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I Think I'm in Love with an Alien
by Ann Aguirre
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.25⭐
This was cute and has a lot of potential, but could probably use a pretty thorough edit.
'I Think I'm In Love With An Alien' is about a group of friends who met on an alien-focused forum, their initial meeting at Space-Con, and what follows. Specifically, it focuses on Jen and Tam (Seeker). Jen is a human who loves everything to do with space, and Tam is an alien who has been trapped on Earth for that last year because of a tourism mishap.
This was a pretty easy read. The relationship was kind of adorable, and I especially liked the second half of the book, when Space-Con was over and the focus was on what kind of life they might have.
The first half of the book seemed to drag, as so many unnecessary descriptions and mundane details were included. (Why did the hotel printing out everything matter when it wasn't a plot point later on? Why did I need to know the entire layout of her hotel room?)
There were also some missteps with the plot/characters that bothered me:
• First, Tam is supposed to be extremely smart (smart enough to be talking about writing research papers), but thinks the human calendar/time system is arbitrary. It makes sense that he'd believe something different would be better, but not that it was just totally made up with no rhyme or reason, and it made me question how bright he really was since that's something he could have found an answer to with an ounce of research.
• Second, the sexual harassment at the convention....I truly cannot picture a worker caring enough that the famous person gets thrown out without video evidence or something just as damning backing it up. It's a nice idea, but too unrealistic, even for alien romance.
Thank you NetGalley for providing me with the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This was cute and has a lot of potential, but could probably use a pretty thorough edit.
'I Think I'm In Love With An Alien' is about a group of friends who met on an alien-focused forum, their initial meeting at Space-Con, and what follows. Specifically, it focuses on Jen and Tam (Seeker). Jen is a human who loves everything to do with space, and Tam is an alien who has been trapped on Earth for that last year because of a tourism mishap.
This was a pretty easy read. The relationship was kind of adorable, and I especially liked the second half of the book, when Space-Con was over and the focus was on what kind of life they might have.
The first half of the book seemed to drag, as so many unnecessary descriptions and mundane details were included. (Why did the hotel printing out everything matter when it wasn't a plot point later on? Why did I need to know the entire layout of her hotel room?)
There were also some missteps with the plot/characters that bothered me:
• First, Tam is supposed to be extremely smart (smart enough to be talking about writing research papers), but thinks the human calendar/time system is arbitrary. It makes sense that he'd believe something different would be better, but not that it was just totally made up with no rhyme or reason, and it made me question how bright he really was since that's something he could have found an answer to with an ounce of research.
• Second, the sexual harassment at the convention....I truly cannot picture a worker caring enough that the famous person gets thrown out without video evidence or something just as damning backing it up. It's a nice idea, but too unrealistic, even for alien romance.
Thank you NetGalley for providing me with the ARC in exchange for an honest review.