Alien Barbarians' Hope

Purple Planet #1

by Zara Starr

Transported to another world with purple alien barbarians who don’t even speak English?!
Strange storms have been raging all over the world for the past months. Some say the end of the world is coming, but for Ella, life goes on as always: stressing about work, her health problems, and now a broken car to top it all off. She tries to make her way home in the stormy weather when a lightning suddenly strikes her. She loses consciousness and when she wakes up, she finds herself in the middle of a TV production. Because giant purple aliens just can’t be real, right? Especially not when they come in threes and want to mate with her…

Alien Barbarians’ Hope is the first book in a brand new sci-fi reverse harem romance series! Each book is a standalone romance featuring a different woman and three hot, purple aliens who want her as their mate. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a HEA!

Genres: Science Fiction, Aliens, Why Choose, Romance, Fiction, Science Fiction Romance

273 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 14, 2019

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Reviews

[Marzipop]

XD ok I can't stand this anymore. I'm not a fan of the mc. Annoying, rude, and disrespectful to everyone and everything different. If there wasn't a lady shortage I'm sure people wouldn't be gunning for her so hard until she grew up a little.

[Rasa Ievkalne · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a poor attempt at writing a story. First of all, author don't keep to one writing style. Story switches from first person view to multiple person view on the same episode( and even a persons view that is inconsequential to the story) back to one person view at half of the book. It is confusing, it is unnecessary and it is ridiculous if the same events get changed when it gets replayed from a different viewpoint. The story is filled with pages of pages where absolutely nothing happens that would either propel the story forward or add anything to it really. For the whole book there is language barrier, communication through pictograms , only on last few pages being miraculously able to communicate in each others language in simple sentences. For all the page count that was spent on describing language barrier and zero progress, leap like that is ridiculous.
World building is nonexistent. The whole new planet is described as jungle like and dangerous. In basically the same amount of words than I did. Culture and traditions of local people are barely touched upon and as a result Elders decisions don't make sense to reader.
And lastly. For the whole story characters describe Ella as intelligent. Would have been nice to see that intelligence somewhere. Because all her actions are barely above the intelligence of a circus monkey and as you know, that is not a reason for taking an animal as a mate. To be fair- at the end of the book our heroine displays a total lack of intelligence actually. Was author trying to achieve an adrenalin moment for reader? If so, she failed. I believe the heroine is too stupid to live.

So. Overall a pretty big failure at story and writing. The only reason I didn't give only 1 star is because there was no abuse, romantization of one and I reserve 1 star ratings for truly disgusting books with poor writing.

Do not recommend it to anyone.

[Raina · Rating 4 out of 5]

An alien romance with quite a mystery. The storms on earth were getting worse and weirder. Ella was having a bad day and as things got worse the storms came. How did the storms bring her to another planet? That is one question that may take a few books to figure out. So don’t expect that an answer in this book but maybe in the future books of the series. What you can expect are some gorgeous, if not a little different, purple males. The character of Ella is very smart. She learns to thrive in an alien world where no one understands what she says. Definitely want to read more from this series.

[OneDayI'll · Rating 2 out of 5]

Stockholm and a case of worms

Ella has the crappiest job. Her boss is verbally abusive, overworks her, and she doesn't get paid nearly enough for all that. After rather vocally resigning, her car breaks down, storms roll in, and she gets struck by lightning. But the weirdest part was waking up in the ocean. Did a tornado get her after the lightning?

Spoilers ahead.
Oh. Oh, where to begin. The memory info-dumps didn't help. They didn't offer character insight. They didn't add to the plot. They were essentially useless. The inner monologues describing themselves were odd. Show us what they look like through Ella's eyes. Why write out her words when they can't understand them? Why was she always yelling? Why give us Arh's POV when he isn't a mate? She was there for 3 weeks and never once considered her period? Why would she be forced to choose 3 mates when they aren't even sure she can have their kids? If she was supposed to choose from all the eligible bachelors, why didn't we meet more? They all lined up like they had a chance but never interacted with her. Arh ignored her for weeks, after throwing meat on her feet, but honestly thought she'd choose him? She ate all fruit. She might escape scurvy but no leafy greens means she's going to bruise like a peach. No nuts or cheese for protein? And she just chomped in without testing anything on her lip or wrist for a reaction. Anaphylaxis is no joke. And there's this mold that's supposed to be deadly but they never wear their masks in the woods to protect themselves from it. Or make her a mask before dragging her into the woods. She wears the same clothes for weeks without a change or washing them. No mention of baths, a way to clean teeth- sugars from fruits can cause cavities. Giant reptiles, birds, leeches and more are a constant threat but they are never mentioned as carrying weapons, except when Karr miraculously pulls his spear out of nowhere. He describes things using words that have latin roots instead of giving their names for things. Why would periwinkle be a color known to them? They have a different name for everything else but he's going to monologue about periwinkle flora? They discover they can communicate through drawing in the dirt. But after weeks they still can't communicate? Tree, dragon, man eating bird, how do your ladies handle menses, where's the toilet, and do you guys have a toothbrush, hi, bye, he scares me, a lack of vitamin D from sunshine being holed in this cave can hurt me,... Weeks of learning and communicating nothing. Until the time comes to pick a mate. THAT she picks up, sure. And for a complete virgin she takes on 3 men, in all the important orifices, at once, straight out the gate? No lube and barely a warm up? Yeah, no. Then, immediately after, knowing giant things want to eat her, she goes traipsing in the woods and gets lost in the swamp with bus sizes leeches trying to eat her. And no one has mentioned the mold to her. But moisture is a factor and swamps are notoriously damp. When you read a sci-fi romance you suspend reality somewhat. But this just had so little thought out into it. The idea was interesting. But some beta readers could have helped flesh things out, filled in some plot holes, moved things along. Books are plot driven, character driven or world based. The only plot seems to be storm relocation and a dying culture needing women. The characters don't change, evolve, and barely bond. And there really is next to no world building. It needs some love. Show us the weeks of trying to learn each other's language. Show us her learning their culture. Show us her learning how to do daily chores for survival and bonding with the guys over it. Show us carefully planned wood walks where she learns where the things she can eat come from. Maybe she wants to help Karr fish, Dew gather food, or help Bahl sew clothes? She exists merely for them to mate with, the entire point of this story, and it's rather sad.

[Gemma · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don’t typically write reviews like this, but I needed to share my thoughts on this book. It had so much potential but ended up being a complete mess! This book frustrated me to no end and I have no idea where to start! The language barrier was annoying, the characters were underdeveloped, and the plot was all over the place. The story was told in multiple point of views and often it would just be a repeat of the scene but told in a different point of view and some things would occur that never happened to begin with when it was first told, therefore making it really confusing for the reader. Also, there were a lot of times the scenes were confusing. For example, one thing would happen (her taking off all of her clothes to put on a robe) and then all of the sudden she magically has her under clothes back on again when she was asked to strip for the doctor? When did she put her clothes back on? Another annoyance I encountered was the different transitions that simply just made no sense and at some point moved way too fast and so abrupt it was like having whiplash. For instance, she went from just kissing one alien to all of the sudden fucking all of them at once with very little prep and fore play and being completely okay with it even though she said she was a virgin?!? Another thing that frustrated me was that the characters were just awful, I don’t really know how to describe them because they were that poorly made. Like, why was the main female charter always seen as “bellowing” something? Or why would one of the characters never be around but all of the sudden she catches feelings for him, yet he’s barely there?? Overall, this book was like a YA book trying to be an adult book and miserably failed. I would not recommend this book to anyone. I don’t mean to hurt this authors feelings, but I have never felt such negative feelings towards a book.

[Jennifer · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was not cleanly written or well edited. There were so many wrong word choices, dropped words, or typos that reading this novel required a fair bit of mental translation. It really detracted from my ability to enjoy this novel. I don't mind a few typos or wrong word choices as a rule, but I do believe when someone is selling a product it needs to meet certain quality control standards in order to be sold. The heroine of this novel was completely unsympathetic, with her constant screaming at the tribespeople. Her frantic lying to herself at the beginning of the novel that she was on a movie set was very tiresome. Her choice to run into the jungle and getting lost in the swamp when she knew very well that the tribesman communicated to her it was too dangerous to do so was also very TSTL. I never got a good feel for the characters of her three mates either. They were caricatures more than characters, in my opinion. The best element of this novel was the world building. The alien world was by no means a vibrant character in itself, but it was the best element of this novel, in my opinion. I will not be buying a keeper copy of this novel for myself, and I would recommend that people who really want to read it check it out from Kindle Unlimited. This novel would have been a three star read without the editing issues.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Vinita P Hayes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Transported to Eilahas

Ella St. Louis has problems with migraines & stomach pains. She's forced to change her diet becoming a full vegan. Working as a social media director for Hubert & Gonzales, she hardly tolerates the constant harassment from her boss Carlisle Hubert. One day while being chastised by him for being late, she quits.
A terrible thunder storm ensues n she is hit by lightning, she finds herself in cold briny water trying to stay above water in another thunderstorm pursued by a giant worm.
Karr is out on his boat,fishing, as he hears someone shouting. As he gets closer he realizes that a female needs his help. When she's draped along the bow, still being pursued by the worm, he raised his sails trying to outrun the beast. He's baffled by her attire n her reasoning to be in such deadly waters. No female should be away from the home cave , but then she's not from here. Who or what was she? Where did she come from? Why is she so pale n look so sickly? Instead of taking her to the tribal home cave , he takes her back to her cave.
Constantly grunting to her to stay in the cave. She doesn't understand him n vice versa. But glowing red eyes in the forest quickly change her mind. In fact in time she finally realizes that Planet Eilahas is nothing but a death trap, teeming with all types of beasts to kill you. Plants that could rip u apart, giant leeches, n who knew what else lurked in the woods.
Won't go any further with any other details as I still have a lot of questions. While she did have her hea with her 3 purple aliens, still wondered what happened to the alien women.

[Goddess of Chaos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three different approaches to understanding and caring...


What I enjoyed in this story was Karr, Bahl, and Dew each having different approaches to dealing with Ella, who clearly had no understanding of their language or world. Her physical differences made it easy for them to believe she was not from around there, and with that starting point, they embraced her with as much patience and understanding as possible and worked to find ways to communicate and help her make a new life.

The idea that you are not stupid, or incapable of learning, simply because you do not speak the predominant language, was well handled, as was the idea that there are a variety of ways people can learn, and communicate, as well as care for one another.

The world-building was interesting, in a society that valued hunters, the arrival of a vegetarian shook things up in interesting ways.

I did not read the final release of the book, and parts of me wishes I had, as the edition I was sent had some continuity errors that disrupted the reading, and that I have strong hopes were dealt with before final publication.

This done in one quick read is listed as a first book, and establishes both an Alien world, and a situation on earth that could lead to other humans ending up on this world. I am curious to see how further stories evolve, and if there is a redemption path for at least one character in particular.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Spinneretta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Promising

The Plot:
Ella is somehow transported to an alien world, where big purple male live, with a huge lack of females, so they have family groups of three males and one female.
Language barriers, cultural issues, and a few health concerns mean that just existing there is tough, and that’s not even including the dangerous wildlife!

The Good:
The premise is a good one… weird storms on Earth seem to be replicated on the new planet, and are somehow responsible for transporting the heroine there.
The language barriers and cultural differences are well represented, and how these might be perceived by humans is also well done.

The bad:
Told in multiple points of view, there were scenes told repeatedly, but with a different POV, and not always consistent each time. This actually hampered the plot a bit, and meant that the ending seemed very rushed, and the romance(s) developed mostly off-page. There is only one sex scene, towards the end of the book… in the rushed section!
There were also some inconsistencies with behaviour on the part of both the heroes and the heroine.
The heroine was an annoying one, who initially seemed alright, but developed a rather stupid mentality about halfway through the book. She whined a lot about her plight, without actually trying to communicate - or at least without prioritizing communication. She also made some dumb decisions, but you’ll see that.

Ultimately, it’s a good story for sci-fi romance fans, with a unique premise that I did enjoy, and I will be happy to read the next book in the series.

[Monika Sandlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

The storms on Earth are becoming worse and worse, finally one day making Ella late for work and her boss pushing her to tell him where he can shove his job. Her car doesn't start and despite the rain, she starts walking home. A loud crack and that's all she remembers except for suddenly feeling as if she is drowning.

Karr is out fish when he hears a voice in the water, he doesn't understand but can hear the panic in the voice and knows it's female. He pulls her onto his raft, takes her home and finally confronts the elders of his tribe to keep Ella from being kicked out. But once she is fully healthy she must pick three males for her triad, whether she understands or not.

Bahl, is not a hunter nor is he a gatherer, but he is a tanner. He offers to help Karr with Ella and in his own way court Ella just as Karr is.

Dew, the youngest and least dominant of the three, is a gatherer and doesn't eat meat, much like Ella he only eats fruits and veggies. This is his simple means of courting Ella.

While many of the men from the tribe try to court her in their own ways, some more aggressively than others, when the day of choosing comes she chooses Karr, Dew, and Bahl. Afterwards, some chaos occurs, but you must read to see what all happens and blessings that comes to this happy little family.

I definitely recommend this book for reading!

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[JLH · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was almost 4 stars. Ella is a stressed out, migraines, IRB kind of person. This is a woman who was thinking about going straight vegan because she was so stressed out at work. Finally put her foot down she leaves her job and enters an oncoming torrential rain storm. Well this is going on, somehow she ends up away from earth and in an alien lake where a lake monster is trying to eat her. She was rescued by a alien who’s a fisherman. From there everything is absolutely confusing for her and a little for me. There is no way that she can communicate other than drawing on the floor or teaching them her language and vice versa. This tribe due to the shortage of women she needs to find three mates call the Triad. This is an interesting story. The characters Interacted positively and negatively that’s what you do when there’s only one new female in the tribe. Eventually through all the massive courting and attempt of getting her attention, she realizes what is going on. Eventually choices are made.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, what can i say but i actually loved reading this story. Its great!!!!, the storyline, the timeline, and the commumication. amazing. Everything about this story made me excited to want to keep on reading, and i will be excited to read the next one coming up.
Ella is trying to get home, but her car breaks down and theres a huge storm overhead, she gets out to walk home thinking she will get very wet, but then suddenly there is a loud crack and she looses conscious. She comes to floundering around in water, only to get plucked up out of the water before eaten by one huge fish. The person who saved her a purple Alien by the name of Kerr, he dosnt know where she came from, she wont eat any meat only fruit. He takes her to the tribual, she is not like any other they have seen before, pale and skinny. But he has been given her to look after, Bahl and Dew both want to help, it seems she likes to eat the Fruit that Dew and Bahl makes her clothes, it takes time but slowly they managae to communicate to her. But son she has to decide who her triad is going to be.

[Jai M {Cat Crazy Dragon } · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF 26%. Lower than B-grade, trope filled, old fashioned TSTL FMC, & caveman alien.

Yeeaaah, NoPe!!

FMC is TSTL, selfish, idiotic, and contradictory.
After screeching at the MMC, hitting him, running off into danger more than once, and generally being more trouble than she’s worth; she than wonders if the other aliens will be as easy going as him?

WTF?

First, why would you treat someone this way, if you think this way about them?
Second, why would you expect to be treated fairly, when you don’t offer the same?
Third and last, why behave this way irrelevant to the first two questions?

The different points of view don’t match up, the character traits are contradictory, and while the MMC at least try’s to be open minded at times, he’s just as guilty at others, of being judgemental, shallow, and self serving (he basically only rescued her in hopes of how he can use her).

I checked out other reviews, and found it only gets worse, so that’s enough for me.
I’m outta.

[Jessica Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow where to start... well first off it's somewhat confusing for main the characters and how they talk to each other... Language barrier being big in this novel. So you may get confused by it. Different from other alien romance novels. She wasn't kidnapped, ambushed or sold. She somehow fell through a hole or time space due to the lightning?? I hope I got that right. But with each turn of the page, I came to like the story more and more. And hope that there is definitely more to come! Even with the confusing bits.
Ella can't believe her eyes. One minute she's out in pouring rain. The next minute, she is being saved from a huge creature trying to eat her in the ocean.... and her savior. A big and hot looking purple man. Who she can't understand... this is a joke right? This can't be real. Oh but it is and what will Ella do to stay alive now?

[Alethia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was great for giving a lot of details to build this new alien world. I liked that it included points of view from many characters, not just the main four that the story centered around. It really helped to build a very elaborate, beautiful world. This, however, also created a very circular telling of the story, since it would back track and retell some of the events from the point of view of a different person. It got a bit repetitive at times and also led to a few discrepancies in the story. It was a bit of a slow builder, mostly due to the author taking time to create the world and building backgrounds for the characters. I am interested in seeing if the next book in the series moves a bit faster now that things have been established. I'm ready to find out.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Patricia Hoffstaetter · Rating 4 out of 5]

I will admit that I quite enjoyed reading this alien reverse harem romance. It has an unusual but interesting, well-paced plot. The characters are fairly well-developed & likable.
There is: a young female (Ella) is caught up in a strange storm then she is struck by lightning & somehow is thrust into a unfamiliar world where three purple male aliens (Karr, Bahl & Dew) are definitely very keen on mating her but there is a rather arrogant alien (Arh) who likes to belittle everyone. twists & turns, intrigue, suspense, health issues, hostile work issues, verbal conflict, strange storms, danger, discovery, determination, doubts, disorientation, confusion, disbelief, misunderstandings, unexpected confrontations, suspicion, strange attractions, protectiveness, ultimatums, a choosing ceremony, surprises, contentment, some steam & a satisfying conclusion.

[Kristine L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book of a new series by Zara Starr. What's great is all the details that she gives you as she builds this story. Ella is on her way home and her car breaks down in a thunderstorm. She get struck by lightning and when she wakes up she in surrounded by purple aliens. She can't even find out what's going on as none of them speak English. The language doesn't slow down Karr, Bahl and Dew, the three aliens that want her as their mate. Super great book, lots of twists and turns, adventure, action, suspense, misunderstandings, attraction, protectiveness, and love. Love is great in any language. Can't wait until the next book comes out. I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Autumn Miller ~ autumnbookreads · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.25 Stars
This book started off really well. The plot was interesting, this new alien world intrigued me, and the characters had some potential.

I feel like the romance built up really well and then suddenly happened all at once. I waited and waited for something to happen and then it went into overdrive. I didn’t get to enjoy what was happening because it was so rushed. Either the beginning should have been faster with the progression of the relationship or the ending should’ve slow down a lot. The way that it was written just made me disconnect and stop caring.

I’ll probably continue the series just to see where this universe goes, but if the next book is similar in pacing to this one then I definitely will not be continuing after that.

[Melody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ella, karr, arh ,
A terrible storms happen ella gets struck by lightning and it makes the world she knows is gone she Rescue by three hot amazingly sexy Alpha aliens who want to mate with her!!!
the way the story unfolds is like a wet dream come to life torchering every nerve fiber of my being making me warm moist and intoxicated from one eye popping ravenous page to the next. This story was definitely smokin hot with an intriguing storyline that kept me thirsty excited and on edge from the very beginning to the jaw dropping end

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[Kristy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a frustrating read there was all this information about the end coming and crazy storms no real idea how ellah ended up on the strange alien world. There was more information about the planet and its dangerous animals and very little romantic interaction between ellah and the three males up until the end then it just happened the end. Someone else may like this book i just felt it was to much detail.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Amanda Collier · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe

The storyline and characters were good and well written but I found Ella to be too annoying, it was very off putting.
Spoiler- in chapter thirty two Ella excepted not being able to go home and that the aliens (purple people) have been trying to protect the whole time. She agreed to the mating ceremony and was happy about it. Now the really annoying part in the next chapter she changes her mind sneaks away from her sleeping mates and almost dies twice trying to get home.
She was a complete EEJIT but by the epilogue she accepted very thing and you have your HEA.

[Jennifer Noseworthy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good book, but it was a little difficult to read. The POV shifted and the timing of the scene shifted, so I had no idea where we were a few times. Instead of the scene moving forward when a new Character POV began in some cases it would start where the previous scene began. It's hard to explain, which should show you why I was so confused trying to figure out where I was in the story. The overall premise was original and I really did enjoy the book when I figured out where and when I was in the story. Excellent world-building.

[Shirley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Falling into love

I absolutely loved this book and would totally recommend it and hope that others enjoy reading it as much as I did. Getting caught in a storm and then ending up in the middle of a lake pursued by a water creature and then rescued by a giant purple alien was not what Ella expected. Nothing is familiar but Karr who found her will do anything to help this female he rescued. On his planet females mate with three males but how to proceed and make this female understand will be his job.

[Lisa A · Rating 4 out of 5]

Purple planet
Ella was having a really bad day...and then it got worse. One minute she’s trying to get home from work during a bad storm, the next she’s in a lake and everything she knows is gone. She’s rescued by a big purple guy with three fingers and sharp teeth. They can’t understand each other, his people live like cavemen, and Ella’s worried they want to eat her.
I received a free copy of this book. This review was posted voluntarily.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first book in a new series called Purple Planet, with good looking purple men, I know I want to read the next book. This is human Ella who gets hit by lightening and ends up on another, she meets Dew, Karr, Bahl, and Arh. She can only choose three so I hope Arh gets his own story. Great storyline that flowed smoothly across the pages. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great introduction to this new series and author. This is a very interesting story with developed characters. There is great world building and involves intriguing details. The storytelling does get told in circles, as the alternative view points retell certain events. This has really great element and I look forward to future works of Zara Starr.

I am voluntarily leaving an unbiased, honest review.

[Caroline Doig · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this story but at times I was a bit confused there is a lot of detail and I like the concept of the story it’s a good start to the new series and I do look forward to reading the next book now that the foundation has been set but there needs to be a better editor and once that’s done this could of been a 5 ⭐️ story but I gave it 4⭐️. I liked the characters and the different points of view and now I look forward to the next in this series.

[Sara Munoz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first, well-written book in a brand new sci-fi reverse harem romance series! The story is great and the characters have depth and you want to get to know them and they all have their own unique personalities. I really enjoyed this book. A must read new series.

Each book is a standalone romance featuring a different woman and three hot, purple aliens who want her as their mate

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Mim Crenshaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the storyline and found it pretty interesting. I found Kerr, Dew, and Bahl interesting. It's not your usual harem read, and that's what kept me reading. There was conflict, intrigue, suspense, and danger along with a little steam and a happy ending.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my first time reading this author and I enjoyed the world she created. The characters are interesting and well described. The story is told via different points of view and is a bit slow at times. Overall, I enjoyed reading the book and look forward to more from this author.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.