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Manasty #1
Orange Sky
She imagined she will meet a guy on her vacation. And she did.
Right after she crashed on his planet.
Brynn Anderson is on her way to a dream vacation in Japan. The next thing she knew she got kidnapped by aliens and crash-landed on an orange planet. The first guy he met is a big towering muscled alien with blue eyes tinged with yellow and slit like a cat. Let's not forget he has striped fur on his body and a long tail. She got injected by something that is making her want to breed. Too bad someone forgot to fully download her translator so she can communicate with him.
The planet, Manasty, is on the brink of extinction. Very few of the inhabitants are aware the female eggs harvested before the Plague are dwindling. There are no other female races in the universe that are compatible with the males of their species to reproduce.
Zirc is on a mission to find a relic that the Elders said will unite their planet. Not just extinction but war is brewing on the horizon. He found the relic and an alien female. Duty dictates he reports this to the authorities but something held him back. She smelled good enough for him to keep. He never did like females from nearby planets or the ones visiting their planet. Except when sharing with his lovers. So he'll keep and share her. On this planet, having sex with multiple partners is the way to find one's true male mate.
This is the first of the Reverse Harem Manasty Series book. This contains MF, MFM, MMF and MM situations.
Right after she crashed on his planet.
Brynn Anderson is on her way to a dream vacation in Japan. The next thing she knew she got kidnapped by aliens and crash-landed on an orange planet. The first guy he met is a big towering muscled alien with blue eyes tinged with yellow and slit like a cat. Let's not forget he has striped fur on his body and a long tail. She got injected by something that is making her want to breed. Too bad someone forgot to fully download her translator so she can communicate with him.
The planet, Manasty, is on the brink of extinction. Very few of the inhabitants are aware the female eggs harvested before the Plague are dwindling. There are no other female races in the universe that are compatible with the males of their species to reproduce.
Zirc is on a mission to find a relic that the Elders said will unite their planet. Not just extinction but war is brewing on the horizon. He found the relic and an alien female. Duty dictates he reports this to the authorities but something held him back. She smelled good enough for him to keep. He never did like females from nearby planets or the ones visiting their planet. Except when sharing with his lovers. So he'll keep and share her. On this planet, having sex with multiple partners is the way to find one's true male mate.
This is the first of the Reverse Harem Manasty Series book. This contains MF, MFM, MMF and MM situations.
120 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 16, 2020
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Aly Tatum
16 books7 followersAly likes to write sexy stories, the smuttier the better. She loves science fiction and puts her characters into different kinds of pairings to create more out of this world experiences for her readers.
When not writing, she spends time with her pets and watches Star Trek reruns.
When not writing, she spends time with her pets and watches Star Trek reruns.
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January 22, 2021
This is the worst book I have ever attempted to read. It was so hard to follow. The tense was all over the place, wrong words used, and the heroines thoughts and actions flipped back and forth so quickly it was like watching an Olympic ping pong match. It really seemed liked someone had run this through google translate from another language. It was so difficult to follow only a quarter in and I had to tap out.
June 2, 2022
Holy shit this book needs an editor! I was intrigued by the blurb. It sounds like such a great story, and I wanted to enjoy it. I really did. But it was just so painful. It's like the author was making it all up as she went along, forgetting minute details along the way. (For example, at first the h was 29, but then she's 34? Oh, and how the H's eye color changes a few times...in ONE chapter!) I'm not sure if this is a new author, or the story was rushed, but it could have been good with some proofreading. Not only that, but the H fingers her without her consent--I love dark reads, that part doesn't bother me-- and she barely tries to stop him. (Yes, I get it, sexy time drugs were injected in her, whatever) There was hardly any inner monologue about her not wanting it. She would have had the same reaction if he had touched her leg or something. No emotion whatsoever. I was going to push through and get to the good bits, but it would probably be just as bad, if not worse, than the trainwreck it started off as
April 30, 2026
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I have no idea what I just read. To start with, there is more spice in this book than there is plot. It desperately needs a second or maybe a third editor, because the spelling errors, grammar errors and general little details were really bad.
Honestly, I wanted to give up reading this book very early on (page 17) when the main character is raped, and her response was effectively "oh actually I like this, let's go again".
I have no idea what I just read. To start with, there is more spice in this book than there is plot. It desperately needs a second or maybe a third editor, because the spelling errors, grammar errors and general little details were really bad.
Honestly, I wanted to give up reading this book very early on (page 17) when the main character is raped, and her response was effectively "oh actually I like this, let's go again".
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 25, 2023
This was good! It had a lot of spice so if you don’t like spice don’t read it but if your a fan like me go ahead!
May 13, 2024
The nonexistent editing made it super unclear whether this book was supposed to be in past or present tense. Sometimes they even messed up whether it was supposed to be in first or third person. Literally every page, every paragraph looks like this:
“After what felt like hours but surely only minutes had passed, I can now open my eyes and wish I had not opened them. All around me are walls and whatever capsulized container I am in; I am sliding further and further down.”
“The explosion further threw me away from it. Just pushed me away rather than throwing whatever I was in. It’s like I’m in a spinning cup. No debris went my way which is good. Because if this is real and I am in space, then if this transparent glass covering whatever bed I’m on will shatter, surely all the oxygen will be sucked out.”
“From afar, I saw a smaller ship moving away. And it looked like it was collecting smaller life pods like mine into its main hull. They, whoever they are, are using ultra-light beams to get the life pods. They disappear when the pods reach the outer rim of the smaller ship. I realized I am fully awake now. Who wouldn’t be? Or I’m in a nightmare and my body is stashed somewhere in a hospital?”
Such awkward sentence structure, too. It was incredibly distracting. The author forgets if the FMC is 34 or 29.
So, the FMC crash-lands on an alien planet after being abducted from earth and is wounded. MMC arrives and frees her from her life pod, then immediately SA’s her, apparently ignorant of the concept of vaginas, and unable to understand the FMC due to not possessing a translator chip (she can understand everything he’s saying, however). Come on, now! You encounter a strange, injured, frightened creature and decide to stick your fingers in its weird orifices??? You must be insane! Forget about the sexual component for a moment, presume this dude has never even heard of sex, and this is still an insane thing to do. You don’t know if that thing has teeth, or spits acid, or what! Maybe it’s like a blowhole and you’re accidentally suffocating the creature to death!
Is that the only incident of noncon between MCs? Nope! Am I the only one here who thinks it’s a turn-on when a man knows that you’re a sapient being past the age of sexual maturity for your species and that you’re capable of giving consent? This MMC does not pass the Harkness test!
I should have DNFed after chapter one, but I somehow hate-read the entire book, incoherent though it is. The action sequences were beyond confusing, they were incomprehensible. I literally couldn’t figure out who was who or where they were or how many people were even involved.
And the book ends before the MCs even figure out whether they’re mates or not. FMC never gets to actually communicate with anyone because her translator is broken and the author is not creative enough for charades. 🙄
“After what felt like hours but surely only minutes had passed, I can now open my eyes and wish I had not opened them. All around me are walls and whatever capsulized container I am in; I am sliding further and further down.”
“The explosion further threw me away from it. Just pushed me away rather than throwing whatever I was in. It’s like I’m in a spinning cup. No debris went my way which is good. Because if this is real and I am in space, then if this transparent glass covering whatever bed I’m on will shatter, surely all the oxygen will be sucked out.”
“From afar, I saw a smaller ship moving away. And it looked like it was collecting smaller life pods like mine into its main hull. They, whoever they are, are using ultra-light beams to get the life pods. They disappear when the pods reach the outer rim of the smaller ship. I realized I am fully awake now. Who wouldn’t be? Or I’m in a nightmare and my body is stashed somewhere in a hospital?”
Such awkward sentence structure, too. It was incredibly distracting. The author forgets if the FMC is 34 or 29.
So, the FMC crash-lands on an alien planet after being abducted from earth and is wounded. MMC arrives and frees her from her life pod, then immediately SA’s her, apparently ignorant of the concept of vaginas, and unable to understand the FMC due to not possessing a translator chip (she can understand everything he’s saying, however). Come on, now! You encounter a strange, injured, frightened creature and decide to stick your fingers in its weird orifices??? You must be insane! Forget about the sexual component for a moment, presume this dude has never even heard of sex, and this is still an insane thing to do. You don’t know if that thing has teeth, or spits acid, or what! Maybe it’s like a blowhole and you’re accidentally suffocating the creature to death!
Is that the only incident of noncon between MCs? Nope! Am I the only one here who thinks it’s a turn-on when a man knows that you’re a sapient being past the age of sexual maturity for your species and that you’re capable of giving consent? This MMC does not pass the Harkness test!
I should have DNFed after chapter one, but I somehow hate-read the entire book, incoherent though it is. The action sequences were beyond confusing, they were incomprehensible. I literally couldn’t figure out who was who or where they were or how many people were even involved.
And the book ends before the MCs even figure out whether they’re mates or not. FMC never gets to actually communicate with anyone because her translator is broken and the author is not creative enough for charades. 🙄
February 24, 2021
Needs editing so very badly
I don't want to demolish this book. I want to offer constructive criticism for this fledgling author. But honestly, the writing all over the place. First person to third person, verb tenses are hard to follow, words are dropped or added randomly, sentences are left dangling without end or punctuation, run on sentences, ... If I had a pen the 25% I made it through would look like it's bleeding. Nothing makes sense. She's kidnapped but her cell looks like her bedroom, complete with pizza crusts? She's drugged into a state that leaves her incredibly vulnerable right before something (don't know what) happens to the unknown and never seen pirates. Her pod/cell/whatever is pulled into the planet's gravity and crashes. She's cut free by a native, he slaps the flames out, then he suddenly starts feeling her up? Seriously? I surrendered at that point. One sentence goes from he is furry all over but no fur on his tail to yes, there's fur, but it isn't long. The eyes changed color three times in 1 chapter and the fact that he basically rescued her, says he hates women, but didn't so much as make sure she's ok before cutting her clothes off and going to town, not even a chance to say no, was the kicker for me. Everything that I read contradicted itself, well, what I could make of it. Please, there are many free apps for indie authors to use to get started. There are always avid readers looking to help, too. Use the tools available and allow helpful souls to help edit this, fix the contradictions, maybe help flesh it out a bit better and streamline the idea that was attempted for better presentation. The idea in the blurb was intriguing. It just needs a little love to get there. A good Beta team is an indie author's best friend.
I don't want to demolish this book. I want to offer constructive criticism for this fledgling author. But honestly, the writing all over the place. First person to third person, verb tenses are hard to follow, words are dropped or added randomly, sentences are left dangling without end or punctuation, run on sentences, ... If I had a pen the 25% I made it through would look like it's bleeding. Nothing makes sense. She's kidnapped but her cell looks like her bedroom, complete with pizza crusts? She's drugged into a state that leaves her incredibly vulnerable right before something (don't know what) happens to the unknown and never seen pirates. Her pod/cell/whatever is pulled into the planet's gravity and crashes. She's cut free by a native, he slaps the flames out, then he suddenly starts feeling her up? Seriously? I surrendered at that point. One sentence goes from he is furry all over but no fur on his tail to yes, there's fur, but it isn't long. The eyes changed color three times in 1 chapter and the fact that he basically rescued her, says he hates women, but didn't so much as make sure she's ok before cutting her clothes off and going to town, not even a chance to say no, was the kicker for me. Everything that I read contradicted itself, well, what I could make of it. Please, there are many free apps for indie authors to use to get started. There are always avid readers looking to help, too. Use the tools available and allow helpful souls to help edit this, fix the contradictions, maybe help flesh it out a bit better and streamline the idea that was attempted for better presentation. The idea in the blurb was intriguing. It just needs a little love to get there. A good Beta team is an indie author's best friend.
March 13, 2026
4 stars
Typically I give a 4 star if I enjoyed the book and would recommend to a friend. As it stands right now I probably would not recommend this series to a friend and it's not because the story is bad or the plot isn't there. It's because of the editing. I am disappointed because it states that it has recently been edited. I think the author needs to pull the stories and read them herself to understand what the reader is interpreting. There were instances while reading that things were unclear or who was speaking or even what was going on. The story and planetary culture could be great if time is taken by the author to clean up some plot points and add more details to the characters and the sentences. A lot of the time I saw Zirc spelled Zric. Just a clean up and edit would make this 5 star.
Typically I give a 4 star if I enjoyed the book and would recommend to a friend. As it stands right now I probably would not recommend this series to a friend and it's not because the story is bad or the plot isn't there. It's because of the editing. I am disappointed because it states that it has recently been edited. I think the author needs to pull the stories and read them herself to understand what the reader is interpreting. There were instances while reading that things were unclear or who was speaking or even what was going on. The story and planetary culture could be great if time is taken by the author to clean up some plot points and add more details to the characters and the sentences. A lot of the time I saw Zirc spelled Zric. Just a clean up and edit would make this 5 star.
October 2, 2023
For some reason I feel as though I've read this book but I have no ratings on it so I guess I'm going to reread a possible series. Anywho there's a bunch of typos and things in this which are in a way noticeable to my untrained grammer eyes lol. I mean it's ok but if you're one to hate run ons or senseless typos that should of been spotted during editing then this isn't the book for you. Also I've started the second book and it's like the prologue doesn't fit with the first books like she understood him but supposedly in this second book only he can understand her. Idk another thing is at 2 points in the first book she's 29 then at another she's 34 so that's also an inconsistency that I counted a star off for. Ok so on to finishing this second book.
January 22, 2024
The world is interesting and fun
This is book one and the world is interesting and fun. From what I can deduce, there are only males on this planet. There were some human females who were kidnapped and they somehow were placed in escape pods after the ship that they were on was attacked. Bryn is found by an alien male who enjoys pleasure. This surprises her at first but since her translator only works one way, she just goes with it. The storyline is good, however, there is some disconnect in the way that the English was written. It is difficult to understand. Perhaps this book was translated, but there is no statement to this. Read On if you except this book that way!
This is book one and the world is interesting and fun. From what I can deduce, there are only males on this planet. There were some human females who were kidnapped and they somehow were placed in escape pods after the ship that they were on was attacked. Bryn is found by an alien male who enjoys pleasure. This surprises her at first but since her translator only works one way, she just goes with it. The storyline is good, however, there is some disconnect in the way that the English was written. It is difficult to understand. Perhaps this book was translated, but there is no statement to this. Read On if you except this book that way!
January 1, 2025
Okay, but...
The story was okay. The aliens, Manasty's, were interesting, and I'd love to learn more about their society and lives. The storyline, while a little slow, is a good intro to what seems to be the overarching plot. I had problems with Brynn, though. Our FMC is so confused and passes out almost every chapter. And I understand being abducted by aliens and being on a different planet is confusing, but she doesn't even try to help herself. I mean, we don't even see her trying to find an alternate way to communicate with Zirc, our MMC. Definitely not a badass female lead. Maybe she's still in some kind of shock and the next books she gets better?
The story was okay. The aliens, Manasty's, were interesting, and I'd love to learn more about their society and lives. The storyline, while a little slow, is a good intro to what seems to be the overarching plot. I had problems with Brynn, though. Our FMC is so confused and passes out almost every chapter. And I understand being abducted by aliens and being on a different planet is confusing, but she doesn't even try to help herself. I mean, we don't even see her trying to find an alternate way to communicate with Zirc, our MMC. Definitely not a badass female lead. Maybe she's still in some kind of shock and the next books she gets better?
June 23, 2025
The use of pronouns is confusing. Characters are given names randomly, the idea of such a promiscuous race is confusing, especially when one of Zirc’s friend’s parents are said that they would judge him for sleeping around and not wanting to settle.
The immediate sexual haze is confusing later on in the book if , and the sudden MM also late in the book is jarring.
The immediate sexual haze is confusing later on in the book if , and the sudden MM also late in the book is jarring.
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June 27, 2025Oof. The writing in this is truly terrible. Abrupt changes in tense midway through paragraphs, misspelled or incorrect words, punctuation errors and continuity issues...and that's all within the first two chapters.
I'm also sensing there's going to be a lot of body-betraying-syndrome, dub-con and non-con in this story, so it probably wasn't going to be a winner for me, anyway.
Happy to DNF without a rating
I'm also sensing there's going to be a lot of body-betraying-syndrome, dub-con and non-con in this story, so it probably wasn't going to be a winner for me, anyway.
Happy to DNF without a rating
June 14, 2022
Get an editor
Very badly written. Most sentence start off and then end with nothing explained. Half thoughts, run on sentences, poor grammar. Past tense instead of present. First person and then third. Make up your freaking mind. This book needs a complete re-write by someone who actually passed the 4th grade.
Very badly written. Most sentence start off and then end with nothing explained. Half thoughts, run on sentences, poor grammar. Past tense instead of present. First person and then third. Make up your freaking mind. This book needs a complete re-write by someone who actually passed the 4th grade.
September 25, 2023
This is an amazing story. The way the plot flows is wonderful to follow. The characters are interesting and it is fun getting to know them. The world build is phenomenal. I love how culturally it is being doled out piece by piece to give more of an immersive feeling. I really enjoyed this book and look forward to the rest of the series.
April 24, 2021
World builder
Sexy smutty dirty oh my love this world already I can’t wait for the rest
the writing is somewhat off, it was a little confusing sometimes but I don’t even care I love this world and the characters.
Sexy smutty dirty oh my love this world already I can’t wait for the rest
the writing is somewhat off, it was a little confusing sometimes but I don’t even care I love this world and the characters.
September 28, 2023
I made it to page 9/2%. I canNOT with the inconsistent tense. Also, this is the best example I've seen in a long time of telling and not showing.
"It felt surreal because I can hear gibberish words, but my brain can translate them."
Like....dude. Hard pass.
"It felt surreal because I can hear gibberish words, but my brain can translate them."
Like....dude. Hard pass.
December 24, 2023
Dec 2023
Okay, so... The story is very interesting, the world unique, and characters you want to know more about. But the writing... It changes tense uses extremely strange wording, almost like it is a poor translation. And it's more like a serial with a nonending...
Okay, so... The story is very interesting, the world unique, and characters you want to know more about. But the writing... It changes tense uses extremely strange wording, almost like it is a poor translation. And it's more like a serial with a nonending...
January 11, 2025
DNF @ 15%
Yeah, no, this wouldn't even be fun to hate-read the grammatical errors and inconsistencies present already not even 2 chapters in is sloppy and infuriating, and just gives me second hand embarrassment.💀
Yeah, no, this wouldn't even be fun to hate-read the grammatical errors and inconsistencies present already not even 2 chapters in is sloppy and infuriating, and just gives me second hand embarrassment.💀
February 11, 2021
Needs. Work!!!
Would be a great book but story line and wording is completely off. Need to do better on wording this story.
Would be a great book but story line and wording is completely off. Need to do better on wording this story.
September 19, 2021
A decent book
It was quite confusing at times, I followed the story line but alot of the context didn't make sense to me. Just my opinion doesn't mean you should try it.
It was quite confusing at times, I followed the story line but alot of the context didn't make sense to me. Just my opinion doesn't mean you should try it.
July 13, 2022
Good enough
Great story the typo cam be very distracting. Also it should have a trigger warning as there is no consent
Great story the typo cam be very distracting. Also it should have a trigger warning as there is no consent
Did Not Finish
September 25, 2022The writing needs a good comb through, several repeated phrases in the first chapter alone. Clunky sentences.
November 29, 2023
Dnf 2%
February 16, 2024
Awful writing - DNF at 8% because it was so painful to read
May 19, 2024
Couldn't finish.
February 19, 2026
Good
I am very intrigued very straight into it, but such a good plot line. I hope the next book is as good as this one.
I am very intrigued very straight into it, but such a good plot line. I hope the next book is as good as this one.
June 27, 2021
I try to never rate books this low. I just prefer to give the author the benefit of the doubt. What's unfortunate is that it wasn't a bad story, it just had some of the worst editing I have ever seen. Mispelled words, incorrect word usage, switching from past tense to present, strange fragmented sentences. It needed a good proofread and an editor. If the author paid for either they need their money back. I don't mind the story line. It was interesting. But the writing was subpar. I can ignore spelling errors every so often but this was at the level it was distracting because words were so wrong you had to re-read just to figure out what was meant.
I would totally be willing to re-read and edit review if the author took it down, did a huge edit and released a new edition. But I wont continue with this series as is.
I would totally be willing to re-read and edit review if the author took it down, did a huge edit and released a new edition. But I wont continue with this series as is.
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