…. What?

Surprisingly good!

I, obviously, was a little hesitant to read this, but I had to give it a chance. And I’m really glad I did! It was weird and bizarre and funny, but had a lot of heart and the plot was there. I’m off to download the next one.

4 stars
OVERALL: A fun, wild ride (once you get past the traumatic start) full of bravery, miscommunication, and sexy times between Florida girl Georgie and Vektal, the horned blue-suede hottt alien.
Content warnings: sex trafficking, abduction, rape (on-page), captive/captor, hostage, murder, guns, violence, blood

Short book, lots of world-building as the start of this series. I thought the author did a nice job showing the terror and confusion and desperation of our captive ladies at the start/throughout--that added a lot of tension for the book.
It did feel a little like this book was the setup for the series, with less time focused on our main characters being together/falling in love. I wanted a little more out of the romance.
I thought it was interesting to have multiple alien types--it's clear there's more to this universe, but there's also a sort of caveman feel too?
I wanted more love and emotional development--I know it's fated mates trope, but I'd honestly read more pages if they contained that development!