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The first time I read this book was when it first came out. I was caught in the world that Ms. Owens had built so carefully. The scenes took my breath away, the wording so vivid that they came alive like a oil painting done by a master.

The characters were so real, their lives so ... alive, they all became my best friends and I did not want the book to end. Rand T'Ash so moody and dark, needing the love of family but not knowing how to expres it or ask for it. Danith, needing that same love of family, but knowing how to ask for it, and feel it. But not believing she had the great Flair need to have a HeartMate. The Holly fighting family, so easy in their love for one another, the large Clover family that loved, laughed and worked together and easily let their family enlarge by one to offer friendship and safety to Danith.

I fell in love with the fams, the intelligent animals that bonded with their human companions for life. Ms. Owens wrote the felines so well, you looked at your animals with a new understanding of what they wanted out of you. I laughed as read their antics and the way Zanyth argued with T'Ash, and bargained for what he wanted.

A world based on magic and old beliefs, was a world I wanted to live in. I do as I reread the series every couple years, and it never gets old. Five stars for this book that started the series that I hope Ms. Owens doesn't end soon.


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Heart Mate Celta HeartMates Book 1 Robin D Owens Books Reviews

This is hands down one of my favorite romance series and this first book is wonderful. I love this book because it straddles the genres of science fiction romance, fantasy romance, and regency.

The magic system in this world is compelling. The world building excellent and anthropological. The character development superb. The heroine and the heroine always grow. And then there are the talking cats. I LOVE THE TALKING CATS! They are great comic relief.

I have read this book at least 10 times. Every time a new book in the series comes out, I read it and then the entire series again. These a fated mate books but the love is always earned.

The hero is this book is great. He wants a family and love. I adore that in a hero. He is fairly clueless about how to court and get what he wants. He is an big strong alpha artist warrior and lord. He is also tortured and grew up in the streets.

Dainth is of a different class and was treated as if she had little value most of her life as an orphan and someone with little apparent magical talent. She goes through a major adjustment in status during the novel.

The love story is sweet, sexy, compelling, and reread able

I love it each time I read it. Dang. I want to go read it again.
3.5 stars - I enjoyed the world build and the back-story and characters of the hero and heroine. Their relationship wasn't dimensional enough - their conflicts were repetitive - lots of angst & short-sighted decision making that became irritating. The story was nicely written and had interesting secondary characters -so I decided to try the 2nd in the series & am I glad I did! I found that one Heart Thief to be vastingly entertaining!
Rand T'Ash is the final member of GrandHouse Ash; he was the sole survivor of a fire, forced to survive the slums called "Downwind". A powerful Flair (think "magic") user, he is now on a quest for his HeartMate. The unfortunate thing? His HeartMate is Danith Mallow, a common woman who already has a gallant (think "boyfriend"). She doesn't want a fancy life; she just wants a family, to belong, to be loved and not abandoned or abused anymore. Can the two ever get past their barriers and become HeartMates?

This book was this month's buddy read. It's a stretch beyond the usual science fiction and fantasy reads, but I like romantic stories. "The Mad Scientist's Daughter" is one of my favorite reads, and you could easily sell that as a romance story (because, duh, it is).

It's not really romance stories I dislike; it's the stereotypes, cliches and tropes inside romance stories (really, any type of story, romances aren't the only ones susceptible to it) that I don't like. I hate d-bag alpha male Tarzan types who shove their women aside to protect them and take ownership of their love interest. I hate the heroine who has magical powers she doesn't know, learns them within two days, is the most beautiful woman in existence, and has some "feminine" power like healing or being a mother. I hate love stories which force the couple too hard and then suddenly, overnight as if someone flipped a switch, the two are madly in love and can't stop clawing clothes off each other.

"Heart Mate" was that kind of book for me. Rand and Danith are that annoying Romantic Couple. He pushes his way into Danith's life, ruining it in the process, never asking or letting her make choices - and Danith has no choice but to let it happen, since he won't take no for an answer. She gets mad (point to her), but Rand never listens, instead forcing himself in her life against her will (consent? What's that?!). Any other characters are flat, 2-D people put in solely so that Rand and Danith can whinge about their problems.

The entire plot is just a series of weird, disjointed events meant to inject drama and try to convince the reader A) these two belong together (still not convinced), B) delay the eventual sex scenes for the last 1/4 of the book, and C) ensure this book is 300+ pages. They aren't together - until suddenly, they reach The Sex Scene, whereupon, the couple can no longer keep their hands off each other. Two days after that, the hero convinces himself that she doesn't love him for realsies, so he leaves. A week later - almost more time than Rand and Danith have even known of each other - and two pages later, everything is hunky dory.

Well, that's not entirely fair. Because, you see, I can't really HATE this book because there were aspects I liked - smart aspects that I am more upset weren't explored to their full extent.

For instance, I 100% support Danith not wanting Rand butting into her life. SHE should have the right to choose who to include in her life. We as women are constantly forced to smile, to conform to society's body image, to be okay with terrible people so as not to hurt feelings. Danith routinely did NOT want Rand and told him that he ruined her life - and if he loved her so much, he should have respected that. (And I ain't buying any of that "Downwind" bullsh!t - he had no problems honoring other people's space in this book.)

I also 100% loved Danith's real crisis about her Flair and her new status as Noble. While I think her rise from Miz to GrandLady (which is a two-tier jump in class) was rather silly and "Mary Sue", I loved her real, true concern that if she just immediately accepted Rand and became his HeartMate, she would never know who Danith was. THAT WAS EPIC and should have been at the forefront of this book, the real reason Danith kept holding Rand at bay.

While we're at it, both Rand and Danith's hangups about the relationship are very valid. Rand was the sole survivor of a fire and had a rough life - I totally understand why saying "I love you" and "I care about you" are hard on him. I also get why maybe being friendly and approachable for him. Likewise, I totally understand Danith being hesitant about Rand because of his brusqueness and the fact he has no family. And her fear about becoming a Noble with a great Flair? I get it - change is tough on a person, and leaving the life and potentially the friends you had behind is tough.

And lastly, there was Zanth the cat. Zanth is probably what made me stick with this far longer than I should have because he was a freakin' riot. His speaking in choppy English wasn't silly at all, and I could totally imagine my cats behaving similarly to how he does.

But even with those highlights, I can't overlook the serious problems. The lack of boundaries. How Rand shoved Danith behind him every time there was a hint of danger. Danith's ease of learning Flair (she goes through two Passages in the course of the last half of this book, jumps 2 class levels, and is the only person in society to be an Animal Healer - Mary Sue much?). The inability of characters to sit down and just talk to each other. The fact so many good things appear (Danith's fear of losing family of becoming a noble, her tendency to run or hide when things get tough, Rand's difficulty with being honest about his emotions) and aren't given the space to really become a great story. Even simple things like the silly way people spoke "Downwind", the unclear borders of this "Downwind" area (apparently really close to Noble properties, except when it wasn't), the silly lingo for items like pants (trous) and tins of tea (t'tin). And then, of course, how freakin' long it takes to get to my smut - and how incredibly cliched and silly it was (and unsexy!) when it appeared.

That said, I feel bad writing all this because this book (and series!) is apparently well-loved. The relatively few people who have written 1- or 2-star don't mention most of the things I found irritating, so I think it must just be me and my unfamiliarity with the romance genre. If so, that's OK - we're all different right? Just like Rand and Danith, we can break down our barriers and become HeartMates - I mean, friends - after all )

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3.5 Stars
I would classify this as a science fiction urban fantasy. It is set in earth future. The planet Celta has been colonized by earth inhabitants hundreds of years ago. They have set up a guild society, of magic users. Magic which they call flare. The premise and world building is fun. The hero is totally social awkward and does not play well with others, which the author does explain.
The love story is good, but does get bogged down. The world building is what makes this book. Also honestly the flashbacks both the female and male protagonist helps to flesh out the story. I do plan to continue the series.
The first time I read this book was when it first came out. I was caught in the world that Ms. Owens had built so carefully. The scenes took my breath away, the wording so vivid that they came alive like a oil painting done by a master.

The characters were so real, their lives so ... alive, they all became my best friends and I did not want the book to end. Rand T'Ash so moody and dark, needing the love of family but not knowing how to expres it or ask for it. Danith, needing that same love of family, but knowing how to ask for it, and feel it. But not believing she had the great Flair need to have a HeartMate. The Holly fighting family, so easy in their love for one another, the large Clover family that loved, laughed and worked together and easily let their family enlarge by one to offer friendship and safety to Danith.

I fell in love with the fams, the intelligent animals that bonded with their human companions for life. Ms. Owens wrote the felines so well, you looked at your animals with a new understanding of what they wanted out of you. I laughed as read their antics and the way Zanyth argued with T'Ash, and bargained for what he wanted.

A world based on magic and old beliefs, was a world I wanted to live in. I do as I reread the series every couple years, and it never gets old. Five stars for this book that started the series that I hope Ms. Owens doesn't end soon.