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A review by kcinlive
The Alien's Kidnapped Omega by Sienna Sway
1.0
Full disclosure, I wasn't able to bring myself to finish this book. I don't like writing a review for a book I half finished, but here I am.
My complains are mainly that that the Alex is supposed to be an expert in first contact situations but at no point acts like it! Then he's completely passive through the entire first half of the book. He just completely goes with the flow. All for no real reason! There's a nod towards not wanting the other humans to wipe out the village he's staying at to save him. But honestly it doesn't even feel like that was a major concern. It was handled really quickly and they held off.
My biggest complaint was the Alex was basically forced into a marriage ceremony with someone he had just met. He really didn't complain about it much. Then when it got to the "I do"s. He said YES! FOR NO REASON!!! I had to put the book down and walk away. He wasn't under any threat. He was in no danger. He knew he was in no danger. The worst that would have happened is that he would have embarrassed the alien MC(Saar) he was going to marry and his family, but so what?! They were forcing him into it! Alex told them he didn't want this several times! Not that he actively tried to stop it at any point!
The author even told us the Alex was driven, studied and worked hard to get to where he was. I really don't feel like he would just give all that up with no real reflection, to someone he just met! It's not at all internally consistent, and bugged the heck out of me!
At the marriage ceremony the MC should have apologized but said no. The Saar would have been devastated. So would his family. THEN the human marines should have arrived to "save" Alex. The story could have continued from there. Alex could have felt guilty. Maybe even admit to himself about having some feelings for Saar. Had time to reflect as to whether he was really happy with his life. THEN maybe they try first contact again. On the planet again, or maybe better in Space so the humans could show off. Then maybe the aliens could understand why Alex didn't need to be "protected". Alex and Saar could continue their relationship on a more equal footing. The alpha/omega story could still have continued but maybe not as crazy extreme. I'm no author but this would have made a lot more sense.
Honestly if you like a alpha/omega, human is abducted, etc. story this one's "ok". I can suspend my disbelief, but there are limits. This story just wasn't internally consistent enough for me.
Spoiler
I got about half way through, then human MC(Alex) did something I thought was beyond stupid and I stopped. The book is basically every other human gets abducted, alpha/omega, active/passive person, etc. story out there. However, I LIKE a lot of those stories. I wasn't a fan of this one.My complains are mainly that that the Alex is supposed to be an expert in first contact situations but at no point acts like it! Then he's completely passive through the entire first half of the book. He just completely goes with the flow. All for no real reason! There's a nod towards not wanting the other humans to wipe out the village he's staying at to save him. But honestly it doesn't even feel like that was a major concern. It was handled really quickly and they held off.
My biggest complaint was the Alex was basically forced into a marriage ceremony with someone he had just met. He really didn't complain about it much. Then when it got to the "I do"s. He said YES! FOR NO REASON!!! I had to put the book down and walk away. He wasn't under any threat. He was in no danger. He knew he was in no danger. The worst that would have happened is that he would have embarrassed the alien MC(Saar) he was going to marry and his family, but so what?! They were forcing him into it! Alex told them he didn't want this several times! Not that he actively tried to stop it at any point!
The author even told us the Alex was driven, studied and worked hard to get to where he was. I really don't feel like he would just give all that up with no real reflection, to someone he just met! It's not at all internally consistent, and bugged the heck out of me!
At the marriage ceremony the MC should have apologized but said no. The Saar would have been devastated. So would his family. THEN the human marines should have arrived to "save" Alex. The story could have continued from there. Alex could have felt guilty. Maybe even admit to himself about having some feelings for Saar. Had time to reflect as to whether he was really happy with his life. THEN maybe they try first contact again. On the planet again, or maybe better in Space so the humans could show off. Then maybe the aliens could understand why Alex didn't need to be "protected". Alex and Saar could continue their relationship on a more equal footing. The alpha/omega story could still have continued but maybe not as crazy extreme. I'm no author but this would have made a lot more sense.
Honestly if you like a alpha/omega, human is abducted, etc. story this one's "ok". I can suspend my disbelief, but there are limits. This story just wasn't internally consistent enough for me.