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Calamity

By Constance Fay

🎧 Narrated by: Paige Reisenfeld 

Series: Uncharted Hearts, Book 1

Book 58 of 2024

For me, the absolute pinnacle of science fiction content was the show Firefly. I was really hoping that I would get the same vibes with Calamity, and it absolutely met my expectations!

Calamity was fun, fast paced, and filled with romance! I love the found family aspect and the simmering tension between the romantic leads. I will admit that I get bored pretty easily if there is too much “science” in my science fiction, so this felt like enough to make the world make sense but not so much that it was overwhelming. 

Part of what made it so bingeable for me was that there wasn’t a ton of character growth or emotional complexity. I would recommend it for when you want to binge something kind of light but with action and romance. I look forward to reading the sequel!

🎧 Paige Reisenfeld did a fantastic job bringing this book to life. Since Calamity is kind of science fiction for the romance reader, the world building and language wasn’t so complex that I had trouble following by audio. 

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Bramble’s inaugural debut is equal parts steamy interstellar romance and sci-fi adventure, perfect for fans of Firefly and Ilona Andrews.

She’s got a ramshackle spaceship, a misfit crew, and a big problem with its sexy newest member…

Temperance Reed, banished from the wealthy and dangerous Fifteen Families, just wants to keep her crew together after their feckless captain ran off with the intern. But she’s drowning in debt and revolutionary new engine technology is about to make her beloved ship obsolete.

Enter Arcadio Escajeda. Second child of the terrifying Escajeda Family, he’s the thorn in Temper’s side as they’re sent off on a scouting mission on the backwater desert planet of Herschel 2. They throw sparks every time they meet but Temper’s suspicions of his ulterior motives only serve to fuel the flames between them.

Despite volcanic eruptions, secret cultists, and deadly galactic fighters, the greatest threat on this mission may be to Temper’s heart.