Enigma 1: Transformation

Tira Elazri is a Xeno-Linguist Interpreter for the Xeno-Translation union of the Alliance of Sapient Beings. She is the best of the best, which is an asset considering she’s on her way to Enigma, a city on the planet of Sepia, where the Sapians refuse to respond to the overtures of the human representatives of the ASB. On arriving and after careful consideration of three months worth of logged attempts at contact, she comes to the conclusion that contact must be made in the skin as it were.

However, first contact turns into something totally unexpected as she finds herself attracted to Enigma’s leader, an imposing Green sapient name Hunter. He’s well over seven feet tall, with a gorgeous reflective iridescent body and able to do things with his tongue that turns Tira’s world upside down. The only problem is now that first contact has been made, Tira finds herself physically changing into something unknown, the promised Ava-stryk’na, and she’s unable to be apart from Hunter for any length of time without feelings of restless anxiety overtaking her.

Where this contact will lead, what Tira is turning into and with what results, is anyone’s guess! But it’s a certainty that she’s going to end up making some decisions that are bound to make the ASB unhappy.

Rachel Bo’s Enigma 1: Transformation is an interesting read. At first, I was unsure whether I would like Enigma 1: Transformation because it wasn’t what I was expecting. However, the interchanges between Tira and Hunter soon drew me into the story and before I knew it, I had reached the end.

I must say that Ms. Bo’s descriptive powers are such that I found myself squirming while thinking about some of the activities that were taking place between Tira and Hunter. And I have to say that some of the squirming wasn’t entirely due to pleasure, but instead to thoughts of how uncomfortable these things were. It is obvious that a writer is a good writer when their vivid descriptions are such that it is difficult for the reader to separate himself or herself from the story because their feelings have become engaged.

While Enigma 1: Transformation may not appeal to everyone, it is certainly interesting, moves at a fast pace, has some serious sexual action going on, and leaves the reader anticipating the release of the second in this very unusual series. If you’re interested in the unusual, and the erotic unusual at that, then Rachel Bo’s Enigma 1: Transformation is for you!

Reviewed by: Rogue Storm