Warrior's Woman (Ly-San-Ter, #1) in Some Like It Hot!

Sep 03, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it liked it

Shelves: science-fiction-romance

3 ½ stars. Enjoyable, pleasant story about a space traveling futuristic woman falling in love with a sword wielding barbarian.

STORY BRIEF:
Tedra is a top level government security police person on the planet Kystran. People have sex sharing for pleasure not to procreate. The government creates humans by taking cells from the most desirable subjects, grows them in test tubes, and then raises the children in group centers and schools. There are no parents, families, etc. Machines create all food. T 3 ½ stars. Enjoyable, pleasant story about a space traveling futuristic woman falling in love with a sword wielding barbarian.

STORY BRIEF:
Tedra is a top level government security police person on the planet Kystran. People have sex sharing for pleasure not to procreate. The government creates humans by taking cells from the most desirable subjects, grows them in test tubes, and then raises the children in group centers and schools. There are no parents, families, etc. Machines create all food. There is a shortage of water, so people take solaray baths. Tedra has a computer named Martha. Martha can fly spaceships and transport people (Star Trek style). Martha wants what’s best for Tedra, and they argue frequently. Tedra is a virgin. Martha wants to change that because she knows it would be good for Tedra.

Bad guy Crad hires mercenaries from the planet Sha-Ka’ar who help him take over the government. These mercenaries are 7 feet tall and carry swords and shields which are impenetrable by Kystran’s modern weapons. The former Kystran ruler is kept in prison. One of the payments to the Sha-Ka’ari warriors is Kystran women being sent to the Sha-Ka’an planet as slaves. Tedra was away during the military takeover. Her friend Rourk helps her get away from Kystran using a trading ship. Tedra’s computer Martha is onboard and flies the ship for Tedra. Martha locates the planet Sha-Ka’an which has barbarian style warriors similar to the Sha-Ka’ar. Tedra transports down to the planet and meets Challen. She challenges him to a fight, Tedra loses, and as a result she must be his slave for a month, fulfilling his every wish. She learns that women have no rights and cannot walk around unescorted by a male. All women must be either under the protection of a male or married/mated to him.

REVIEWER’S OPINION:
Although she is his sex slave for a month, he is good to her. She is so in lust with him, she can’t resist him and is willing to live caveman style to be with him. His punishments for her were a little odd, sexually arousing her but not letting her finish. It was written twenty years ago and reflects romance writing of that time. There were no sexual words. Instead, phrases like he entered her were used.

OTHER THOUGHTS:
My mind went on a tangent at one part of the book - to the point that I had to reread several pages. Challen took a drug which affected his judgment. As a result he caused Tedra to suffer a punishment much longer than she should have. The next day when Challen regained his senses, he felt regret and guilt. He asked the computer Martha for advice. Martha said to let Tedra rant, rave, and hit him to get rid of her anger – without Challen stopping the assault. Martha said if Tedra did this, it was a good sign that Tedra still cared for Challen and needed time to forgive him. If Tedra was silent, showing “no anger” and “wanting his blood,” that meant she no longer cared for him, there was no hope for the relationship, and he should return her to the ship. This portion of the story had me thinking about abusive spouses and the question of “if or when to forgive.” I think women should not forgive men who repeatedly abuse them and ask for forgiveness the next day. Those women should leave the abusive relationship. My first reaction was for Tedra to leave Challen, but I had to remind myself that this was the first time Challen abused her, he was under the influence of a drug, he was truly sorry, and it probably would not happen again. In that case, it was ok to forgive, but I had to think about it for a while to accept it. In addition, the idea of women having no rights and forced to obey men, added to my discomfort. I’m confused. I’ve read a number of books with the subjects of abuse or women as slaves which did not bother me the way this book did. I don’t know why. I still liked the story but only after the forced adjusting of my mental attitude.

COVER PICTURE:
I love the cover picture guy drawn by the artist Elaine Duillo. She also drew the same guy for the cover of Gentle Rogue by the same author. I don’t think a guy like this has ever existed, although, there is a slight resemblance to Fabio. I bought both books in their original hardback editions just for the pictures. Please note the picture you see may be different from mine. Amazon and Goodreads may be linking this review to other editions of the book. The picture I see is a shirtless guy with long blond hair and a sword, standing on the right side of the cover. The girl is wearing a light pink fabric dress (of sorts) and has long wavy black hair.

DATA:
Story length: 282 pages. Swearing language: mild. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: 6. Total number of sex scene pages: 11. Setting: 2139 AC (After Colonization) on the planets Kystran and Sh-Ka’an. Copyright: 1990. Genre: science fiction romance.

OTHER BOOKS:
For a list of my reviews of other Johanna Lindsey books, see my 5 star review of “Gentle Rogue” posted 6/14/08. ...more

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Mar 05, 2021 Xee rated it really liked it

Shelves: romance-scifi

Fun-Fucking-Tastic 4 stars!!! Read for #URR2021Bingo

Omg, this was brilliant!! Think a female Captain Kirk type meeting a barbarian but not really barbarian Alien Man.

Tedra is irreverent and funny and just so darn matter of fact. Not one ounce of navel gazey woe-is-me to our girl ( I hate navel gazey so much..it's my most hated thing ever , in it's current iteration). This is very much one of JL's hr heroines who makes the best of a situation but more bold and more direct given she is in space a ...more

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Mar 14, 2010 Melinda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Another favorite story. I don't have anything to really add to my review. I've had a paperback of this for many, many years. I recently bought this hardback and once again, read a story that I find captivating. As usual, I love a HEA. :-) ...more

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