This was my first Dara Joy book. I have to admit the love scenes aren't too bad, and it had one hilarious part where the heroine accidentally blurts some bedroom secrets between herself and Rejar.Overall, the entire book was really boring. The heroine grated on my nerves. Rejar was such an interesting character I wish more could have been done to match him up with a better mate.There were indeed a lot of "Knight of the Trillion Stars" references which I later skimmed in a bookstore to understand some things from this book. I thought Rejar's mate was annoying, his half-brother's mate was ten times more irritating.Despite all that, I decided to give Dara Joy another chance and went to buy "Mine to Take". Dara Joy's ideal heroine appears to not to be on my personal liking list. It's a shame because all her Hero's appear to be interesting characters.I don't believe I would ever buy another Dara Joy book again. And I would never recommend her to anyone.