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Fallon Mates #1
Binding Krista
Book 1 in the Fallon Mates series. For Adan d'Amato and Lyan d'Vesti, only a shared bond-mate will ensure the continuance of their race. The Council scientists have found a match in Krista Thomas a genetically compatible human. By Council rules Krista must be willing and the binding must be done immediately before she is brought back to their world, because once she accepts the bond, she will know that Adan and Lyan are not natives of Earth. For the warriors, it's a simple quest go to Earth, bind their mate to them, then return home. There's only one catch Krista is on the run and she's afraid to involve anyone else in her life.
160 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2005
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Jory Strong
64 books423 followersJory has been writing since childhood and has never outgrown being a daydreamer. When she's not hunched over her computer, lost in the muse and conjuring up new heroes and heroines, she can usually be found reading, riding her horses, or hiking with her dogs.
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August 14, 2008
This is a steamy paranormal menage a trois story. Adan and Lyan come to earth to claim their bond mate. Due to a virus the females on their planet are infertile. The scientists match the single males up to human females who have compatible genes so they can have their babies.
Krista is on the run from her boyfriend. She witnessed him killing a police officer and now she has to hide from him. She runs into Adan and Lyan at the casino and later has a threesome with them. The next day she leaves them because she does not want them to get hurt. Since they marked her they can follow her and and always locate her. Now they just have to convince her that they belong together and that they will keep her save. Krista has no idea that she is attracted to aliens.
The book was very short but the character development was good. The sex scenes were steamy.
Krista is on the run from her boyfriend. She witnessed him killing a police officer and now she has to hide from him. She runs into Adan and Lyan at the casino and later has a threesome with them. The next day she leaves them because she does not want them to get hurt. Since they marked her they can follow her and and always locate her. Now they just have to convince her that they belong together and that they will keep her save. Krista has no idea that she is attracted to aliens.
The book was very short but the character development was good. The sex scenes were steamy.
January 15, 2018
This is the book you read when...
You have no other books to read, currently need a break from a serious series or if you’re sadistic and want to be tortured by inexplicably bad story telling. I’m amazed that i even completed this book though I can’t even say that because a I skimmed it more times than not. To say this was a dastardly, inane read is an understatement that I won’t have you believing. Let me summarize this book for you before you waste your time:
It’s about these warrior guys that need to mate because their race is being plagued by a bio-weapon that threatens them to extinction. You will hear nothing more, no more sophisticated description of this so-called epidemic. The Hotaling virus, again no back story other than it’s a public health crisis in Belzair (their native planet) can’t be overcome so all hopes are bestowed on the wombs of human women. Geneticists in Belzair have intelligently found women on earth that have the “Fallon gene”- the gene that traces back to the ancestors of the warriors.
You hear this? So we have mastered genetic engineering but no trace of an antivirus... this book lacks scientific research and imagination ..which this is one of the many flaws of the book that just makes it as ridiculous as it gratuitous. But wait it gets better,and by better I obviously been abysmally worse.
Thea hunky guys find their way to “primitive planet” of earth. These are the same guys that can’t think when they see a female of their match. I’ve never been against books that build on themes of “mating heat” and all that jazz but this book was downright offensive with it’s rudimentary fixation of mating. Basically the match between the men and the woman was all it took for anything to happen. The heroine concedes nearly immediately! Despite her so called desperation of being chased by her criminal ex for almost a year.
By 47% of the book, she vows that she loves them. At this point,they don’t even know her last name! There were unending contradictions that first puzzled me but ultimately amused me. I was laughing all through this book because even the fantasy was embarrassingly hyperbolized that you could take NOTHING from the story. They laid eyes on her, ate at a Mexican restaurant and consummated their acquaintance... lol how?? Absolutely no development of anything whatsoever. The characters, the setting, inner conflict.. nope. everyone is just laser focused to get on their lusty boots.
The author refused to use a thesaurus or any literary devices in all the steam scenes. Take a shot every time you read :
Tunnel, growled, chuckled... your liver will fail by the fourth chapter.
And to have two men that say their nature is to be possessive just find it a swimmingly good idea, without hesitation to “share a bond-mate” is incomprehensible! There was no world building or character development to perhaps explain the co existence of lovers,the chance for it to go wrong!the temptation to steal one from the other or even for the human woman to deny them altogether. EVERYTHING WAS SO PREDICTABLE AND SO UNCOMPROMISED THAT IS WAS PAINFUL!
But I wanted to read a trio/menage. I wanted to see angelic creatures. I wanted to try a new sub genre. And now I want ibuprofen.....
You have no other books to read, currently need a break from a serious series or if you’re sadistic and want to be tortured by inexplicably bad story telling. I’m amazed that i even completed this book though I can’t even say that because a I skimmed it more times than not. To say this was a dastardly, inane read is an understatement that I won’t have you believing. Let me summarize this book for you before you waste your time:
It’s about these warrior guys that need to mate because their race is being plagued by a bio-weapon that threatens them to extinction. You will hear nothing more, no more sophisticated description of this so-called epidemic. The Hotaling virus, again no back story other than it’s a public health crisis in Belzair (their native planet) can’t be overcome so all hopes are bestowed on the wombs of human women. Geneticists in Belzair have intelligently found women on earth that have the “Fallon gene”- the gene that traces back to the ancestors of the warriors.
You hear this? So we have mastered genetic engineering but no trace of an antivirus... this book lacks scientific research and imagination ..which this is one of the many flaws of the book that just makes it as ridiculous as it gratuitous. But wait it gets better,and by better I obviously been abysmally worse.
Thea hunky guys find their way to “primitive planet” of earth. These are the same guys that can’t think when they see a female of their match. I’ve never been against books that build on themes of “mating heat” and all that jazz but this book was downright offensive with it’s rudimentary fixation of mating. Basically the match between the men and the woman was all it took for anything to happen. The heroine concedes nearly immediately! Despite her so called desperation of being chased by her criminal ex for almost a year.
By 47% of the book, she vows that she loves them. At this point,they don’t even know her last name! There were unending contradictions that first puzzled me but ultimately amused me. I was laughing all through this book because even the fantasy was embarrassingly hyperbolized that you could take NOTHING from the story. They laid eyes on her, ate at a Mexican restaurant and consummated their acquaintance... lol how?? Absolutely no development of anything whatsoever. The characters, the setting, inner conflict.. nope. everyone is just laser focused to get on their lusty boots.
The author refused to use a thesaurus or any literary devices in all the steam scenes. Take a shot every time you read :
Tunnel, growled, chuckled... your liver will fail by the fourth chapter.
And to have two men that say their nature is to be possessive just find it a swimmingly good idea, without hesitation to “share a bond-mate” is incomprehensible! There was no world building or character development to perhaps explain the co existence of lovers,the chance for it to go wrong!the temptation to steal one from the other or even for the human woman to deny them altogether. EVERYTHING WAS SO PREDICTABLE AND SO UNCOMPROMISED THAT IS WAS PAINFUL!
But I wanted to read a trio/menage. I wanted to see angelic creatures. I wanted to try a new sub genre. And now I want ibuprofen.....
July 14, 2016
Rating: 4
I so love the idea of alien Angel and Demon dominance. This is the type of story that I want more storyline and the same amount of sex. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good alien fuck fest.
I so love the idea of alien Angel and Demon dominance. This is the type of story that I want more storyline and the same amount of sex. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good alien fuck fest.
May 17, 2013
This book was a waste of money and time, though I decided not to waste too much of the latter on it. No need for spoiler warnings, since I didn't finish this thing. Couldn't even go further than four chapters.
I don't know more than the premise in a bit more detail.
The two heroes are Adan and Lyan. They're not from Earth, but from aplace called Belizair (I assume it's the name of the planet, but that wasn't clarified in part I read). They are only on Earth on a mission to retrieve their mate - a woman who according to scientists from their home, is genetically compatible with them both.
They have to do this since enemies of their race, the Hotalings, used genetic weaponry and rendered their females infertile. Some humans apparently descend from Fallon, after said Fallon beings mixed with humans in the past, and finding them and mating them with two males (or more?) seems to be the only way to save their species.
So their mission is important on a personal and global level.
The heroine, Krista, is a woman on the run from an obsessed, criminal ex-boyfriend. Having witnessed one of his crimes, she has been running until she can testify against him, then hopefully return to a normal life when he's behind bars, and can't get to her anymore.
I have no problem what so ever with the premise/plot. In terms of story, I knew what I was getting buying the book. So I'm not going to complain about clichés or anything - heck, I like them, I think they're pretty fun. I like the whole "Mars Needs Women" trope, I like protective alpha males, and I don't mind the whole "they see the girl and they KNOW she's the one they're looking for".
So I won't complain about clichés. Honestly I might not even care if the author didn't bring anything to make it fresh, new or any sort of twist to make it more interesting or unique. (I don't even know about that part, I didn't read far enough to find anything like that.) It wouldn't have gotten five stars, but I might still have enjoyed it.
So what DID earn it one star? The writing itself, and the characters. I can also mention plot progression, but it goes hand in hand with characters, so...Moving on.
The Writing:
Bad. Confusing as hell. Bad again.
Description was ok sometimes, but mostly it wasn't.
In all five chapters, all I got was that all the main characters were hot, the males were tall, the girl was short, Adan was blond, so was Krista, and Lyan had dark hair. And I'm honestly not completely sure about any of what I just said. I don't like having the character described in excruciating detail over and over, but I'd like to know what to picture when the characters are introduced. I don't even know the color of any of their eyes. I don't know the guys' sizes - as in height and build, people, get your head out of the gutter. It's frustrating when I'm being told the characters are freaking staring at each other, but the description given to me is what I would see in a short glimpse.
I also never got much of their surroundings. For instance, at the beginning, I knew they were at the casino, I knew there were slot machines and...nothing else. I don't need to be told every little thing, but I don't even know where they were standing. Were they being inconspicuous, or was everyone noticing them? I honestly pictured them being weird and standing right in front of the door, looking around and surely making everyone start to feel kind of paranoid.
Also, there was too much switching of points-of-view. I enjoy reading a story from more than one point of view, but for the love of God, don't switch every paragraph or every other paragraph. Is it so hard to stick with one for a while, make it clear when you change to another? Sheesh.
Not only did it get confusing, but rather than getting any real feel of any character, we ended up with none, with all the head hopping.
Speaking of characters...
The Characters:
Adan and Lyan:
Honestly, neither had much of a character, so there's not even any need to separate them.
Adan was the light-hearted one, from what I could see. His two main actions/states of being were "smiling" and "chuckling/laughing".
Lyan was the "dark", intense one. What he did most was "growl".
Krista:
Oh, man. Oh, boy. I am really going to have to make an effort not to rant to much about this one.
First and foremost, one big question: Why the heck wasn't she in the Witness Protection Program? There's a brief mention like "After getting away from Alexi (the ex-boyfriend), she didn't know who to trust", but...I'm sorry, that does not stand as a good explanation to me. Maybe something later comes up that says he's like...bribing EVERYONE, Federal agencies and Government included or something, but I don't think anything would really sit well with me as a reason for this.
Onward...she is a woman who has been on the run for a while, from what I gathered had a few scares already. She's not only moved from city to city, she has moved from state to state. If she's running from a guy with the resources to hunt her down despite such, she would have to be smart. She should be paranoid.
At the start, she enters the casino seeming just that, watching out for being seen, and with resolve not to stay longer than she needs to. At least, it seemed like it.
(By the way, she was there to get money to survive, using her knowledge in math. Yet the first thing she does is use a slot machine. Not blackjack or poker or something...Just...Really? Knowing math makes you win at slot machines, now? Do I really know THAT little about gambling?)
Yet she sees two guys - attractive guys...but also BIG guys, staring straight at her, and she doesn't run. Not glancing her way and exchanging words and smiling, perhaps indicating two normal guys who just think she's attractive or something...No, they are staring right at her.
She considers running, but she does
Among her reasons for not bolting? For not thinking they are after her? They are hot. Her ex-boyfriend - and this is not even my own sarcastic remark, this is her actual trail of thought - would not hire guys like those.
I must have missed some important feminine instinct or basic survival lesson or something, that teaches you attractive guys can't mean you any harm or be hired by crazy people.
Only after accepting their out of the blue dinner invitation, and having dinner with them, does she run when they mention bounty hunters. (The only action that made any sense given the character she was suppose to be.) And even then, she feels bad afterwards. She even goes back to the same casino.
And when she sees Adan again there, rather than being the least bit cautious, she once again summons her "hot guys can mean us no harm" mental excuse, and when he approaches her, she apologizes. Then, for no good reason, decides to tell him about her problem. About having a crazy but powerful guy hunting her down.
That a bit of a big thing to throw on someone - someone she has no intention of getting to know or at least be with for long, since she doesn't want to involve him or his friend in her dangerous life...And not only that, why would it seem safe to reveal? Maybe they're not actively hunting her, but they could be connected to her ex, they could be opportunistic and hand her over in hopes of reward.
This just does not seem like a reasonable way to act for someone living like she is.
Also, when Lyan comes along and asks who is after her, she is only briefly suspicious. He was not there when she talked about it. Yet he knows. Nevermind someone paranoid, any NORMAL person would find this weird. Would, in the least, ask how he knew.
But nope, instead, she just agrees to go sleep with the two of them.
Alright, I failed at the no-ranting part.
But I'm done now, only one little note about something I didn't think to mention before...
The Sex Scene: (Since I only read one, whether there are more or not.)
Terrible. I won't drawl on about this too, though, I've gone on long enough.
So that's it, that's my humble opinion. I ask you to respect it, because I respect everyone else's.
I don't know more than the premise in a bit more detail.
The two heroes are Adan and Lyan. They're not from Earth, but from aplace called Belizair (I assume it's the name of the planet, but that wasn't clarified in part I read). They are only on Earth on a mission to retrieve their mate - a woman who according to scientists from their home, is genetically compatible with them both.
They have to do this since enemies of their race, the Hotalings, used genetic weaponry and rendered their females infertile. Some humans apparently descend from Fallon, after said Fallon beings mixed with humans in the past, and finding them and mating them with two males (or more?) seems to be the only way to save their species.
So their mission is important on a personal and global level.
The heroine, Krista, is a woman on the run from an obsessed, criminal ex-boyfriend. Having witnessed one of his crimes, she has been running until she can testify against him, then hopefully return to a normal life when he's behind bars, and can't get to her anymore.
I have no problem what so ever with the premise/plot. In terms of story, I knew what I was getting buying the book. So I'm not going to complain about clichés or anything - heck, I like them, I think they're pretty fun. I like the whole "Mars Needs Women" trope, I like protective alpha males, and I don't mind the whole "they see the girl and they KNOW she's the one they're looking for".
So I won't complain about clichés. Honestly I might not even care if the author didn't bring anything to make it fresh, new or any sort of twist to make it more interesting or unique. (I don't even know about that part, I didn't read far enough to find anything like that.) It wouldn't have gotten five stars, but I might still have enjoyed it.
So what DID earn it one star? The writing itself, and the characters. I can also mention plot progression, but it goes hand in hand with characters, so...Moving on.
The Writing:
Bad. Confusing as hell. Bad again.
Description was ok sometimes, but mostly it wasn't.
In all five chapters, all I got was that all the main characters were hot, the males were tall, the girl was short, Adan was blond, so was Krista, and Lyan had dark hair. And I'm honestly not completely sure about any of what I just said. I don't like having the character described in excruciating detail over and over, but I'd like to know what to picture when the characters are introduced. I don't even know the color of any of their eyes. I don't know the guys' sizes - as in height and build, people, get your head out of the gutter. It's frustrating when I'm being told the characters are freaking staring at each other, but the description given to me is what I would see in a short glimpse.
I also never got much of their surroundings. For instance, at the beginning, I knew they were at the casino, I knew there were slot machines and...nothing else. I don't need to be told every little thing, but I don't even know where they were standing. Were they being inconspicuous, or was everyone noticing them? I honestly pictured them being weird and standing right in front of the door, looking around and surely making everyone start to feel kind of paranoid.
Also, there was too much switching of points-of-view. I enjoy reading a story from more than one point of view, but for the love of God, don't switch every paragraph or every other paragraph. Is it so hard to stick with one for a while, make it clear when you change to another? Sheesh.
Not only did it get confusing, but rather than getting any real feel of any character, we ended up with none, with all the head hopping.
Speaking of characters...
The Characters:
Adan and Lyan:
Honestly, neither had much of a character, so there's not even any need to separate them.
Adan was the light-hearted one, from what I could see. His two main actions/states of being were "smiling" and "chuckling/laughing".
Lyan was the "dark", intense one. What he did most was "growl".
Krista:
Oh, man. Oh, boy. I am really going to have to make an effort not to rant to much about this one.
First and foremost, one big question: Why the heck wasn't she in the Witness Protection Program? There's a brief mention like "After getting away from Alexi (the ex-boyfriend), she didn't know who to trust", but...I'm sorry, that does not stand as a good explanation to me. Maybe something later comes up that says he's like...bribing EVERYONE, Federal agencies and Government included or something, but I don't think anything would really sit well with me as a reason for this.
Onward...she is a woman who has been on the run for a while, from what I gathered had a few scares already. She's not only moved from city to city, she has moved from state to state. If she's running from a guy with the resources to hunt her down despite such, she would have to be smart. She should be paranoid.
At the start, she enters the casino seeming just that, watching out for being seen, and with resolve not to stay longer than she needs to. At least, it seemed like it.
(By the way, she was there to get money to survive, using her knowledge in math. Yet the first thing she does is use a slot machine. Not blackjack or poker or something...Just...Really? Knowing math makes you win at slot machines, now? Do I really know THAT little about gambling?)
Yet she sees two guys - attractive guys...but also BIG guys, staring straight at her, and she doesn't run. Not glancing her way and exchanging words and smiling, perhaps indicating two normal guys who just think she's attractive or something...No, they are staring right at her.
She considers running, but she does
Among her reasons for not bolting? For not thinking they are after her? They are hot. Her ex-boyfriend - and this is not even my own sarcastic remark, this is her actual trail of thought - would not hire guys like those.
I must have missed some important feminine instinct or basic survival lesson or something, that teaches you attractive guys can't mean you any harm or be hired by crazy people.
Only after accepting their out of the blue dinner invitation, and having dinner with them, does she run when they mention bounty hunters. (The only action that made any sense given the character she was suppose to be.) And even then, she feels bad afterwards. She even goes back to the same casino.
And when she sees Adan again there, rather than being the least bit cautious, she once again summons her "hot guys can mean us no harm" mental excuse, and when he approaches her, she apologizes. Then, for no good reason, decides to tell him about her problem. About having a crazy but powerful guy hunting her down.
That a bit of a big thing to throw on someone - someone she has no intention of getting to know or at least be with for long, since she doesn't want to involve him or his friend in her dangerous life...And not only that, why would it seem safe to reveal? Maybe they're not actively hunting her, but they could be connected to her ex, they could be opportunistic and hand her over in hopes of reward.
This just does not seem like a reasonable way to act for someone living like she is.
Also, when Lyan comes along and asks who is after her, she is only briefly suspicious. He was not there when she talked about it. Yet he knows. Nevermind someone paranoid, any NORMAL person would find this weird. Would, in the least, ask how he knew.
But nope, instead, she just agrees to go sleep with the two of them.
Alright, I failed at the no-ranting part.
But I'm done now, only one little note about something I didn't think to mention before...
The Sex Scene: (Since I only read one, whether there are more or not.)
Terrible. I won't drawl on about this too, though, I've gone on long enough.
So that's it, that's my humble opinion. I ask you to respect it, because I respect everyone else's.
June 12, 2009
Adan and Lyan are definitely out of this world hot. Literally. They are from a different universe with different rules and structures where their Council have determined Krista Thomas to be a genetically compatible human mate and have sent the men to Earth to claim, bind and bring her home with them. They find her in Las Vegas and immediately attempt to stake their claim, but Krista is on the run from a murderous psychotic ex and is not about to trust that the fates have dropped two gorgeous men into her lap for no reason. She escapes Adan and Lyan, who are frantic to find her because they could be sent back for their failure, and they are determined that no one is going to take her from them. They find her again and use every sensual weapon they have to make her mindless with pleasure and unable to escape. However, Krista's ex is willing to hurt anyone she gets close to and so the next morning she proves determined to leave. Adan and Lyan are unable to deny to her, so they let her go, equally determined to track her and bring her problems to an end. Once they do so, they hope Krista's desire and growing love for her two out of this world hunks will be enough to get her to leave her home and journey into theirs.
The world building for Jory Strong's Binding Krista was surprisingly tight and interesting. I wouldn't mind learning more about her world and the different characteristics that Adan and Lyan have were also fun and very sexy. The sex in Binding Krista is almost all menage and it's quite sexy. I was a little irritated by Krista's actions during this story though. I understand she thought she was protecting Adan and Lyan but still. While it wasn't anything drastic it was still irritating. Jory Strong also mixes it up nicely with Adan being more your suave, tender lover while Lyan was a much more dominate and forceful personality. All in all, this was a very good story and a nice read.
The world building for Jory Strong's Binding Krista was surprisingly tight and interesting. I wouldn't mind learning more about her world and the different characteristics that Adan and Lyan have were also fun and very sexy. The sex in Binding Krista is almost all menage and it's quite sexy. I was a little irritated by Krista's actions during this story though. I understand she thought she was protecting Adan and Lyan but still. While it wasn't anything drastic it was still irritating. Jory Strong also mixes it up nicely with Adan being more your suave, tender lover while Lyan was a much more dominate and forceful personality. All in all, this was a very good story and a nice read.
October 20, 2010
Not exactly the best beginning to a new series ... the concept behind the Vesti, the Amato, and the Fallon races is interesting and I'd love to learn more about how exactly the race split, what it involved, whether there was war, etc, but as for the story itself, it kind of lacked. The connection mentioned between Lyan, Adan, and Krysta is basically pure erotica in its form and the way it's put across. Instead of having emotional involvement and entanglement, it seemed mostly physical to the point that, when they actually DID profess their love, I was left going, "How?? You don't even bloody well KNOW each other!!"
The stamina in all of them apparently knew no bounds, which was also a point of frustration for me. I cannot see one woman being able to keep up with both men to such a degree. Granted, I also like my men to play with each other as well as with the woman, and if Adan and Lyan had gotten together too, it would have made it so much better.
From what I read of the first book [and what I eventually ended up just skimming through], I probably wouldn't proceed to read the next in the series. The intro to the next mate pair though - between Savannah, Kye, and Draigon - just seems too spicy to miss. So, I'll be heading to that one next, and crossing my fingers that it's better than its predecessor.
The stamina in all of them apparently knew no bounds, which was also a point of frustration for me. I cannot see one woman being able to keep up with both men to such a degree. Granted, I also like my men to play with each other as well as with the woman, and if Adan and Lyan had gotten together too, it would have made it so much better.
From what I read of the first book [and what I eventually ended up just skimming through], I probably wouldn't proceed to read the next in the series. The intro to the next mate pair though - between Savannah, Kye, and Draigon - just seems too spicy to miss. So, I'll be heading to that one next, and crossing my fingers that it's better than its predecessor.
November 3, 2008
Something about the wings kinda creeped me out but this was still a decent little book.
November 26, 2010
Not much for me to say here. Once again, I couldn't get into the characters, so it was hard for me to care about what was going on.
April 24, 2016
It was Ok. I did not buy the next book in series.
March 14, 2021
Binding Krista, by Jory Strong is a 246-page Contemporary Erotica Paranormal Menage Romance. It is written from a third-person POV, three-sided. This book is the first of five in the series.
I give this book a 2/5.
I'm going to be honest, I'm not sure how I got this book...I definitely didn't buy it, but somehow it is magically on my Kindle, so I read it. Do I regret reading it? Yes and no....
The book is...interesting. I will seriously read anything, but I'll admit I do not really enjoy paranormal. I went through a period where I read a lot of it, but it isn't my favorite.
Krista is on the run from her ex until she can testify against him for killing a cop. Come to find out, she was engaged to whatever this book is correlating to the mafia.
Then you have Adan d’Amato and Lyan d’Vesti from a different universe or planet? Wasn't clear in the book who are hunting down their mate. Their planet is at risk of depopulation so their clever scientists have figured out who they can mate with on planet Earth who are descended from the "Fallon race" (ancestors to the aliens?) and their mate is Krista. Their job when find her is to mark her and breed her...so that's fun.
Here are some things I really liked about this book...I liked the supernatural concept of it, basically, angels and demons (or in this case alien race, but the angels and demons was implied). There's some really cool setup on the different races and their population plight. There are a ton of unanswered questions around that, but I'm not sure if it will get answered in later books as I don't plan to continue this.
General Thoughts:
1. Zero character growth. I sort of got tired of Krista. Understood her plight on trying to escape her psycho and criminal ex, but she wasn't smart about it and she just kept falling into bed with the two dudes.
2. There was a clear indication of what each character wanted and what their needs were
3. The pacing and emotional connections were off. They basically fell in love just banging.
4. If they weren't in a casino, they were in between the sheets, so the settings weren't too diverse...which I guess makes it easier?
I give this book a 2/5.
I'm going to be honest, I'm not sure how I got this book...I definitely didn't buy it, but somehow it is magically on my Kindle, so I read it. Do I regret reading it? Yes and no....
The book is...interesting. I will seriously read anything, but I'll admit I do not really enjoy paranormal. I went through a period where I read a lot of it, but it isn't my favorite.
Krista is on the run from her ex until she can testify against him for killing a cop. Come to find out, she was engaged to whatever this book is correlating to the mafia.
Then you have Adan d’Amato and Lyan d’Vesti from a different universe or planet? Wasn't clear in the book who are hunting down their mate. Their planet is at risk of depopulation so their clever scientists have figured out who they can mate with on planet Earth who are descended from the "Fallon race" (ancestors to the aliens?) and their mate is Krista. Their job when find her is to mark her and breed her...so that's fun.
Here are some things I really liked about this book...I liked the supernatural concept of it, basically, angels and demons (or in this case alien race, but the angels and demons was implied). There's some really cool setup on the different races and their population plight. There are a ton of unanswered questions around that, but I'm not sure if it will get answered in later books as I don't plan to continue this.
General Thoughts:
1. Zero character growth. I sort of got tired of Krista. Understood her plight on trying to escape her psycho and criminal ex, but she wasn't smart about it and she just kept falling into bed with the two dudes.
2. There was a clear indication of what each character wanted and what their needs were
3. The pacing and emotional connections were off. They basically fell in love just banging.
4. If they weren't in a casino, they were in between the sheets, so the settings weren't too diverse...which I guess makes it easier?
March 14, 2021
Binding Krista, by Jory Strong is a 246-page Contemporary Erotica Paranormal Menage Romance. It is written from a third-person POV, three-sided. This book is the first of five in the series.
I give this book a 2/5.
I'm going to be honest, I'm not sure how I got this book...I definitely didn't buy it, but somehow it is magically on my Kindle, so I read it. Do I regret reading it? Yes and no....
The book is...interesting. I will seriously read anything, but I'll admit I do not really enjoy paranormal. I went through a period where I read a lot of it, but it isn't my favorite.
Krista is on the run from her ex until she can testify against him for killing a cop. Come to find out, she was engaged to whatever this book is correlating to the mafia.
Then you have Adan d’Amato and Lyan d’Vesti from a different universe or planet? Wasn't clear in the book who are hunting down their mate. Their planet is at risk of depopulation so their clever scientists have figured out who they can mate with on planet Earth who are descended from the "Fallon race" (ancestors to the aliens?) and their mate is Krista. Their job when find her is to mark her and breed her...so that's fun.
Here are some things I really liked about this book...I liked the supernatural concept of it, basically, angels and demons (or in this case alien race, but the angels and demons was implied). There's some really cool setup on the different races and their population plight. There are a ton of unanswered questions around that, but I'm not sure if it will get answered in later books as I don't plan to continue this.
General Thoughts:
1. Zero character growth. I sort of got tired of Krista. Understood her plight on trying to escape her psycho and criminal ex, but she wasn't smart about it and she just kept falling into bed with the two dudes.
2. There was a clear indication of what each character wanted and what their needs were
3. The pacing and emotional connections were off. They basically fell in love just banging.
4. If they weren't in a casino, they were in between the sheets, so the settings weren't too diverse...which I guess makes it easier?
I give this book a 2/5.
I'm going to be honest, I'm not sure how I got this book...I definitely didn't buy it, but somehow it is magically on my Kindle, so I read it. Do I regret reading it? Yes and no....
The book is...interesting. I will seriously read anything, but I'll admit I do not really enjoy paranormal. I went through a period where I read a lot of it, but it isn't my favorite.
Krista is on the run from her ex until she can testify against him for killing a cop. Come to find out, she was engaged to whatever this book is correlating to the mafia.
Then you have Adan d’Amato and Lyan d’Vesti from a different universe or planet? Wasn't clear in the book who are hunting down their mate. Their planet is at risk of depopulation so their clever scientists have figured out who they can mate with on planet Earth who are descended from the "Fallon race" (ancestors to the aliens?) and their mate is Krista. Their job when find her is to mark her and breed her...so that's fun.
Here are some things I really liked about this book...I liked the supernatural concept of it, basically, angels and demons (or in this case alien race, but the angels and demons was implied). There's some really cool setup on the different races and their population plight. There are a ton of unanswered questions around that, but I'm not sure if it will get answered in later books as I don't plan to continue this.
General Thoughts:
1. Zero character growth. I sort of got tired of Krista. Understood her plight on trying to escape her psycho and criminal ex, but she wasn't smart about it and she just kept falling into bed with the two dudes.
2. There was a clear indication of what each character wanted and what their needs were
3. The pacing and emotional connections were off. They basically fell in love just banging.
4. If they weren't in a casino, they were in between the sheets, so the settings weren't too diverse...which I guess makes it easier?
December 15, 2021
This was a DNF for me. My issues were:
1. The main character alien men comment on how "primitive" Earth and it's people are, yet neither seem capable of having a conversation with the heroine.
2. The heroine - WTF is wrong with her? She is on the run, but meets 2 guys so hot, who make her so horny she just has to jump into bed with them. Despite all the red flags - they're staring at her, stalking her, and apparently so overcome with lust they can't form words - all he could do is growl.
3. What is the big rush? Taking some time to get to know the heroine, talking to her and letting her choose them would have gone a long way towards making this book palatable. A couple of hours would have sufficed. Maybe that happens after I quit? Which leads me to my biggest issue...
4. Informed Consent and the lack of it. She didn't know she had been genetically tested and assigned to these two guys as their perfect mate. She didn't know they injected a tracking device in her to keep track of her until her two aliens came to get her. She didn't know the guys were aliens. She didn't know that the first time they had sex one of them was going to bite her and inject her with mating fluid that bonded him to her so he would always be able to find her anywhere she went and would make her fertile( eew and eew). She agreed to bond the two of them as a result of orgasm denial, but had no idea what that meant. ("Agree to bond us and I'll give you what you want." "Yes! Yes! Anything! Yes!" - not a direct quote ). Just because you agree to vaginal sex does not mean you agree to anal sex or bondage. And she pretty much got ruffied when he lubed her up with the special alien sex oil that would "heighten her need", again zero consent. Ugh, there's more, but I'm done.
Alpha doesn't have to equal asshole and Dom/sub doesn't have to equal borderline rape.
This is all just my opinion, and I'm sure that there are many who would not be bothered by any of this. If enjoy the book great, but if these are issues for you, give it a pass.
1. The main character alien men comment on how "primitive" Earth and it's people are, yet neither seem capable of having a conversation with the heroine.
2. The heroine - WTF is wrong with her? She is on the run, but meets 2 guys so hot, who make her so horny she just has to jump into bed with them. Despite all the red flags - they're staring at her, stalking her, and apparently so overcome with lust they can't form words - all he could do is growl.
3. What is the big rush? Taking some time to get to know the heroine, talking to her and letting her choose them would have gone a long way towards making this book palatable. A couple of hours would have sufficed. Maybe that happens after I quit? Which leads me to my biggest issue...
4. Informed Consent and the lack of it. She didn't know she had been genetically tested and assigned to these two guys as their perfect mate. She didn't know they injected a tracking device in her to keep track of her until her two aliens came to get her. She didn't know the guys were aliens. She didn't know that the first time they had sex one of them was going to bite her and inject her with mating fluid that bonded him to her so he would always be able to find her anywhere she went and would make her fertile( eew and eew). She agreed to bond the two of them as a result of orgasm denial, but had no idea what that meant. ("Agree to bond us and I'll give you what you want." "Yes! Yes! Anything! Yes!" - not a direct quote ). Just because you agree to vaginal sex does not mean you agree to anal sex or bondage. And she pretty much got ruffied when he lubed her up with the special alien sex oil that would "heighten her need", again zero consent. Ugh, there's more, but I'm done.
Alpha doesn't have to equal asshole and Dom/sub doesn't have to equal borderline rape.
This is all just my opinion, and I'm sure that there are many who would not be bothered by any of this. If enjoy the book great, but if these are issues for you, give it a pass.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 5, 2018
Aliens come to earth to locate their mate that their scientist have somehow identified through genetic testing. She's on the run from rich powerful bad guy. There are a lot of gaps in this story, explanations not fully detailed. I think I would have enjoyed this story much more fleshed out. In saying that, we have two hunky, hot guys wanting to protect and see to her pleasure in bed. After getting her to accept their claim the show her who they really are, men with wings woot!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 17, 2023
Me gusto la historia de la chica, de ella teniendo que estar en constante movimiento, lo que les dificulto un poquito el atraparla, y gracias a los medios del primo no estuvieron completamente perdidos.. me hubiera gustado conocer un poco mas sobre el planeta de donde vienen
March 8, 2017
I enjoyed this story. I like to visualise the setting, so, for me, it could have been a little longer with a bit of time spent on explaining more about Adan and Lyan's home planet.
November 22, 2018
Just hot.
June 18, 2020
❤️ 📚 👍
May 8, 2021
Tried reading this book in the past and figured i'd try again , but lost interest .
November 26, 2023
Winged males as aliens? An adorable poly romance? Sign me up!
August 23, 2025
Well, I read it.
June 3, 2021
Muy hot pero la protagonista muy... Poco convincente, fácil de convencer.
June 18, 2015
This is the first book in the Fallon Mates series. This is a fun book that has a well-balanced mixture of smoking hot sex, suspense and the fun that can only be had in places like Las Vegas. Ms. Strong has done a nice job of world building in this first book. I will warn all those that don’t like menages that all the books in this series are just that. Finally there is some violence in this story that leads to the villain and his minions being killed.
Krista is on the run from a former boyfriend after witnessing him killing an undercover policeman. She wants to do the right thing but is tired of running and trying to stay ahead of Alexi and his goons. Krista is a mathematician and as such a good gambler. She uses her gambling skills to get enough money to keep running. Krista is tough and resourceful. She doesn’t let her fear keep her from finding ways to escape once she is captured. Krista is also very open-minded and creative. I am sure she was a wonderful math teacher. I liked Krista very much and I hope that we will get to see more of her in future books.
Adan Amato and Lyan D’Vesti are bounty hunters and law keepers on their planet. They never thought they would be matched with a mate on Earth. The bio-gene weapon that left their planet sterile has given the population to find other solutions so their races don’t die out. The Fallon, an ancient ancestor of the Vesti and the Amato, came to earth in the past and had children with the people of Earth. Those children are now the only hope for the two races. Adan is the one that follows the rules and as such has stayed in the good graces of the Council. Lyan does what he wants and as such stays in trouble with the Council most of the time. These two are yin and yang to each other but they are also close friends. They work together to find and protect their mate and in doing so fall in love with her.
I was intrigued with the concept of winged individuals that would represent angels and demons in out mythology. I am also very happy that this pair of hot male aliens can be very dominant. They show Krista how to trust to trust them in some very interesting ways. So be warned that there is some bondage and a spanking in this story and boy are those scenes hot.
The villain in this piece is a leader of the mob. He is also an abusive, delusional stalker that needs some serious help or maybe him dying was really the best solution to the problem. Hopefully with him dead his family won’t try to take things farther.
This is a quick enjoyable read that will leave you looking for a ice cold glass of tea and an air conditioner. I love this series and hope that Ms. Strong will write more soon.
Krista is on the run from a former boyfriend after witnessing him killing an undercover policeman. She wants to do the right thing but is tired of running and trying to stay ahead of Alexi and his goons. Krista is a mathematician and as such a good gambler. She uses her gambling skills to get enough money to keep running. Krista is tough and resourceful. She doesn’t let her fear keep her from finding ways to escape once she is captured. Krista is also very open-minded and creative. I am sure she was a wonderful math teacher. I liked Krista very much and I hope that we will get to see more of her in future books.
Adan Amato and Lyan D’Vesti are bounty hunters and law keepers on their planet. They never thought they would be matched with a mate on Earth. The bio-gene weapon that left their planet sterile has given the population to find other solutions so their races don’t die out. The Fallon, an ancient ancestor of the Vesti and the Amato, came to earth in the past and had children with the people of Earth. Those children are now the only hope for the two races. Adan is the one that follows the rules and as such has stayed in the good graces of the Council. Lyan does what he wants and as such stays in trouble with the Council most of the time. These two are yin and yang to each other but they are also close friends. They work together to find and protect their mate and in doing so fall in love with her.
I was intrigued with the concept of winged individuals that would represent angels and demons in out mythology. I am also very happy that this pair of hot male aliens can be very dominant. They show Krista how to trust to trust them in some very interesting ways. So be warned that there is some bondage and a spanking in this story and boy are those scenes hot.
The villain in this piece is a leader of the mob. He is also an abusive, delusional stalker that needs some serious help or maybe him dying was really the best solution to the problem. Hopefully with him dead his family won’t try to take things farther.
This is a quick enjoyable read that will leave you looking for a ice cold glass of tea and an air conditioner. I love this series and hope that Ms. Strong will write more soon.
June 26, 2009
Krista Thomas is on the run and she has every intention to keep on running – however there is nothing that says she can’t take one night for herself with the two men that looks like a walking fantasy just who was giving her the eyes.
Knowing the risk to herself and anyone who comes into contact with her, she makes the most of her night and hightails it out of dodge before anyone can get a handle on her.
Her two bed mate are two men not from around here, and around here meaning – not of this earth. Adan d’Amato and Lyan d’Vesti are from a dying race and if they cannot find their bond-mate that will ensure the continuity of their people, the repercussions are not worth thinking about. Krista has been earmarked as their perfect match and they have come to collect her.
Krista is proving a little slipperier than they would have imagined and she come with baggage and lots of muscle chasing her. Adan are Lyan are determined to help Krista in order to help themselves – they must however get past Krista first in order to get their way.
This was an impulse buy for me after seeing the cover and the review on BOOK JUNKIES – and I am so not regretting. This was an offworld theme based story and from the first few pages in, I was hooked and totally caught up.
Krista is going through the roughest point of her life and barely surviving. While playing a came of literally clock and dagger she meets two delectable men – from the moment she meets them they feel different, they made an impact and she found it hard to make the decision to leave even after only one taste of them.
Definitely alpha males - Adan and Lyan was not not having it, and they gave chase. The must first however convince Krista that they have only her best interest at heart.
I love this book – it was difference, and Ms. Strong vibrant is really strong in this book. The character were a pleasure to know and the world description was fantastically well done in my opinion. I could easily give myself over for some voluntary experiment on their world.
The dynamic of the men made for alot of angst and hilarity in the book and coupled with Krista determination to sort out her own problem, I was treated to a story that left me absolutely satisfied.
Knowing the risk to herself and anyone who comes into contact with her, she makes the most of her night and hightails it out of dodge before anyone can get a handle on her.
Her two bed mate are two men not from around here, and around here meaning – not of this earth. Adan d’Amato and Lyan d’Vesti are from a dying race and if they cannot find their bond-mate that will ensure the continuity of their people, the repercussions are not worth thinking about. Krista has been earmarked as their perfect match and they have come to collect her.
Krista is proving a little slipperier than they would have imagined and she come with baggage and lots of muscle chasing her. Adan are Lyan are determined to help Krista in order to help themselves – they must however get past Krista first in order to get their way.
This was an impulse buy for me after seeing the cover and the review on BOOK JUNKIES – and I am so not regretting. This was an offworld theme based story and from the first few pages in, I was hooked and totally caught up.
Krista is going through the roughest point of her life and barely surviving. While playing a came of literally clock and dagger she meets two delectable men – from the moment she meets them they feel different, they made an impact and she found it hard to make the decision to leave even after only one taste of them.
Definitely alpha males - Adan and Lyan was not not having it, and they gave chase. The must first however convince Krista that they have only her best interest at heart.
I love this book – it was difference, and Ms. Strong vibrant is really strong in this book. The character were a pleasure to know and the world description was fantastically well done in my opinion. I could easily give myself over for some voluntary experiment on their world.
The dynamic of the men made for alot of angst and hilarity in the book and coupled with Krista determination to sort out her own problem, I was treated to a story that left me absolutely satisfied.
February 18, 2017
I like
I enjoyed reading this. The female mc was strong and intelligent. Quick thinking and willing to accept new "things". Looking forward to the next book.
I enjoyed reading this. The female mc was strong and intelligent. Quick thinking and willing to accept new "things". Looking forward to the next book.
January 19, 2016
It's an interesting series, mating with both a white feathered and black winged man. I will say that it was a refreshing change to see them get together rather quickly and then they have issues they need to deal with and work together. I know it's going to be laughed at but there seemed to be way too much erotica in the book, I found myself skipping a lot of it in most of these books. As far as erotica goes, it's just so-so. When it comes to all the plots in all the books most seem to be the same and I'm not sure why why immediatly fall into bed with each other but they do. there's no build-up, and that's some of the fun part. I will say I hate it when it drags on too much but a happy medium would be nice.
Maybe its the science part of me but the thing they have to do is test humans for a Fallon gene, since they've mated with humans before thousands of years ago. I hate to break this to the author but if she did her research she'd discover that if one human has the gene then every single one of the others has the gene, that's just how it works when it comes to something that old.
I gave it 4 stars because I did enjoy it, it was different than the other series like it.
Maybe its the science part of me but the thing they have to do is test humans for a Fallon gene, since they've mated with humans before thousands of years ago. I hate to break this to the author but if she did her research she'd discover that if one human has the gene then every single one of the others has the gene, that's just how it works when it comes to something that old.
I gave it 4 stars because I did enjoy it, it was different than the other series like it.
August 26, 2011
Good book.
Krista is on the run from an ancient boyfriend she saw killing a policeman.
Adan and Lyan are searching their mate who is Krista.
Spoiler :
Finally they find her, love her, protect her more or less, and they take her in their world.
The manner they come and go to their world is quite strange, but okay.
And more, they have to hide the caracteristic of their race on earth. They have wings ... one with angel wings and one with bat wings like angels and demons. I would like having more using of these wings in the story.
Krista is on the run from an ancient boyfriend she saw killing a policeman.
Adan and Lyan are searching their mate who is Krista.
Spoiler :
Finally they find her, love her, protect her more or less, and they take her in their world.
The manner they come and go to their world is quite strange, but okay.
And more, they have to hide the caracteristic of their race on earth. They have wings ... one with angel wings and one with bat wings like angels and demons. I would like having more using of these wings in the story.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 7, 2012
I almost rounded up to 3 stars. It's not bad, and there are no editing errors!
I left it a 2 stars because...well...it was OK. Sad to say, it's just too much a lot of other alien Scifi erotica...This earth girl was especially easy. Adan and Lyan show up, her panties get wet, they have hot sex..rinse and repeat!
There are some complications caused by Krista's mob-connected ex, but he's dealt with quickly. Even at the end of the story when Adan and Lyan reveal themselves in their 'native' form, Krista doesn't bat an eye...more hot sex!
I won't be reading any more books in the series.
I left it a 2 stars because...well...it was OK. Sad to say, it's just too much a lot of other alien Scifi erotica...This earth girl was especially easy. Adan and Lyan show up, her panties get wet, they have hot sex..rinse and repeat!
There are some complications caused by Krista's mob-connected ex, but he's dealt with quickly. Even at the end of the story when Adan and Lyan reveal themselves in their 'native' form, Krista doesn't bat an eye...more hot sex!
I won't be reading any more books in the series.
May 3, 2016
This was my experience with menage a trios (apparently this means threesome in French) and I have to say, it wasn't as dirty/naughty/steamy/saucy as I though it was going to be. Maybe because it was, like, 130 pages? I don't know. But it didn't fulfill the fantasy for me. It just wasn't as hot as I thought it was going to be, and plus the shortness of the book left me hanging for more character development and connection. Like, all of a sudden Krista loves them or something? Not buying it, at least from the story that was written. Overall, a disappointment.
February 2, 2013
Was pretty good, liked the story-line and the fact her name was Krista:) was easier for me to put myself in the book lol
I wish this 3 characters had more development something just seemed off to me. If it were longer probably could have worked on the 3 characters having them learn about eachother and fall in love before the danger came about.
Also wish there would have been a little bit of humor in it they all seemed so darn serious through the whole book!
I wish this 3 characters had more development something just seemed off to me. If it were longer probably could have worked on the 3 characters having them learn about eachother and fall in love before the danger came about.
Also wish there would have been a little bit of humor in it they all seemed so darn serious through the whole book!
April 17, 2018
It's been a long while since I read these books and this one has been as enjoyable as I remembered. Despite taking a break from my kindle and dusting off the paperbacks in order to do so, my main problem was occasionally tapping at the page before working out I actually had to manually turn it! I love Lyan and Adan, I love the concept and I enjoy the way the convince Krista to trust them. A good read and a great start to a fun series.
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