Title: The Romara Confrontation
Series: Colonial Explorer Corps #5
Previous books in this series: The Earth Concurrence (#1) | The Grissom Contention (#2) | The Saha Declination (#3) | The Darenti Paradox (#4)
Author: Julia Huni
Genre: Adult, sci-fi
Publication date: April 24th 2025
Published by: IPH Media
Source: eARC from author for review
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Synopsis: Two civilizations. One planet. No second chances.
Lieutenant Serenity “Siti” Kassis has trained her whole life for first contact missions, but nothing prepares her for this—arriving at a promising new world only to find it already inhabited by an advanced, spacefaring civilization. As acting commander, it’s her call whether to push forward or back away. One wrong move could spark a conflict neither side can afford.
On Lunesco, Quinn Templeton is expecting a quiet lunch with an old friend when the planetary defense system flags an unidentified ship in orbit. Since the revolution, she’s learned to negotiate, but first contact with an unknown species? That’s a whole new challenge.
Siti and Quinn could navigate mistrust, politics, and the weight of history to build something neither of their people expected—a future together. But they have to meet first. And something--or someone--is trying to keep them apart.
The Romara Confrontation is book 5 in the Colonial Explorer Corps, and follows Siti, Joss, and Derek Lee as they meet the heroes of the Krimson Empire. If you haven't read either series, I recommend you start with book 1 of the CEC series. If you're short on time, you can jump in at book 4. This book can be read without reading Krimson Empire first. (But I hope you'll read it, too!)
I have been looking forward to reading this book since the author talked about writing a crossover between the Colonial Explorer Corps series and the Krimson Empire series. And it met all the expectations I had for this book. It was so good!
This book ended up being dual POV, alternating between Siti (the protagonist of Colonial Explorer Corps) and Quinn (the protagonist of Krimson Empire). I really appreciated that because we got to see firsthand what one group thought of the other and vice versa. And it was so fun! And quite entertaining too. Lol. I absolutely loved the interactions between all the characters. I obviously loved when characters from one series interacted with characters from the other—watching their cautious interactions turn into trust and friendship was so enjoyable to watch. The way they were so comfortable with one another after all the uncertainty (and Tony initially thinking it was aliens lol) was so good!
Aside from that, I also enjoyed seeing the evolving relationships within each group. Quinn and Tony, for example, got married at the end of their series, and even though it's been a couple years since then, they are still super cute together! And the way both Tony and Quinn clocked the sexual tension between Siti and Derek the moment they saw them interact was hilarious! I've been shipping them for like two books now! Lol.
I just love all of these characters. This series has always been more character-driven than action-driven, and I typically prefer the latter, but I love this series and characters so much that I don't mind. Lol. That's not to say that there isn't action, because there is! In fact, one side plot of this book involved politics and someone trying to cause strife between the two groups. It was WILD what this person attempted.
One of my issues when writing reviews is that when I love a book, I just want to talk about every single little thing that I loved about it, and that's just not feasible. Lol. Just know that I loved everything about this book 😆 I loved the characters and their interactions (sassy Sashelle was amazing like always), it was enjoyable to see all the developing relationships between the characters (I cannot get over how cute Derek and Siti are together!), and then seeing Joss and Siti's advanced tech in Lunesco and around Quinn and her friends was a ton of fun. I'm really looking forward to the next book because apparently there's something going on with/on Earth. I'm SO excited!
Aside from that, I also enjoyed seeing the evolving relationships within each group. Quinn and Tony, for example, got married at the end of their series, and even though it's been a couple years since then, they are still super cute together! And the way both Tony and Quinn clocked the sexual tension between Siti and Derek the moment they saw them interact was hilarious! I've been shipping them for like two books now! Lol.
I just love all of these characters. This series has always been more character-driven than action-driven, and I typically prefer the latter, but I love this series and characters so much that I don't mind. Lol. That's not to say that there isn't action, because there is! In fact, one side plot of this book involved politics and someone trying to cause strife between the two groups. It was WILD what this person attempted.
One of my issues when writing reviews is that when I love a book, I just want to talk about every single little thing that I loved about it, and that's just not feasible. Lol. Just know that I loved everything about this book 😆 I loved the characters and their interactions (sassy Sashelle was amazing like always), it was enjoyable to see all the developing relationships between the characters (I cannot get over how cute Derek and Siti are together!), and then seeing Joss and Siti's advanced tech in Lunesco and around Quinn and her friends was a ton of fun. I'm really looking forward to the next book because apparently there's something going on with/on Earth. I'm SO excited!
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