[Book Review] The Ophelia Prophecy by Sharon Lynn Fisher

The Ophelia Prophecy
by Sharon Lynn Fisher 

New sci-fi romance from the RITA Award nominated author of GHOST PLANET!
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Our world is no longer our own. We engineered a race of superior fighters -- the Manti, mutant humans with insect-like abilities. Twenty-five years ago they all but destroyed us. In Sanctuary, some of us survive. Eking out our existence. Clinging to the past. 

Some of us intend to do more than survive.
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Asha and Pax -- strangers and enemies -- find themselves stranded together on the border of the last human city, neither with a memory of how they got there.

Asha is an archivist working to preserve humanity’s most valuable resource -- information -- viewed as the only means of resurrecting their society.

Pax is Manti, his Scarab ship a menacing presence in the skies over Sanctuary, keeping the last dregs of humanity in check.

Neither of them is really what they seem, and what humanity believes about the Manti is a lie. 

With their hearts and fates on a collision course, they must unlock each other's secrets and forge a bond of trust before a rekindled conflict pushes their two races into repeating the mistakes of the past.

AMAZON |GOODREADS 

 Thanks to Tor Books for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review!

"Whether her face, her body, her mind, or some combination, it was her. He'd told her that they shared a special bond, a bond he hadn't believed in until two days ago. Wasn't it a kind of sign? A sign that there was room for both of their speciaes in this aftertime?"

A thrilling and adventurous read, The Ophelia Prophecy is definitely on top of the list of Sci-Fi Romances. The romance itself wasn't your typical fall-in-love-with-first-glance type of love and the author definitely made a special effort to include the Scientific aspect of the story so it wouldn't look cheap. Yes, there was tension between main characters but I really liked how it grew with situations and time and allowed the reader to really follow their relationship with whatever happened to them.

Asha was the type of girl that didn't put up with anyone's sh*t and definitely stood up for herself. I liked that she still had a sense of humor and was brave, even after not remembering anything about herself. Pax was your typical hot man with that bad-boy attitude and confidence that just oozed from him. & let's not forget that he is half human, half animal so the hotness element may vary by your imagination ;)

Great writing and plot, this was definitely a great read and recommended for any Sci-Fi romance readers who like a little spice with their world building.

[Book Review] Parasite by Mira Grant

Parasite
Mira Grant

A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.

We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system - even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them. But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives...and will do anything to get them.

*ARC received via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

”This is not the first thing that I remember. This is the first thing that I was told be remember; this is the memory that has been created for me by the hands and eyes and words of others."

Imagine living in the world that’s so perfect and isolated, the human population has created a way that will require a parasite to leave inside of you. By doing so, you are guaranteeing that the health of a person will improve and there wouldn’t be any more medications, shots, and other medical nonsense. 

But the thing that that has to be planted inside of you looks a lot like this:

…And it’s ready to take over your body and live.

Change is forever, it cannot be undone. Even if things are returned to their original state, they will still have been changed. They will still remember the act of changing. Change is the great destroyer.

Sally Mitchell was dying but after a miracle and the help of SymboGen Intestinal Bodyguard, she was able to live and enjoy life as a normal person. But she cannot remember anything that happened before her accident and everyone is saying that she has changed. But she likes who she is. She loves her boyfriend Nathan, her few friends and have been getting to know her family more and more. 

Life seems to be getting on track until she witnesses ac act in which everyone calls “sleeping sickness”. People with dead eyes and non spoken words are becoming more violent and the only way to stop them is to kill them. But is SymboGen Corporation really behind this sickness or will Sally find a way to help everyone and discover the truth while still keeping her sanity..?

Oh. MY. Parasite GOD!

With amazingly good developed characters and unbelievable twists, Mira Grant has officially became my favorite author. I have not read any of her previous books but heard that Feed was good and after reading Parasite, I will have to buy everything that she has written. It’s hard for me to get surprised and usually I see the turn of events in most of the books but these twists were something else. Even with some of the scientific explanations and lectures, Mira Grant was able to deliver an incredible story that leaves you wanting more. A must read for anyone that doesn’t mind getting their heartrate quicken..

☆☆☆☆☆