Please notice that if you haven't read the first one - you should! but you also must before you read this one. Too many things won't make any sense, the world building is also important I think to be able to be focused on the couple and not trying to figure out what's going on in the Sci-Fi world Cari wonderfully built for us.
Garrett Caractacus did it, he asked Jonah Helms to be his husband. Naturally Jonah accepted and now they are on a 3 week journey on Garrett's space ship "Icarus" to "Paradise" the current home planet of Garrett's family and close friends where they're going to get married. They don't expect drama, and if they do, not from a personal perspective. There is MUCH going on in "Paradise" politically and it's not always safe as we saw in the previous installment but things are about to get rattled between them. First when Jack Vendam (Jonah's ex and Cody's second father) appears on Paradise demanding custody and SO much more and second Garrett's neglecting to take care of himself and getting VERY sick because of it.
But even with all of the drama, there is still a lot of time of the 3 of them enjoying family and friends, we see more of Miles and Claudia (Garret's father and step mother) as well as baby Renee (Garrett's little sister), we get more of Robbie and Wyl (Garrett's best friends) and everyone finds a way to have a good time. It wasn't a full length novel but it's not a short novella as well. When all was said and done I REALLY felt like Garrett found a new family in Jonah and Cody, I could believe they are more than RIGHT for one another they are PERFECT together. They can handle everything as long as they are together. I also liked seeing how Jonah got along with everyone. He might have started feeling a bit overwhelmed, well, he might still be considering his past, but I truly believe he sees all of Garrett's close family and friends as his own, as well as know for himself he did the right thing, taking Cody away as well as choosing to accept Garrett into their family of two.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. I'm not into Sci-Fi AT ALL, and yet Cari's words, the journey she took us together with Garrett and Jonah was BEAUTIFUL, it only shows that is't not about the setting, it's not even about the turf, it's ALL about the writing. Also, did I mention this one as well as the previous are free reads? (Click on the blue button bellow for a direct link).
 |
Rating:
★★★★★
|
Free
Read
|
133
pages
|
Read on:
26 April 2019
|  |  |
ABOUT THIS SERIES
Bonded Universe is mostly a free online by Cari Z.
It's hard for me to categorize this series. Three out of seven are for
sure Sci-Fi MM Romance but the next ones are more of Suspense /
Adventure / Journey.
Though I'm NOT a Sci-Fi reader I AM a Cari Z. Reader ;) Which is why I gave these a go. The first ones I read I needed time to get used to the world and the futuristic feel of it all but once I got into it, I realized I simply ADORE this series and truly can't wait for more! and there's GOT to be more as there is at least two things left unfinished (in Redstone).
The series starts following Garrett and Jonah from when they met on their way to the remote planet of Pandora. From there it was obvious they are not going to stay apart no matter the complications. These two are the MCs in the first two books in the series.
The 3rd book is totally independent and also the only PUBLISHED book in this "series". It's the story of Jason and Ferran (an alien) finding a life together in the alien planet Ferran grew up in.
From there the series goes into a bit of a different direction. The first three were absolutely romance novels, but the next 3 are more on suspense of a sort of journey/adventure to dealing with the corruption of the current Federation regime. In these books A LOT of characters, side characters as well as main ones from the previous 3 books takes a more prominent stance. All of them together with the next generation (Jonah's son Cody as well as Jason and Ferran's adopted son) playing a role in making things RIGHT for ALL the occupants of the Federation.
[ I'm organizing the books by date of publication, what makes sense to me. There is no "real" Bonded Universe series, I'm making it so it's easier for other people to understand the timeline / order of the series. ]
* First published in two parts "Opening Worlds" & "Changing Worlds" in 2011-2012.
** There was another story of Robbie and Wyl uploaded to a writing site before all of these. But sadly I simply couldn't find it.. Maybe Cari would bring it back someday..
Books:
1. Pandora [Garrett Caractacus & Jonah Helms] (Uploaded 26 September 2010 to 7 January 2012) ★★★★
2. Paradise [Garrett Caractacus & Jonah Helms] (Uploaded 28 July 2012 to 15 January 2013) ★★★★
3. Changing Worlds* [Jason Kim & Ferran Grenn] (Published 22 October 2016) ★★★★
4. The Academy [Cody Helms & Tiennan "Ten" St. Florian] (Uploaded 3 November 2013 to 19 August 2014) ★★★★★
5. Redstone [Robbie Sinclair & Wyl**] (Uploaded 12 May 2015 to 26 January 2016) ★★★★★
6. Reformation [Cody Helms & Tiennan "Ten" St. Florian] (Uploaded 2 August 2016 to 18 July 2017) ★★★★★
Though I'm NOT a Sci-Fi reader I AM a Cari Z. Reader ;) Which is why I gave these a go. The first ones I read I needed time to get used to the world and the futuristic feel of it all but once I got into it, I realized I simply ADORE this series and truly can't wait for more! and there's GOT to be more as there is at least two things left unfinished (in Redstone).
The series starts following Garrett and Jonah from when they met on their way to the remote planet of Pandora. From there it was obvious they are not going to stay apart no matter the complications. These two are the MCs in the first two books in the series.
The 3rd book is totally independent and also the only PUBLISHED book in this "series". It's the story of Jason and Ferran (an alien) finding a life together in the alien planet Ferran grew up in.
From there the series goes into a bit of a different direction. The first three were absolutely romance novels, but the next 3 are more on suspense of a sort of journey/adventure to dealing with the corruption of the current Federation regime. In these books A LOT of characters, side characters as well as main ones from the previous 3 books takes a more prominent stance. All of them together with the next generation (Jonah's son Cody as well as Jason and Ferran's adopted son) playing a role in making things RIGHT for ALL the occupants of the Federation.
[ I'm organizing the books by date of publication, what makes sense to me. There is no "real" Bonded Universe series, I'm making it so it's easier for other people to understand the timeline / order of the series. ]
* First published in two parts "Opening Worlds" & "Changing Worlds" in 2011-2012.
** There was another story of Robbie and Wyl uploaded to a writing site before all of these. But sadly I simply couldn't find it.. Maybe Cari would bring it back someday..
Books:
1. Pandora [Garrett Caractacus & Jonah Helms] (Uploaded 26 September 2010 to 7 January 2012) ★★★★
2. Paradise [Garrett Caractacus & Jonah Helms] (Uploaded 28 July 2012 to 15 January 2013) ★★★★
3. Changing Worlds* [Jason Kim & Ferran Grenn] (Published 22 October 2016) ★★★★
4. The Academy [Cody Helms & Tiennan "Ten" St. Florian] (Uploaded 3 November 2013 to 19 August 2014) ★★★★★
5. Redstone [Robbie Sinclair & Wyl**] (Uploaded 12 May 2015 to 26 January 2016) ★★★★★
6. Reformation [Cody Helms & Tiennan "Ten" St. Florian] (Uploaded 2 August 2016 to 18 July 2017) ★★★★★
 | |  |  |  |  |
No comments:
Post a Comment