Purple Haze

3.5Dillon & Lang are now in an established relationship, Dillon's is on the road to achieving his dreams of teaching art, and everything seems to be going smoothly. Except Dillon is experiencing certain ‘health' effects, perhaps related to events in [b:Uncommon Ground 45167472 Uncommon Ground (Aliens in New York #1) Kelly Jensen https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1555755240l/45167472.SY75.jpg 56894492]? This was a nice follow up to the first book, but it does delve deeper into the sci-fi aspect, which is not my bread & butter. But it's well done.I can't say too much without spoilers, even if you've read the first book, so I'll keep it vague and brief. Lang has become more and more aware of the futility of his original mission, and he's trying to figure out what his life will look like when he's not living for the clan. Dillon is just happy that he's finally found a sense of belonging. However it's not all smooth sailing, quite the contrary. Members of other Jord clans have taken an interest in Dillon and the guys will have to do battle for their HEA against forces greater than themselves. To my mind this read less as a romance, the guys are clearly already in love, they're IT for each other, even if the words haven't been exchanged, and they know it. It was more like an action adventure tale with aliens. I did like that the motivations of the aliens wasn't due to some malevolent plan, but rather beings functioning within their societal norms, and the ones we do get to know are full fledged characters, flawed and perfect. I'm sure lovers of sci-fi will get better mileage out of this.