Spacer's Cinderella

By: Adria Rose

Narrated by: Avery Reid

Born on an abandoned colony barely held together by sealant tape and hope, Aurora Sato is at the very bottom of the social pecking order. Hard work and brains got her into a coveted spot in the quadrant's top university.... But her new supervisor is a woman who's not about to let an upstart like Aurora get anything close to a break.

And a break is exactly what Aurora needs right now. Her home colony is dying and nobody is in any rush to save it or her family. Aurora's research project is their last hope, but only if she can complete it in time - an impossible task.

One night out is all she'll allow herself. One night to forget her troubles. She never expects to meet a man who dazzles all her senses. Magnus Thorne is a battle-hardened, ruthless cyborg. Rich, respected, and powerful, he's too much for innocent Aurora. For one magical night he makes her feel like a princess, awakening a longing she doesn't know how to quell.

But Aurora is in more danger than she realizes. And Magnus isn't about to let her face it alone, no matter how hard she tries to shut him out.

He's determined to break every rule to save her from ruin. But will she trust him enough to let him?

©2018 Adria Rose (P)2019 Tantor

Excellent! Smart character, smart writing!

The world Adria Rose has created is rich and layered, full of characters with complex conflicting motives and real relationships. Intelligent creation of a believable future, including complex but plausible science, and struggles exoplanet colonists would face. The university politics and pressures to “publish or perish” are extended into a future where entire planet economies revolve around a single institute of higher learning. A new favorite, I highly recommend this to any reader, especially those that enjoy a truly smart story.

The narrator does a flawless job as well. Her performance is so natural that you forget it’s a single person performing a role and you can disappear into the story.

Love in space.

This is an adult romance not a children’s story, seems some reviewers were confused. The only part that is similar to the fairy tale is that they meet one night, and then immediately lose track of each other and she has some futuristic shoes. The characters are very relatable in this futuristic story as the same behaviors people have now are still in place on a colonized planet. Aurora spends lots of time trying to save her parents planet with the bad guy trying to sabotage her at every turn. Of course there is a lot of miscommunication happening in the story that sometimes I wanted to slap them when the main characters would overreact afterwards. Overall a good story and I would read the author again, but its not a reread. Narration is good, a little on the soft side, but overall good.

Science and slow romance

I liked the story and world building, the characters, however, don’t make sense - Aurora is brilliant, well educated, had good parents yet her self esteem is cringeworthy. She felt faint again and again. It’s still an entertaining listen.

Fabulous!

Intelligently written, captivatingly performed, compelling characters, with a diverse ensemble of adjacent supporting roles. Would’ve ❤️‍🔥 some more 🌶️spice🌶️ but the fast paced storyline made up the ⚖️balance⚖️

Love!

I just love kind sweet smart characters- don’t understand why all heroines are strong in a b**chy way. This is action in a political and Academic intrigue forum with a clear Cinderella theme backdrop. These ones slow burn is excellent!