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ashleycmms's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
- 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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Slavery, and Sexual content
Moderate: Blood and Xenophobia
Minor: Pregnancy
drealovesbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
- 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? No
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Colonisation and Pregnancy
ednam0dewannabe's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- 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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Blood
Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and Racism
Minor: Slavery and Pregnancy
mx_virg's review
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Spicy scale: 2.5/5
I wasn't expecting so much story and farming details from an alien romance. Which wasn't bad, just not what I was expecting. I would have preferred more focus on the romance, which was super sweet. No big miscommunication or misunderstandings, I liked having two earnest and honest heroes who wanted to make the relationship to work.
The colonialism vibe is strong though. A white human coming to save the underdeveloped aliens, this will probably be repeated in the rest of the series. The point of the Prime Mating Agency is to match mates to Prime planets, planets whose inhabitants have some intelligence but who haven't yet the technology for space travel. So each book will be about a woman coming to a "wild" world, bring with her new technology. But on the other side, she has to integrate herself to this new world, the goal is not to convert a whole species to a new way of life.
The ending was underwhelming. A good part of the story was focused on the issues of the lizard people, and its conclusion was no more than a footnote. One or two extra chapters would have been nice. Or focus more on the romance and the heroine adapting to her new planet. The book is half romance, half sci-fi, but doesn't have the space to explore both in a satisfying way.
I wasn't expecting so much story and farming details from an alien romance. Which wasn't bad, just not what I was expecting. I would have preferred more focus on the romance, which was super sweet. No big miscommunication or misunderstandings, I liked having two earnest and honest heroes who wanted to make the relationship to work.
The colonialism vibe is strong though. A white human coming to save the underdeveloped aliens, this will probably be repeated in the rest of the series. The point of the Prime Mating Agency is to match mates to Prime planets, planets whose inhabitants have some intelligence but who haven't yet the technology for space travel. So each book will be about a woman coming to a "wild" world, bring with her new technology. But on the other side, she has to integrate herself to this new world, the goal is not to convert a whole species to a new way of life.
The ending was underwhelming. A good part of the story was focused on the issues of the lizard people, and its conclusion was no more than a footnote. One or two extra chapters would have been nice. Or focus more on the romance and the heroine adapting to her new planet. The book is half romance, half sci-fi, but doesn't have the space to explore both in a satisfying way.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Colonisation, Blood, Racism, and Violence
Minor: Xenophobia and Pregnancy
solacelight's review against another edition
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment, Slavery, Violence, and Racism
Minor: Xenophobia and Pregnancy
sarah_thebooknerd's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
- 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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Slavery
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