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A science fiction romance by Sholio! If you enjoyed her Lauren Esker books, you will enjoy this. To me it reads closer to the style/content of her fanfic than her other pro work, so if you like her fic....
Metal Wolf
throws space opera, shifter romance, black helicopter government conspiracy thrillers, 80s movies about alien refugees discovering Earth, and a couple more genres into a blender.
Enslaved blue alien werewolf fighter pilot Rei gets an unexpected chance at escape when his single-occupancy fighter pod gets hit, knocking out the communications systems; he makes a run for it, and crash-lands in a pond in Wisconsin. He's fished out by Sarah Metzger, who lives with her disabled veteran father on a small farm, struggling to make ends meet while attending community college classes in the almost-certainly-hopeless attempt to fulfill her dream of becoming an astrophysicist. As it turns out, the stars are closer than she thinks.
This is not an insta-love romance. Both love and story take their time as the characters get to know each other (it's a while before they even work out how to communicate) and explore their new worlds, with a gradual build to an action climax. The characters are really likable (one of my favorite relationships is between Rei and Sarah's dad), and the worldbuilding is secondary to the relationships but intriguing and thought-through. Metal Wolf is fun, often funny, touching, and extremely readable, with a very satisfying ending.
Metal Wolf
throws space opera, shifter romance, black helicopter government conspiracy thrillers, 80s movies about alien refugees discovering Earth, and a couple more genres into a blender. Enslaved blue alien werewolf fighter pilot Rei gets an unexpected chance at escape when his single-occupancy fighter pod gets hit, knocking out the communications systems; he makes a run for it, and crash-lands in a pond in Wisconsin. He's fished out by Sarah Metzger, who lives with her disabled veteran father on a small farm, struggling to make ends meet while attending community college classes in the almost-certainly-hopeless attempt to fulfill her dream of becoming an astrophysicist. As it turns out, the stars are closer than she thinks.
This is not an insta-love romance. Both love and story take their time as the characters get to know each other (it's a while before they even work out how to communicate) and explore their new worlds, with a gradual build to an action climax. The characters are really likable (one of my favorite relationships is between Rei and Sarah's dad), and the worldbuilding is secondary to the relationships but intriguing and thought-through. Metal Wolf is fun, often funny, touching, and extremely readable, with a very satisfying ending.
