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rjordan19's review
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: First person with alternating chapters for hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? Lots of character focus
When mains are first on page together: Pretty soon in, about 12% in a shorter novel
Cliffhanger: No this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: It’s not labeled, but yes the last chapter wraps things up a few months later
Format: read e-book on Kindle Unlimited
Should I read in order?
Maybe start with Virilian Mail Order Mates series? (Trak is book 1) You CAN read this one alone – it’s very character focused and it gives the details so you understand the alien/Earth relationship, but I want to say it would be better after reading that series? I found myself wanting to go read it afterwards at least!
Basic plot:
Sekar attempts to make a quick stop on Earth to rescue an endangered animal carried by another spacecraft when he’s snowed in on Nessa’s 200 acre farm in Maine.
Give this a try if you want:
- science fiction romance
- Earth setting
- holiday romance
- shorter novel
- snowed in
- kids in the story – heroine has 2 daughters that are 8 and 11
- divorcee/widow heroine in her 40s
- royalty – hero is a prince
- average novella steam – 1 steam
Ages:
- Heroine is 40, didn’t see hero mentioned
First line:
Bring him back alive.
My thoughts:
This is a cute story! It’s pretty low angst, with Christmas and snowed in vibes. I liked the character focused story and liked the bit of tension building here.
I’m not a huge fan of children in my stories because I’m mean like that, but this worked out pretty cute. I was a touch overwhelmed at first with the world building of the alien race and Earth’s alliance and what was going on...I’m assuming that’s all already established once you’ve read Blake’s Virilian Mail Order Mates series, but it was simple enough over all.
I liked Blake’s writing and definitely want to try another by her and see how I feel.
Cock/Hero Stats:
- Hero has a tail
- Has light brown hair streaked with blond that’s shoulder length
- Golden skin with glue-gray markings
- Black skin around the eyes with light blue eyes
- 6’ 5” at least
- I think cock is normal!
- He changes into a primal form to protect his mate – eyes turn from blue to red (?), and forearms bulge with red vein-like markings, burns hot and incinerates clothing (he wears fireproof leather pants of course!), large flame covered horns, and body gets slightly larger, skin is molten armor
Quotes/thoughts: (Any mistakes are my own)
My imagination spiraled off, wondering what it would feel like to have his arms around me. What his mouth would feel like on mine. I imagined exploring that rigid stretch of muscled abdomen, testing the weight of that huge bulge below. My mouth went dry and my breasts tingled. Desire surprised me with dampness between my legs as my thoughts turned carnal.
Then, as if he could sense my arousal, his gaze snapped to mine, hot and sharp and aware. His nostrils flared and his head came up just a little, as if smelling something in the air other than the cinnamon-vanilla candle and the Christmas tree.
---
I added hot milk, stirred, and dropped a candy cane in each. I handed him one.
He took a cautious sip, then his eyes closed and his lips curved into a blissful smile. “This, on the other hand, is delicious.”
I took a sip of my own. “I’m glad you like it.”
His gaze moved over my face. Then dropped to my mouth. “It is not all I like.”
Content warnings: (This should be taken as a minimum because I could have missed some!)
- mention of death of parents 2 years prior
- heroine is divorced
- dead aliens found from crash
- death of husband mentioned
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex? No
46% - kiss
53% - kiss
59% - kisses, oral for her, missionary
98% - kiss
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: First person with alternating chapters for hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? Lots of character focus
When mains are first on page together: Pretty soon in, about 12% in a shorter novel
Cliffhanger: No this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: It’s not labeled, but yes the last chapter wraps things up a few months later
Format: read e-book on Kindle Unlimited
Should I read in order?
Maybe start with Virilian Mail Order Mates series? (Trak is book 1) You CAN read this one alone – it’s very character focused and it gives the details so you understand the alien/Earth relationship, but I want to say it would be better after reading that series? I found myself wanting to go read it afterwards at least!
Basic plot:
Sekar attempts to make a quick stop on Earth to rescue an endangered animal carried by another spacecraft when he’s snowed in on Nessa’s 200 acre farm in Maine.
Give this a try if you want:
- science fiction romance
- Earth setting
- holiday romance
- shorter novel
- snowed in
- kids in the story – heroine has 2 daughters that are 8 and 11
- divorcee/widow heroine in her 40s
- royalty – hero is a prince
- average novella steam – 1 steam
Ages:
- Heroine is 40, didn’t see hero mentioned
First line:
Bring him back alive.
My thoughts:
This is a cute story! It’s pretty low angst, with Christmas and snowed in vibes. I liked the character focused story and liked the bit of tension building here.
I’m not a huge fan of children in my stories because I’m mean like that, but this worked out pretty cute. I was a touch overwhelmed at first with the world building of the alien race and Earth’s alliance and what was going on...I’m assuming that’s all already established once you’ve read Blake’s Virilian Mail Order Mates series, but it was simple enough over all.
I liked Blake’s writing and definitely want to try another by her and see how I feel.
Cock/Hero Stats:
- Hero has a tail
- Has light brown hair streaked with blond that’s shoulder length
- Golden skin with glue-gray markings
- Black skin around the eyes with light blue eyes
- 6’ 5” at least
- I think cock is normal!
- He changes into a primal form to protect his mate – eyes turn from blue to red (?), and forearms bulge with red vein-like markings, burns hot and incinerates clothing (he wears fireproof leather pants of course!), large flame covered horns, and body gets slightly larger, skin is molten armor
Quotes/thoughts: (Any mistakes are my own)
My imagination spiraled off, wondering what it would feel like to have his arms around me. What his mouth would feel like on mine. I imagined exploring that rigid stretch of muscled abdomen, testing the weight of that huge bulge below. My mouth went dry and my breasts tingled. Desire surprised me with dampness between my legs as my thoughts turned carnal.
Then, as if he could sense my arousal, his gaze snapped to mine, hot and sharp and aware. His nostrils flared and his head came up just a little, as if smelling something in the air other than the cinnamon-vanilla candle and the Christmas tree.
---
I added hot milk, stirred, and dropped a candy cane in each. I handed him one.
He took a cautious sip, then his eyes closed and his lips curved into a blissful smile. “This, on the other hand, is delicious.”
I took a sip of my own. “I’m glad you like it.”
His gaze moved over my face. Then dropped to my mouth. “It is not all I like.”
Content warnings: (This should be taken as a minimum because I could have missed some!)
- mention of death of parents 2 years prior
- heroine is divorced
- dead aliens found from crash
- death of husband mentioned
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex?
46% - kiss
53% - kiss
59% - kisses, oral for her, missionary
98% - kiss
blueee7777's review
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
3.0
single mom alien romance, it was good but not great just like the other one.
smithrachaelynn's review
4.0
Sakar was so freaking sweet. I loved how devoted and kind he was. The girls were adorable too. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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