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Taken
There’s been a malfunction in my pod. Only my pod. Fanfreakingtastic. Instead of waking up thousands of years after the fall of civilization, I’ve woken up early – to a world filled with monsters. When one of them – the biggest one – decides to take me to his tent for the night, I have no choice but to go with him. The big guy and I can’t communicate. I can't tell him that I need to return to fix the bunker, so I'm gonna have to try to escape. My odds look bleak, because he watches me with the possessiveness of a male who wants me for more than a night…but maybe to keep.
143 pages, ebook
Published October 7, 2025
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About the author
Elizabeth Stephens
76 books1,424 followersTop 10 USA Today Bestselling author Elizabeth Stephens writes books where beastly men—or sometimes just beasts—always get the girl.
A full-time hybrid indie and traditionally published author, Elizabeth is best known for her Supers in the City series (Montlake) and her indie works like The Bone King and the Starling and Dark City Omega. In all of her books, readers can expect diverse casts, epic world-building, quests with unexpected twists, and women of color being celebrated loudly, Black and biracial women in particular.
When she isn’t writing, you might find Elizabeth enjoying the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest or traveling and making adventures of her own with her husband, tiny humans, and doggo, King Louis.
A full-time hybrid indie and traditionally published author, Elizabeth is best known for her Supers in the City series (Montlake) and her indie works like The Bone King and the Starling and Dark City Omega. In all of her books, readers can expect diverse casts, epic world-building, quests with unexpected twists, and women of color being celebrated loudly, Black and biracial women in particular.
When she isn’t writing, you might find Elizabeth enjoying the outdoors of the Pacific Northwest or traveling and making adventures of her own with her husband, tiny humans, and doggo, King Louis.
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October 17, 2025
Dicks will never be the same for me
November 20, 2025
4/5 ⭐️ and a lot of 🌶️
The Plot
After many wars humanity had to go and do a whole Noah's Ark kinda thing real quick - programmed to wake after 11.000 years the privileged selected go and doze off underground. Only when Rhen wakes only about a third of that time has passed and she's the only one awake. When she eventually dares to go outside she gets taken by a wild tribe and one monster in particular ends up becoming really close to her, ya know.
If you've read and enjoyed Ice Planet Babarians this is a must read, simple as that. I loved the similar vibe this story gave me.
Characterwise I liked Rhen a lot; now I understand how her quirkyness and energy level might not be everybody's favorite, but she felt very alike to what I assume myself being like should I ever end up in her shoes. Ha. We get some chapters from the MMC's POV which is great because they can't really communicate, with even their gestures getting misinterpreted more than once.
Tropes
x language barrier
x size difference
x knotting
x breeding
__________
pre-read: why does it sound so promising 👀
The Plot
After many wars humanity had to go and do a whole Noah's Ark kinda thing real quick - programmed to wake after 11.000 years the privileged selected go and doze off underground. Only when Rhen wakes only about a third of that time has passed and she's the only one awake. When she eventually dares to go outside she gets taken by a wild tribe and one monster in particular ends up becoming really close to her, ya know.
If you've read and enjoyed Ice Planet Babarians this is a must read, simple as that. I loved the similar vibe this story gave me.
Characterwise I liked Rhen a lot; now I understand how her quirkyness and energy level might not be everybody's favorite, but she felt very alike to what I assume myself being like should I ever end up in her shoes. Ha. We get some chapters from the MMC's POV which is great because they can't really communicate, with even their gestures getting misinterpreted more than once.
Tropes
x language barrier
x size difference
x knotting
x breeding
__________
pre-read: why does it sound so promising 👀
October 12, 2025
Girl SABOTAGES an entire Earth revival project after meeting her demonic monster mate…and his inflatable D!
🧡✨🎨☀️ 🏜️ ☀️🎨✨🧡
Ol’ Earth goes to shit & they freeze a sampling of people for 11 thousand years. But Rhen’s pod malfunctions and she wakes up just a few thousand years later, alone & confused. This artists girlie is not mean to survive on her own and soon gets kidnapped by a giant shifter humanoid with scales and…alternative anatomy.
My favourite: FMC that realizes she will never find a dick that good ever again and decides to stick with her demonic shifter mate
The communication barrier definitely adds to the FORBIDDEN 🔥 The miscommunication between the mmc & fmc was kind of hilarious but they both wanted to get freaky so it was actually kind of sweet. I’m not sure about his “screeching” sounds when he orgasms though??? 👀
dystopian romance
monster mmc
sex positive fmc
biting & knotting
alternative anatomy
mates
HEA
🧡✨🎨☀️ 🏜️ ☀️🎨✨🧡
Ol’ Earth goes to shit & they freeze a sampling of people for 11 thousand years. But Rhen’s pod malfunctions and she wakes up just a few thousand years later, alone & confused. This artists girlie is not mean to survive on her own and soon gets kidnapped by a giant shifter humanoid with scales and…alternative anatomy.
My favourite: FMC that realizes she will never find a dick that good ever again and decides to stick with her demonic shifter mate
The communication barrier definitely adds to the FORBIDDEN 🔥 The miscommunication between the mmc & fmc was kind of hilarious but they both wanted to get freaky so it was actually kind of sweet. I’m not sure about his “screeching” sounds when he orgasms though??? 👀
dystopian romance
monster mmc
sex positive fmc
biting & knotting
alternative anatomy
mates
HEA
January 5, 2026
soooo... this clearly isn't for me. the writing style sucks and I couldn't get past chapter one.
pre-read જ⁀➴
╰┈➤ please be funny please be funny please be funny
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───
After the End collection:
⤹ first by ali hazelwood °‧ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 ·｡ [2.5 ⭐]
⤹ bait by adriana herrera .𖥔 ݁ ˖ִ ࣪⚝₊ ⊹˚ [1 ⭐] dnf
⤹ skyn by nikki payne ‧₊˚✧🪩✧˚₊‧ [2.5 ⭐]
⤹ m.a.y.a. by nina saxena ˙✧˖°🐺 ༘ ⋆｡˚ [0.5 ⭐]
⤹ brood by claire kent . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁. [1 ⭐]
⤹ taken by elizabeth stephens [0.5 ⭐] dnf
⤹ trade by cate c. wells ˚˖𓍢ִ໋`🌿:✧˚⋆𖧧 [3.5 ⭐]
⤹ prima by sherry thomas ⊹ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ˖ [2 ⭐]
pre-read જ⁀➴
╰┈➤ please be funny please be funny please be funny
─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───
After the End collection:
⤹ first by ali hazelwood °‧ 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 ·｡ [2.5 ⭐]
⤹ bait by adriana herrera .𖥔 ݁ ˖ִ ࣪⚝₊ ⊹˚ [1 ⭐] dnf
⤹ skyn by nikki payne ‧₊˚✧🪩✧˚₊‧ [2.5 ⭐]
⤹ m.a.y.a. by nina saxena ˙✧˖°🐺 ༘ ⋆｡˚ [0.5 ⭐]
⤹ brood by claire kent . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁. [1 ⭐]
⤹ taken by elizabeth stephens [0.5 ⭐] dnf
⤹ trade by cate c. wells ˚˖𓍢ִ໋`🌿:✧˚⋆𖧧 [3.5 ⭐]
⤹ prima by sherry thomas ⊹ ﹏𓊝﹏𓂁﹏⊹ ˖ [2 ⭐]
October 24, 2025
Yes Please! This was such a fun and steamy novella. I loved how the post apocalyptic plot came into play with all the setup for the FMC to meet her monster mate. The rutting and all the steam was delectable, I can always get behind with some light primal play and biting!
October 17, 2025
This novel was pretty meh. The one thing that made me interested in reading this was the inflatable dick comment another reviewer mentioned (P.S. It's also past coke can territory. We are in upper arm territory. IYKYK) My curiosity was piqued after reading that. However, that's as far as it went. The story started out very interesting, but as soon as they slept together while she was clearly under duress, and they could not communicate for 85%+ of the novel, it kinda became something that I started to side-eye.
The rest of this review is going to be me nitpicking the ever-living heck out of this novel.
* The writing style was strange to a degree that it bothered me, but I can't quite put my finger on why. The heroine's internal monologue was long-winded and repetitive. As the story progressed, I started preferring being in the hero's head.
* I disliked how the author didn't specify what specific portuguese speaking country the heroine was supposed to be from right off the bat. It was only a few chapters in that the author states that the heroine's father is from Portugal. It rubbed me the wrong way, considering that Portugal is not the only portuguese speaking country out there. I speak brazilian portugese, and the few phrases and words used in this novel were completely understandable to me. My other issue is that the author clearly didn't ask/pay anyone who speaks portuguese to look at anything in this novel. There was one instance where the wrong "ó" was used, and there was a point when the heroine mentions she writes a sentence on her pod as a goodbye in PORTUGUESE. The book then proceeds to write out what she wrote in english. Anyone who has even a vague understanding of portuguese could have easily translated that. Also also, maybe this is just me and my understanding of brazilian portuguese, but the heroine has a few people in her life who love to refer to her as "querida". Maybe the author doesn't know this, but at least in Brazil it comes off very sarcastic and fake when you refer to someone as "querida". Think of it as the stereotypical mean girl referring to people as "honey" or "darling" in english.
* The cover art, even though it's a CARTOON cover, does not match the description of the characters from the book. Yes, it's details (like the length of her hair being wrong, like the fact that she has sectoral heterochromia (and you can't see it on the cover), his scale placement is also described differently in the book than it is represented on the cover). Yes, I know I'm nitpicking. What's the point of having a cartoon cover if it's not going to be an accurate representation of the characters described in the book?
* Also, to that point, why do the hero's scales change colors 2 or 3 times throughout the book? There's one place where he's described as having x and y colors, then a few chapters later, he's now x and z colors, no wait a few more chapters after that and he's back to x and y. Also, the hero is supposed to have claws. Like big yellow talons. Upon further inspection, one hand of his has something that could be interpreted as claws, but considering how big they are supposed to be, why does the hand in her hair not have them peeking out somewhere?
* This book needed an editing pass specifically to look at the details already set were kept consistently throughout the story and passed onto the cover artist for an accurate representation.
* Where this book truly lost me, you ask? When he started calling her his and I quote "cum bucket" and "whore". If I had to read that, then so do you.
The rest of this review is going to be me nitpicking the ever-living heck out of this novel.
* The writing style was strange to a degree that it bothered me, but I can't quite put my finger on why. The heroine's internal monologue was long-winded and repetitive. As the story progressed, I started preferring being in the hero's head.
* I disliked how the author didn't specify what specific portuguese speaking country the heroine was supposed to be from right off the bat. It was only a few chapters in that the author states that the heroine's father is from Portugal. It rubbed me the wrong way, considering that Portugal is not the only portuguese speaking country out there. I speak brazilian portugese, and the few phrases and words used in this novel were completely understandable to me. My other issue is that the author clearly didn't ask/pay anyone who speaks portuguese to look at anything in this novel. There was one instance where the wrong "ó" was used, and there was a point when the heroine mentions she writes a sentence on her pod as a goodbye in PORTUGUESE. The book then proceeds to write out what she wrote in english. Anyone who has even a vague understanding of portuguese could have easily translated that. Also also, maybe this is just me and my understanding of brazilian portuguese, but the heroine has a few people in her life who love to refer to her as "querida". Maybe the author doesn't know this, but at least in Brazil it comes off very sarcastic and fake when you refer to someone as "querida". Think of it as the stereotypical mean girl referring to people as "honey" or "darling" in english.
* The cover art, even though it's a CARTOON cover, does not match the description of the characters from the book. Yes, it's details (like the length of her hair being wrong, like the fact that she has sectoral heterochromia (and you can't see it on the cover), his scale placement is also described differently in the book than it is represented on the cover). Yes, I know I'm nitpicking. What's the point of having a cartoon cover if it's not going to be an accurate representation of the characters described in the book?
* Also, to that point, why do the hero's scales change colors 2 or 3 times throughout the book? There's one place where he's described as having x and y colors, then a few chapters later, he's now x and z colors, no wait a few more chapters after that and he's back to x and y. Also, the hero is supposed to have claws. Like big yellow talons. Upon further inspection, one hand of his has something that could be interpreted as claws, but considering how big they are supposed to be, why does the hand in her hair not have them peeking out somewhere?
* This book needed an editing pass specifically to look at the details already set were kept consistently throughout the story and passed onto the cover artist for an accurate representation.
* Where this book truly lost me, you ask? When he started calling her his and I quote "cum bucket" and "whore". If I had to read that, then so do you.
October 13, 2025
2.5 stars. There was bits of this one I enjoyed, but a lot I just didn’t. I will say this author hasn’t worked for me in the past either with Taken to Voraxia, so maybe if you already enjoy her books you might like this, but her writing style isn’t my favorite. This is a sci-fi, dystopian romance novella part of the After the End kickstarter collection of 8 dystopian novellas from multi authors.
The premise for this one sounded so good and right up my alley with my love for sci-fi and my love for romance books. A human woman kept in stasis in a bunker for 5000 years wakes up after the fall of humanity to find a desolate world run by monsters…oh, and she is taken captive by one! The world was collapsing, resources were running out, so an intergovernmental organization setup a series of bunkers around the globe to preserve select humans in cryogenic chambers. The plan was for the humans to remain in stasia for eleven thousand years with the hopes of them rebuilding civilization after (the Sucere Project). Rhen was a Portuguese artist in before-times and was a part of the prospect. But plans go awry when she’s woken up thousands of years too early…
This had a fun setup but quickly lost me after the first 20% or so. The story and characters were kind of all over the place, they get together pretty immediately for seemingly no reason, and the writing and dialogue just didn’t work for me (the “hahaha” parts were so aggravating). Tropes: dystopian, human heroine x monster/shifter hero, he falls first, captor x captive. I’ve read better monster and sci-fi romance so this was just a miss overall.
The premise for this one sounded so good and right up my alley with my love for sci-fi and my love for romance books. A human woman kept in stasis in a bunker for 5000 years wakes up after the fall of humanity to find a desolate world run by monsters…oh, and she is taken captive by one! The world was collapsing, resources were running out, so an intergovernmental organization setup a series of bunkers around the globe to preserve select humans in cryogenic chambers. The plan was for the humans to remain in stasia for eleven thousand years with the hopes of them rebuilding civilization after (the Sucere Project). Rhen was a Portuguese artist in before-times and was a part of the prospect. But plans go awry when she’s woken up thousands of years too early…
This had a fun setup but quickly lost me after the first 20% or so. The story and characters were kind of all over the place, they get together pretty immediately for seemingly no reason, and the writing and dialogue just didn’t work for me (the “hahaha” parts were so aggravating). Tropes: dystopian, human heroine x monster/shifter hero, he falls first, captor x captive. I’ve read better monster and sci-fi romance so this was just a miss overall.
October 23, 2025
Yea so I've read this 2x in a row at this point and it has unlocked a passionate adoration for 2 new tropes that I won't share because #spoilers.
I think I might be obsessed with this?
If you don't like monster smut, this is not for you friend.
I think I might be obsessed with this?
If you don't like monster smut, this is not for you friend.
October 12, 2025
This was… a choice. At times, felt like a series of random thoughts put together. Like it needed a couple more rounds of edits.
For example, they had sex for no other reason than finding the other person slightly attractive, mind you, they had just met and couldn’t even communicate with each other.
Makes me sad because I really want to support more poc authors and hoped I liked at least one of this collection. I hope after I finish the eight books there's at least one other author besides Ali I like and can continue to buy their books.
For example, they had sex for no other reason than finding the other person slightly attractive, mind you, they had just met and couldn’t even communicate with each other.
Makes me sad because I really want to support more poc authors and hoped I liked at least one of this collection. I hope after I finish the eight books there's at least one other author besides Ali I like and can continue to buy their books.
December 6, 2025
How do you make a monster romance boring?
And don’t even get me started on the cringey smut.
Worst of the novellas so far!
Book Ranking
1. Trade by Cate C. Wells - 4 stars
2. Brood by Claire Kent - 4 stars
3. First by Ali Hazelwood - 3.5 stars
4. Skin by Nikki Payne - 3 stars
5. M.A.Y.A by Nina Saxena - 2.5 stars
6. Bait by Adriana Herrera - 1.5 stars
7. Taken by Elizabeth Stephens - 1 star
8. Prima by Sherry Thomas - 0.5 star
And don’t even get me started on the cringey smut.
Worst of the novellas so far!
Book Ranking
1. Trade by Cate C. Wells - 4 stars
2. Brood by Claire Kent - 4 stars
3. First by Ali Hazelwood - 3.5 stars
4. Skin by Nikki Payne - 3 stars
5. M.A.Y.A by Nina Saxena - 2.5 stars
6. Bait by Adriana Herrera - 1.5 stars
7. Taken by Elizabeth Stephens - 1 star
8. Prima by Sherry Thomas - 0.5 star
December 20, 2025
Love this entire series so far!!!
October 12, 2025
Rhen is part of a "keep the human race going" project as society and the environment falls apart. She is the token artist, in fact. The humans are supposed to stay in stasis for 1100 years, but her pod has a glitch and she wakes up after 500 or so. Oops. With her best friend (the computer ai system voice) keeping her company, she starts looking around outside at the surface, until one day she is headed up to the surface and yanked "the rest of the way out like one of those giant grabber arms in an arcade." Enter Lacchus, part of a group of hunters, a shape shifter (from giant slightly scaled and clawed to larger and very scaled and clawed). And no sooner does this happen than they are attacked by what she calls a giant jellybean.
Here's the thing. Stephens is hilarious and so smart. Rhen's voice is amazing. I giggled pretty much nonstop reading this. She's an artist, and thinks like one, the gaping maw of a monster looks "like its been streaked with paint using a free form method," and she compares smells and textures to paints and oils. I loved it. Rhen is also just so funny, faced with a battle of aliens, she uses a colloquial term to process what she's seeing, and then thinks, "Wait - is that racist? Oh god, I can't get eaten by a jellybean and be a racist."
Through some cultural misunderstandings, Rhen ends up with Lacchus, and BOY does she just roll with the punches. "He looks hot when he's mad. God wouldn't have made a monster this hot if he wasn't [marital congress]able, right?" And then she does. Also this sweet monster whose efforts to communicate sound like terrifying screams, and whose giant claws shred clothing and who easily gets carried away is just a sweet softy who is looking for gentleness and love. Adorable. Of course even once he shifts to his bigger more monstrous form and is SUPER mad at her for Reasons she's all, "I don't love the concerns I have for my mental health when I realize that I like him like this."
Anyway, they work together to save humanity AND have their own HEA in his society. And she proves more culturally and physically flexible than most people would ever be. As a middle aged virgo, her rolling with it adaptability was almost as foreign as to me as the creatures roaming the surface. I see this maybe fits into the world of her Taken series? I have only read The Bone King and the Starling by her, but this series is definitely on my list now, because I loved reading this novella a lot.
Here's the thing. Stephens is hilarious and so smart. Rhen's voice is amazing. I giggled pretty much nonstop reading this. She's an artist, and thinks like one, the gaping maw of a monster looks "like its been streaked with paint using a free form method," and she compares smells and textures to paints and oils. I loved it. Rhen is also just so funny, faced with a battle of aliens, she uses a colloquial term to process what she's seeing, and then thinks, "Wait - is that racist? Oh god, I can't get eaten by a jellybean and be a racist."
Through some cultural misunderstandings, Rhen ends up with Lacchus, and BOY does she just roll with the punches. "He looks hot when he's mad. God wouldn't have made a monster this hot if he wasn't [marital congress]able, right?" And then she does. Also this sweet monster whose efforts to communicate sound like terrifying screams, and whose giant claws shred clothing and who easily gets carried away is just a sweet softy who is looking for gentleness and love. Adorable. Of course even once he shifts to his bigger more monstrous form and is SUPER mad at her for Reasons she's all, "I don't love the concerns I have for my mental health when I realize that I like him like this."
Anyway, they work together to save humanity AND have their own HEA in his society. And she proves more culturally and physically flexible than most people would ever be. As a middle aged virgo, her rolling with it adaptability was almost as foreign as to me as the creatures roaming the surface. I see this maybe fits into the world of her Taken series? I have only read The Bone King and the Starling by her, but this series is definitely on my list now, because I loved reading this novella a lot.
October 8, 2025
This story reminded me of a post-apocalyptic Tarzan, and I was here for it!
I came to like Rhen quite quickly. Pam was a little cheesy, but their relationship grew on me. And LISTEN, I will always have a soft spot for a warrior protector.
I came to like Rhen quite quickly. Pam was a little cheesy, but their relationship grew on me. And LISTEN, I will always have a soft spot for a warrior protector.
October 9, 2025
Um okkkkk another monster romance I loved.
I love how gentle and kind Lacchus is to Rhen even tho he is a huge humanist monster. I just wish there was an extended epilogue as the ending was just way too cute and wanted to read more.
This is my first book by Elizabeth and definitely won’t be the last!
I love how gentle and kind Lacchus is to Rhen even tho he is a huge humanist monster. I just wish there was an extended epilogue as the ending was just way too cute and wanted to read more.
This is my first book by Elizabeth and definitely won’t be the last!
October 12, 2025
TLDR: Portuguese artist sabotages humanity’s future in exchange for monster dick.
February 3, 2026
Let me start by saying that I genuinely loved the premise. A romance between two different species who can’t communicate because of a language barrier and even their gestures and body language doesn’t overlap? That was such a strong, interesting concept.
Unfortunately… things go off the rails pretty quickly🧍♀️
Our fmc is captured by a huge insect-like-looking man, which feels like a situation that should spark fear, survival instincts, or at least some caution, right? RIGHT?
Now tell me why her first major response to this deeply alarming situation is to jump this man like a feral dog.
One second she is abducted and the next she’s curious about his inflatable cock, which is the size of her upper arm. Her upper arm? Yes, you heard that correctly. Her upper arm…💪
I understand what genre I signed up for. I’m not clutching pearls over a human woman hooking up with an alien of kind. But I am asking for a little emotional realism here. She is in a wildly dangerous situation. She’s part of an important mission.
There are literal people still trapped in cryo pods whose lives depend on her choices… And all she does is to proceed blowing up the entire project, nearly condemning those people to probable death, while treating it as a minor oopsie and unimportant compared to getting thick alien dick. The math is not mathing.
And just when I thought we’d hit peak nonsense the mmc started with his mate talk again. "My mate, my mate, blah blah blah"
I am begging. I am pleading. I am on my knees!!!🧎♀️Please.🧎♀️Stop.🧎♀️
I used to enjoy this trope. I really did. But this series has fully killed the vibe for me. Way to take something that could be romantic and grind it into dust.
That said (and I cannot believe I’m saying this) the bar is so low that I actually found it touching that he was willing to let her go in the end if that’s what she wanted. Free will? Consent? Respecting her choice? In this economy? After the previous book, this felt like a luxury upgrade. My standards are underground, but credit where credit is due ✨🙂↕️
Unfortunately… things go off the rails pretty quickly🧍♀️
Our fmc is captured by a huge insect-like-looking man, which feels like a situation that should spark fear, survival instincts, or at least some caution, right? RIGHT?
Now tell me why her first major response to this deeply alarming situation is to jump this man like a feral dog.
One second she is abducted and the next she’s curious about his inflatable cock, which is the size of her upper arm. Her upper arm? Yes, you heard that correctly. Her upper arm…💪
I understand what genre I signed up for. I’m not clutching pearls over a human woman hooking up with an alien of kind. But I am asking for a little emotional realism here. She is in a wildly dangerous situation. She’s part of an important mission.
There are literal people still trapped in cryo pods whose lives depend on her choices… And all she does is to proceed blowing up the entire project, nearly condemning those people to probable death, while treating it as a minor oopsie and unimportant compared to getting thick alien dick. The math is not mathing.
And just when I thought we’d hit peak nonsense the mmc started with his mate talk again. "My mate, my mate, blah blah blah"
I am begging. I am pleading. I am on my knees!!!🧎♀️Please.🧎♀️Stop.🧎♀️
I used to enjoy this trope. I really did. But this series has fully killed the vibe for me. Way to take something that could be romantic and grind it into dust.
That said (and I cannot believe I’m saying this) the bar is so low that I actually found it touching that he was willing to let her go in the end if that’s what she wanted. Free will? Consent? Respecting her choice? In this economy? After the previous book, this felt like a luxury upgrade. My standards are underground, but credit where credit is due ✨🙂↕️
October 29, 2025
humans who survived the war that effectively ended humanity were put in pods in a bunker and were supposed to wake up thousands of years later to continue the species. The FMC wakes up thousands of years later but way too early and ends up being kidnapped by a monster creature that now inhabits the earth.
This was all over the place for me. It was more of a monster/alien romance and less dystopian. The world building could have been interesting but it wasn't developed enough, the FMC was really juvenile and I couldn't get past her immaturity. I also didn't understand why they got together? Like she needed him to survive but that was it, there was zero relationship development. I appreciated the dual POV but I was pretty bored throughout.
⭐.5/5
🔥🔥🔥/5
Tropes
Captive
Forced Proximity
Monster
This was all over the place for me. It was more of a monster/alien romance and less dystopian. The world building could have been interesting but it wasn't developed enough, the FMC was really juvenile and I couldn't get past her immaturity. I also didn't understand why they got together? Like she needed him to survive but that was it, there was zero relationship development. I appreciated the dual POV but I was pretty bored throughout.
⭐.5/5
🔥🔥🔥/5
Tropes
Captive
Forced Proximity
Monster
November 20, 2025
Relatively solid “alien” romance. Easy read and entertaining, but I did not like the connection of this (exclusive?) novella to an existing book series. I was also annoyed at the FMC jeopardising the lives of many just for some dick.
I did enjoy the humour of this book.
2.5 stars rounded down.
I did enjoy the humour of this book.
2.5 stars rounded down.
October 27, 2025
I feel silly saying this about a book where a human woman bones down with an alien but like could she be a little bit more serious over her situation??? She literally ruins the project she's on, almost leaves a bunch of people still in their cryo pods to their probable death but like cool she got dicked down by an alien with a peen the size of her arm so whatever "ha ha ha ha" <-- literally what she kept saying every time she fucked up something.
Interesting premise and a big hot alien that wants to breed her straight away is pretty hot but the actual execution was a bit wonky. Still a mostly fun time but just not as fun as the other books I've read in this series.
Interesting premise and a big hot alien that wants to breed her straight away is pretty hot but the actual execution was a bit wonky. Still a mostly fun time but just not as fun as the other books I've read in this series.
November 24, 2025
5/5⭐️ 4/5🌶️🎧🪢
This audiobook was unexpectedly phenomenal. Funny, spicy, cozy post-apocalyptic monster smut complete with mates and knots.
This audiobook was unexpectedly phenomenal. Funny, spicy, cozy post-apocalyptic monster smut complete with mates and knots.
October 10, 2025
Loved this book, I loved the fact that they couldn’t communicate for so long because it made it so much sweeter when they could! Rhen was chaotic in the best way possible, she was hilarious and so confident! I loved Lacchus the big grumpy overprotective monster! Such a fun read!
October 12, 2025
mind your business with this read pls besties xox
January 1, 2026
1.5
this was okay. it was a fun easy read to end out the year. it’s mainly just smut with a little plot. I’d prefer more plot and sometimes the fmc was just a bit cringe.
It wasn’t terrible but I wouldn’t reach for it again.
If you like easy quick reads that are smut-driven then this is for you. It’s just not my cup of tea.
this was okay. it was a fun easy read to end out the year. it’s mainly just smut with a little plot. I’d prefer more plot and sometimes the fmc was just a bit cringe.
It wasn’t terrible but I wouldn’t reach for it again.
If you like easy quick reads that are smut-driven then this is for you. It’s just not my cup of tea.
October 13, 2025
Cute. TBH I read this because I read another book by this author and thought this would give me similar feels. It didn’t but it’s still a good read. I likely would have enjoyed it more if I read another series by her since this book takes place in the same world.
October 17, 2025
Very reminiscent of Ice Planet Barbarians. I enjoyed the writing, though the mc was a little cringy at times. She did make me laugh when she decided to basically just sabotage the entire earth revival program 😂 I liked that it had some action but didn’t feel overwhelming.
November 20, 2025
This post-apocalypse romance series continues to be SO unserious. And this one specifically is also very funny. Kickstarter money well spent.
November 25, 2025
HOT, funny, entertaining.. so so good
January 9, 2026
Для любителів monster smut.
January 11, 2026
If this was longer I would have DNF’d it
January 28, 2026
Me ha gustado más que otros libros de la serie, pero no lo suficiente.
Me costó seguir la historia por la cantidad de conceptos ficticios y descripciones que no lograba imaginar, haciendo que en varios momentos me desconectara de la trama.
Aun así, es una historia bonita, aunque no me ha aportado demasiado.
Me costó seguir la historia por la cantidad de conceptos ficticios y descripciones que no lograba imaginar, haciendo que en varios momentos me desconectara de la trama.
Aun así, es una historia bonita, aunque no me ha aportado demasiado.
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