Gain The Ultimatum (Rystani #3) Constructed By Susan Kearney Conveyed As Interactive EBook

romance, lighthearted and easygoing, While parts of this story overexercised my eyebrow, there were also parts that worked,

If Alara doesn't make love regularly, her cells will fail to regenerate and she will die.
If she has sex regularly with the same man she becomes dependent on him to live, She's researching a method of stopping this dependency for her race,

She has been kidnapped by Xander, a member of a race that has been battling her race for ages.
Xander wants her help in identifying a virus that's been killing humans across the galaxy, What the two of them don't realise is that they have to work together to find this cure.
While they're supposed to be enemies they're finding themselves attracted,

I do have some issues with some of the concepts behind the story, and there are moments where it feels like the story is being forced along rather than flowing and that the plot is there to ensure that the characters get the maximum amount of sex in.
Originally published inthis book and series are being rereleased and put into ebook format, The good news is this is a stand alone novel, It is the third book in the Rystani series, and although interplanetary and personal relationships have already been established I never felt lost.
Brief overviews were slipped into the story to remind those that already have been reading the series and to catch up new readers.
I also liked that this story seemed to take place a few years after the last book.
It seems like each story is a few years apart from the last, Which not only makes it easy for each book to be a stand alone novel, it also makes it easier to focus on the new featured leads and gives the ability to see how former leads have progressed.
Unfortunately, I didnt like this story,

First, I did not like Xander, I understand that he is trying to save several life forms, but he tried to pretend like he is some kind of good guy when he is really an ass who was going to do what he had to regardless of Alaras well being.
Even though he has spent years hating Endekian people he never realized that he knows very little about them.
After being at war with them he just noticed during this mission that he had never seen any Endekian women off of their home planet.
When Xander asks Alara to go away with him to help him find a cure for the Terrans she says no.
One because she hates them and two because it would be illegal for her to leave the planet.
It never occurred to Xander to find out why and he kidnaps her, Once she is onboard his ship she is forced to reveal that Endekian women have to have sex with men in order to stay alive.
Xanders reaction to this news is for her to either enthusiastically help him or die, What The way that scene was written you would have thought she was a stowaway not kidnap victim.
He then judges her and her people as if the women of that planet are just sluts, not beings with intense biological needs, and then after all that he decides that they are going to have sex the Rystani way.
Even though he knows nothing about Endekian physiology or if his essence sperm is compatible enough to keep her alive.
Xander is not a good guy hero, he is a sadist,

I am usually tough of the female leads when the hero is a jerk but Alara gets a pass.
The woman is literally ruled by her hormones and can not think straight, She has no room to negotiate for her own well being because if she doesnt comply she will die.
Ive read some books where the heroine is powerless but this takes things to a whole new level.
She comes from a world where because a woman can not survive without a man, the men treat them like garbage.
While it is ridiculous that two people who come form warring worlds would fall in love over the course of a few days, Alaras combination of stockholm syndrome and being given the barest form of kindness from Xander explains her infatuation.


Another thing that bothered me was that aside from Earth the women seemed to be treated like second class citizens throughout this universe.
The Rystani only have sex in a way that the male is always a dom completely controlling the sexual situation and the female orgasm and the woman a sub and any deviation from that is perverse.
And they travel to another planet that requires their women to make a huge sacrifice but mentions nothing of the men.
What is the point of living in the future with insane technology if women are still treated like they live in the dark ages The book is written with a overlying theme of men knowing what is best for women.
Even men who are aliens and know absolutely nothing about another womans culture or biology, As I was reading it I felt like it was written by a man who thinks women just want to be controlled.
I wont be reading the other books in this series, Dr. Alara Calladar needs a man, . .
but she sure as krek doesn't want one,
If Alara doesn't make love soon, her cells will fail to regenerate and she'll die, Unfortunately, her only option is an enemyRystani starpilot Xander, her abductor, . . and a member of the race who has been battling hers since the beginning of time,
Xander issues an ultimatum: He'll make love to Alara only if she will use her psitalent of identifying DNA to help him find the cure for the deadly Terran virus spreading across the galaxy.

Alara is trapped. She gives Xander what he wantsand gets when she needs, But Alara holds a pair of secrets: the more they make love, the more Alara's cells adapt to Xander's body, until the only person she can make love with is himand the more time they spend together, the more Alara likes Xander.

When it seems that all the forces in the universe have aligned against them, can Alara trust Xander with her life.
. . and her heart
The Ultimatium is book three in the Rystani series but it works very well as a stand alone.
Some of the characters from the previous two books are mentioned but are not really a part of this story.


Backstory: Everything is presented as part of the current story and explains the tension between the characters and the reason for the mission the characters undertake.
While this

is part of a series there was never a time when I felt that I did not have the background I needed to understand the world.


Characters: Susan Kearney knows how to create interesting and unusual main female characters, Alaras is unique because during certain times she has to have sex to regenerate or she dies.
At times that overshadows how intelligent she is, Xander is the alpha male who brings her on his ship without knowing about the need Endekian women have.
Both are strong intelligent people who have to work out their problems in order to sued in their quest.
There are some very well developed secondary characters who add interest to the story, Then there are the Perceptive Ones who show up in small segments scattered between the chapters, T

Plot: It is fairly standard, There is a virus that will kill everyone unless a cure is found, There is a time limit that adds to the tension, Secondary is the attraction between Alara and Xandar,

Writing: The writing moves the characters and the plot along in an interesting manner, The dialog was crisp, the action fit the plot and the characters moved in the manner that fit their development.
A very well done book,

I liked the story, I am looking forward to reading next book in the series, The Quest, If you like SFR this is a good choice for you, .