To See the Sunby Kelly Jensen
Published by Riptide Publishing
eARC
LGBT, sci-fi, romance
Survival is hard enough in the outer colonies - what chance does love have?
Life can be harsh and lonely in the outer colonies, but miner-turned-farmer Abraham Bauer is living his dream, cultivating crops that will one day turn the unforgiving world of Alkirak into paradise. He wants more, though. A companion - someone quiet like him. Someone to share his days, his bed, and his heart.
Gael Sonnen has never seen the sky, let alone the sun. He's spend his whole life locked in the undercity beneath Zhemosen, running from one desperate situation to another. For a chance to get out, he'll do just about anything - even travel to the far end of the galaxy as a mail-order husband. But no plan of Gael's has ever gone smoothly, and his new start on Alkirak is no exception. Things go wrong from the moment he steps off the shuttle.
Although Gael arrives with unexpected complications, Abraham is prepared to make their relationship work - until Gael's past catches up with them, threatening Abraham's livelihood, the freedom Gael gave everything for, and the love neither man ever hoped to find.
Science fiction is not my go to genre, especially if the story has something to do with space, however, To See the Sun's premise intrigued me; it's not too often that there's a M/M romance that's something else than contemporary. I'm extremely happy that I picked this one up! To See the Sun is a beautiful read, with a right mix of quiet moments and nail biting action. It's character driven, but there's a plot there too and interesting side characters.
Speaking of characters, I could easily identify with both Bram and Gael; Bram, who's quiet, strong and confident, and Gael, who's a survivor and tough in so many ways. Both so different but dreaming same kind of dreams; Bram to have a quiet life with someone to spend it, and Gael just wants to connect and something to go smoothly for once. Their tentative companionship is beautiful, from the tender and fragile feelings to deepening relationship. Absolutely captivating and hard to put down - I almost lost sleep for multiple nights because I didn't want to stop reading.
I have nothing to critique or anything bad to say, I simply love To See the Sun. It's a great M/M romance, which I can recommend to everyone who needs a little bit tender romance and pulsing action. There's barren space frontier with all kinds of experimental farming, mining and small frontier community. There's strong and complex characters, and there's even a bad guy who's not antagonist just for the sake of it - there's reason behind everyone's actions. I already praised how I could identify with the main characters, but there's also young and determined Aavi and saloon running Maya and her brother and mayor, Orfeo.
I highly recommend this one, it certainly surprised me in a very positive way.
Speaking of characters, I could easily identify with both Bram and Gael; Bram, who's quiet, strong and confident, and Gael, who's a survivor and tough in so many ways. Both so different but dreaming same kind of dreams; Bram to have a quiet life with someone to spend it, and Gael just wants to connect and something to go smoothly for once. Their tentative companionship is beautiful, from the tender and fragile feelings to deepening relationship. Absolutely captivating and hard to put down - I almost lost sleep for multiple nights because I didn't want to stop reading.
I have nothing to critique or anything bad to say, I simply love To See the Sun. It's a great M/M romance, which I can recommend to everyone who needs a little bit tender romance and pulsing action. There's barren space frontier with all kinds of experimental farming, mining and small frontier community. There's strong and complex characters, and there's even a bad guy who's not antagonist just for the sake of it - there's reason behind everyone's actions. I already praised how I could identify with the main characters, but there's also young and determined Aavi and saloon running Maya and her brother and mayor, Orfeo.
I highly recommend this one, it certainly surprised me in a very positive way.
5 of 5 stars
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Thank you, Riptide Publishing, for giving me a chance to read and review To See the Sun!
(A copy of this ebook was provided in return for an honest review.)
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