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Assigned a Mate by Grace Goodwin

2.0

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This was… OK. I listened to Goodwin’s The Beasts series (kind of a Bachelor/Bachelorette show style matching) and enjoyed those so thought I’d go back to the beginning.

This just didn’t quite work for me. The set up was strange and didn’t make sense - to escape danger on earth they “fake” her being a murderer so she can qualify for the Interstellar Brides program. While later they put her into traditional WITSEC.

I’m all for kinky - *consensual* kinky. Spanking someone who is brand new to you, your planet, your culture for refusing to be sexually assaulted by a doctor because it was your job as her “master” to speak up for her (which you failed to do?!?!) is not sexy, it’s abuse. There was a lot of expecting her to comply without question to anything and everything without spending any time getting to know one another. Then *bam* it’s been 3 days and they’re madly in love?

I’ll try another as authors usually improve over time, but I wouldn’t encourage anyone to start here - especially if consent is important to them.

Narration:
BJ Pottsworth & Audrey Conway were good. I enjoyed the dual narration.