3.97 AVERAGE

adventurous funny mysterious
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This felt really refreshingly unique for the series. I was super happy with the story all around. 
 
Both Auzed and Alex had really vibrant personalities. I loved that Alex was impulsive and funny. In a world of men in husbandry school, Auzed being out of practice was actually really refreshing for the series. Auzed not being desperate for a wife was nice to see and added tension to the plot. 
 
I really liked the plot and found the story really interesting. The story was a slow burn romance with a marriage of convenience. The tension for the main conflict made sense and I was even a little worried at a point to see how there would be a happy ending. 
adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Audiobook (audible) - another alien nation that has shit people in high positions, doing evil things to try and keep people against their wills. Alex and Auzed are a sweet slow burn alien romance. Love that Alex gets a bonded pet, we don’t get to see a lot of animals in this series since the first book with the dog like animal/pet. Love that they ended up mated in the end given all the feelings they developed throughout the book. 
emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book might be my faveoite in the series so far. I think Azued and Alex may have surpassed Theo and Jade for me and that’s saying a lot! 

I thought the pace of this couple’s romance was literally perfect. Alex and Auzed spent so much time together. I also loved the forest city setting and the new type(?) of Clecanian we met. The world building keeps getting better! 

This was also fake dating, grumpy transformed into sunshine by another sunshine, and honestly it was pretty slow burn too. 

I also adored Wilson’s little character too! 

Overall, I just loved Auzzy so much and Alex was such a fun fmc too. They’re romance was adorable and delicious.