Sonar The Crashing
The Sonar Series (Book #1)
New Adult, Sci-fi Romance, and Space Opera
Date Published: September 24th
Narrator: Des. M. Astor and Scott Calhoun
Run Time: 12:39 hours
Is it more than déjà vu? With the Romeland family it may be destined to be true.
Harmony’s mind is in a tug of war with the peculiar dreams that start to unfold. With no memory of her real identity, she wonders if her dreams are only her wild imagination or déjà vu? When her past begins to unravel, Harmony learns the life she’s known has been an illusion. The truth may not set her free because her destiny is out of her control.
Paige is frantic when she discovers the love of her life no longer remembers her. Paige has to
determine if she will fight for him or let him go. Either choice has consequences, but she must find a way to restore her family before all is lost.
Jason and his siblings have always been an enigma, waking up in the middle of nowhere with no
recollection of who they are. Jason struggles with amnesia and what his future holds. So, he’s never allowed himself to get close to anyone.
When a new girl moves to town, Jason’s connection with her is undeniable. Stepping out on fate,
Jason let’s Melanie in. But he can’t shake the feeling that she reminds him of someone from his mysterious past. As Jason and Melanie grow closer, strange things start to unfold. Jason tries to brush these incidents under a rug until he can no longer deny who he truly is. Something was done to him, and his memory was wiped clean.
When the truth catches up to him, he must decide where his destiny lies. Will Jason choose his past or his future? The most important decision of Jason’s life will affect the existence of everyone he knows.
Julie’s Review:
I was intrigued by the premise of the book, because the blurb focuses on the struggle between being in love with someone new and losing the prior memories of your spouse. I really wanted the book fo focus on this issue and the turmoil of how to cope with this knowledge. It was one of the big topics I wanted to see explored after Avengers: Endgame brought back people who were gone for 5 years. How do the people who have moved on now deal with their loved ones returning?
I enjoyed the romances in the book, and there were quite a few different romantic story arcs. I really believed the romance between Jason (Brian) and Melanie. But the struggle of knowing he is already married, and not who he thinks he is, wasn’t as expanded as I was hoping. Once the family is faced with the knowledge, they seek help to regain their memories, and that’s that.
The similarities between these aliens and humans was quite interesting. They look like us, but live longer and have powers. So when they lost their memories the intelligence agency just stuck them in high school, thinking they were teenagers, when in fact they were full adult warriors for their planet. But ok, this is a trope. Let’s just hide people in plain sight by sticking them in high school. I had this issue with Twilight as well, I mean, isn’t it easier to blend in as a college student or an office job worker? Why high school? Ah, so we can have the trope of older dude seduces teenage girl.
The rest of the story is typical space opera style with war between certain planets and battles both on Earth and their planets. There’s a secret cross-species romance that has an interesting story arc that gets set up and makes me wonder if there will be a sequel.
I listened to this as an audiobook, which is my preferred format. The story is told in alternating POV between 3 of the characters. I struggled a little telling the two women characters apart at times because the voices were similar and their personalities were as well. The male character was obvious. The emotions and urgency of their situation and battles is well presented in the audio.
About the Author
B. Truly has wanted to be an author since she was fifteen years old. She is grateful to have accomplished this dream. B. Truly has very vivid dreams and a wild imagination. She likes to read, watch tons of TV shows, and movies.
She’s addicted to romance and gets a thrill out of suspense and sci-fi. She writes young adult, new adult, and adult romance, sci-fi, dystopian, paranormal, and urban genres.
B. Truly likes to explore conflicted plots of romance with thrilling twists. She also loves creating impossible situations for her characters to grow from and try to overcome.
B. Truly has three wonderful children, and a husband who defines the person that she is today. She works full-time as an Ultrasound technologist in Houston, Texas.
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This looks like a fantastic read. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for hosting and reviewing the audiobook. I’m glad that you liked it for the most part.
I look forward to reading