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Bred by the Alien Prince
A stowaway. An alien prince. Everything gone wrong. They never expected to steal each other's hearts.
Caspian
So there I was, just a regular guy trying to sneak onto a spaceship headed for a new alien colony, when BAM! My life took one hell of a turn. Next thing I know, I'm getting all cozy with this tall, blond, and brutally handsome alien warrior. But hey, when an intergalactic stud like that comes knocking, who am I to say no?
But I had no idea what he had in store for me.Lorvian
Royal heir and scion of a mighty race of warriors who have conquered worlds with our mere presence. When I first laid eyes on the alluring human named Caspian, I knew he would be mine to claim and mark as I pleased. His spirit burned bright, fiery enough to defy even one as regal as I. But such defiance is what made him the ultimate prize to possess.
Though his naive kind scarcely comprehended the honor I would bestow upon him, the greatest gift of my superior noble bloodline implanted within his supple flesh.
Bred by the Alien Prince is a hot M/M romance full of action and adventure across sprawling alien worlds. Featuring a hot-headed stowaway desperate to find his place in the galaxy and an arrogant alien prince ready to do what he does best. Conquer and breed.
Contains Mpreg and a HEA.
Caspian
So there I was, just a regular guy trying to sneak onto a spaceship headed for a new alien colony, when BAM! My life took one hell of a turn. Next thing I know, I'm getting all cozy with this tall, blond, and brutally handsome alien warrior. But hey, when an intergalactic stud like that comes knocking, who am I to say no?
But I had no idea what he had in store for me.Lorvian
Royal heir and scion of a mighty race of warriors who have conquered worlds with our mere presence. When I first laid eyes on the alluring human named Caspian, I knew he would be mine to claim and mark as I pleased. His spirit burned bright, fiery enough to defy even one as regal as I. But such defiance is what made him the ultimate prize to possess.
Though his naive kind scarcely comprehended the honor I would bestow upon him, the greatest gift of my superior noble bloodline implanted within his supple flesh.
Bred by the Alien Prince is a hot M/M romance full of action and adventure across sprawling alien worlds. Featuring a hot-headed stowaway desperate to find his place in the galaxy and an arrogant alien prince ready to do what he does best. Conquer and breed.
Contains Mpreg and a HEA.
463 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 12, 2024
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May 29, 2024
I want my time back and I demand restitutions
I feel almost cruel reviewing this because I don't have anything nice to say. But alas, reviews are for readers and you deserve to know what you're getting in because a lot of these reviews...I don't think we read the same book.
I know a lot of people can look past bad writing but I can't because it affects everything from character interaction and dialogue, to pacing and tone. You can mess up on one or two of these things while still having a technically good story that is fairly enjoyable. But if you write like a six-year-old narrating what they're making their action figures do, it's not going to go well. And I'm letting you all know right now, nothing in this book works.
First up, the characters. They are flat as can be. Caspian isn't feisty and defiant, he just yells a lot (and I do mean A LOT) and acts like an absolute idiot. This book takes place in space and he works on a ship. How is he so dumb and ignorant to anything regarding space and other life forms?! Make it make sense mama. Lorvian isn't much better. He's clearly supposed to be the aloof grump but he's just an asshole. He's kind of cruel to everyone for seemingly no reason. I love idiots in love but I don't love emotionally immature idiots who don't know what love is and that's what this was.
And while we're on topic of emotions, the emotional tone of this book is nonexistent. I have no idea what this book wants to be and I don't think the book knows what it wants to be. The characters flip-flop their feelings halfway through a sentence and scenes either just happen or again, flip flop the emotions. It's hard to root for anyone and it's really hard to follow the flow of the story.
And speaking of hard to follow, the pacing. She's not here and she needs to be. What happened to her invite? You've got a rapid fire prologue followed by two chapters of pure info dump and word vomit. I thought we all agreed this is the worst way to world build. The fact that this book is fairly long makes it feel like a slog to get through, it's a mess. Much like this review, it's a mess.
And finally, we've gotten to the really mean portion of this review. I don't think this author knows what a sci-fi romance is because a sci-fi romance this is not. Here's some examples:
- Why does Caspian assume everyone should speak English? It's not like everyone on Earth speaks English. Wouldn't it make more sense if there was a common language or a trade language or if everyone just had translation chips implanted because this takes place pretty far into the future where that could easily explain away the language barrier. He does eventually get one implanted but he acts like it's the craziest most advanced thing he's ever heard of and it's not. It's the 22nd century my guy, calm down.
- The aliens aren't alien enough. I'm probably in the minority this one but if you're going to make your aliens hyperhumanoid, do something interesting with them. Give them powers or talk about their biology, something. Otherwise it's just a human with another human who has pointy ears. Lorvian might as well be an elf. In fact, I'm now 99.9% positive he's modeled after Legolas.
Do you see what I mean by it's just a mess. This is sci-fi and mprag and somehow it's boring and lifeless. By the time we got to the kids I didn't care and the smut wasn't even good and if you nail that people will forgive anything. There was also such a massive overuse of exclamation points that I constantly was being yelled at. This book attacked me I don't know why! I get writing is hard but this isn't this author's first rodeo and after skimming some of the other works, I think this is as good as it's going to get. I promise you, I am not stingy with my stars and I genuinely hate giving books one star but two stars is reserved for the books that I hate but found something redeemable in. I didn't really find anything here. And that is to say, I didn't even get into all of my issues with the book. I summarized. I didn't get into the girl bashing, or the terrible AI cover, or the horrible understanding of omegaverse (fun fact, omegaverse books never say the word omegaverse), or the fact that it's told nonlinear but someone who doesn't have the skill set to do that. I must have been on something or going through one because I don't know how I managed to read this. If you like this book, great but if you are a fan of sci-fi romance, or romance in general, this isn't it.
I feel almost cruel reviewing this because I don't have anything nice to say. But alas, reviews are for readers and you deserve to know what you're getting in because a lot of these reviews...I don't think we read the same book.
I know a lot of people can look past bad writing but I can't because it affects everything from character interaction and dialogue, to pacing and tone. You can mess up on one or two of these things while still having a technically good story that is fairly enjoyable. But if you write like a six-year-old narrating what they're making their action figures do, it's not going to go well. And I'm letting you all know right now, nothing in this book works.
First up, the characters. They are flat as can be. Caspian isn't feisty and defiant, he just yells a lot (and I do mean A LOT) and acts like an absolute idiot. This book takes place in space and he works on a ship. How is he so dumb and ignorant to anything regarding space and other life forms?! Make it make sense mama. Lorvian isn't much better. He's clearly supposed to be the aloof grump but he's just an asshole. He's kind of cruel to everyone for seemingly no reason. I love idiots in love but I don't love emotionally immature idiots who don't know what love is and that's what this was.
And while we're on topic of emotions, the emotional tone of this book is nonexistent. I have no idea what this book wants to be and I don't think the book knows what it wants to be. The characters flip-flop their feelings halfway through a sentence and scenes either just happen or again, flip flop the emotions. It's hard to root for anyone and it's really hard to follow the flow of the story.
And speaking of hard to follow, the pacing. She's not here and she needs to be. What happened to her invite? You've got a rapid fire prologue followed by two chapters of pure info dump and word vomit. I thought we all agreed this is the worst way to world build. The fact that this book is fairly long makes it feel like a slog to get through, it's a mess. Much like this review, it's a mess.
And finally, we've gotten to the really mean portion of this review. I don't think this author knows what a sci-fi romance is because a sci-fi romance this is not. Here's some examples:
- Why does Caspian assume everyone should speak English? It's not like everyone on Earth speaks English. Wouldn't it make more sense if there was a common language or a trade language or if everyone just had translation chips implanted because this takes place pretty far into the future where that could easily explain away the language barrier. He does eventually get one implanted but he acts like it's the craziest most advanced thing he's ever heard of and it's not. It's the 22nd century my guy, calm down.
- The aliens aren't alien enough. I'm probably in the minority this one but if you're going to make your aliens hyperhumanoid, do something interesting with them. Give them powers or talk about their biology, something. Otherwise it's just a human with another human who has pointy ears. Lorvian might as well be an elf. In fact, I'm now 99.9% positive he's modeled after Legolas.
Do you see what I mean by it's just a mess. This is sci-fi and mprag and somehow it's boring and lifeless. By the time we got to the kids I didn't care and the smut wasn't even good and if you nail that people will forgive anything. There was also such a massive overuse of exclamation points that I constantly was being yelled at. This book attacked me I don't know why! I get writing is hard but this isn't this author's first rodeo and after skimming some of the other works, I think this is as good as it's going to get. I promise you, I am not stingy with my stars and I genuinely hate giving books one star but two stars is reserved for the books that I hate but found something redeemable in. I didn't really find anything here. And that is to say, I didn't even get into all of my issues with the book. I summarized. I didn't get into the girl bashing, or the terrible AI cover, or the horrible understanding of omegaverse (fun fact, omegaverse books never say the word omegaverse), or the fact that it's told nonlinear but someone who doesn't have the skill set to do that. I must have been on something or going through one because I don't know how I managed to read this. If you like this book, great but if you are a fan of sci-fi romance, or romance in general, this isn't it.
dnf
May 20, 2024I don't DNF much, so little that I have never made an exclusive shelf on Goodreads before. But after making it to 61% in this book and learning that I've read 316 pages of this already and there are still 200 pages to go I've had to pull the plug and create the shelf.
My own fault I saw the magical words: scifi + mpreg and instant downloaded.
There are
- fourth wall breakings
- attempts at humour that are not humorous
- an inane exposition dump at the beginning which became even more a waste of my time since everything is reiterated again and again in the book (i.e. on page 150 we get a recap of the first several chapters in two pages: that would have been perfect, thanks)
- suicidal ideation joke (p.23) which are, I repeat myself, never funny
- tense consistency exists for a reason, the reason is not to not adhere to the rules of grammar. Every time it should have been "I had..." it was "I've..." :(((
- the cultural overcomings were "solved" with a language chip without reference that that doesn't solve everything
- 45% "Do you love me?" "Yes" but no trust or relationship development whatsoever
- Three key characters all start with "C": Caspian, Cormac and Connor
- Way! Too! Many! Exclamation! Marks!
The writing in this was immature, it seemed like it was supposed to be plotty but ugh this needs editing. On to greener pastures!
My own fault I saw the magical words: scifi + mpreg and instant downloaded.
There are
- fourth wall breakings
- attempts at humour that are not humorous
- an inane exposition dump at the beginning which became even more a waste of my time since everything is reiterated again and again in the book (i.e. on page 150 we get a recap of the first several chapters in two pages: that would have been perfect, thanks)
- suicidal ideation joke (p.23) which are, I repeat myself, never funny
- tense consistency exists for a reason, the reason is not to not adhere to the rules of grammar. Every time it should have been "I had..." it was "I've..." :(((
"Swarti said once the sun shined on us again." p. 74
"his tongue swirling around mine as we shared the taste of my cum. I've never done anything like this before. Damn, this is hot!" p. 104
- the cultural overcomings were "solved" with a language chip without reference that that doesn't solve everything
- 45% "Do you love me?" "Yes" but no trust or relationship development whatsoever
- Three key characters all start with "C": Caspian, Cormac and Connor
- Way! Too! Many! Exclamation! Marks!
The writing in this was immature, it seemed like it was supposed to be plotty but ugh this needs editing. On to greener pastures!
June 8, 2024
No cool cover will ever be a good substitute for a poorly written story. This author lost me.
DNF @ 15%
DNF @ 15%
May 1, 2024
3 5 upped to 4
Bred by the Alien Prince is a standalone with a HEA. MM Romance. Scifi. Fantasy. Alpha-Omega. MPREG. Royals. Enemies-to-Lovers.
2PIV, 1st person, past tense. This kindle edition 517 pages, April 11, 2024.
I tried to read a title by this author before but the writing in that was too poor and editing absent. Now this one I was able to finish and the writing and editing has significantly improved by leaps so I'm giving stars for the advancement.
The story was adventurous and full of action and I wasn't bored.
The story would be much better if it were yet better edited and of course the writing still needs work. There's need for quite basic editing there in addition to other lacks. The text jumps here and there, words missing, or more, because the writer is impatient and in a hurry to get it all written down, is my impression. Stuff gets left written in the meanwhile. Story needs more meat on the bones, please.
But I'd say keep progressing and you'll develop. I liked it anyways. Keep up the work.
Bred by the Alien Prince is a standalone with a HEA. MM Romance. Scifi. Fantasy. Alpha-Omega. MPREG. Royals. Enemies-to-Lovers.
2PIV, 1st person, past tense. This kindle edition 517 pages, April 11, 2024.
I tried to read a title by this author before but the writing in that was too poor and editing absent. Now this one I was able to finish and the writing and editing has significantly improved by leaps so I'm giving stars for the advancement.
The story was adventurous and full of action and I wasn't bored.
The story would be much better if it were yet better edited and of course the writing still needs work. There's need for quite basic editing there in addition to other lacks. The text jumps here and there, words missing, or more, because the writer is impatient and in a hurry to get it all written down, is my impression. Stuff gets left written in the meanwhile. Story needs more meat on the bones, please.
But I'd say keep progressing and you'll develop. I liked it anyways. Keep up the work.
January 1, 2025
So many thoughts, so little time. Just kidding, I have plenty of time.
👽 This book feels way too fucking long for a porn title. Imagine George RR Martin calling one of his books "Raw-Dogging the Redhead". Who is intentionally enduring over seventy pages of backstory before the main characters even meet for a book with breeding in the title? I shall make note of when the porn starts once it does.
👽 This isn't a criticism of the book or author, but the lines people have highlighted in this thing are nonsensical. I feel like I'm being punked.
👽 Quote: [“Listen, one day, our species will die out; the youngest woman in my harem is six hundred years old. Her child-bearing years are almost at an end. I’m trying to have her birth at least one more child before the end. We must etch our names in the stars but not through war. Just think about it when you return.”] This is a line from a guy with, if memory serves, at least 40 kids. What the Fuck are you talking about.
👽 Okay, there's another mention of going extinct. It's mentioned by some sadistic doctor to the alien prince, who one of ~40 siblings, and in the prince's introductory chapter we meet one of his brothers whose only known hobbies are impregnating women and breaking up sibling fights. What is happening? Who could look at this family and believe that extinction is imminent? Did this get answered in the dozens of pages of boring backstory I skipped? No, that's impossible. It's the children who are wrong.
👽 Truly, every new highlighted phrase makes me feel more insane. Here's an example: [“Yes, but none of them resembled our kind as much as this one does, and so far, the DNA tests are looking very positive. We may be able to inject it with our hormones and have it survive. It will be a great boon if it can sire our kind. Provided we can find more, of course.”] 48 people highlighted this. I feel like a chimpanzee in a plastic tube that some gleeful scientist is battering with pots and pans.
👽 This may not be the author's fault, but it's so weird how similar in size the main characters look in the cover, given how they're described in the book. They look similar in size, but in the book, the human is described as much smaller. I just thought I'd mention it since it's brought up regularly on page. Whatever. Go, my scarab.
👽 Man oh man. When this book isn't being mind-numbingly boring, it's viscerally unpleasant. 100 pages in and I haven't enjoyed a single moment.
👽 This is written like a yaoi anime from the early 2000s. The cover doesn't help this comparison, but man oh man, the dialogue is giving me Junjo Romantica flashbacks. Loveless. You get it.
👽 All the sexual assault between our MCs is also giving early yaoi. It's that fun, old-school quirky style of sexual assault where the rapist takes a lukewarm stance against committing what he considers to be rape, and then immediately commits literally every possible definition of the word.
I think I'm done here.
DNFed at page 101. If you don't wear deodorant and think therapy is a scam, you'd probably like this book.
👽 This book feels way too fucking long for a porn title. Imagine George RR Martin calling one of his books "Raw-Dogging the Redhead". Who is intentionally enduring over seventy pages of backstory before the main characters even meet for a book with breeding in the title? I shall make note of when the porn starts once it does.
👽 This isn't a criticism of the book or author, but the lines people have highlighted in this thing are nonsensical. I feel like I'm being punked.
👽 Quote: [“Listen, one day, our species will die out; the youngest woman in my harem is six hundred years old. Her child-bearing years are almost at an end. I’m trying to have her birth at least one more child before the end. We must etch our names in the stars but not through war. Just think about it when you return.”] This is a line from a guy with, if memory serves, at least 40 kids. What the Fuck are you talking about.
👽 Okay, there's another mention of going extinct. It's mentioned by some sadistic doctor to the alien prince, who one of ~40 siblings, and in the prince's introductory chapter we meet one of his brothers whose only known hobbies are impregnating women and breaking up sibling fights. What is happening? Who could look at this family and believe that extinction is imminent? Did this get answered in the dozens of pages of boring backstory I skipped? No, that's impossible. It's the children who are wrong.
👽 Truly, every new highlighted phrase makes me feel more insane. Here's an example: [“Yes, but none of them resembled our kind as much as this one does, and so far, the DNA tests are looking very positive. We may be able to inject it with our hormones and have it survive. It will be a great boon if it can sire our kind. Provided we can find more, of course.”] 48 people highlighted this. I feel like a chimpanzee in a plastic tube that some gleeful scientist is battering with pots and pans.
👽 This may not be the author's fault, but it's so weird how similar in size the main characters look in the cover, given how they're described in the book. They look similar in size, but in the book, the human is described as much smaller. I just thought I'd mention it since it's brought up regularly on page. Whatever. Go, my scarab.
👽 Man oh man. When this book isn't being mind-numbingly boring, it's viscerally unpleasant. 100 pages in and I haven't enjoyed a single moment.
👽 This is written like a yaoi anime from the early 2000s. The cover doesn't help this comparison, but man oh man, the dialogue is giving me Junjo Romantica flashbacks. Loveless. You get it.
👽 All the sexual assault between our MCs is also giving early yaoi. It's that fun, old-school quirky style of sexual assault where the rapist takes a lukewarm stance against committing what he considers to be rape, and then immediately commits literally every possible definition of the word.
I think I'm done here.
DNFed at page 101. If you don't wear deodorant and think therapy is a scam, you'd probably like this book.
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October 13, 2024DNF 16%
September 25, 2024
Epic!
This was indeed an epic sci-fi adventure. Humans traveling to far off places, new alien species, but a plot is afoot, throwing chaos at every turn.
KU, sci-fi, standalone, military men, royalty, war, mpreg
This was indeed an epic sci-fi adventure. Humans traveling to far off places, new alien species, but a plot is afoot, throwing chaos at every turn.
KU, sci-fi, standalone, military men, royalty, war, mpreg
June 1, 2024
Not bad
Written well. Not too much smut. Characters were good. Fun to read. Not to be taken too seriously. Good book.
Written well. Not too much smut. Characters were good. Fun to read. Not to be taken too seriously. Good book.
July 31, 2024
I was entertained and the story and world building wasn’t even bad.
But it felt rushed especially at pivotal plot twist and emotional growth of the characters.
All in all too superficial
But it felt rushed especially at pivotal plot twist and emotional growth of the characters.
All in all too superficial
July 8, 2024
heads up: Omegaverse
Readers who really dislike Omegaverse drivel would appreciate it if the blurb had disclosed that it's Omegaverse. It was unnecessarily time jumping (ch. 1 time jumps to a year before the 'prologue...') even before the first mention of "omega" and "betas" 10% in. Downhill from there, alas.
Readers who really dislike Omegaverse drivel would appreciate it if the blurb had disclosed that it's Omegaverse. It was unnecessarily time jumping (ch. 1 time jumps to a year before the 'prologue...') even before the first mention of "omega" and "betas" 10% in. Downhill from there, alas.
July 26, 2024
DNF — 53%
(This review is all over the place but it’s just what came to my head, sorry)
Hummm I can’t really say that I hated the book nor that I liked it. Overall the book is very action packed but it wasn’t what I came here for. Nowhere in the description did it say anything about the book being action packed. I came for a regular old romance book with aliens and some knotting but instead got a developed plotted book. I won’t say that it’s a bad thing seeing as this book is over 500 pages long but I really wish I had a little bit of warning beforehand.
To start off with the goods: I see where the author was trying to take the book at the beginning when they showed the accident that occurred on the ship then skipped to the past. I enjoyed that and seeing how Caspian got onto the ship.
Now on with the bad.
Past the first chapter or so I did not care for how the book played out.
My 1st main problem was the development of Caspian and Lorvians relationship. I did not care for the build up (or lack there of) of them going from captor to lovers. After he’s experimented on and treated unfairly he’s then roomed with Lorvian as a safety precaution but within that same day they have sex all while Caspian doesn’t trust him and keeps stating that he needs to keep his guard up and not fall for the alien? Make that make sense. It’s your first day meeting the alien but already you’re falling for them but you don’t want to yet you jump their bones the first chance you get? Then after that they build a weird all devotion towards even though Caspian wants to escape and doesn’t trust him? I do get insta-love novels but this did not strike me as one.
Now my second problem is with the characters. The author tried their best to show us each character individually but it did not work. There were too many characters and to much description to keep up with on top of the constant fighting that honestly started to jumble my head up. I do get needing to know Lorvians second in command as well as his brothers but when all of the other side characters started to pop up it just because so frustrating to focus and see each person as their own person. Like Tavi, I’ve heard them talk about the person but for the life of me I do not remember them ever introducing the person but suddenly Caspian is talking to them like he’s known her his whole life? That doesn’t make sense because only Lorvian and his species knew about Tavi.
And then with all of the betrayal. Left and right each person that was introduced suddenly became the bad guy and then a good guy all in one sitting?
My third problem was the time line. Gods give me strength with this one!
At first it’s pretty clear what year it is and how much time has past with each event but as the book progressed the time line gets fucked. Starting when Caspian is onboard Lorvians ship. It seems like a day or two has past but when Caspian mentions how long he’s been on the ship. But didn’t he just arrive? I know they spent two or so days fucking but he phrased it as if he’d been on the ship for ages. Then it happened again when they added the useless fighting and drama. They made it seem like it had been months since they crashed into the humans ship and took the hostage when really it had only been a few days.
And what I really didn’t get was how it room 1 year to get to Earth 2 (can’t remember its real name) and they had been abducted 6 months into the journey. We find out that a few escape pods were successfully deployed, and we’re on their way to earth 2. Still it had 6 months before it could make it to that planet BUT later on (around page 270-300) Caspian arrived on Earth 2 and the escape pods have made it and are thriving-ish? Which would mean 6 months have gone by when there was no mention of days going by past the point of the two or three days spent with Caspian and Lorvian fucking. On top of that, escape pods should have been able to successfully deliver them to Earth 2, there wouldn’t have been enough food or water for them to survive a 6 month journey.
My last two complaint could have been just be but I do think that the descriptions on what’s happening could be better. I was constantly confused on what was happening. Around every corner there was a battle and although some of it was easy to follow there were parts that lacked good description. Like in around page 250-300 there was a part where the main characters where in a battle with another ship. It mentioned Lorvian landing but it didn’t say where and later on you can somewhat tell that he landed outside the ship but then suddenly jumped onto another ship? I couldn’t quite follow if I’m being honest.
The second to my last complaint was how unoriginal and unrealistic the book was overall. The “aliens” where just humans with animal legs or body parts and the planets held nothing knew. It felt like the author favored action over world development and it really showed. One example was the language, I do like the idea of a chip helping them understand each other but it just seemed like they were talking English and not actually two languages clashing. Lorvians words and terms were the same as Caspian (I’d like to mention that the chip helped Caspian speak to Lorvian but I’m speaking about the terms that Lorvian used when we got to his POV). I would have really liked to have seen a few ‘made up words’ that could have been Lorvians language.
Another example would be the worlds that we got to see. For the most part, they were earth. Caspian could breath the air and move about just fine and for whatever reason that didn’t sit well with me. As it is in reality we have scientist studying planets and telling us that humans wouldn’t be able to live there because there is no protective barrier like there is on Earth. It would have been nice to see a little bit of that in this book. Such as Caspian not being able to breath the air or when he goes out into the world he gets hives and rashes, such problems like that to make it seem less and less like he’s just stepping into a new state and not just a new planet. We did get one planet where he could breath the air but it was a small glimpse of it. I want more of those glimpses.
Overall I think that this could be a really good book but I do think it needs a little bit of revising and that the description needs to accurately depict what’s gonna happen within the book? It doesn’t have to be any spoilers, but it should at least tell it’s readers that this isn’t just a book of romance and that it does have a solid plot. I was hoping for a softer plot filled with cuddles, species dilemma, mpreg and space travel because that’s the vibe that the books description gave off but instead I received a book where all they did was fight around every corner. No sooner do they land that bullets are flying everywhere.
(This review is all over the place but it’s just what came to my head, sorry)
Hummm I can’t really say that I hated the book nor that I liked it. Overall the book is very action packed but it wasn’t what I came here for. Nowhere in the description did it say anything about the book being action packed. I came for a regular old romance book with aliens and some knotting but instead got a developed plotted book. I won’t say that it’s a bad thing seeing as this book is over 500 pages long but I really wish I had a little bit of warning beforehand.
To start off with the goods: I see where the author was trying to take the book at the beginning when they showed the accident that occurred on the ship then skipped to the past. I enjoyed that and seeing how Caspian got onto the ship.
Now on with the bad.
Past the first chapter or so I did not care for how the book played out.
My 1st main problem was the development of Caspian and Lorvians relationship. I did not care for the build up (or lack there of) of them going from captor to lovers. After he’s experimented on and treated unfairly he’s then roomed with Lorvian as a safety precaution but within that same day they have sex all while Caspian doesn’t trust him and keeps stating that he needs to keep his guard up and not fall for the alien? Make that make sense. It’s your first day meeting the alien but already you’re falling for them but you don’t want to yet you jump their bones the first chance you get? Then after that they build a weird all devotion towards even though Caspian wants to escape and doesn’t trust him? I do get insta-love novels but this did not strike me as one.
Now my second problem is with the characters. The author tried their best to show us each character individually but it did not work. There were too many characters and to much description to keep up with on top of the constant fighting that honestly started to jumble my head up. I do get needing to know Lorvians second in command as well as his brothers but when all of the other side characters started to pop up it just because so frustrating to focus and see each person as their own person. Like Tavi, I’ve heard them talk about the person but for the life of me I do not remember them ever introducing the person but suddenly Caspian is talking to them like he’s known her his whole life? That doesn’t make sense because only Lorvian and his species knew about Tavi.
And then with all of the betrayal. Left and right each person that was introduced suddenly became the bad guy and then a good guy all in one sitting?
My third problem was the time line. Gods give me strength with this one!
At first it’s pretty clear what year it is and how much time has past with each event but as the book progressed the time line gets fucked. Starting when Caspian is onboard Lorvians ship. It seems like a day or two has past but when Caspian mentions how long he’s been on the ship. But didn’t he just arrive? I know they spent two or so days fucking but he phrased it as if he’d been on the ship for ages. Then it happened again when they added the useless fighting and drama. They made it seem like it had been months since they crashed into the humans ship and took the hostage when really it had only been a few days.
And what I really didn’t get was how it room 1 year to get to Earth 2 (can’t remember its real name) and they had been abducted 6 months into the journey. We find out that a few escape pods were successfully deployed, and we’re on their way to earth 2. Still it had 6 months before it could make it to that planet BUT later on (around page 270-300) Caspian arrived on Earth 2 and the escape pods have made it and are thriving-ish? Which would mean 6 months have gone by when there was no mention of days going by past the point of the two or three days spent with Caspian and Lorvian fucking. On top of that, escape pods should have been able to successfully deliver them to Earth 2, there wouldn’t have been enough food or water for them to survive a 6 month journey.
My last two complaint could have been just be but I do think that the descriptions on what’s happening could be better. I was constantly confused on what was happening. Around every corner there was a battle and although some of it was easy to follow there were parts that lacked good description. Like in around page 250-300 there was a part where the main characters where in a battle with another ship. It mentioned Lorvian landing but it didn’t say where and later on you can somewhat tell that he landed outside the ship but then suddenly jumped onto another ship? I couldn’t quite follow if I’m being honest.
The second to my last complaint was how unoriginal and unrealistic the book was overall. The “aliens” where just humans with animal legs or body parts and the planets held nothing knew. It felt like the author favored action over world development and it really showed. One example was the language, I do like the idea of a chip helping them understand each other but it just seemed like they were talking English and not actually two languages clashing. Lorvians words and terms were the same as Caspian (I’d like to mention that the chip helped Caspian speak to Lorvian but I’m speaking about the terms that Lorvian used when we got to his POV). I would have really liked to have seen a few ‘made up words’ that could have been Lorvians language.
Another example would be the worlds that we got to see. For the most part, they were earth. Caspian could breath the air and move about just fine and for whatever reason that didn’t sit well with me. As it is in reality we have scientist studying planets and telling us that humans wouldn’t be able to live there because there is no protective barrier like there is on Earth. It would have been nice to see a little bit of that in this book. Such as Caspian not being able to breath the air or when he goes out into the world he gets hives and rashes, such problems like that to make it seem less and less like he’s just stepping into a new state and not just a new planet. We did get one planet where he could breath the air but it was a small glimpse of it. I want more of those glimpses.
Overall I think that this could be a really good book but I do think it needs a little bit of revising and that the description needs to accurately depict what’s gonna happen within the book? It doesn’t have to be any spoilers, but it should at least tell it’s readers that this isn’t just a book of romance and that it does have a solid plot. I was hoping for a softer plot filled with cuddles, species dilemma, mpreg and space travel because that’s the vibe that the books description gave off but instead I received a book where all they did was fight around every corner. No sooner do they land that bullets are flying everywhere.
June 25, 2024
I'm a huge fan of captor/captive, mpreg, sci-fi, alien/monsterfucking stuff so this instantly took my interest, and I was indeed interesting enough for me because I read it in one go. It had a lot of action and elements, but I believe the latter was detrimental to this book. This story should've been divided into 2 or 3 books because it had a lot of settings, lores and mechanics, side characters, and villains all crammed into a single book, resulting in many of them being either underutilized, abandoned, underdeveloped, or messy, which is a shame since I was reeeally interested about them. Some examples (Several spoiler stuff ahead. Also please note - Caspian = Human Omega MC, Lorvian = Alien Alpha MC):
I would like to write more examples but this review is already long enough.
As for the main couple, they were frankly kinda meh. The omega human was not sassy or feisty enough for me to make him standout or memorable. He just seemed like a young person to me that was sometimes stupid, and not the endearing or amusing kind of stupid. The alien alpha was just kinda there I guess? He was the typical possessive "touch my mate and you'll die" guy which I usually enjoy, but I guess he wasn't enough. Also he was sometimes quite cruel and selfish, not to his mate of course, but to the other characters which made him even less more appealing to me.
It was insta-love, which I usually don't mind but in here it kinda whiplashed me, making me go like "Huh? Bitch, why are you already saying I love you to him??". In that regard, the captor/captive stuff was very short-lived as the human and alien get together in just a very few pages. I was hoping for more struggling, more fighting, more stubbornness, more tension. But they get together just like that.
The writing is not that bad. Sure, it's not very good either, but it's definitely not that bad to deserve such abject derision from the other reviews in here.
Overall, this was quite an ambitious book that was marred by several-books-worth of plot points squeezed in a single book.
I would like to write more examples but this review is already long enough.
As for the main couple, they were frankly kinda meh. The omega human was not sassy or feisty enough for me to make him standout or memorable. He just seemed like a young person to me that was sometimes stupid, and not the endearing or amusing kind of stupid. The alien alpha was just kinda there I guess? He was the typical possessive "touch my mate and you'll die" guy which I usually enjoy, but I guess he wasn't enough. Also he was sometimes quite cruel and selfish, not to his mate of course, but to the other characters which made him even less more appealing to me.
It was insta-love, which I usually don't mind but in here it kinda whiplashed me, making me go like "Huh? Bitch, why are you already saying I love you to him??". In that regard, the captor/captive stuff was very short-lived as the human and alien get together in just a very few pages. I was hoping for more struggling, more fighting, more stubbornness, more tension. But they get together just like that.
The writing is not that bad. Sure, it's not very good either, but it's definitely not that bad to deserve such abject derision from the other reviews in here.
Overall, this was quite an ambitious book that was marred by several-books-worth of plot points squeezed in a single book.
June 10, 2024
It’s the sexism for me…
I don’t normally rate authors lower than 4 stars but this one was rough. No trigger warnings despite it being DUBIOUS CONSENT, if not straight up SEXUAL ASSAULT of MC. I stuck with it because it’s not my trigger but could easily hurt someone who hasn’t had a warning.
There were a few micro aggressions towards women that were annoying but ignorable. Then we get to our love interests perspective and that ratchets up by a LOT. I read a lot of LGBT romance (literally 200 last year) and never have I read the amount of blatant women hating. It started small and just built until it was intolerable. I get that our love interest is supposed to be a darker character but maybe not at the expense of women.
Author- please use sensitivity readers.
I don’t normally rate authors lower than 4 stars but this one was rough. No trigger warnings despite it being DUBIOUS CONSENT, if not straight up SEXUAL ASSAULT of MC. I stuck with it because it’s not my trigger but could easily hurt someone who hasn’t had a warning.
There were a few micro aggressions towards women that were annoying but ignorable. Then we get to our love interests perspective and that ratchets up by a LOT. I read a lot of LGBT romance (literally 200 last year) and never have I read the amount of blatant women hating. It started small and just built until it was intolerable. I get that our love interest is supposed to be a darker character but maybe not at the expense of women.
Author- please use sensitivity readers.
July 29, 2024
I'll be honest, I only picked this up because of the cover. (I thought it was new Ai no Kusabi media at first and got excited. When I realized it wasn't, I saw it was on KU and just thought, "Eh, fuck it!") Unfortunately, this whole piece is bogged down by its prose. The sentence-level writing is clunky and amateurish, there are a lot of disparate details to the plot and world-building that aren't handled well and make things confusing at times, and the characters vacillate between personalities from moment to moment. I can tell the author had fun writing this, though, so I did have a bit of fun reading it—enough that I hemmed and hawed on whether to rate this a bit higher. But, sadly the quality is such that this is what I settled on.
August 12, 2024
I really wanted to like it, and i do feel like it has potential! The characters weren’t bad at first and the plot is pretty fun too
But the pacing! Ugh no, just, no
There’s so much happening but it was waaaaaaay too fast!
I feel like it could have easily, EASILY, been 2 maybe even 3 books if the plot and the world building were explored a little bit better
I’d give it 2,5 stars, but i went for 3 to round it up, ‘cause i can see the potential and it was at least entertaining for a bit
But the pacing! Ugh no, just, no
There’s so much happening but it was waaaaaaay too fast!
I feel like it could have easily, EASILY, been 2 maybe even 3 books if the plot and the world building were explored a little bit better
I’d give it 2,5 stars, but i went for 3 to round it up, ‘cause i can see the potential and it was at least entertaining for a bit
November 30, 2024
3.5 ⭐️ honestly? This book was alright. It was interesting and the characters were decently written. I wouldn’t reread, or probably boast about it to anyone. It almost felt like it had some new conflict every other chapter. And the ending was rushed. Everything just suddenly tied off in a neat bow. I don’t regret the read but wouldn’t do it again.
June 11, 2024
If I had realized this was the same author as Taken by the Titan, I would never have picked it up.
November 16, 2025
okay i'm not coming on here like a COWARD saying that i DNF'd this at 12%. i said to myself i was going to read this and i did. i fully read it to 100% completion so you don't have to.
for a title like BRED BY THE ALIEN PRINCE, i have to say, they did deliver. as in, yes. the main character did get bred... so they fulfilled that promise. BUT for a title like that, you would expect something absolutely full of smut to a ridiculous extend with barely any plot. so then tell me WHY there was 80% plot and like maybe 1-2 smut scenes and every other hint of a sex scene was fade to black.
now look me in the eye when i say this - i have to be true and honest to myself and anyone reading this review - i think you and i know that anyone, including me, who picked up a book with THIS title was not here for plot. i could not have been LESS here for the plot. that being said, there was indeed plot… and a lot of it.
reading the remainder of the book was just…okay. even though i wasn’t here for plot, i did get a little invested in what was going to happen, especially with the human colony. but underneath it all, i was hoping and praying for more smut scenes.
i hate to admit it but at one point, i was desperately searching key terms like "pheromones”, “wet”, “c**k”, “slick”, “ass", you name it. anything to see if maybe i was going to reach the promised land where plot took a break and things got freaky. sadly, i just felt DIRTY and PATHETIC when the search results gave nothing more than the occasional “I wanted to gut him from c**k to throat,” (why was lorvian so obsessed with bringing up c**k all the time?) my search results were in vain.
it got very plot heavy with the occasional fade to black scene but not much else. as for the plot itself,
as for the other characters, zai and cormac were soooo cool and i needed more of them. i need to know more about zai. he seemed pretty chill, charming, and very capable. and the AI bot guy connor?! what about him?! so many loose ends i wanted tied up and so many characters i cared way more about compared to the mains.
other than my feelings about the lack of smut (within this omegaverse novel with the word “BRED” in the title), i felt like the plot was weak overall. lots of loose ends that left many questions, and i was more interested in the side characters than the main characters for most of the book.
another moment of honesty and vulnerability for those who have read this far: i admit i ALMOST DNF'd this. i’m sorry for coming on so strong at the beginning. i got about 50% of the way through and then didn’t read this for months. even with the point of the book i left off at - a moment with high tension that would have normally piqued my interest - it wasn’t enough to make me pick this back up over those months. i only continued when i was perusing through my kindle one day and realized i had totally forgotten about it. so i continued on bravely. for everyone. for you.
to all my fellow freaks out there, i can’t in good faith recommend this book. it's horny toward the beginning but after that… you’re just left blue balled staring at the ceiling, wondering how you could have been so easily fooled by a title like BRED BY THE ALIEN PRINCE to begin with… sometimes a girl wants to read something bad, but not this bad.
for a title like BRED BY THE ALIEN PRINCE, i have to say, they did deliver. as in, yes. the main character did get bred... so they fulfilled that promise. BUT for a title like that, you would expect something absolutely full of smut to a ridiculous extend with barely any plot. so then tell me WHY there was 80% plot and like maybe 1-2 smut scenes and every other hint of a sex scene was fade to black.
now look me in the eye when i say this - i have to be true and honest to myself and anyone reading this review - i think you and i know that anyone, including me, who picked up a book with THIS title was not here for plot. i could not have been LESS here for the plot. that being said, there was indeed plot… and a lot of it.
reading the remainder of the book was just…okay. even though i wasn’t here for plot, i did get a little invested in what was going to happen, especially with the human colony. but underneath it all, i was hoping and praying for more smut scenes.
i hate to admit it but at one point, i was desperately searching key terms like "pheromones”, “wet”, “c**k”, “slick”, “ass", you name it. anything to see if maybe i was going to reach the promised land where plot took a break and things got freaky. sadly, i just felt DIRTY and PATHETIC when the search results gave nothing more than the occasional “I wanted to gut him from c**k to throat,” (why was lorvian so obsessed with bringing up c**k all the time?) my search results were in vain.
it got very plot heavy with the occasional fade to black scene but not much else. as for the plot itself,
as for the other characters, zai and cormac were soooo cool and i needed more of them. i need to know more about zai. he seemed pretty chill, charming, and very capable. and the AI bot guy connor?! what about him?! so many loose ends i wanted tied up and so many characters i cared way more about compared to the mains.
other than my feelings about the lack of smut (within this omegaverse novel with the word “BRED” in the title), i felt like the plot was weak overall. lots of loose ends that left many questions, and i was more interested in the side characters than the main characters for most of the book.
another moment of honesty and vulnerability for those who have read this far: i admit i ALMOST DNF'd this. i’m sorry for coming on so strong at the beginning. i got about 50% of the way through and then didn’t read this for months. even with the point of the book i left off at - a moment with high tension that would have normally piqued my interest - it wasn’t enough to make me pick this back up over those months. i only continued when i was perusing through my kindle one day and realized i had totally forgotten about it. so i continued on bravely. for everyone. for you.
to all my fellow freaks out there, i can’t in good faith recommend this book. it's horny toward the beginning but after that… you’re just left blue balled staring at the ceiling, wondering how you could have been so easily fooled by a title like BRED BY THE ALIEN PRINCE to begin with… sometimes a girl wants to read something bad, but not this bad.
September 11, 2024
Good idea but…
I read till about half way before dropping. I will thus list the reasonings as follows:
Good:
- The initial idea of this is great! Original and unique.
- The covers beautiful
Bad:
- This book is riddled with grammar mistakes and typos. It really needs a good line by line edit as I had to stop on more than one occasion to try and work out WHAT the author was trying to say. Words in wrong order, words missing in sentences and sentences not flowing.
- The story has literally no pacing. One chapter they don’t know each other, the next they meet, then they love each other. And don’t get me started on the prologue then flashback then forward. I know what the author was going for but it would have worked better just starting from the MC applying for the space project.
- Basic descriptions!!!! You have such a brilliant world here, why can’t I see it? Oh yeah, cause I can’t picture what it looks like. I have no idea what the planets look like, the ships, the characters. While the last one I don’t mind as much as I like some freedom to use my own imagination with these things.
- Is this supposed to be spicy? Because the only thing that would make me think so is that they constantly use the words c**k and f**k. Again this comes down to lack of description.
- Formatting. Now this could be because I read on the kindle app on my phone so take this point with a pinch of salt. This is formatted as if it was supposed to be written and posted on a site like Wattpad rather than Amazon.
Overall, this is a smashing universe the author has TRIED to share but has given the bare minimum. As a writer myself, this honestly reads as a first draft rather than a final one. Lots needs to be added to flesh this out some more. Nothing a few rewrites can’t fix though.
Should the author rerelease this title after reworking, I would love to read it!
I read till about half way before dropping. I will thus list the reasonings as follows:
Good:
- The initial idea of this is great! Original and unique.
- The covers beautiful
Bad:
- This book is riddled with grammar mistakes and typos. It really needs a good line by line edit as I had to stop on more than one occasion to try and work out WHAT the author was trying to say. Words in wrong order, words missing in sentences and sentences not flowing.
- The story has literally no pacing. One chapter they don’t know each other, the next they meet, then they love each other. And don’t get me started on the prologue then flashback then forward. I know what the author was going for but it would have worked better just starting from the MC applying for the space project.
- Basic descriptions!!!! You have such a brilliant world here, why can’t I see it? Oh yeah, cause I can’t picture what it looks like. I have no idea what the planets look like, the ships, the characters. While the last one I don’t mind as much as I like some freedom to use my own imagination with these things.
- Is this supposed to be spicy? Because the only thing that would make me think so is that they constantly use the words c**k and f**k. Again this comes down to lack of description.
- Formatting. Now this could be because I read on the kindle app on my phone so take this point with a pinch of salt. This is formatted as if it was supposed to be written and posted on a site like Wattpad rather than Amazon.
Overall, this is a smashing universe the author has TRIED to share but has given the bare minimum. As a writer myself, this honestly reads as a first draft rather than a final one. Lots needs to be added to flesh this out some more. Nothing a few rewrites can’t fix though.
Should the author rerelease this title after reworking, I would love to read it!
May 7, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Bred by the Alien Prince by Morrigan Black is a wild, high-heat interstellar romp that knows exactly what kind of ride it's taking you on—and fully commits. From the opening stowaway chaos to the decadent claiming scenes, this book blends campy sci-fi fun with raw, primal M/M heat in the best way.
Caspian is snarky, fiery, and delightfully rebellious—a human just trying to sneak his way into a better life and instead landing squarely in the arms (and bed) of an arrogant alien prince. Lorvian, meanwhile, is pure over-the-top alpha: regal, possessive, and thoroughly convinced that Caspian should be honored to be bred by such superior blood. Their dynamic is deliciously unbalanced in all the ways that make sci-fi smut so addictive—think space royalty meets bratty chaos goblin, and you’re in the zone.
The writing leans into its dramatic tone with a wink, indulging in the tropes—breeding, claiming, dominance, interspecies culture clashes—while still offering moments of unexpected sweetness. Their emotional connection deepens as they navigate alien customs, territorial instincts, and Caspian’s refusal to just roll over and become some royal broodmare. That tension? Hot. The worldbuilding is more flavor than detail, but it works—this story is all about the characters and their sizzling chemistry.
If you're looking for a fast-paced, high-spice M/M alien romance with royalty kink, a snarky human lead, and unapologetic dominance play, Bred by the Alien Prince absolutely delivers. It's campy, it’s sexy, and it’s just the right amount of ridiculous in the best possible way.
Bred by the Alien Prince by Morrigan Black is a wild, high-heat interstellar romp that knows exactly what kind of ride it's taking you on—and fully commits. From the opening stowaway chaos to the decadent claiming scenes, this book blends campy sci-fi fun with raw, primal M/M heat in the best way.
Caspian is snarky, fiery, and delightfully rebellious—a human just trying to sneak his way into a better life and instead landing squarely in the arms (and bed) of an arrogant alien prince. Lorvian, meanwhile, is pure over-the-top alpha: regal, possessive, and thoroughly convinced that Caspian should be honored to be bred by such superior blood. Their dynamic is deliciously unbalanced in all the ways that make sci-fi smut so addictive—think space royalty meets bratty chaos goblin, and you’re in the zone.
The writing leans into its dramatic tone with a wink, indulging in the tropes—breeding, claiming, dominance, interspecies culture clashes—while still offering moments of unexpected sweetness. Their emotional connection deepens as they navigate alien customs, territorial instincts, and Caspian’s refusal to just roll over and become some royal broodmare. That tension? Hot. The worldbuilding is more flavor than detail, but it works—this story is all about the characters and their sizzling chemistry.
If you're looking for a fast-paced, high-spice M/M alien romance with royalty kink, a snarky human lead, and unapologetic dominance play, Bred by the Alien Prince absolutely delivers. It's campy, it’s sexy, and it’s just the right amount of ridiculous in the best possible way.
October 9, 2024
First, let me say that this story is Sci/Fi and there isn’t much that’s believable. That’s part of what I liked about it. So, if you’re not prepared to suspend disbelief, you’ll likely not enjoy this book. If you couldn’t tell from the title, this is an mpreg story, so again, this won’t be for you if you don’t like those. Now for my review.
Lorvian is the alien prince who takes Caspian to his ship and forces gene therapy on him. His species is dying out and the possible discovery of a compatible species to reproduce with is irresistible.
Caspian has run from his life on Earth and hopes to make a better one on the human colony that the company Outer Worlds is having built. A series of events changed the course of the better life he hoped for, and he goes through the wringer to get his HEA.
There is an interesting cast of side characters that add flavor to the story and are ever there in times of need. I loved that! Seriously, there were a few times I wondered how they were going to get out of one scrape or another and then one of these characters would be there. Not always helpful in a conventional way, but they certainly kept the story from being dull and boring.
If you like alpha males who will always come for their mates, a touch of absurdity, and plenty of action and intrigue, this just might be the story for you.
Lorvian is the alien prince who takes Caspian to his ship and forces gene therapy on him. His species is dying out and the possible discovery of a compatible species to reproduce with is irresistible.
Caspian has run from his life on Earth and hopes to make a better one on the human colony that the company Outer Worlds is having built. A series of events changed the course of the better life he hoped for, and he goes through the wringer to get his HEA.
There is an interesting cast of side characters that add flavor to the story and are ever there in times of need. I loved that! Seriously, there were a few times I wondered how they were going to get out of one scrape or another and then one of these characters would be there. Not always helpful in a conventional way, but they certainly kept the story from being dull and boring.
If you like alpha males who will always come for their mates, a touch of absurdity, and plenty of action and intrigue, this just might be the story for you.
August 29, 2024
Came for the Smut, Stayed for the Adventure
It was a very fun read thought it takes a bit to get going. It feels very reminiscent of shows like Farscape or Firefly where the wacky space adventure takes the protagonists anywhere and everywhere and they're constantly having to deal with new threats while also wrapping up the old ones. It's very nostalgic in a good way.
The MC is very refreshing in that he seems to have more than two braincells to rub together and he actually takes the time to think his words and actions through most of the time. He's never super unreasonable to the other characters and he's fairly realistic in his responses to everything happening to him.
There seemed to be a lot of set up in this book with the brothers and the androids and the (spoiler) human turned space smuggler (end of spoilers) the author could very well write a series of sequels.
My only real gripe is that for a book titled 'Bred by the Alien Space Prince' there's only really one and a half smut scenes in the beginning of the book and everything else is a fade to black moment.
It was a very fun read thought it takes a bit to get going. It feels very reminiscent of shows like Farscape or Firefly where the wacky space adventure takes the protagonists anywhere and everywhere and they're constantly having to deal with new threats while also wrapping up the old ones. It's very nostalgic in a good way.
The MC is very refreshing in that he seems to have more than two braincells to rub together and he actually takes the time to think his words and actions through most of the time. He's never super unreasonable to the other characters and he's fairly realistic in his responses to everything happening to him.
There seemed to be a lot of set up in this book with the brothers and the androids and the (spoiler) human turned space smuggler (end of spoilers) the author could very well write a series of sequels.
My only real gripe is that for a book titled 'Bred by the Alien Space Prince' there's only really one and a half smut scenes in the beginning of the book and everything else is a fade to black moment.
August 29, 2024
Bred by the Alien Prince had the potential to be an engaging read, but unfortunately, it fell short in execution. The premise of the story, along with the intriguing lore and conflicts between different factions, held promise. However, the narrative felt disjointed, reading more like a collection of notes strung together rather than a cohesive story with depth and flow.
The scenes often felt stilted and rushed, lacking the necessary development to make them impactful. The story missed out on any real dramatic buildup, leaving events feeling superficial and without weight. The romance between the main characters appeared abruptly without any gradual buildup, making it difficult to become invested in their connection. Worldbuilding was minimal, and action scenes were merely hinted at, missing opportunities to immerse the reader in the story.
Overall, Bred by the Alien Prince could have been an enjoyable read with better execution and attention to detail. Unfortunately, it left me wanting more, leading to a disappointing 2-star rating.
Considering I liked the Titan books by the same author I was really disappointed. In the end I dnf'd at 68%.
The scenes often felt stilted and rushed, lacking the necessary development to make them impactful. The story missed out on any real dramatic buildup, leaving events feeling superficial and without weight. The romance between the main characters appeared abruptly without any gradual buildup, making it difficult to become invested in their connection. Worldbuilding was minimal, and action scenes were merely hinted at, missing opportunities to immerse the reader in the story.
Overall, Bred by the Alien Prince could have been an enjoyable read with better execution and attention to detail. Unfortunately, it left me wanting more, leading to a disappointing 2-star rating.
Considering I liked the Titan books by the same author I was really disappointed. In the end I dnf'd at 68%.
August 31, 2025
Good, could use some cleaning up.
All in all the story was very good, it's quite an adventure that goes all over the place with a lot of characters that have interesting qualities. The romance could use a little bit more depth because the attitude of the character shifts In a way that doesn't feel organic. And a lot of the plot is very convoluted. My biggest gripe as usually with stories like this is the lack of proper editing. This book could really use someone going through with a fine tooth comb and cleaning up a lot of the errors, There are several parts where sentences are missing words, or parts of words, or the phrasing does not make any sense. And the formatting when conversation is spoken through intercoms, radios, or any kind of non direct verbal communication is sometimes italicized and sometimes not. It is inconsistent, please pick one style and stick with it. Other grammatical errors such as incorrect punctuation are all throughout the book, so again it really needs to be cleaned up a bit.
3 stars for a convoluted plot, shallow character relationships, and need for serious grammatical editing
All in all the story was very good, it's quite an adventure that goes all over the place with a lot of characters that have interesting qualities. The romance could use a little bit more depth because the attitude of the character shifts In a way that doesn't feel organic. And a lot of the plot is very convoluted. My biggest gripe as usually with stories like this is the lack of proper editing. This book could really use someone going through with a fine tooth comb and cleaning up a lot of the errors, There are several parts where sentences are missing words, or parts of words, or the phrasing does not make any sense. And the formatting when conversation is spoken through intercoms, radios, or any kind of non direct verbal communication is sometimes italicized and sometimes not. It is inconsistent, please pick one style and stick with it. Other grammatical errors such as incorrect punctuation are all throughout the book, so again it really needs to be cleaned up a bit.
3 stars for a convoluted plot, shallow character relationships, and need for serious grammatical editing
November 2, 2024
A whirlwind adventure involving an alien prince and a human pilot. This book introduces a unique setting of various planets, alien races, and humanity back on Earth. There was a lot happening, but it was fairly well-written and delivered in digestible chunks.
Where the book lost me was in the editing, or lack there of. The same thing kept happening over and over just with different elements. Ie Caspian getting captured, Lorvian rescuing him, their friends helping them escape. Rinse and repeated. A combination of that happened at least eight times throughout the book, it got almost boring since there were no stakes.
I also didn't love the treatment of the female characters in this book. One gets left to sexual slavery and rape, another gets attacked by Caspian only for him to discover after that she's apparently pregnant, two of the female aliens are slightly more interesting with unique backstories but ultimately relegated to being side characters bad guys, and Caspian's own mother and sister play staring roles and traumaziting bullies.
Where the book lost me was in the editing, or lack there of. The same thing kept happening over and over just with different elements. Ie Caspian getting captured, Lorvian rescuing him, their friends helping them escape. Rinse and repeated. A combination of that happened at least eight times throughout the book, it got almost boring since there were no stakes.
I also didn't love the treatment of the female characters in this book. One gets left to sexual slavery and rape, another gets attacked by Caspian only for him to discover after that she's apparently pregnant, two of the female aliens are slightly more interesting with unique backstories but ultimately relegated to being side characters bad guys, and Caspian's own mother and sister play staring roles and traumaziting bullies.
August 16, 2025
Interesting premise, rocky execution
My actual rating is more a 3.5, but I decided to use 4 to not discourage others from giving it shot.
The formatting is janky af. Like another review said, this could have benefited from an editor greatly. Pacing was a little all over the place, and you don't get a clear understanding of the passage of time in some instances unless it explicitly said "a week later" at the start of the chapter.
Caspian was an interesting protagonist who honestly flip-flops between convictions. One minute bro is a rebel. The next, he's giving up. I don't know when he started falling for Lorvian, and honestly, I don't know when Lorvian fell in love with him either. It might be a casualty of the pacing I mentioned, but it felt like one chapter, they were tentatively in a truce, and the next chapter, feelings were caught.
Either way, it was still an interesting read overall, and I do think it's a coffee read, nothing to substantial but fun regardless.
My actual rating is more a 3.5, but I decided to use 4 to not discourage others from giving it shot.
The formatting is janky af. Like another review said, this could have benefited from an editor greatly. Pacing was a little all over the place, and you don't get a clear understanding of the passage of time in some instances unless it explicitly said "a week later" at the start of the chapter.
Caspian was an interesting protagonist who honestly flip-flops between convictions. One minute bro is a rebel. The next, he's giving up. I don't know when he started falling for Lorvian, and honestly, I don't know when Lorvian fell in love with him either. It might be a casualty of the pacing I mentioned, but it felt like one chapter, they were tentatively in a truce, and the next chapter, feelings were caught.
Either way, it was still an interesting read overall, and I do think it's a coffee read, nothing to substantial but fun regardless.
July 6, 2024
Science fictiony goodness!😻
A really fun romp around the universe! I mean, how would we actually act? Aliens!? Which is OUR word for otherworldly beings, right? I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of love in outer space. Caspien, our unwitting science experiment... ( you'll have read to find out)...is funny and so entirely human it hurts sometimes. You kind of want to jump into the story and either help him or slap him.😂 But dang he's adorable! And the dashing,but barbarous , hero.Such a sexy, growly, curious warrior-lover. Always getting into perilous situations because of the beautiful, but rash, Caspien. It flows and builds a great origin story with thrilling action. Spellbinding suspense and sexy love scenes. Delve on in and be enthralled in an epic love story that spans light years! You won't be sorry. I mean, way a way to imagine first contact if not through scary Lord Of The Ring elf like creatures who want to conquer everything about you. Everything!!!😍😍😍😍
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A really fun romp around the universe! I mean, how would we actually act? Aliens!? Which is OUR word for otherworldly beings, right? I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of love in outer space. Caspien, our unwitting science experiment... ( you'll have read to find out)...is funny and so entirely human it hurts sometimes. You kind of want to jump into the story and either help him or slap him.😂 But dang he's adorable! And the dashing,but barbarous , hero.Such a sexy, growly, curious warrior-lover. Always getting into perilous situations because of the beautiful, but rash, Caspien. It flows and builds a great origin story with thrilling action. Spellbinding suspense and sexy love scenes. Delve on in and be enthralled in an epic love story that spans light years! You won't be sorry. I mean, way a way to imagine first contact if not through scary Lord Of The Ring elf like creatures who want to conquer everything about you. Everything!!!😍😍😍😍
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July 15, 2025
Great world building, not so great storytelling
The world building in this book is phenomenal. The settings, the world's, the various species, etc. However, there are two main things wrong with this novel. One, it is often hard to figure out who is talking in conversations involving more than two people as there are no names assigned to who said what. It's somewhat jarring, and interrupts the flow of the story. Second, except for the exposition in the beginning to "set the scene" as it were, it's one action scene after another. The main characters barely have time to breath before one or both of them is knocked unconscious and there is another situation to escape. This book could really do with some drawn out spaces for the readers to really get to know all the characters in the book. Rather than to go from action to sex to action to action to sex to action. It really gets irritating after a while.
The world building in this book is phenomenal. The settings, the world's, the various species, etc. However, there are two main things wrong with this novel. One, it is often hard to figure out who is talking in conversations involving more than two people as there are no names assigned to who said what. It's somewhat jarring, and interrupts the flow of the story. Second, except for the exposition in the beginning to "set the scene" as it were, it's one action scene after another. The main characters barely have time to breath before one or both of them is knocked unconscious and there is another situation to escape. This book could really do with some drawn out spaces for the readers to really get to know all the characters in the book. Rather than to go from action to sex to action to action to sex to action. It really gets irritating after a while.
June 9, 2024
It’s definitely a breathe of fresh air
Okay so the book is LONNNGGG. The characters made you feel like you were in the book watching from the window. The one male lead is ditzy but knows what he wants. Yes it would piss you off but also think like “yeah, I understand the choice but stupid”. I don’t know how many times I said it. The other is actually stoically sweet. Like he’s way too understanding and other times not enough. Honestly I like him, the best character to rival his lover. I didn’t think I would like this book but then all of a sudden I was already 200 something pages in a had to see it through. I haven’t thought reading this was a waste of time at all. I really enjoyed this book.
Okay so the book is LONNNGGG. The characters made you feel like you were in the book watching from the window. The one male lead is ditzy but knows what he wants. Yes it would piss you off but also think like “yeah, I understand the choice but stupid”. I don’t know how many times I said it. The other is actually stoically sweet. Like he’s way too understanding and other times not enough. Honestly I like him, the best character to rival his lover. I didn’t think I would like this book but then all of a sudden I was already 200 something pages in a had to see it through. I haven’t thought reading this was a waste of time at all. I really enjoyed this book.
October 21, 2024
É muito arrastado. Uma enrolação, rodam de um lado pro outro pra nada, o livro não sabe qual história quer contar, abre um monte de coisa e não fecha absolutamente nada, nenhuma questão foi resolvida. Algumas coisas que acontecem não tem a mínima repercussão, o principal tá com um dos bebês super fragilizado num dia, impedido de sair do planeta, na noite seguinte ele tá rolando no chão no meio de uma briga, depois sai do planeta de supetão fugindo E ISSO NEM É MENCIONADO! Nada acontece, nada. O cara pega a erva lá pra acordar o povo do sono profundo, aparentemente funcionou, MAS O REI NO FIM VAI DORMIR?????? Como assim você tem a cura praquilo e o REI se deixa ir? Fora o pai do principal que ele fala algumas vezes que gostaria de vê-lo acordado de novo e nada no fim.
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