Review: Adriana Anders’s UNCHARTED.

Thanks to the publisher & Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own.

✈️ Q: how comfortable are you with flying on a scale of 1 (not) to 5 (extremely)?

I can’t think of another romance author who writes really physical books like Adriana Anders does—the intensity of how the characters in the Survival Instincts series constantly combat extreme environments is relentless, the things they push their bodies to do is extraordinary, & the fact that she makes these setting-rich books feel compelling & beautiful & raw & at times, otherworldly, is really admirable.

In Uncharted Leo is a pilot tasked with searching for Campbell Turner, who stole the same virus her team prevented a corp. named Chronos from stealing in the previous book Whiteout. Her team wants to find Campbell so they can keep the virus out of Chronos’s hands again.

So when a local of Schink’s Station, Alaska says she knows where the man is, Leo takes off on a solo daring mission that leads to her in one dangerous situation after another with a man who is not Campbell. Who is fact Elias & who is a giant resourceful, mysterious stud.

There’s steam in this book but also such an incredible sense of teamwork as Leo & Elias try to survive people trying to hunt them & cause them harm. Leo’s injuries give her a stunning vulnerability coupled with the emotional intimacy she & Elias share on the race of their lives.

The hero is brawny & huge & bearded & sometimes likes to speak in grunts; he’s also been alone so long & the yearning that builds between them—as Leo processes her own loneliness—is so soft & so good.

There’s a real sweetness to this book. It’s another 5 ⭐️ for me & I am so excited about where the series will go next.

Release date: 08/31

[ID: A kindle tablet featuring cover is on a multi-striped hammock. Trees & river view in background.]

CW: Leo’s mother killed herself & his parents were killed, both before book starts.