ARC Review : Capture The Sun by Jessie Mihalik

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Capture The Sun by Jessie Mihalik
Series : Starlight's Shadow #3
Genre : Sci-fi Romance
Publisher : Harper Voyager
Publication Date : June 20th, 2023
Acclaimed author Jessie Mihalik returns with the thrilling conclusion to her Starlight’s Shadow trilogy. An intergalactic thief must join forces with the charming teleporter who stole her last job—and may now be her only hope for saving her former crew. As a recovery specialist, Lexi Bowen’s jobs typically require more trickery and thievery than honest work. Her former captain might not approve of her flexible morals, but stealing artifacts for rich assholes pays the bills, and Lexi’s had enough of war and death. The FHP left her to die once; she doesn’t plan to give them a chance to finish the job. Unfortunately, her latest contract takes her to Valovia itself—and right back into the orbit of Nilo Shoren, a Valovian teleporter who already cost her one payday and nearly stole her heart. Armored against his clever charm, Lexi plans to get in, get the job done, and get out. But when her former crew goes missing in Valovian space, Lexi will have to work with Nilo to figure out what happened—and stop it—before the galaxy’s two superpowers can use the disappearance as an excuse to return to war.

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I was quite excited for the final book in the Starlight's Shadow trilogy and it did not disappoint!⁣
Lexi Bowen is a recovery specialist and she's quite morally flexible...😂 Unable to resist a good challenge(and money ofcourse) she accepts a job that brings her back to Valovia - where she might be hunted down but she's ready to take risks. Unexpectedly her meeting with the client ends up becoming an ambush and she's whisked away by Nilo - a Valovian teleporter with whom she shares a complicated history. He had kinda seduced her and then stolen her job the first time that they'd met and Lexi is still pissed about that😂 And things take a turn for the worse when they try to track Morten and Fev's location and have to work together to rescue their respective crewmates!⁣
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I'd been waiting to read Lexi and Nilo's story after seeing glimpses of them in the previous books and surprisingly this wasn't a slowburn like the author's other books(steamwise). But the relationship development takes time because Lexi is quite closed off and the action takes a front seat in this one! Nilo is protective and caring while giving Lexi the space that she needs. The overarching plot also reaches a conclusion in this one and I loved having the crew back together again! Though most of the loose ends are tied up I'd love to see more stories set in the same world! I think Hunt The Stars(book one) still remains my fave in this series though!⁣
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Overall, this was a satisfying conclusion and I'd highly recommend this series if you're looking for a scifi(space opera) read with lots of action and romance too!❣️✨

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*I was provided with an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review*

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Jessie Mihalik has a degree in Computer Science and a love of all things geeky. A software engineer by trade, Jessie now writes full time from her home in Texas. When she’s not writing, she can be found playing co-op video games with her husband, trying out new board games, or reading books pulled from her overflowing bookshelves.

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