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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
Very enjoyable read!
Could do with some editing but the world and character building is great! And yes, aliens who do NOT look like slightly modified humans. Very much appreciated Ms Milo - will keep an eye out for the next books!
Could do with some editing but the world and character building is great! And yes, aliens who do NOT look like slightly modified humans. Very much appreciated Ms Milo - will keep an eye out for the next books!
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual violence, Violence
As a side note: since I am reading this 4 years after it was written I have to say I don't appreciate the second epilogue. To put a cliff-hanger/ teaser out there like that, with the understanding that there are a few more characters who will have their stories told before getting back to this, I don't appreciate looking down the line of books that have come out up to now and seeing that not only is that list of characters not done, but other stories from characters I haven't heard of do have books out. It looks like the author made a promise but then got side tracked and that adds perhaps years of delay (which is very frustrating for me). If I had read this back when it first came out I wouldn't have minded. I would just have been looking forward to getting there (but the side tracks would have irritated me and the more side tracks there were, the more upset I would have gotten). Perhaps I will feel differently as I continue with the series, but it is pretty discouraging from where I am standing.
The story of Callie and Zadeon. Callie has been kidnapped by snake aliens but rescued by Zadeon. She is incredibly traumatised by her experiences during captivity and the book focuses on her recovery and how Zadeon and her overcome these atrocities from her past.
I’m torn by this book. On the one hand, it was very engrossing. I devoured it and enjoyed all the characters and different alien types. I liked the slow burn. Callie and Zadeon don’t really get together until halfway through the book. I really appreciated that Callie didn’t just ‘get over’ her trauma which does happen in these alien abduction books. You really get a sense of her struggle in the aftermath of such a terrible experience. She showed amazing resilience and Zadeon was perfect with her.
But on the other hand. It’s a bit of a downer. Although it occurs in the past, Callie has a long string of flashbacks where she relives her rapes. Personally, I just don’t think rape and romance go hand in hand. That’s just my personal preference. It was just a bit depressing and angsty for me. I think the author handled Callie’s recovery with tact and understanding. I truly felt for Callie, but it made it hard for me to enjoy the hot bits.
I will be reading the rest of this series!
I’m torn by this book. On the one hand, it was very engrossing. I devoured it and enjoyed all the characters and different alien types. I liked the slow burn. Callie and Zadeon don’t really get together until halfway through the book. I really appreciated that Callie didn’t just ‘get over’ her trauma which does happen in these alien abduction books. You really get a sense of her struggle in the aftermath of such a terrible experience. She showed amazing resilience and Zadeon was perfect with her.
But on the other hand. It’s a bit of a downer. Although it occurs in the past, Callie has a long string of flashbacks where she relives her rapes. Personally, I just don’t think rape and romance go hand in hand. That’s just my personal preference. It was just a bit depressing and angsty for me. I think the author handled Callie’s recovery with tact and understanding. I truly felt for Callie, but it made it hard for me to enjoy the hot bits.
I will be reading the rest of this series!
This book had great potential! It could have been amazing just like the first one but there wasn’t much of a story between the characters. It does address the series as a whole but we don’t see their story developed deep enough as well as the first book.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping
Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts
Darker read than the first one, but I thought the emotion here was more compelling. There seemed to be more editing issues but I was able to ignore them. I'm a fan of of the series.
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Seriously? How beautiful is this cover?
I know I literally just posted about Stolen by an Alien, the first book in this series, but I immediately picked up Rescued by an Alien after finishing book one. Abso-fucking-lutely no regrets.
This book had much less adventure than the first, but it was still intense and extremely emotional. Zadeon is my favorite (I'm sure this is only until the next book comes out), because I don't think I've ever read about a more caring, patient man. Callie and Zadeon are the most perfect couple.
And good God, the emotions in this book are so real. I always love it when I can feel the characters torment right along with them. I'm praying the next book comes out soon, and that it's Dohrein and Gracie's story. Milo is a new favorite author for sure.
http://nightowlreads.weebly.com/adult-book-reviews/rescued-by-an-alien-stolen-by-an-alien-2-by-amanda-milo
I know I literally just posted about Stolen by an Alien, the first book in this series, but I immediately picked up Rescued by an Alien after finishing book one. Abso-fucking-lutely no regrets.
This book had much less adventure than the first, but it was still intense and extremely emotional. Zadeon is my favorite (I'm sure this is only until the next book comes out), because I don't think I've ever read about a more caring, patient man. Callie and Zadeon are the most perfect couple.
And good God, the emotions in this book are so real. I always love it when I can feel the characters torment right along with them. I'm praying the next book comes out soon, and that it's Dohrein and Gracie's story. Milo is a new favorite author for sure.
http://nightowlreads.weebly.com/adult-book-reviews/rescued-by-an-alien-stolen-by-an-alien-2-by-amanda-milo
The Good
-Kindle Unlimited (if you’re signed up for it).
-Tackles a very serious subject with care. This book overlaps with events from the first book, Stolen by an Alien (“SbaA”). It is imperative that you read that book first (more below). The heroine, Callie, has been abducted from Earth and suffers a horrific rape (details of which are shared in mini-flashbacks and dialogue, not shown in detail). Writing about the brutal rape of a heroine is never an easy task, but I have said that any topic in romance can potentially work if written with care and skill. Ms. Milo has not shied away from playing the necessary beats, and she has really delved into the emotional trauma that Callie (and Zadeon) suffer in a sensitive way and made their HEA feel genuine and earned by the end.
-The romance has hearts (makes sense when you read it). Zadeon, a Rakhii gladiator and brother of the hero in the first book, has always dreamed of his wingless Gryfala, and when he hears of slavers abducting many Gryfala, he rushes out, knowing he will meet his dream. He’s a fantastic, understanding hero who never, ever wavers and that is exactly what Callie needs. She is a survivor who has suffered her own tragedies before she even leaves Earth, but she finds the will to make it through. I connected with both of them and every painful beat made me ache for them. I was impressed at the level of emotion I felt for them, which I wasn’t expecting when I started this series.
-Still enough humor to lighten the serious subject matter. Before I have you thinking this was an angst-o-rama, the secondary characters, all introduced in the first book, help give some balance to this story. The glimpses of their own banter and struggles helped the story flow and not feel like sadness all the time.
-Tease for the future. There’s a chapter at the end that gives a glimpse into the future that has me intrigued and willing to see what Ms. Milo will come up with. She’s impressed me so far.
The Bad and Everything in Between
-Not a standalone. The beginning of the story needed more setup. If I had not read SbaA, I would have been completely lost. There’s no real info given in this book to let the reader understand how they came together and why they’re being housed in captivity now. Even if a romance is supposed to weave into an overarching storyline, it should work as a separate story. This is too dependent on the first book.
-Editing a little more wouldn’t hurt. There’s some dangling story threads again like the first book that I don’t expect to learn more of in future books and aren’t necessary to this story, so they could have been taken out to tighten up the narrative. I would have loved some time spent on further defining this ‘verse as well as the individual species in this series. Also, additional editing could have corrected some grammatical errors and questionable verbiage (aka words that don’t exist) that frankly took me out of the moment. Sometimes big words aren’t necessary. Just the right ones.
-More isolated than first book. Because they’re in captivity throughout this book, there’s no action series, no sense of movement. It made me restless at times, though I appreciate that this was meant to be about Callie’s recovery/re-emergence, I still missed the adventure of the first book.
I enjoyed Zadeon and Callie’s difficult, angsty road to HEA, though I almost feel as if this 4 stars is really for the first and second book combined. It was imperative to read the first book for this book to work as well as it did for me. However, if you’re into alien-sci-fi roms and aren’t shy about dealing with the aftermath of rape in your romance, then you may enjoy this. I would recommend the series so far and I’m looking forward to what comes next.
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