Trag and Tychar are brothers sold into slavery when their planet was destroyed. Their race carries a feline gene, giving them sinuous beauty and extraordinary sexual powers. Tychar’s female conquests are legendary, but they never meant much to him, and Trag just laughs at his playboy brother. Living on Darconia, a planet of friendly but unattractive lizards, neither has been with a woman in many years. When the queen hires Kyra Aramis, a human from Earth, to teach piano to her children, Trag and Tychar agree to share the female and set out to win her over…
But suddenly Tychar becomes possessive – Kyra is unlike any woman he’s ever known. But he’s sure he’s ruined any chance of her trusting him with her heart…
I have to say this right off the bat, that blurb does not do this book justice – at all.
So here’s my nifty little summary. Kyra Aramis is an average piano teacher on Earth. She doesn’t go on any wild adventures and it’s very easy to say she leads a very tame life. But when the opportunity arises for her to go offworld to teach piano to some lizardlike aliens, she jumps at the chance. When Kyra arrives in Darconia, she realizes why no one else was beating a path to that particular job offer. Darconia is a very barren, desert-like planet. Ruled by biped lizards. Yeah she’ll be teaching the Queen’s daughter the piano, but when she faints from the heat and there appears to be some Darconian’s who do not like offworlders on their planet, Kyra questions her decision.
But Kyra has one tempting reason to stay. The first night in Darconia, the Queen assigned one of her slaves (treated more like treasured pets) to Kyra – to satisfy any needs she may have. Kyra isn’t sure if she should take that literally, because the Queen is very fond of her subject. But Kyra is oh so tempted and eventually gives in Tychar’s charms. Tychar, or Ty, has been enslaved on Darconia for 20 years with his brother Trag. They used to be Zetithian soldiers before their planet was decimated, but now they’re slaves. It hasn’t been too difficult being treated like a pampered pet except all the Darconians do absolutely nothing to turn them on. Ty is overjoyed at the possibility of satisfying Kyra, and Trag is jealous.
But there’s definitely a whole lot more to this story than a guy and a girl and the guy’s brother. 🙂
Ok, the set up seems to scream menage a trois – but it’s not really that kind of book. There’s one menage scene – but that’s the only one, the rest of the time Trag teases Kyra and Ty. So there’s definitely a story for Trag in the works, I’m guessing.
I like Cheryl Brook’s books because you can’t take them seriously. They’re like roadtrippy comedies with out of this world characters and oddball situations. The women begin as ordinary ladies because the men are so outrageous (in bed). But the women very much run the show, which I think is a good thing.
I have to say, out of the 3 books in the Cat Star series so far, Rogue is my favorite. And there’s no weird nose sex. LOL
4 out of 5 (B)
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Thank you Ames. Initially when I read the summary I thought…menage…except it’s not? Interesting!
And there’s no weird nose sex.
I thought I could resist asking but curiosity killed the cat….huh?
And there’s no weird nose sex.
Scared. Very scared.
LOL I’m referring to some stuff that went in the first book of this series. There’s an interstellar ship captain (Jack, the heroine) and she buys this slave to help look for her sister. They’re on an alien planet…it was interesting.
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Interesting, I will look for these. Thanks, great review 🙂
Is there any ever nose sex that ISN’T weird? 😉
Have a lovely day! 🙂
Touché TM!! LOL
GREAT review. I just finished this and I’m tempted to just link to your review since it’s pretty much what I would’ve said anyway. LOL (except that Slave is still my favorite)
I’m always shocked when I see negative reviews of these books. I love this series because it’s silly and campy and totally informal. I think of these books as almost like an inside joke between good friends. You just have to “get” the joke. Ms. Brooks pokes fun at literature, pop culture, politics, male-female relationships, sexuality, and human nature. Her writing is carefree and silly, but still intelligent and never insulting. What’s not fun about that???
Hmm…I wonder if Danielle would let this count as my review… LOL
Hey Jen! I know what you mean about the negative reviews. And I love how the female characters are so strong and dominant. But the men aren’t weak or anything, they’re all about their ladies.
And I totally forgot to mention the golden arches thing. LOL
LOL @ nose sex. ha!
Someday I’m going to have to read this series.
No magical snard either?
There’s ALWAYS snard….