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fishreads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
The beginning of the book is horrifying as the main character Georgie wakes up in the cargo hold of an alien ship to realize she's been abducted by little green men with a bunch of other girls and witnesses a rape of another female captive by orange aliens who serve as the muscle to their captors.
<blockquote>We’re nothing but cattle to these things. They’re going to sell us to someone else to rape, to eat, or both. Or something else more horrible that I can’t even imagine.</blockquote>
Almost immediately Georgie and Liz, a fellow captive, start hatching up an escape plan which coincides with alien ship experiencing issues and dropping "the cargo" to a safe location to be picked up later.
Georgie, as their de facto chosen leader, ventures out in the cold in order to try to find help. It is only by luck that she wanders into one of the traps and the planet native, Vektal, finds her and frees her from it. Vektal almost immediately recognizes Georgie as his mate, as the symbiont in his chest makes him "resonate" to her which leads to some very dubiously consensual sexual activity. Language barrier doesn't help the matters as the two have trouble communicating with each other but Vektal is determined about taking care of Georgie while she is trying to find her way back to the other survivors. Still the developing relationship between the two is rather idyllic and the two engage in further sexual activity.
Upon rereading I found the relationship between Georgie and Vektal quite boring because if we disregard the troubles in communication there were no major issues between these two complete strangers who only met five minutes ago. What I was more interested in was getting back to the other survivors and seeing Georgie and Vektal being all lovey dovey just made me impatient to get to the more plotty part of the story.
Let's be honest, this is a great introduction to a fun series about blue skinned aliens mating with humans who were "lucky" enough to get stranded on a frozen ice planet in the middle of nowhere, after they were initially being kidnapped and abused by different sets of aliens. But as romance between Georgie and Vektal it was somewhat boring relying too much on sex scenes between main characters for my taste.
Themes: dual POV, alien abduction, stranded, "fated" mates, pregnancy
Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Kidnapping, Animal death, and Rape
Moderate: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, and Death
kylasmv15's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Trafficking
Moderate: Cursing and Abortion
Minor: Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Death, Animal cruelty, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Excrement, Gore, Pregnancy, and Violence
libraryofcacw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Gore, Rape, and Trafficking
m_lee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Abortion, Vomit, Confinement, Animal death, Suicide, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Death, Child death, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Gore, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Blood, Grief, Torture, Slavery, Sexual assault, Murder, Infertility, and Animal death
ritapisk's review
3.75
Moderate: Gore and Rape
mils_24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
boredbbqribs's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Violence, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Gore
paperpetal's review
1.5
I feel like if this had started off differently. A better sense of the world it takes place in, that it MIGHT have been better and more appealing. If in the book universe perhaps there was already knowledge of other universes with life. I know that would change the story, but maybe it would have been for the better. The repetitive nature of the language and long periods of lack of communication were tedious. I listened to the audio book and the voiceover work was comical and ridiculous. The whole thing was so bad it was comical.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Blood, Excrement, Gore, Rape, and Sexual content
cliterature's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Trigger and Content Warnings: abduction, sex trafficking, drugging, rape, dubious consent, murder, gore, violence, and death.
Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Violence, Trafficking, Rape, and Gore
lil13's review
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Pregnancy, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Rape, Abortion, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Physical abuse