Farli is the only woman who hasn’t resonated yet, and she’s skipping over flirting or taking a pleasure-mate. She’s waiting for her future mate. Until then, Farli is content to hunt and care for Chompy. Everything changes when a new spaceship lands and a man who looks like her people comes out. Mardok is not from the ice planet, but he’s definitely Sa’Khui, and she just resonated with him.
I was a little disappointed when we didn’t get to learn much about what may have been discovered while exploring the village everyone has moved to. Ruby knew how to make us skip over that for a bit because there’s a new character in town, and he’s repairing the spaceship he arrived on. It turns out Mardok is also Sa’Khui, or at least he would’ve been if there hadn’t been a war, and the dynasty hadn’t split around a thousand years ago. It turns out that a lot more time has passed since Farli’s ancestors crashed on Not-Hoth, and we got to learn a little bit about it!
This time around, we follow Farli and Mardok through their rotating perspectives. Farli is super interested in Mardok’s spaceship, but she’s far more interested in Mardok, who needs to get a khui and settle in ASAP. Unfortunately, Mardok has no interest in moving to the secluded and previously believed to be uninhabitable ice planet. He doesn’t have a khui to declare they’re resonating, but there’s something in his chore being that knows Farli is not just anyone. The only other person we got to see fall in love before getting their khui was Georgie, so it was a lot of fun to see this happen from Mardok’s perspective.
I was completely fascinated by the characters in this book. That did overshadow Farli and Mardok a bit, but there’s a whole universe that was just opened here! It did make me sad for Farli because I totally expected for her to end up leaving Not-Hoth, but I was pleasantly surprised by how that was resolved. It turns out that Mardok really is a solid dude in the end! We didn’t see much of Niri, Trakan, or Captain Chatav, but they are really interesting characters. I liked that it was clear that they were all jaded and not totally honest people in different ways, but honest enough that they’re totally cool with leaving Not-Hoth alone. At least that’s what we think at this point, anyway!
All around, this was an excellent book. If you’re fascinated by the world outside of Not-Hoth like I am, you may find that this aspect overshadows Farli’s story at times. However, it really is a sweet book and it was nice to see Farli find someone who is perfect for her. It’s also pretty neat that Mardok may lead to learning more about what the ship known as Elder’s Cave could reveal. I’m excited about where this book may lead this fictional universe to in the future!
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