The Andorra Sector is my new favorite shifter region, and this shifter world is my new treasured special place. And, well hell, this book is my one of my most beloved book of the entire year so far.
The X-Clan is screwed. The Andorra Sector has every technology this barely surviving existence could want. The wolves are safe from most threats allowing the pack to focus on scientific advancement. And who doesn’t want an edge when facing a post-infection world?
But no amount of research, design, and development is going to give the Alphas of the X-Clan what they need most: mates. The Alphas are currently outnumbering Omega mates by 30:1. And the only mate an Alpha can mate with is an Omega; biologically, they are perfect together.
X-Clan is at a disadvantage in this way, Ander Cain has a revolution brewing, and his wolves are hungering for blood or pleasure.
Humans face the extinction of their kind, too; infection has turned–or killed–90% of the species’ population. Mindless monsters are sitting at the doorstep of the cave Katriana lives in, just outside the Andorra Sector Dome.
Yet zombies might be a better option than starving to death. Winter is harsh, and food is scarce. Humans are a dying breed. Katriana’s little human group leader has a lousy solution; only that realization of this fool’s errand comes too late. The little rebel followed her leader into an unthinkable fate; she’s become both the prize and hostage to the wolves.
This book is excellent — a GGDB.
The world-building? Ah-mazing.
I read Andorra Sector before I listened to it on audiobook, and it’s just as good in this format. The Narrators, Kale Williams and Sara Puckett do a great job of finding the voices of Ander and Katriana. There are times when I wasn’t totally sold on Kale’s portrayal because he didn’t necessarily read something the way I envisioned it, but, hey, it’s an audiobook–it’s the honest storytelling of the author, right?
There is a chapter in Andorra Sector that plagues me. I sobbed through it on the first read, and it made me cry in the audiobook too. I was first wondering if my reaction was because that particular interaction was so devastatingly sad — or if I was merely hormonal. Nope, it’s just that Lexi C. Foss has the ability to rip my heart out–and she probably laughed the entire time, authors are mean, and they do that.
Sarah reads Kat as a feisty, strong woman. She’s the scrappy heroine one cheers for because you want her to win every battle against her rival. You want her to win all the challenges with X-Clan leader Ander Cain. She’s easy to love, and that comes through in the audiobook.
And Ander: dumb, sexy, clueless, sexy, knuckleheaded, sexy, ignoramus keeps trying to make our champion bend. Did I mention he’s a dimwit? Or that he’s sexy?
Well, he is.
And Kale Williams deep voice lays that all out for listeners.
You will love the push and pull in the first part of the book.
I’m a fan.
The plot is aces, and while smutty with a touch of dirty pRon, Lexi C. Foss molds these characters employing engaging dialogue and well-placed exposition. Ander’s character voice within the narrative is dominant and sexy, complicated only because he is maddeningly male. Kale Williams does a great job of… well, being male. =P
All the same, it’s impossible not to love the bastard. Lexi Foss and Kat bring out his best side just when you think he’s a lost cause.
Elias, Ander’s BFF, is charming and no trouble to adore. He’s an excellent foil for Ander, and the characters have a special magic when they share scenes.
I call Elias WILF: Wolf I’d like to… you know where that is going. And when you read Andorra Sector, y’all gonna be calling him WILF too.
I suggest you read this book, but in the case, you can’t, than the audiobook is perfect for the time-pressed or those who choose to consume their books this way!
And I need to read more Lexi C. Foss. We all do. She’s magic.