Review: Vrehx by Elin Wyn 3 of 5 stars

Vrehx by Elin Wyn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Jeneva is a human living in the jungles of Ankau with an assortment of giant spiders and walking trees although blissfully alone until the sky is ripped open and monsters came through. Now her world is under attack from one set of monsters where the only safe place for her is at the side of another monster called Vrehx. He has a lot of secrets and so although he seems very safe, she is not sure if she can totally trust him. Vrehx for so many years has lived for nothing other than the destruction of the Xathi hordes who burned his home and killed his family. So when a weapons test goes disastrously wrong and the battle spills onto an uncharted world with lethal native life he finds nothing more dangerous to him than the human woman who obsesses his own thoughts. When war rages around them, can they fight together, or will his burning need for her drive them apart?

I loved the start of this story and it all looked great until it suddenly changed tack and Jeneva became this woman determined to save humanity. I've struggled to understand that as she seemed to have hidden from it for so long and nothing had happened to deserve that level of devotion. I did however love the way that the relationship between Vrehx and Jeneva developed through the tales of his family and their use of empathy which seemed to be so intimate. Easy to read and understand. Contains some sexual content.

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