1 star for Kithra (Kithran Regenesis book 1) by Dani Worth.
Why I read Kithra is because book 2 Replicant of the Kithran Regenesis series receives a very high rating from one of the review websites which I follow intermittently. As a zealous fan of the sci-fic romance genre, I waste no time in checking out the excerpts of Kithra since I always favour starting a new series from its book one. Kithra’s excerpt has my complete attention that I immediately sign up a new account with the publisher so that I can proceed to purchase the ebook and download it in the various formats to suit my different reading platforms.
Reality check! While a well written excerpt is definitive of a good start out and offers the prospects of an equally good story to follow, it does not necessarily guarantee the promise of an enjoyable tale right to the end.
Reading Kithra feels like reading a porn story that masquerades as a science fiction novel. With the exception of the first couple of chapters where the female lead character accepts the order to head out and live on an uninhabitable planet flying supply missions, I do not see actions or storyline enough to detail it as a science fiction novel. In its place, the plot emphasizes time and again, on an extremely big bed and well, copious amount of copulation on said big bed. That is to say, the story is not short on lust or passion. In fact, these make up bulk of the story telling as there is much hunger for touch, desire for caress, and craving for fornication.
While I enjoy and even adore stories involving love triangle, my appreciation of a romance triangle story is one involving three people, with two independently romantically linked with a third, such as two men falling in love with the same girl or two girls vying for the attention and affection of the same gorgeous man; absolutely in no uncertain terms, do I revel in stories involving Ménage à trois. And that is exactly what Kithra is all about. The romance is sick and twisted as it involves all three lead characters, two men and one woman, having sexual relations (Ménage à trois). There is absolutely nothing redeeming about one woman encouraging two men to have a go at nookie just so to resolve their squabbles and reconcile their differences. That is just so warped.
Because of the well-crafted first few chapters, I clung to the hope of reading something constructive along the way and persist in finishing the story. Upon flipping to the last page of the book, I ask myself “Is that it?!?!”…
I have not the courage to try reading book 2 Replicant. Perhaps it is really that good or put simply, people’s taste for a good story is just vastly different. For that, I have no clue. The only clue I have and for sure, is my regret on impulsively spending money on Kithra’s ebook version, because then, I cannot even recycle it as toilet paper.
Publisher: Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 8 Nov 2011
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Spaceship captain Lux Moyans is currently piloting missions for The Company–exploring new galaxies, searching for the next precious metal. When her second-in-command, Kol Frega, informs her they’ve been ordered to Kithra, she’s furious. A year on an uninhabitable planet? She’ll only be flying on supply missions! But the ship–the one Kol designed–is the only one that can withstand the planet’s gases…and Lux is one of the few pilots who can navigate the debris fields caused by the explosions that killed most of the planet’s Gwinarian race.
Kol is the engineer who originally learned to manipulate the indestructible metal on Kithra, so he and a surviving Gwinarian will be her only company on planet. When they pick up Egan Lothbrun, Lux knows there will be trouble. Already something is brewing with Kol and her attraction to both men would be a problem with anyone else. But Lux doesn’t do exclusives. Yet, when she learns Kol and Egan share a painful past, she realizes getting Kithra livable won’t be her only challenge. Keeping her heart intact might be harder.
*Blurb from author's website*
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