is Tannish. Trying to get to him to make sure he’s ok. Good qualities. He’s a sweetheart underneath too. He has a strong exterior and he is tough but he’s also a teddy bear and can get hurt quite easily. I felt so bad for him. His body was messing up. The alien that kidnapped him kept throwing him weird signals and his only little friend seems to be a ferret like animal who slimes everywhere. If he could just escape. That tenacity. He never gives up. He never stops trying. I admire him.
Jax….I don’t know if that boy knows whether he’s coming or going lol. He’s all messed up. Before Phoenix, his job was to just do jobs to make more money and free slaves. But Phoenix opened his eyes to how things really were. He was just picking up cargo to make more slaves. Jax was starting to see a whole new side to things. Especially after he talked to his friend, Zaxis. And his life was about to get super complicated lol. But he feels he needs to right things. That’s a great quality. When someone shows you the error of your ways, you have two choices. Keep going or change and make it better. It’s never easy but he’s trying to make it better.
This is a really good book. Espionage, betrayals, manipulations by governments. Plus hot sexy men having hot sexy sex. Woohoo! Lol
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