Neron Rising: A Space Fantasy Romance (The Neron Rising Saga Book 1) Kindle Edition

Think Star Wars. Specifically the last three movies with Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver. In this futuristic galaxy, there is an energy called Neron (yeah, like The Force). It’s in everything, from the air the people breathe to in the land and water and all through the universe, but the largest quantities can be found at the core of certain planets and in deposits. Neron can be used as a drug, or as energy to power a person’s house, or as weapons, and certain special people, known as Nero (Jedi/Sith) can wield it like magic. There is a corporation force called the Dominion (the Empire) that whenever Neron is discovered somewhere, lays claim to it and has taken over the galaxy and they have the last Nero working for them (yeah, this would be our Kylo-Ren wanna-be). Nova (our Rey stand-in), who says she’s nobody interesting, works as a Nero weapons crafter and sells the weapons illegally to make money. And she realizes she’ll need money in spades once the Dominion gets wind that there’s a Neron mine on her overpopulated planet of Korpillion. There are further things that link to Star Wars, like there’s a scene where she’s sparring with Neron powered weapons with her friend Zayne with Neron making blue-glowing blades of energy (sound familiar?). She also has this random telepathic connection to a strange man, who she talks to as her confidante (if you’ve seen the three movies, I’m sure you can guess who she’s talking to). And if you’ve seen the three movies, you can easily guess why she has the telepathic connection and the direction her character grows into. For me, this last three movies, were the weakest of the trilogies. I hated how Kylo Ren threw temper tantrums like a little kid. And I wasn’t a fan of how the plotline tried to borrow from the Luke Skywalker movies, rather than pave its own way. This book read like the author didn’t like those things either, and tried to make it what she wanted that trilogy to be like. It’s light on the technical, which I prefer. I loved the future city setting, and the impending threat of the Dominion on the horizon. I loved the friendship Nova had with Zayne, her former boyfriend. I loved that they had history. And I loved that she wanted to include Zayne in on her escape plan. I loved Nova’s telepathic connection. I loved that she had someone she could talk to, almost like therapy, and we had that mystery of what he might look like and be like since at that point the character I had been assuming him to be was just a legend, and I loved the suggestion that he was different from what he showed her, giving his character dimension, even though he was technically only a voice in her head at that point. He was a little like a pen pal since he was always mentioning he was in other sectors of the galaxy. And I loved the podcast she watched, which info-dumped a bit, but also gave us rumors of what might be awaiting in the near future. And I loved that Nova was a flawed character, loving the thrill of illegally selling arms, in addition to the love she had for her father. And, there is an exciting action scene as her arms dealing catches up to her and everything comes together. I actually finished this book faster than I intended to since the last couple of chapters had me continuing right on into the next. I already bought the collection of Episodes 1-3 since it’s being sold for a dollar since I’m dying to continue this story. I can’t wait to continue the adventure.

I REALLY enjoyed this series and did not want to put any of the books down! The books were short, easy to read, and I flew through all of them in a month. The series reminded me a bit of Star Wars, but was different enough to keep your interest. When I read that it started out as Reylo fanfiction, I was immediately intrigued and it did not disappoint!

I happen to come across Keary Taylor's name back in 2015 when she started her House of Royals series and I became an instant fan of her writing. When she finished that entire House of Royals world this year, I was a bit sad but became excited when she described what she was writing next.Neron Rising is a totally different genre that I have read before but was very intrigued to see what Keary would bring us. Neron Rising is a Sci-Fi/Romance and is written in episodes (something not to me) but still has the depth and attention to detail that Keary has always given us.Neron Rishing is told from Nova's POV. She is one of the few who wield the power of Neron - a sought after element that flows freely on particular planets. While Nova uses the power she has for good, there are others who do not. But that is only a part of the story. Nova is connected to another but doesn't understand why. They can talk to each other through their minds but have no clue who the other is. It's all very quite interesting and titillating.I won't give any more details away as this book is very fast, but you are given so many details to help build this amazing story. Keary does a phenomenal job of not making things too complicated with her details and characters. But you will quickly find yourself immersed in this world and enjoying every single thing uncovered.For anyone who is hesitant to read something that has any musings of sci-Fi in it, I urge you to give this book a try. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I love this world, the characters and the plot line. I do love sci-fi to begin with, but I have never read a sci-fi book before. Keary definitely nailed this one and I have no doubt will gain new readers because of this series.I can't wait for the new book to come out - I really hope we do not have to wait long. Bravo Keary - you blew me away!!

It was an enjoyable short read with an okay story line tells you enough to make you go for that next book. Nova is in the dark on who she is finds a friend to only find he’s the enemy but a friend in the enemy base.

Loved everything about this series - it is one of my absolute favorite spacefantasy series. I already read all the ebooks but had to have this great complete saga edition. Nova and Valen's story felt like it belonged alongside space fantasy epics like Star Wars and would make an awesome onscreen series. And the author Keary Taylor is extremely talented! And I am hooked on her books now. I'm sure if you give it a read it will quickly become one your all time favorites too! I love her take on scifi and her Neron Rising Saga series belongs in any serious scifiromance book collection.

Lembra muito os personagens da sequência de Star Wars, Kylo Ren e Rey! É uma estória muito bem escrita, com os personagens que são incrivelmente bem desenvolvidos e cativantes!

I really enjoyed this story. The characters are vivid and the stakes are high. I can definitely see why many others have drawn comparisons to a certain space opera, but this author dared to go where no one else would and gave us an intricately woven tale. I definitely recommend this book. Loads of fun and very imaginative!

This was great!. While I like long big books, I love when an author can build a world and a satisfying payoff in shorter fast paced works.Kudos!

It has been a long time since a book has had me crying, screaming and fangirling about its existence, but this little book from Keary Taylor has made it happen in one day. Congratulations! 💛💛💛 And I have to be honest, this is not a perfect masterpiece, but who cares for that when you have me falling for Valen Nero in so little chapters and also exploding in feelings with those last interactions between him and Nova! I mean, when I started reading this, that was what I was looking for!I know some people may think this is too short or too rushed, but I actually feel it is a really dynamic book considerating that is divided by episodes and there will be like seven or eight of them. (Yay!) And some other people may not like that the bond between Nova and Valen was something that has been happening before the start of the book, but I actually loved it because I think that makes the emotions between them more realistic and more interesting.

What a good book. I'm really into it. A completely different theme and once again I can't put it down. Look forward to see where they end up and how they end up. It's bit more science fiction!