Capture the Sun-Review
Capture the Sun
By Jessie Mihalik
Genre: Sci-Fi Romance
Series: Starlight’s Shadow #3
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Publication Date: June 20,2023
Source: Received an ARC in exchange for an honest review
Rating: 4 Stars
Description:
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.
Review:
I really didn’t want this series to end and I’m not so secretly holding out hope for another story. That said, Capture the Sun did tie up the loose ends in this series and took us on one final adventure. Initially Lexi and Nilo are separated from the crew as they end up on Valovia and things quickly go wrong. That time together though, allows for a deep bond to grow between Lexi and Nilo. Unlike the other books, this one was not a slow burn, which makes sense since Nilo and Lexi have a history and in the past, have acknowledged their attraction to each other. They agree to a physical relationship which quickly turns into something more. But while the chemistry is there, it takes a while for trust to form. I think this is Jessie Mihalik’s sexiest book and that makes sense with the couple. It’s the trust and love that takes a while to form. But even as it’s growing, we see both Nilo and Lexi take risks to protect the other. When events reunite them with Lexi’s crew, it is satisfying and at the same time, forces their to acknowledge their feelings. Their love story takes place in the midst of a lot of high stake events and the tension and danger is definitely present throughout the book. I found Capture the Sun to be a fulfilling end to this series but that doesn’t mean I want to leave these characters that I’ve grown to love.
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