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A review by vrstal
The Alien's Kidnapped Omega by Sienna Sway
4.0
3.5/5.
Sienna Sway is a new to me author, and when I saw this new release it reminded me of one of my favorite books in the blurb so I wanted to read it and see if it held up to a similar enjoyment for me. Her writing was a bit emotionally closed off for me and had some editing issues, but I see plenty of potential to grow.
Story wise, I did enjoy this. While I felt the characters of Alex and Saar were not very in-depth, I think the culture building around the Nassa were. I enjoyed the depictions and descriptions of their clothing and art, as well as the expectations in the wedding bond and the thought put into their planet environment alongside their biology. Not to mention they weren’t painted as horrible, just that there were miscommunications had over their species not having the same understandings around gender, which I enjoyed. I definitely want to read more about this world and the alphas and omegas on planet that could potentially create more couples to be had. I felt I could imagine how the aliens looked and especially loved the description of the omega nassa.
Alex and Saar had a few traits — lonely and average, vs. passionate and devoted — that I felt they were defined by. They acted within those perimeters, and not much else is to be said for them. I think the hurt/comfort that emerges is sweet, but we don’t get much emotional depth until Alex is talking to his friend much later in the book. This relationship is definitely instalove, but I have no issue with that. Just something to be warned about if you decide to pick this up.
There was m-preg but it was right at the end with no development so it doesn’t play out. That was unfortunate but typical. I liked how the ending worked out for all the characters involved, and I definitely think it made sense for the story.
”It was overwhelming how much the simple gesture meant to me. I’d been lonely before, that was true, but I hadn’t realized just how much I longed to have something more in my life.”
Sienna Sway is a new to me author, and when I saw this new release it reminded me of one of my favorite books in the blurb so I wanted to read it and see if it held up to a similar enjoyment for me. Her writing was a bit emotionally closed off for me and had some editing issues, but I see plenty of potential to grow.
Story wise, I did enjoy this. While I felt the characters of Alex and Saar were not very in-depth, I think the culture building around the Nassa were. I enjoyed the depictions and descriptions of their clothing and art, as well as the expectations in the wedding bond and the thought put into their planet environment alongside their biology. Not to mention they weren’t painted as horrible, just that there were miscommunications had over their species not having the same understandings around gender, which I enjoyed. I definitely want to read more about this world and the alphas and omegas on planet that could potentially create more couples to be had. I felt I could imagine how the aliens looked and especially loved the description of the omega nassa.
Alex and Saar had a few traits — lonely and average, vs. passionate and devoted — that I felt they were defined by. They acted within those perimeters, and not much else is to be said for them. I think the hurt/comfort that emerges is sweet, but we don’t get much emotional depth until Alex is talking to his friend much later in the book. This relationship is definitely instalove, but I have no issue with that. Just something to be warned about if you decide to pick this up.
There was m-preg but it was right at the end with no development so it doesn’t play out. That was unfortunate but typical. I liked how the ending worked out for all the characters involved, and I definitely think it made sense for the story.