Smada's Book Smack : Blog Tour & Giveaway: Starblind (Starblind #1) by D.T. Dyllin

Author: D.T. Dyllin

Narrator: Ashley Holt

Length: 6 hours 59 minutes

Series: Starblind, Book 1

Publisher: Tik Tok Press

Released: May 19, 2017

Genre: Romantic Science Fiction

Owner of the Chimay grade starship dubbed The Pittsburgh, Captain Jane Sevis is one of the best bounty hunters in the galaxy. Except for the occasional problematic hunt, her life is pretty uncomplicated. When a particularly slippery target reveals the real reason for being in her database, her world is turned upside down in more ways than one. Will she follow her gut and look the other way for the man she may be falling for? Or will their love fall prey to her mercenary heart before it gets a real chance to ignite?

My Review:

3.5 Out Of 5 Stars

Genre: Aliens, Another-World, Audiobook, Mystery, Romance, Space, Supernatural--

Jane wants nothing more but to catch bounties, captain her ship, get along with her crew, and collect all the memorabilia and info about earth as she can. But when she runs into Ash during a routine bounty collection, he ruins everything! When she finds out that he is actually wanted as well, she makes it her mission to capture him, even if she desires him physically as well. A girl can have her fun and work too, right?

I have been wanting to read a D.T. Dyllin book for forever, pretty much all of hers are sitting on my wishlist just waiting for me to get. When I had the chance to read a book by her that featured an all girl space-pirateish adventure, the answer was Heck Yeah ! I really liked the world and the idea of intergalactic bounty hunters and tons of cool alien species, (phoenixes are so cool!) as well as the dynamic between the women in the crew and the habits of the species.

I did find the story to be too much tell me and not enough show me for my liking, though. I would have preferred that the author let me see all the cool stuff that was apparently happening, but instead I was told about it by Jane after it happened in a brief synopsis- I guess this is a great way to keep the book shorter, but it caused me to be disconnected more from the story than I would have liked.

The narrator was a little slow for my liking but when I sped up the speed to 1.5X I really ended up enjoying the narration and audiobook experience. She enunciated clearly so I could always understand her and she tried to give all the secondary characters their own voices, which is the may to my heart for narrators. I feel like she perfectly embodied Jane though, with her exasperation, bravado, snippish attitude and lust- the perfect choice for the moody, brazen captain.

This story wrapped up fairly nicely so I was surprised that this was a series. I ended up looking up the rest of the books in the series was was pleasantly surprised that each book is about a romance space adventure about a different crew member. I love that these are basically independent, standalone stories set in the same world- you can just pick one that sounds good and do. The books are really fast reads, full of fun characters, great world building and some hot sex. I look forward to more from this world and the other alien species.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Ashley Holt. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it.

D.T. Dyllin is a bestselling author who writes paranormal, sci-fi, and contemporary romance. Basically, anything with a love story is her kryptonite. Her obsession with affairs-of-the-heart is what first drove her to begin twisting her own tales of scorching romance. D.T. was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Black & Gold for life, baby!) She now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with her husband, and two spoiled German Shepherds.

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Former NPR PBS FM radio host/announcer in a major media market, with a warm mezzo female voice. I have a background in opera and can present in English, Italian, German, French, Latin. With a background in the performing arts and opera, I can sing as well as do some accents. Home includes a husband shaped person, 2 cats, volunteerism and an active online gaming presence. No audiobook genre is taboo, which makes for very interesting dinner table discussion. Member, Audio Producers Association