"A Stolen Heart" is Both A Solid Pageturner and Heartwarmer

Thank you so much to GoodReads and Kayelle Allen for giving me a free copy of this book and the opportunity to review it.

"A Stolen Heart" is an impressive feat. It balances a space opera, fully developed characters, and a heart-warming story at its center without fail.

Luc Saint-Cyr is an immortal warrior, who seems to do his job but also has questions about the ethics of what he does. Going through centuries killing for an empire while also training young warriors, Luc seems to be looking for something more to his existence. When he meets a young boy who is a half kin, which is a cat-like alien, the deeper meaning to his existence is found.

The writing is very well done, and I enjoyed the ability of the author to go back and fourth between warm interactions with the heroes of this book and this child, and the darker corners of the science fiction universe the book takes place in. Kayelle Allen does a great job juggling a ton of characters and the different tones of the book depending on where we are in the story. It's often hard for an author to do this, but Allen does so wonderfully. She also poses some interesting questions about gender, justified killing and what it means to be a parent.

I recommend the book. It's a solid space opera and heart-warming. Four stars.