Despite Eva believing that these lycanthropes were a mad scientist creation that she deems to be “poor buggers” she has no problem recognizing that the lead of the team, Dex Solomon, stirs her libido. This seemed a bit off to me. If Eva believed, had a bias against lycanthropes, as equal members of society, would she really be so willing to shed her clothing and engage in the beast with two humps with the science created animal? I know I am supposed to believe that Eva is without conscience, but wouldn’t she have some hesitation to being physically attracted to a lycanthrope?

I don’t have any problem with this on its face. Think of all the real times and places where the masters slept with the slaves, including the antebellum American South. The ruling class might have viewed the subclass as subhuman, certainly not worthy of freedom or the vote, but that did not prevent a great deal of cross-class and cross-race sexual interactions. I imagine that often those relationships were a means of enforcing power rather than romance (”you see, you don’t even control your own body”), but I’m also sure that many involved sexual attraction even if not Love as we’d define it.

Speaking of, I’m reading an old school SF with romantic elements right now wherein the hero is getting psychoanalyzed, and when the psychiatrist deems the hero “cured” the two go out for drinks to celebrate. Not lemonade, either. These days that kind of antic could result in a doctor getting fined or his/her license being revoked if discovered. Still, I had to laugh and just go with the flow.

p.s. and yes, the cover does rock!

@Heather - the tone is not intentionally comedic but I didn’t find it a heavy read either. There isn’t alot of mentions of the “mad scientist.” I would worry, though, that there aren’t enough futuristic / space elements to satisfy someone like you who has a strong SFF background. Still, I think given that there is a dearth of SFR writers, she is someone you might want to check out.

At any rate, thanks for the review!