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jburson's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 56%

Have read several other books by this author but Periodically I like to test to see if certain tropes are still not my thing or if my tastes have changed -reverse harem is still not my thing  🤷‍♀️
adventurous dark medium-paced

 3⭐

TLDR; enjoyable but needed to be shorter.

Overall, this was a fun read. A dystopian Why Choose Monster/Alien romance with three love interests that have many appendages. And a fun (albeit darker) twist on the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

My only concern was with the pacing and the repetition of certain plot devices. (Slightly spoilery - I think the second time Arie was taken was completely unnecessary and could have been cut for the sake of pacing.) I almost gave up around the 60% mark but action really picked up and I really enjoyed the ending.

And let me tell you, for an alien romance, I was not anticipating how deep and dark we got into topics of religious zealotry and corruption in the human societies as these driving background forces in the plot. I liked it.

TWs: murder, violence, gore, blood, mentions of SA, mentions of spousal abuse. 
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Sad it dragged
It could have been a 4

emmarj's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Low intrigue
adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters: No

A reverse harem between a human red haired girl and three male Ragoru aliens.

Unfortunately, the story did not stick out to me. Around 80%, the plot went downhill
when A got kidnapped by huntsman…
and it just keeps getting dragged that i alarmist skimmed through it…

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cupidofcrimeee's review

3.5
adventurous emotional hopeful

emkbookshelf's review

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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hazel17's review

DID NOT FINISH: 33%

There’s a clunkiness to this that is wearing.