by Sharon Shinn
Samaria SeriesIf all romance books were like these, I might consider myself to be a fan of romance novels in general.The 'Samaria' series is primarily romance - but it's balanced with enough other plot elements that it doesn't get too tedious. They're even frequently... romantic!... in a way that do...
Samaria is such an unlikely world with its spaceship god and angels, but somehow it works and sets the stage for dangerous romance. This one follows the story of two women, one whose life among a version of the Taliban is eventually torn down, while the other is building up a life and maturing into...
This novel was better than the previous novel in this series ([book:Angelica]). However, the novel read very much like a thinly veiled critique of a fundamentalist Islamic society (no pun intended). If you're looking for that sort of thing I would recommend [book: Terrorists of Irustan] instead.
Ms. Shinn's angel books completely blew me away. Each one brings an additional nuance to a world she created with so much plausible future state. I enjoyed this one as we learn even more about how the Angels came to be and why the secret is suppressed.
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