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A review by iam
Alpha Trine by Lexi Ander
4.0
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4.5 stars
It's a well known fact that I'm a total sucker for books with tons of aliens. And when the various alien species are abundant, with clearly differing cultures and varying physiologies, plus humans don't even appear on-page and are background antagonists?
That's my JAM right there!
Content warnings include: abandonment of infant, loss of child, adoption, blinding and restoring sight of a child, violation of reproductive freedome and unconsensual surgery on intersex child, general lack of research into being intersex, off-page discrimination of intersex people, violence and graphic injury, sex on-page, a very convoluted alien way of mpreg; mentions of torture, human(oid) experiments, xenophobia, discrimination, abusive past relationship.
Weirdly enjoyable is a apt description of what I thought of Alpha Trine in general. I am deeply invested into the story despite its numerous flaws. It's overly complicated while also repeatedly making use of clichéd tropes, and the writing style reminds me of older fanfiction sometimes - and yet I found myself absolutely unable to put the book down from the very first page.
On-paper and in retrospect I am surprised by how much of a good time I had while reading this book, and I cannot quite explain it in face of its flaws. I definitely want to know how this story continues, and I'm looking forward to the sequel.
I received an ARC and reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Check out the full review here.
4.5 stars
It's a well known fact that I'm a total sucker for books with tons of aliens. And when the various alien species are abundant, with clearly differing cultures and varying physiologies, plus humans don't even appear on-page and are background antagonists?
That's my JAM right there!
Content warnings include: abandonment of infant, loss of child, adoption, blinding and restoring sight of a child, violation of reproductive freedome and unconsensual surgery on intersex child, general lack of research into being intersex, off-page discrimination of intersex people, violence and graphic injury, sex on-page, a very convoluted alien way of mpreg; mentions of torture, human(oid) experiments, xenophobia, discrimination, abusive past relationship.
Weirdly enjoyable is a apt description of what I thought of Alpha Trine in general. I am deeply invested into the story despite its numerous flaws. It's overly complicated while also repeatedly making use of clichéd tropes, and the writing style reminds me of older fanfiction sometimes - and yet I found myself absolutely unable to put the book down from the very first page.
On-paper and in retrospect I am surprised by how much of a good time I had while reading this book, and I cannot quite explain it in face of its flaws. I definitely want to know how this story continues, and I'm looking forward to the sequel.
I received an ARC and reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Check out the full review here.