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Alien Invasion #1
Alien Conquest
Can love forge a path between an alien invader and his human mate?
When the Yehrin arrive on Earth, Emily Rogers is more intrigued than scared - intrigued enough to work for them on the United Worlds project. But in a single night, everything changes. Sabotage destroys the project and kills the alien male she trusted. Now the gentle Yehrin scholars are replaced by fierce Yehrin fighters.
Frightened and alone, Emily runs home to her small North Carolina town - only to be followed by one of the massive horned warriors.
Commander T’lan is a Yehrin male of unquestioned honor. Investigating the destruction, he discovers his mate in a delicate human female. But she is pregnant by another, and her pregnancy may be the hope his species so desperately needs.
Will the need to protect his race destroy T’lan’s relationship with the one person he has spent his life searching for? After being betrayed by one alien, can Emily learn to trust another?
Each book in the Alien Invasion series can be read as a standalone romance. This sweet and steamy HEA is intended for adult readers and contains scenes that may disturb some readers.
When the Yehrin arrive on Earth, Emily Rogers is more intrigued than scared - intrigued enough to work for them on the United Worlds project. But in a single night, everything changes. Sabotage destroys the project and kills the alien male she trusted. Now the gentle Yehrin scholars are replaced by fierce Yehrin fighters.
Frightened and alone, Emily runs home to her small North Carolina town - only to be followed by one of the massive horned warriors.
Commander T’lan is a Yehrin male of unquestioned honor. Investigating the destruction, he discovers his mate in a delicate human female. But she is pregnant by another, and her pregnancy may be the hope his species so desperately needs.
Will the need to protect his race destroy T’lan’s relationship with the one person he has spent his life searching for? After being betrayed by one alien, can Emily learn to trust another?
Each book in the Alien Invasion series can be read as a standalone romance. This sweet and steamy HEA is intended for adult readers and contains scenes that may disturb some readers.
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First published June 13, 2019
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August 18, 2019
Complete bullshit. 🤮🤮
May 11, 2020
This was just really depressing. I didn't like the way humans in general were portrayed in this book. Apparently the only people who weren't racists assholes were the heroine and her grandmother. And even if you weren't a racist asshole, if you caused trouble, they killed you...but if you're female you're in luck! They only imprison you as a sex slave aka breeder. And the Yehrin honestly wondered why the humans faced them with hostility? Are we supposed to believe the Yehrin are the good guys?
I never understood the conflict between the Yehrin and humans, which is part of the reason I was so frustrated with this book. They supposedly gave us a chance to behave during their take over...we didn't pass the test, (although if their only proof was the explosion, they weren't even 100% certain humans caused it), so now they're enforcing martial law to protect us from...ourselves.
On top of all this is a pregnant heroine who doesn't remember getting pregnant and a really annoyingly bossy alien name T'lan. He wouldn't even let her pee by herself...I just found him terribly annoying. He wouldn't let other males look at her, let alone touch her. Constantly suffocating her and she would have a problem with it for 2 seconds, then she'd find it adorable and sweet.
Perhaps the icing on the entire cake was how our couple was going for a stroll outside, only to be attacked by more racist assholes. Emily passes out, T'lan kills all of them...he's so turned on by all the fighting he can't even make it inside the house before he has sex with her for the first time in the backyard. He's just killed three, four? humans however many yards away but thinks this is a perfect place to have sex? What?!?!?
I set it aside at about 50% to pick up later hoping for improvements...but a couple days later I still couldn't get into it. I just didn't like either protagonist...and I didn't like how they portrayed humans overall. I skimmed to the end just to finish it.
I never understood the conflict between the Yehrin and humans, which is part of the reason I was so frustrated with this book. They supposedly gave us a chance to behave during their take over...we didn't pass the test, (although if their only proof was the explosion, they weren't even 100% certain humans caused it), so now they're enforcing martial law to protect us from...ourselves.
On top of all this is a pregnant heroine who doesn't remember getting pregnant and a really annoyingly bossy alien name T'lan. He wouldn't even let her pee by herself...I just found him terribly annoying. He wouldn't let other males look at her, let alone touch her. Constantly suffocating her and she would have a problem with it for 2 seconds, then she'd find it adorable and sweet.
Perhaps the icing on the entire cake was how our couple was going for a stroll outside, only to be attacked by more racist assholes. Emily passes out, T'lan kills all of them...he's so turned on by all the fighting he can't even make it inside the house before he has sex with her for the first time in the backyard. He's just killed three, four? humans however many yards away but thinks this is a perfect place to have sex? What?!?!?
I set it aside at about 50% to pick up later hoping for improvements...but a couple days later I still couldn't get into it. I just didn't like either protagonist...and I didn't like how they portrayed humans overall. I skimmed to the end just to finish it.
August 22, 2019
It wasn't terrible but I just didn't like it. There was that whole insta-love on the alien's part and she held out for a couple days before giving in to this stranger who'd taken over the planet. LOL.
June 20, 2019
4.5 Stars
June 16, 2019
This new series is HOT HOT HOT
I love ms. Philips stories, they are so full of action and adventure, her h are always the no-nonsense, kick ass and strong, and her H Oh may…
Book one follows in the storyline with the Yehrin arrival; for their first time, the Yehrin are trying a new approach, a peaceful one, but after a terrorist attack against the Yehrin, the military is called, and Commander T’lan is charged with the investigation of the attack.
On a routine visit to interview everyone that worked at the United World, he discovers his mate, who is pregnant with a Yehrin baby, which by the way is forbidden during the first year of any Yahrin invasion. That’s when things get complicated, now T’lan priorities have changed, his mate and child protection his main mission. T’lan and Emily story is, so far, one of my favorites, it was a rollercoaster of emotions, I laugh, I worried, I cry a little with Sam last letter to Emily.
I can already predict this series will be one of my favorites, I’m so looking forward to the next book T’chok and Rachel story!
As a personal note, I will highly recommend starting with the prequel; it will give you an understanding of why the Yehrin are on Earth and a back story to our villain. I was looking forward to seeing Lauren or T’saran in this book. However, I understand that they didn’t fit in the storyline, at least not for this book.
I love ms. Philips stories, they are so full of action and adventure, her h are always the no-nonsense, kick ass and strong, and her H Oh may…
Book one follows in the storyline with the Yehrin arrival; for their first time, the Yehrin are trying a new approach, a peaceful one, but after a terrorist attack against the Yehrin, the military is called, and Commander T’lan is charged with the investigation of the attack.
On a routine visit to interview everyone that worked at the United World, he discovers his mate, who is pregnant with a Yehrin baby, which by the way is forbidden during the first year of any Yahrin invasion. That’s when things get complicated, now T’lan priorities have changed, his mate and child protection his main mission. T’lan and Emily story is, so far, one of my favorites, it was a rollercoaster of emotions, I laugh, I worried, I cry a little with Sam last letter to Emily.
I can already predict this series will be one of my favorites, I’m so looking forward to the next book T’chok and Rachel story!
As a personal note, I will highly recommend starting with the prequel; it will give you an understanding of why the Yehrin are on Earth and a back story to our villain. I was looking forward to seeing Lauren or T’saran in this book. However, I understand that they didn’t fit in the storyline, at least not for this book.
June 11, 2019
I'm fairly new to Honey Phillips' work, but I'm so glad she was recommended to me. Alien Conquest starts out on a high note and only gets better with every turn of the page. This story contains all my favorite things... great character and world building, insta attraction, and a possessive hero. Looking forward to the next in this series!
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September 27, 2019
Honestly, Alien Conquest isn’t bad… it’s just not really good either. It’s not poorly written, It doesn’t not make sense, it’s just… not that interesting. Clocking in at just 280 pages this should have taken me a minimum of a couple days, max six (because sadly I must divide my reading time with a job… boo!) days to read. Instead, it took me over a month! And what it all boils down to is the fact that I find myself just not caring enough.
It’s strange because usually with books that take me this long to read, they create strong feelings which in turn lend themselves to bombastic reviews, but Phillips’ tale has left me with a strange feeling of ‘ehh.’ At face value Alien Conquest has everything I’m looking forward in a quick romance: alien species Yehrin arrive on Earth in hopes of both helping Earth develop safely as humans discover interplanetary travel, while also hoping to find a species compatible enough with themselves to foster the continuation of their race. Although not thrilled by the idea, humanity seems to get along well enough with the Yehrin, until the United Worlds project is sabotaged leaving the Yehrin no choice to but initiate martial rule. Finding herself at the center of the whole affair, Emily, alone and scared, has no choice but to flee home to her last remaining relative pursued by Yehrin warriors. Come on, at this point it sounds awesome! And truthfully the opening chapters read as such. There is a nice little plot line encompassing a detailed back story of Yehrin/human relations and up through Emily’s jaunt back to North Carolina I was fully along for the ride. Then she gets home and things begin to fall apart.
There’s no one wrong thing here. As I previously mentioned Phillips’ writing is solid, she has more then ample plot line to support this romance, and everyone’s motivations make sense. It’s just that Phillips does a poor job portioning out all of these things to keep the reader engaged. Emily arrives home pregnant and alone, with only partial memory of how she got this way. And when T’lan, accompanied by his band of warriors, arrives on her doorstep they find, not only may Emily hold some knowledge of what has happened, but that she is also pregnant with a duel-species child, proving that the Yehrin mission is not in vain, although conceiving said child is expressly against the current rules of occupation. Everything is coming to a head and yet it is at this point that Phillips drops all plot lines to instead focus on T’lan and Emily’s burgeoning relationship.
A relationship that doesn’t really have that much to rest on truthfully. Finding out that Emily is carrying the fruition of all their hard work, T’lan is instantly protective and driven by the need to make her his L’chka, failing head over heels before his feet clear her doorstep. I don’t necessarily hate insta-love, but I do demand that when it takes place it needs to be further backed by a deepening of said relationship. I.e. They need to actually get to know each other eventually. Needless to say Emily and T’lan do not. She feels safe and protected, and he is overly protective just shy of eye-roll inducing. It is important to note that the reason T'lan’s protectiveness does not induce an eye-roll is because he does actually have things to protect against. It’s a little trumped up in the form of human mobs disgusted with Emily’s canoodling with aliens, but it exists, and because T’lan has a reason to roar and rage, he manages to scrape past obnoxious levels.
But we stay in this rinse and repeat section of daily activities that alien’s don’t understand, like shopping for groceries and building a baby room, for nearly half the book, if not more. Emily wakes up and is sad because she is cooped up, T’lan coddles her, someone goes shopping, someone watches the perimeter of the house, occasionally two warriors train. Over and over again. And this is where I got very, very, very, bored. When it is finally time to allow some of the action to take place in space (seeing as we are dealing with aliens with a space ship) it’s too late to save it. It is here through a calamity of errors that we quickly and clunkily pursue the original plot of getting to the bottom of finding who sabotaged the United World’s mission, a mission I’d all but forgotten about during the ‘cook in the replicator, not over open flame’ interlude.
I also happen to have a huge problem with Emily. It’s not fair, but when reading a romance the heroine matters much more then the hero does (seeing as he can basically get by with an 8-pack and adequately sexy appearance). T’lan is by no means special, but he’s not offensive so he gets to slide. Emily on the other hand, is probably one of the most milk toast heroine’s I’ve read in a long time. She has absolutely no autonomy. She has no feelings aside from concern for her unborn child, and she’s constantly grabbing on to T’lan over the simplest matters, such as any doctor’s appointment ever had concerning her baby. Her personality is such that there’s not enough there for a reader to invest in. At least when heroines are obnoxiously sassy the reader is treated to a crazy ride as she takes off on a half-baked plan liable to get her in trouble. Well not Emily. She’s essentially afraid of her own shadow, never mind the fact that she cannot be found without at least one warrior protecting her at all times (I can’t tell you which warrior though because their nondescriptness makes them ill-definable).
Phillip’s writing saves this from being a complete wash. Although it’s nothing to write home about, her prose is solid and although it’s poorly proportioned, you can tell she put effort into creating a solid plot line that does resolve by novel’s end. It is because of this that, although it took me forever to finish it, I never had aggressive feelings of ‘I can’t stand this, or gag me’ or things of this nature. I would read, be mildly entertained, bored, and then I would set it down and return a week later. If she had just put more thought into Emily as a character, cut the romantic interlude whereby no romance is achieved, and spent more time developing romance while solving the United World’s plot line I would have been 100% on board. As it stands though, I can’t see myself advancing any further in this series or reading another book by Phillips in the foreseeable future. ***2.5 forgettable stars***
It’s strange because usually with books that take me this long to read, they create strong feelings which in turn lend themselves to bombastic reviews, but Phillips’ tale has left me with a strange feeling of ‘ehh.’ At face value Alien Conquest has everything I’m looking forward in a quick romance: alien species Yehrin arrive on Earth in hopes of both helping Earth develop safely as humans discover interplanetary travel, while also hoping to find a species compatible enough with themselves to foster the continuation of their race. Although not thrilled by the idea, humanity seems to get along well enough with the Yehrin, until the United Worlds project is sabotaged leaving the Yehrin no choice to but initiate martial rule. Finding herself at the center of the whole affair, Emily, alone and scared, has no choice but to flee home to her last remaining relative pursued by Yehrin warriors. Come on, at this point it sounds awesome! And truthfully the opening chapters read as such. There is a nice little plot line encompassing a detailed back story of Yehrin/human relations and up through Emily’s jaunt back to North Carolina I was fully along for the ride. Then she gets home and things begin to fall apart.
There’s no one wrong thing here. As I previously mentioned Phillips’ writing is solid, she has more then ample plot line to support this romance, and everyone’s motivations make sense. It’s just that Phillips does a poor job portioning out all of these things to keep the reader engaged. Emily arrives home pregnant and alone, with only partial memory of how she got this way. And when T’lan, accompanied by his band of warriors, arrives on her doorstep they find, not only may Emily hold some knowledge of what has happened, but that she is also pregnant with a duel-species child, proving that the Yehrin mission is not in vain, although conceiving said child is expressly against the current rules of occupation. Everything is coming to a head and yet it is at this point that Phillips drops all plot lines to instead focus on T’lan and Emily’s burgeoning relationship.
A relationship that doesn’t really have that much to rest on truthfully. Finding out that Emily is carrying the fruition of all their hard work, T’lan is instantly protective and driven by the need to make her his L’chka, failing head over heels before his feet clear her doorstep. I don’t necessarily hate insta-love, but I do demand that when it takes place it needs to be further backed by a deepening of said relationship. I.e. They need to actually get to know each other eventually. Needless to say Emily and T’lan do not. She feels safe and protected, and he is overly protective just shy of eye-roll inducing. It is important to note that the reason T'lan’s protectiveness does not induce an eye-roll is because he does actually have things to protect against. It’s a little trumped up in the form of human mobs disgusted with Emily’s canoodling with aliens, but it exists, and because T’lan has a reason to roar and rage, he manages to scrape past obnoxious levels.
But we stay in this rinse and repeat section of daily activities that alien’s don’t understand, like shopping for groceries and building a baby room, for nearly half the book, if not more. Emily wakes up and is sad because she is cooped up, T’lan coddles her, someone goes shopping, someone watches the perimeter of the house, occasionally two warriors train. Over and over again. And this is where I got very, very, very, bored. When it is finally time to allow some of the action to take place in space (seeing as we are dealing with aliens with a space ship) it’s too late to save it. It is here through a calamity of errors that we quickly and clunkily pursue the original plot of getting to the bottom of finding who sabotaged the United World’s mission, a mission I’d all but forgotten about during the ‘cook in the replicator, not over open flame’ interlude.
I also happen to have a huge problem with Emily. It’s not fair, but when reading a romance the heroine matters much more then the hero does (seeing as he can basically get by with an 8-pack and adequately sexy appearance). T’lan is by no means special, but he’s not offensive so he gets to slide. Emily on the other hand, is probably one of the most milk toast heroine’s I’ve read in a long time. She has absolutely no autonomy. She has no feelings aside from concern for her unborn child, and she’s constantly grabbing on to T’lan over the simplest matters, such as any doctor’s appointment ever had concerning her baby. Her personality is such that there’s not enough there for a reader to invest in. At least when heroines are obnoxiously sassy the reader is treated to a crazy ride as she takes off on a half-baked plan liable to get her in trouble. Well not Emily. She’s essentially afraid of her own shadow, never mind the fact that she cannot be found without at least one warrior protecting her at all times (I can’t tell you which warrior though because their nondescriptness makes them ill-definable).
Phillip’s writing saves this from being a complete wash. Although it’s nothing to write home about, her prose is solid and although it’s poorly proportioned, you can tell she put effort into creating a solid plot line that does resolve by novel’s end. It is because of this that, although it took me forever to finish it, I never had aggressive feelings of ‘I can’t stand this, or gag me’ or things of this nature. I would read, be mildly entertained, bored, and then I would set it down and return a week later. If she had just put more thought into Emily as a character, cut the romantic interlude whereby no romance is achieved, and spent more time developing romance while solving the United World’s plot line I would have been 100% on board. As it stands though, I can’t see myself advancing any further in this series or reading another book by Phillips in the foreseeable future. ***2.5 forgettable stars***
March 1, 2020
Good storyline that kept me engaged. I loved the H, he was possessive & protective and loving towards the FMC. Plus he was a badass who was not a pushover. He and the FMC complemented each other well. The FMC was sweet & practical. I really liked her.
There were some steamy sex scenes.
There are a lot of fun jealous growly scenes.
Something was missing with the World building not sure what. I also liked the 2bd book. I stopped after that one because the other books didnt interest me.
There were some steamy sex scenes.
There are a lot of fun jealous growly scenes.
Something was missing with the World building not sure what. I also liked the 2bd book. I stopped after that one because the other books didnt interest me.
August 28, 2020
Such a great story! Strong alpha male, tiny little female, good good story. Humor along the way as the alien warriors deal with all the unknowns of daily earth life. Best funny episode was a warrior attacking a whistling kettle lol.
September 3, 2019
This is the first book in the Alien Invasion series and it’s really pretty good. I gave it four stars based on the writing, storyline and the wonderful characters. I will be getting book two.
June 17, 2019
Fantastic first in new series by honey phillips.
After previously reading the prequel novella I knew that this was going to be an interesting series of books but wow... I’m loving where this series is going.
Plots and schemes and nefarious bad guys... wooowhee this book has it all! Including the off the chart chemistry that develops and flares between her characters, honey sprinkled some magic on this book because it’s fantastic!
I’m loving the whole earth invasion/rescue for our own good premise... it opens the door to so so many possibilities and a whole different point of view that we don’t always see or witness in there sci fi romance reads.
Bring on book 2 🙌🏻💯💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
After previously reading the prequel novella I knew that this was going to be an interesting series of books but wow... I’m loving where this series is going.
Plots and schemes and nefarious bad guys... wooowhee this book has it all! Including the off the chart chemistry that develops and flares between her characters, honey sprinkled some magic on this book because it’s fantastic!
I’m loving the whole earth invasion/rescue for our own good premise... it opens the door to so so many possibilities and a whole different point of view that we don’t always see or witness in there sci fi romance reads.
Bring on book 2 🙌🏻💯💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
August 1, 2019
Well, it is not well written, the characters are immature and unbelievable. Their behavioural roles are outdated, especially the whiny and dependent female. The pace is too fast which makes the emotional actions and reactions look ridiculous. Especially the female part suffers unbearably under the irrational behaviour.
This is my second and final version of the review. My first tear the book apart, but I decided against it. I couldn’t find an end, I kept on listing and pointing out. There was no end in sight.
Especially when it comes to the female character. Unbelievable.
This is my second and final version of the review. My first tear the book apart, but I decided against it. I couldn’t find an end, I kept on listing and pointing out. There was no end in sight.
Especially when it comes to the female character. Unbelievable.
August 15, 2019
DNF 50%. I’m out. Unfortunately I just found this book boring. It’s another ‘i’ve found my fated mate’ from chapter 1 book. I just find that often the couple then fail to get to know each other. I felt disconnected from both characters.
The basic storyline is that Emily is an alien liason to the race that has made contact with earth. She seems to have no particular training for this role which annoyed me slightly.
She wakes up one morning to find she got drunk on some alien moonshine and became pregnant from her alien work partner. In the meantime, alien headquarters are blown up killing said work partner so Emily flees back home to her grandma.
Big warrior aliens come to investigate the explosion and T’lan, the commander, declares m’lee (as he calls her) is his L’chka (mate) and says he will look after the baby.
Okay, so what’s not to like?
The rest of the book (well up to where I got to) takes place in grandma’s house. They pick vegetables, go for an anti-natal checkup and buy baby furniture. It’s just boring. Nothing interesting happens. Considering it’s an alien space romance, I just expect a little more alien space type action. This felt very small town sweet which is not really what I signed up for.
T’lan constantly fusses over M’lee. She is in danger, she might faint, she needs feeding, she can’t carry anything. It’s just too much, like she was his pet. I know it’s chivalrous and all that but dude, she’s pregnant, not an invalid. It just made me find her weak.
Lack in conversation. The two say nothing interesting to each other. There seemed no personality to them. It made their sexual attraction seem flat and diminished to me. I love banter and conversation. I like the characters getting to know and like each other. Many fated mates books seem to omit this vital part.
So basically, this book is not holding my interest. I am forcing my way through it. Maybe if it wasn’t the first week of my holiday and wasn’t taking up my 10th ku spot, then I would continue, but life is short and there’s a Jen Frederick book calling out for that 10th spot.
Maybe my space alien mojo is just over. Might let this genre cool for a while.
The basic storyline is that Emily is an alien liason to the race that has made contact with earth. She seems to have no particular training for this role which annoyed me slightly.
She wakes up one morning to find she got drunk on some alien moonshine and became pregnant from her alien work partner. In the meantime, alien headquarters are blown up killing said work partner so Emily flees back home to her grandma.
Big warrior aliens come to investigate the explosion and T’lan, the commander, declares m’lee (as he calls her) is his L’chka (mate) and says he will look after the baby.
Okay, so what’s not to like?
The rest of the book (well up to where I got to) takes place in grandma’s house. They pick vegetables, go for an anti-natal checkup and buy baby furniture. It’s just boring. Nothing interesting happens. Considering it’s an alien space romance, I just expect a little more alien space type action. This felt very small town sweet which is not really what I signed up for.
T’lan constantly fusses over M’lee. She is in danger, she might faint, she needs feeding, she can’t carry anything. It’s just too much, like she was his pet. I know it’s chivalrous and all that but dude, she’s pregnant, not an invalid. It just made me find her weak.
Lack in conversation. The two say nothing interesting to each other. There seemed no personality to them. It made their sexual attraction seem flat and diminished to me. I love banter and conversation. I like the characters getting to know and like each other. Many fated mates books seem to omit this vital part.
So basically, this book is not holding my interest. I am forcing my way through it. Maybe if it wasn’t the first week of my holiday and wasn’t taking up my 10th ku spot, then I would continue, but life is short and there’s a Jen Frederick book calling out for that 10th spot.
Maybe my space alien mojo is just over. Might let this genre cool for a while.
September 16, 2019
Emily and T’lan
Aliens have arrived on Earth and they announce they are here to help mankind. Emily works at The United World building with her alien co-worker S’am. After the finish of a big project Emily invites S’am to her apartment to celebrate. The next morning she awakes to a destroyed apartment and she can’t remember the night before.
Interesting twist on the “Mars needs Women” troupe. T’lan is the ultimate alpha protective male. Emily is a little too accepting of momentous happenings and revelations to be believable.
These Aliens are interesting so I’ll read further in the series hoping to have a more believable heroine in future books.
Aliens have arrived on Earth and they announce they are here to help mankind. Emily works at The United World building with her alien co-worker S’am. After the finish of a big project Emily invites S’am to her apartment to celebrate. The next morning she awakes to a destroyed apartment and she can’t remember the night before.
Interesting twist on the “Mars needs Women” troupe. T’lan is the ultimate alpha protective male. Emily is a little too accepting of momentous happenings and revelations to be believable.
These Aliens are interesting so I’ll read further in the series hoping to have a more believable heroine in future books.
April 15, 2023
This was a sort of dark alien invasion romance type book.
I’m all for suspending reality for the sake of enjoying a book, so I don’t really mind if the mmc is controlling.
But I felt like this book couldn’t decide if it wanted to be a dark erotica type book or a sweet romance, and what we were left with was this awkward hybrid that created a super unhealthy relationship.
My biggest problem was how quickly the mmc decided the fmc was his mate. It was instant and not well explained at all. And the fmc immediately accepted it.
I almost dnf, but I’m glad I stuck with it because the ending was sweet and much better than the beginning.
I didn’t enjoy this one all that much
I’m all for suspending reality for the sake of enjoying a book, so I don’t really mind if the mmc is controlling.
But I felt like this book couldn’t decide if it wanted to be a dark erotica type book or a sweet romance, and what we were left with was this awkward hybrid that created a super unhealthy relationship.
My biggest problem was how quickly the mmc decided the fmc was his mate. It was instant and not well explained at all. And the fmc immediately accepted it.
I almost dnf, but I’m glad I stuck with it because the ending was sweet and much better than the beginning.
I didn’t enjoy this one all that much
June 26, 2019
*WARNING* contains explicit sexual content and violence
Emily was excited to work for the World Council, to show her fellow humans all the good these aliens were doing.
T'lan is a warrior and is trying to out who blew up the World Council building so they can be punished.
I enjoyed this book. I liked that the aliens made their landing on Earth known and were working with humans for betterment instead immediately trying to plunder and pillage. Great start to a new series! I'll be watching for book two.
Emily was excited to work for the World Council, to show her fellow humans all the good these aliens were doing.
T'lan is a warrior and is trying to out who blew up the World Council building so they can be punished.
I enjoyed this book. I liked that the aliens made their landing on Earth known and were working with humans for betterment instead immediately trying to plunder and pillage. Great start to a new series! I'll be watching for book two.
July 10, 2019
This book was really well written. The plot was surprisingly complex, and I was drawn in from the very first page. I would've given it five stars, unfortunately, I found myself skipping over some of the sex parts because they were boring. It tried way too hard to be kinky and lost the best part of a good romance-- making love. It felt like porn, not love. So I got truly bored with those scenes. Otherwise a great book.
September 4, 2021
Loved it!
This was my first Honey Phillips book and I really enjoyed it! Most of the alien romances I've read have been shorter, but this book was nicely fleshed out and went in depth on some of their (realistic) challenges. I enjoyed how the MMC was willing and wanted her despite her pregnancy. The hero was super sweet ❤.
Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Trope: instalove
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Triggers: none
This was my first Honey Phillips book and I really enjoyed it! Most of the alien romances I've read have been shorter, but this book was nicely fleshed out and went in depth on some of their (realistic) challenges. I enjoyed how the MMC was willing and wanted her despite her pregnancy. The hero was super sweet ❤.
Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Trope: instalove
Angst: 😱😱
Smexy: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Triggers: none
March 15, 2023
Hated It, then Loved It
This couple gave me lots of problems. What we had in this tale was a dumb earth girl. I hate that! …
It appeared that the dumb earthling had gotten herself raped. That did not sit well with me. So, I stewed about it. And, I felt that she was pretty much raped a second time during a health exam… Yeah, she was awake and submitted but in my mind it was written as a rape…
T’lan had all the Alpha-Hole Sweetness you could ask for. As usual, half the time I hated him, the other half I liked him. Until he did a specific swoon worthy thing, then I fell in love…
When, I finally stopped reacting to my emotions over Rape, Alpha-Holes and Dumb Blonde Earth Girls. I really enjoyed the story.
Great Read
This couple gave me lots of problems. What we had in this tale was a dumb earth girl. I hate that! …
It appeared that the dumb earthling had gotten herself raped. That did not sit well with me. So, I stewed about it. And, I felt that she was pretty much raped a second time during a health exam… Yeah, she was awake and submitted but in my mind it was written as a rape…
T’lan had all the Alpha-Hole Sweetness you could ask for. As usual, half the time I hated him, the other half I liked him. Until he did a specific swoon worthy thing, then I fell in love…
When, I finally stopped reacting to my emotions over Rape, Alpha-Holes and Dumb Blonde Earth Girls. I really enjoyed the story.
Great Read
March 26, 2023
This does not read like a romance AT ALL. The FMC was raped by an alien, who then died in an explosion, and then forced into a relationship with another alien. The aliens conquered earth, put in place a curfew, and treat humans like shit. And I'm supposed to believe that any woman in her right mind would want to be with one of them? This was a DNF 1/3 of the way in. Instead of getting better, it just kept getting worse.
September 18, 2025
My break from Cam and the Conqueror continues with this book. Here I was starting to think I just wasn't a fan of Honey Phillips and then this book comes onto my radar. Earth has been conquered by aliens called Yehrin. After diplomatic negotiations go wrong, humanity is put under martial law by the supreme commander.
We follow Emily and T'lan, Emily is a suspect in a terrorist attack, but uh-oh, she's also pregnant with a Yehrin baby. This was a good time, better than the Babymaker series.
We follow Emily and T'lan, Emily is a suspect in a terrorist attack, but uh-oh, she's also pregnant with a Yehrin baby. This was a good time, better than the Babymaker series.
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July 30, 2019Couldn't do it. Couldn't finish this one, it was so absurd. AND YOU KNOW THIS IS SAYING SOMETHING.
August 25, 2019
Invasion!
I really enjoyed this book and am glad it's a series. All of the characters had such depth and I loved how the story unfolded. I am anxious to sink into the next one!
I really enjoyed this book and am glad it's a series. All of the characters had such depth and I loved how the story unfolded. I am anxious to sink into the next one!
March 27, 2020
Another alien romance winner! It's Mars-needs-women kind of story line, with a dash of fated mates to keep it interesting. Loved it! It was really sexy and a lot of fun.
August 29, 2019
DNF @25%
This is just... bad. I’m sorry, but there isn’t a better way to put it.
This is just... bad. I’m sorry, but there isn’t a better way to put it.
June 13, 2019
So exciting!
What a spectacular start to a story! Emily wakes, late for work, hung over, with signs of extraordinary happenings - and no recall of what happened. Then, her world as she’s known it changes drastically.
Emily is an interesting person, she’s used to taking care of herself, outgoing, friendly, a nurturer, and pretty easygoing...until you hurt someone she cares about.
Emily has many changes to face, when she meets T’lan and his crew. Though he faults his cousin for not following the rules regarding contact with human women, Commander T’lan doesn’t find it nearly as easy to follow them once he’s found his mate. What a thrilling adventure! Climb on Ms. Phillips’ space ship and take a whirl with this crew, human and Yehrin, making new friends, searching for saboteurs, and finding true love. You won’t regret it!
What a spectacular start to a story! Emily wakes, late for work, hung over, with signs of extraordinary happenings - and no recall of what happened. Then, her world as she’s known it changes drastically.
Emily is an interesting person, she’s used to taking care of herself, outgoing, friendly, a nurturer, and pretty easygoing...until you hurt someone she cares about.
Emily has many changes to face, when she meets T’lan and his crew. Though he faults his cousin for not following the rules regarding contact with human women, Commander T’lan doesn’t find it nearly as easy to follow them once he’s found his mate. What a thrilling adventure! Climb on Ms. Phillips’ space ship and take a whirl with this crew, human and Yehrin, making new friends, searching for saboteurs, and finding true love. You won’t regret it!
July 11, 2021
The prototypical alpha-hole:
Makes all the decisions for the little lady
Doesn’t want any other man looking or touching
Willing to maim and murder anyone that hurts or threatens to hurt the little lady (whether she wants him to or not)
Will punish the little lady for any disagreement or independent thought through “sexy spanking”
Will encourage closeness through forced proximity, maybe including physical restraints
Extremely fragile ego: any stated concern over health and safety is met with outrage over doubting H’s abilities and/or honor
Favorite way to say he cares: “MINE!”
Preferred compliment: “tight c-nt!”
Specific to alien sub genre: we need breeders therefore we/I am justified in ultimatum-style negotiations, guilt trips, and other uses of force (which Earth can’t contend with … goes back to ultimatum tactics).
But since it’s a “romance”: I am biologically informed you (female) are my “mate” … so much better than human marriage since it’s forever; and also gives me more justification for doing what I want with you.
Essentially “you (female) and your thoughts/feelings/wishes don’t matter until I decide they do (aka until I fall in love with your “tight c-nt” and “soft body.”)
… now beyond this obnoxious “hero” prototype: the “heroine’s” initial reaction to the explosion at the beginning didn’t make sense - none of the shock and confusion/concern you would expect; just “well, guess I lost my job and should go back to grandma’s. Such a shame about my dead buddies.”
Furthermore- these guys came with the explicit purpose of conquering the planet and testing out the women as potential breeders. Usually these stories at least try to start with a partnership. But it’s stated that they conquer planets and only partner when they can’t win (they noted 2 or 3 races they had to negotiate with). And Emily (the heroine) is a-ok with this … simply suggests some good PR so there is less resistance from the humans.
So: I didn’t like the story or the characters. I’m still unsure if I’ll read the sequel … maybe the other alien dudes are more respectful and respectable? The sequel is about a secondary character that is going to take the job of overseeing the pens/jails of breeding-age women they have on their ships … now that Emily asked him to and he realizes that maybe bargaining having sex with them (alien dudes) for their (women’s) freedom doesn’t actually constitute consent (you’d think they would have figured that out on the other planet where all the women committed suicide rather than participate). Btw both the main H and the secondary male characters have personally done the sex-for-freedom deal on other planets prior to Earth.
ETA: never mind. The sequel’s tag line is “She’s determine to escape. He’s determined to claim her.” Given book 1, that’s a no for me.
Makes all the decisions for the little lady
Doesn’t want any other man looking or touching
Willing to maim and murder anyone that hurts or threatens to hurt the little lady (whether she wants him to or not)
Will punish the little lady for any disagreement or independent thought through “sexy spanking”
Will encourage closeness through forced proximity, maybe including physical restraints
Extremely fragile ego: any stated concern over health and safety is met with outrage over doubting H’s abilities and/or honor
Favorite way to say he cares: “MINE!”
Preferred compliment: “tight c-nt!”
Specific to alien sub genre: we need breeders therefore we/I am justified in ultimatum-style negotiations, guilt trips, and other uses of force (which Earth can’t contend with … goes back to ultimatum tactics).
But since it’s a “romance”: I am biologically informed you (female) are my “mate” … so much better than human marriage since it’s forever; and also gives me more justification for doing what I want with you.
Essentially “you (female) and your thoughts/feelings/wishes don’t matter until I decide they do (aka until I fall in love with your “tight c-nt” and “soft body.”)
… now beyond this obnoxious “hero” prototype: the “heroine’s” initial reaction to the explosion at the beginning didn’t make sense - none of the shock and confusion/concern you would expect; just “well, guess I lost my job and should go back to grandma’s. Such a shame about my dead buddies.”
Furthermore- these guys came with the explicit purpose of conquering the planet and testing out the women as potential breeders. Usually these stories at least try to start with a partnership. But it’s stated that they conquer planets and only partner when they can’t win (they noted 2 or 3 races they had to negotiate with). And Emily (the heroine) is a-ok with this … simply suggests some good PR so there is less resistance from the humans.
So: I didn’t like the story or the characters. I’m still unsure if I’ll read the sequel … maybe the other alien dudes are more respectful and respectable? The sequel is about a secondary character that is going to take the job of overseeing the pens/jails of breeding-age women they have on their ships … now that Emily asked him to and he realizes that maybe bargaining having sex with them (alien dudes) for their (women’s) freedom doesn’t actually constitute consent (you’d think they would have figured that out on the other planet where all the women committed suicide rather than participate). Btw both the main H and the secondary male characters have personally done the sex-for-freedom deal on other planets prior to Earth.
ETA: never mind. The sequel’s tag line is “She’s determine to escape. He’s determined to claim her.” Given book 1, that’s a no for me.
September 16, 2019
Alien overlords
So this was a good book. With my sci-fi alien romances I normally prefer when the story leaves earth and explores the vastness of the universe and the cultures that fill it. This author didn't make me feel like I was missing out on anything in the universe which was great. So in this story aliens come to earth to help us, to be our overlords, I guess it depends on who in that world you ask. This author did a great job at providing kilt fleshed out views in that regard. So aliens coming to earth is the main idea but I won't go into detail as not to ruin anything. But our heroine, Emily, was different more pacifist and even a little air of naivety to her at times. And there was definitely moments I wanted to shake her but she for her story and her mate. T'lan was not and strong and played things close to the chest which once again made me want to shake someone lol. But I wouldn't change these characters or their personalities, because everything seemed to flow just right for their story. Now I thought it was interesting starting the story with pregnancy which you don't see a lot but I liked it and the change of pace it offered. Throughout the story there also seemed to be a lot of mystery about the Yehrin, their history and their motives and we could definitely feel the struggle and frustration to find those answers right along side emily. Overall you've got some sci-fi action mixed with every day problems and some super hot romance. Interesting & good story would suggest giving it a try
So this was a good book. With my sci-fi alien romances I normally prefer when the story leaves earth and explores the vastness of the universe and the cultures that fill it. This author didn't make me feel like I was missing out on anything in the universe which was great. So in this story aliens come to earth to help us, to be our overlords, I guess it depends on who in that world you ask. This author did a great job at providing kilt fleshed out views in that regard. So aliens coming to earth is the main idea but I won't go into detail as not to ruin anything. But our heroine, Emily, was different more pacifist and even a little air of naivety to her at times. And there was definitely moments I wanted to shake her but she for her story and her mate. T'lan was not and strong and played things close to the chest which once again made me want to shake someone lol. But I wouldn't change these characters or their personalities, because everything seemed to flow just right for their story. Now I thought it was interesting starting the story with pregnancy which you don't see a lot but I liked it and the change of pace it offered. Throughout the story there also seemed to be a lot of mystery about the Yehrin, their history and their motives and we could definitely feel the struggle and frustration to find those answers right along side emily. Overall you've got some sci-fi action mixed with every day problems and some super hot romance. Interesting & good story would suggest giving it a try
August 22, 2021
This felt like an awfully long and slow read.
I don't think that I really liked it. I didn't know enough the aliens to understand or empathise with them. I really didn't like Emily. She was pretty much TSTL. I didn't like the whole 'withholding information to protect you' gig. Doesn't work. Ever.
I am really concerned about all the human females who were deemed innocent that are kept in cages. Were any human males found innocent? If so... what happened to them? Where are they?
Mmm... will try book 2 and see how it goes...
Also, the names were just too similar... I get that that is their heritage... but, for the reader? Not user-friendly.
I don't think that I really liked it. I didn't know enough the aliens to understand or empathise with them. I really didn't like Emily. She was pretty much TSTL. I didn't like the whole 'withholding information to protect you' gig. Doesn't work. Ever.
I am really concerned about all the human females who were deemed innocent that are kept in cages. Were any human males found innocent? If so... what happened to them? Where are they?
Mmm... will try book 2 and see how it goes...
Also, the names were just too similar... I get that that is their heritage... but, for the reader? Not user-friendly.
November 17, 2019
This was great! I’m so happy to have found a new author to binge!
I didn’t like the examination part (because I’ve actually had one and it’s not sexual in the least, ew) nor did I like that he talked like a regular human sometimes. The voice should have stayed constant but it was infrequent enough to not be a big deal. Also, wasn’t a fan of the punishment since it was apparently actual punishment and not just play.
But overall, this was great. Apparently I’m now into alien stuff. I guess it combines enough of the OTT romantic elements with the survival stuff to appeal to me.
I didn’t like the examination part (because I’ve actually had one and it’s not sexual in the least, ew) nor did I like that he talked like a regular human sometimes. The voice should have stayed constant but it was infrequent enough to not be a big deal. Also, wasn’t a fan of the punishment since it was apparently actual punishment and not just play.
But overall, this was great. Apparently I’m now into alien stuff. I guess it combines enough of the OTT romantic elements with the survival stuff to appeal to me.
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