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In His Sights (2014)

by Rie Warren(Favorite Author)

4.16 of 5 Votes: 1

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Rie Warren

series

Don’t Tell

review 1: My Review:How did I miss the release of this one?? This book falls into the Don't Tell dystopian sci-fi world that Rie Warren has created. It doesn't actually play into the series besides some minor glimpses of other characters we know from the other books, but that's all they are...glimpses. This absolutely works as a stand-alone book. This is another book that features an m/m romance. The difference this time is that these two men are most definitely on opposite sides of this war.The book set up a lot like Soldiers by Aleksandr Voinov, without the incredibly harsh brutality and the 500,000 words...LOL. But the two characters are enemies by war who have such combustible chemistry that they literally go from threatening death to sex in the blink of an eye. As such, they ha... moreve to meet on the sly which puts both of them at risk for injury, imprisonment, or even death. That lends an adrenaline to their relationship that really makes things very hot and smexy. Whew...this book needs a steam warning.For Mayce, he's fighting for a government that believes homosexuality should be punishable by death. And since this is his first homosexual relationship, it makes him question everything. How can the love between him and Hawke be so wrong when it feels so incredibly right? Why is he fighting for a government who would kill him for loving Hawke? But it's all that he knows and the problem with a relationship built like this is that he doesn't know what to do. He knows how deeply he feels for Hawke, but what if Hawke sees this as just hot sex?I loved the way this all played out. It's a novella, but it never felt lacking. There is so much emotion and depth to the story and to their relationship. Unlike the other books in this series, this one jumped back and forth between Hawke and Mayce's POV...I loved that we got to see what both these guys were thinking in depth. It's a beautiful love story about two unlikely, incredibly alpha, sexy, hot soldiers who should never have gotten close enough to fall in love. But they did and it is a wonderful story. I definitely recommend it!
review 2: In His Sights, (Don't Tell, novella),Rie WarrenReview from Jeannie Zelos book reviewsThis is a M/M romantic novella from the Don't Tell Series. It's set in a dystopian future where the world has undergone catastrophe and control, and is kept tightly by The Company. There are rigid rules, homosexuality and freedom are simply not tolerated. Everyone is expected to conform and act as the companies says. The homosexuality intolerance is so rigid that death is the penalty - and only after some severe beatings of course... I rarely read novellas, especially of this type of dystopian society ( usually because I don't understand the world created, but Rie has kept this one simple and even I could follow it!) but I enjoyed In His Command so agreed to review this story. As in any society there are anarchists, and here they're a group of people whole call themselves Freelanders. They live off the land, nurture it, respect each other, and allow themselves freedom to choose how they want to live with minimal rules other than respect for others and safety. The company hates them, regards them as vermin and has a shoot to kill policy – they call it cleaning up :-( Hawke is one of the freedom fighters, and this begins with him on an infiltration mission, they like to keep the Company on its toes. He gets caught though...and thinks his time is up. However to his surprise the Corporal who has captured him, Mayce, doesn't kill him, but instead acts on the intense feelings he has when he sees Hawke. That comes as a shock to both, with Mayce knowing if he's caught its a death sentence. Still, he lets Hawke go and they make plans for further assignations. Its tough, difficult and dangerous, and on the way home from one of their meetings Hawke gets caught.....Its a great tale of what happens when ideals get corrupted by power, as sadly seems inevitable :-( From setting out to protect people after the disaster that changed everything the company has become a dictatorial, heavy handed regime, filled with bigots having the time of their lives. I'd be with the Freelanders, I hate that regimented type of society. They aren't doing any harm, but just by being there the company see them as a threat. They want everyone under their control and so there's an ongoing war. It's 100 pages though I don't yet have price info. Stars: four – great read, full of fun, romance and things to think about..ARC supplied by author less

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