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The Alien King
Space soldier Laura Diez hasn't been thrown off the deep end. No, she's been fired off with a high-powered rocket. And all because she stumbled across something she shouldn't have. Her join the Delta Unit and hunt down the most fearsome alien ruler in the universe. To make matters worse, her ship is hijacked, leaving her in the custody of a mysterious force of aliens. With her partner missing and no weapons, she's struggling to find a way to escape. The only up-side? Her cellmate's a towering, blue-skinned smuggler with a body so hot it should be illegal. The Alien King is a standalone novel with a guaranteed HEA. Originally published as a three-part serial.
204 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 8, 2016
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February 14, 2017
This was quite enjoyable, aside from the ending. Which has caused me to lower my rating by 1 star.
And thats a major issue. It leaves the whole plot unresolved. And apparently this was the complete story for these characters.
Now that might have been okay if this was written as a smutty tale. But it is not. It's a plot heavy story rather than an erotic alien book. Thus the ending makes the whole thing pointless.
So I thought okay, maybe eveything gets wrapped up in someone else's book. But having looked through this authors other books I dont see that happening.
You cannot class this as a standalone with a HEA if you don't resolve everything. It's that simple.
Now for all we know they died 2 pages later. Silly.
And thats a major issue. It leaves the whole plot unresolved. And apparently this was the complete story for these characters.
Now that might have been okay if this was written as a smutty tale. But it is not. It's a plot heavy story rather than an erotic alien book. Thus the ending makes the whole thing pointless.
So I thought okay, maybe eveything gets wrapped up in someone else's book. But having looked through this authors other books I dont see that happening.
You cannot class this as a standalone with a HEA if you don't resolve everything. It's that simple.
Now for all we know they died 2 pages later. Silly.
February 21, 2018
1.5 stars. Was 3 stars until about 70% when the heroine does stupid plot-furthering things - and yet, the hero who comes from an unforgiving society somehow forgives her for everything she does without repercussions? Disappointing ending. There are massive time jumps in the last three chapters, like the author got bored and the actual plot in the background is unresolved even though this is supposed to be the full story.
June 14, 2021
Lived and hated that ending. I don't really feel like it was an ending and that part of the book is missing. But what was there I loved. Now please finish the story!?!
June 26, 2016
This is part three of three, but I'll just leave my opinion of the whole rather than the parts.
It felt like the author had a lot of ideas while writing, and tried to incorporate every single one- regardless of whether she was going to follow up on them or not. For example, we learn that the Commander supposedly has this grudge against Laura because she saw him in a supply closet, when he could have sent someone else to get whatever he needed for him. Even at the very end of the book, we still never know what he was doing there- just that he was, and this made him want to send the girl on a suicide mission.
Another example is her being abducted by a race called the Doon. At the end of the book, they only have suspicions of how the group is tied into the arc- and nothing is mentioned on how they will be dealt with.
Laura is supposed to have dreamed of being Delta Force her whole life, having pulled her way up and out of poverty to achieve becoming a member of the most badass military unit there is. Yet at the first hint of conflict, she becomes an emotional mess. She's supposed to be strong, but vulnerable, physically fit after only being out of the academy for a year (and a month training with delta force), yet also out of shape- with a spare tire around the middle, determined, and also naive. I'm okay with an h that didn't wear an emotional bullet-proof-vest, just don't try to bill her as something completely different.
My biggest issue was the insanely abrupt ending. There's all this build up, then it's just done. Over. No more explanations, no epilogue. I questioned if there was another book that would tie everything up... there's not.
The writer has a lot of potential in sci-fi, but I think she'd greatly benefit from an editor, and some good beta-readers. I would read more from her in the future.
It felt like the author had a lot of ideas while writing, and tried to incorporate every single one- regardless of whether she was going to follow up on them or not. For example, we learn that the Commander supposedly has this grudge against Laura because she saw him in a supply closet, when he could have sent someone else to get whatever he needed for him. Even at the very end of the book, we still never know what he was doing there- just that he was, and this made him want to send the girl on a suicide mission.
Another example is her being abducted by a race called the Doon. At the end of the book, they only have suspicions of how the group is tied into the arc- and nothing is mentioned on how they will be dealt with.
Laura is supposed to have dreamed of being Delta Force her whole life, having pulled her way up and out of poverty to achieve becoming a member of the most badass military unit there is. Yet at the first hint of conflict, she becomes an emotional mess. She's supposed to be strong, but vulnerable, physically fit after only being out of the academy for a year (and a month training with delta force), yet also out of shape- with a spare tire around the middle, determined, and also naive. I'm okay with an h that didn't wear an emotional bullet-proof-vest, just don't try to bill her as something completely different.
My biggest issue was the insanely abrupt ending. There's all this build up, then it's just done. Over. No more explanations, no epilogue. I questioned if there was another book that would tie everything up... there's not.
The writer has a lot of potential in sci-fi, but I think she'd greatly benefit from an editor, and some good beta-readers. I would read more from her in the future.
August 14, 2016
Too bad, it had been a very good book until the abrupt ending, nothing was resolved so I'm giving it 2 stars because I kind of feel cheated I was led to believe it was a complete story; clearly is not. I hope there is a continuation in the future.
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