Reviews

Freeing Luka by Victoria Aveline

lunarcatbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-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

At the end of the last book, Theo's brother Luka, who has always been kind of a longer, has gone missing. At the start of this book we meet Alice who wakes up in a cell and surrounded by aliens who are using horrible means to solve their planet's fertility problem. While walking past a cell one day she catches the idea of a captive, Luka, and he immediately recognizes her as his mate. As they are forced together they recognize something in each other and after a daring escape, Luka woos his newfound mate.

I'm really really enjoying the worldbuilding in this series, the nuances of what is similar and what is different. In this story Luka has spent a lot of time researching the planet's animals and he shows them off to Alice, you learn about their moons, animals, technology, and timekeeping and all of it while Luka pulls out all the stops to romance Alice.

read_with_jessy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense slow-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

3.5

💜BOOK REVIEW💜

I just finished the second installment of the Clacanian Series “Freeing Luka.” I enjoyed it quite a bit. It’s a very subtle monster smut. There’s some spice but very minimal. The plot was very good though. I can say it was a very platelet cleanser. Even though I love my smut. I will say that Luka is a lot more filthier than his brother Theo which is book one. Which of course I enjoyed. Overall it was a good book. Definitely will continue the series. Highly recommend if you’re looking for monster smut but with like 1-2 🌶️’s. 

💜Rating💜
 3.5/5⭐️⭐️⭐️
 1.5/5🌶️ 1/2

gracescross's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

luelue_reads's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.25

winchested's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

justalazyreader's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

shanayaareads's review against another edition

3.0

As with most books that are a part of a series, book two was very disappointing. I found Alice annoying and whiny.

Also, this entire book low key gave me Ice planet barbarian vibes.

rkulcsar's review against another edition

emotional tense 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

3.5

justplainme's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced

4.25

bookish_cahdii's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.0