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rayrooz's review
adventurous
lighthearted
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
ithzmaggie's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-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? No
4.5
I didn't expect this to be this sweet 🥰
emmalthompson85's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
DNF - about 75%
This would normally be my jam so I kept giving it chances to get better but to many random misunderstandings for no reason.
MC is a first contact specialist sent to an alien world. He acts consistently like a 14 year old who's never had a conversation before. Like, if you're picking someone to initiate first contact with aliens you want someone unflappable, who's a clear communicator, who is able to stand their ground. Alex is severally flapped by literally everything, he NEVER asks questions or makes his needs known and he just goes along with everything he's told to do.
So, when they get to the world, after being deeply upset by the very predictable being asked not to bring armed soldiers to the peace talks, the aliens tell him he's an omega. He does not a) ask what an omega is or b) assert that he's not one. And like, it'd be so easy to have him ask. They don't have to answer! They don't have to respect his assertations! But he has to ask or he just looks like a passive idiot.
This continues through the rest of the book. If there's an easy question that it makes more sense for him to ask than not or a simple statement it would make perfect sense to say, he's quiet. He does pick the most random moments to assert some kind of authority (telling his alien lover when they're about to fuck that he can't bear children then, when the alien doesn't accept it, just shrugging it off and fucking him anyway) but mostly just goes along with things (hardly protesting being married off, coming up with an idea to claim he already has a mate then not doing anything about it or telling any of the aliens about it).
And, like, if he was the junior officer on his first first contact and scared for his life and he actually did anything other than wander around passively then act like shocked pikachu that things don't automatically go his way I'd maybe buy it but it's just completely unbelievable that a person like this would ever be sent to do this job. And maybe I'm meant to put it aside to focus on the emotion, and I can do that with weak world building, but not with character building. If I don't believe in the character I can't care about his romance.
Also, this book made me belive for a solid few seconds that someone's dick had started bleeding in the middle of sex before I realised that when it said dark with blood it didn't mean it in the sense that clothes might be dark with blood after you're shot or the soil below the wounded soldiers but as in their dick was flushed. Up there in the unsexy list with the word suckling on sex scenes.
This would normally be my jam so I kept giving it chances to get better but to many random misunderstandings for no reason.
MC is a first contact specialist sent to an alien world. He acts consistently like a 14 year old who's never had a conversation before. Like, if you're picking someone to initiate first contact with aliens you want someone unflappable, who's a clear communicator, who is able to stand their ground. Alex is severally flapped by literally everything, he NEVER asks questions or makes his needs known and he just goes along with everything he's told to do.
So, when they get to the world, after being deeply upset by the very predictable being asked not to bring armed soldiers to the peace talks, the aliens tell him he's an omega. He does not a) ask what an omega is or b) assert that he's not one. And like, it'd be so easy to have him ask. They don't have to answer! They don't have to respect his assertations! But he has to ask or he just looks like a passive idiot.
This continues through the rest of the book. If there's an easy question that it makes more sense for him to ask than not or a simple statement it would make perfect sense to say, he's quiet. He does pick the most random moments to assert some kind of authority (telling his alien lover when they're about to fuck that he can't bear children then, when the alien doesn't accept it, just shrugging it off and fucking him anyway) but mostly just goes along with things (hardly protesting being married off, coming up with an idea to claim he already has a mate then not doing anything about it or telling any of the aliens about it).
And, like, if he was the junior officer on his first first contact and scared for his life and he actually did anything other than wander around passively then act like shocked pikachu that things don't automatically go his way I'd maybe buy it but it's just completely unbelievable that a person like this would ever be sent to do this job. And maybe I'm meant to put it aside to focus on the emotion, and I can do that with weak world building, but not with character building. If I don't believe in the character I can't care about his romance.
Also, this book made me belive for a solid few seconds that someone's dick had started bleeding in the middle of sex before I realised that when it said dark with blood it didn't mean it in the sense that clothes might be dark with blood after you're shot or the soil below the wounded soldiers but as in their dick was flushed. Up there in the unsexy list with the word suckling on sex scenes.
reign_kaur's review
challenging
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Miscommunication trope plus Mpreg ending
tinkcourtney's review against another edition
4.0
Fun story
This was entertaining and my friend group all enjoyed it. However, it really needs editing, which detracted some from the experience. I’ll still check out the next one, though!
This was entertaining and my friend group all enjoyed it. However, it really needs editing, which detracted some from the experience. I’ll still check out the next one, though!