I really enjoyed this! I appreciated the way the plot developed, and I liked the two main leads. I never would have considered myself an alien romance kind of gal, but between Etta Pierce and Regine Abel, I’m really coming around to the genre. I know Pierce describes this book as having Mass Effect vibes, but I’ve never played that game, and would say the book felt more like spicy Star Trek to me. I also want to say I never felt bogged down by the sci-fi of it all. I think this would count as a hard sci-fi story, but again—if you’ve seen Star Trek (or played Mass Effect), you’ll keep up just fine. I think it’s worth noting that I really liked the premise of the abduction that takes place in this book. You’re very much learning about the fact of aliens right alongside the FMC, and while she adjusts shockingly quickly, her background as a criminal profiler and professor made her quick adapting more sensible. I also liked how the premise for the abduction is also the premise for why these two get spicy pretty quickly, because in this context, I found their fast fooling around believable instead of exasperating. As for the romance, I enjoyed how it developed, though it was definitely closer to an insta-love dynamic than a slow burn. Still, Atarian and Olivia are likable and interesting characters, so it’s easy to roll with how fast they fall for one another, especially given the UST their relationship brims with. I would definitely read other books in this series.