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Alien Brides #1
The Alien's Accidental Bride
Listening Length 7 hours and 29 minutes
Molly was no stranger to life's little detours. After the last upheaval, she left her family's law firm to become a maintenance technician on the Space Station Bradbury 12. When an accident knocks her off her feet, she's going to have to draw on all her resilience to get back up. First, though, she's going to have to figure out how to talk to the big, blue alien trying to help her. There wasn't supposed to be a space station where Mintonar's ship emerged from the galactic bridge. As far as they knew, there wasn't supposed to be intelligent life on the planet, either. Proof of how wrong they were is laying in his Medical Bay and it's his job to save her. When he touches her, his life turns upside down and his mission suddenly includes figuring out why everything inside him insists she's his mate. And convincing her of the same thing, especially when they don't even speak the same language.
Molly was no stranger to life's little detours. After the last upheaval, she left her family's law firm to become a maintenance technician on the Space Station Bradbury 12. When an accident knocks her off her feet, she's going to have to draw on all her resilience to get back up. First, though, she's going to have to figure out how to talk to the big, blue alien trying to help her. There wasn't supposed to be a space station where Mintonar's ship emerged from the galactic bridge. As far as they knew, there wasn't supposed to be intelligent life on the planet, either. Proof of how wrong they were is laying in his Medical Bay and it's his job to save her. When he touches her, his life turns upside down and his mission suddenly includes figuring out why everything inside him insists she's his mate. And convincing her of the same thing, especially when they don't even speak the same language.
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First published February 21, 2021
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November 19, 2022
I took a chance. It didn't pan out. But it wasn't awful. The background of this is an alien species who "recognize" genetic compatibility by an enhanced version of the romance trope "chemistry". So they get the tingles with strength based on how "genetically compatible" they are. It's the sci-fi way to do fated mates, is how it works functionally.
So Mintonar (who I only barely ever read as not minotaur) has a strong reaction to the Earth girl they save from certain space death and it turns out that humans are wired the same way! In fact, not only is she genetically compatible with the space aliens but Earth folks are also wired with the same "recognition" and get the space-hots for someone they're totally down to . . . be with. In that way, I mean.
Okay, I mean sex. Lots and lots of sex. So much sex that I'm going to tag this as "erotica". Because Molly andMinotaurMintonar do it lots. And lots and lots. And the story kind of fits around all the doing it, but only barely and not quite squarely. By which I mean that MintonarMinotaur does some shady crap with lying and manipulation, or, at a minimum, information withholding, and Molly only barely calls him on it and then moves on to more sex.
And I'm going to give it three stars because at least it was interesting and imaginative even if I skimmed vast swaths of sex.
A note about Steamy/Erotica: I should mention that there's lots of explicit sex in this story. Like, way past my steam tolerance. The horns on his head are not the only part of him that's horny. If you know what I mean. (I mean he's horny. For sex.)
So Mintonar (who I only barely ever read as not minotaur) has a strong reaction to the Earth girl they save from certain space death and it turns out that humans are wired the same way! In fact, not only is she genetically compatible with the space aliens but Earth folks are also wired with the same "recognition" and get the space-hots for someone they're totally down to . . . be with. In that way, I mean.
Okay, I mean sex. Lots and lots of sex. So much sex that I'm going to tag this as "erotica". Because Molly and
And I'm going to give it three stars because at least it was interesting and imaginative even if I skimmed vast swaths of sex.
A note about Steamy/Erotica: I should mention that there's lots of explicit sex in this story. Like, way past my steam tolerance. The horns on his head are not the only part of him that's horny. If you know what I mean. (I mean he's horny. For sex.)
October 20, 2021
3 stars.
This book really had potential to be good. But... it had a few places where it just went wrong. The heroine is rescued from death by an Alien doctor, after his ship hits the spaceport she is working on. The heroine really takes being dumb to a new level when she acts belligerently towards the hero when he tries to help her. She complains about little things - like him collecting medical data from her body (so he can treat her better). She literally has issues with every little thing - and came off as really whiny - until they fuck like bunnies and suddenly she has almost no problems at all.
One of the overarching issues in this series (which I can say for a certainty since I just finished book 2 and know what book 3 is about) is the Alien's ability to use their nanobots to fix all kinds of medical issues in the body. Including scars, and imperfections. The books try to look at the ethics of doing this and many of the characters take issue with having their "problems" corrected. Unfortunately, the author didn't really do a good job of integrating this ethical debate into the books, and it made the story feel more shallow and poorly written. IMO, it's ok to write books that are shallow and just fun - trying to cover/evaluate all the ethical implications of the nanobots just didn't work in this series.
Safety is fine; both are experienced, heroine is divorced and has an 18 y/o son. TW: pregnancy
This book really had potential to be good. But... it had a few places where it just went wrong. The heroine is rescued from death by an Alien doctor, after his ship hits the spaceport she is working on. The heroine really takes being dumb to a new level when she acts belligerently towards the hero when he tries to help her. She complains about little things - like him collecting medical data from her body (so he can treat her better). She literally has issues with every little thing - and came off as really whiny - until they fuck like bunnies and suddenly she has almost no problems at all.
One of the overarching issues in this series (which I can say for a certainty since I just finished book 2 and know what book 3 is about) is the Alien's ability to use their nanobots to fix all kinds of medical issues in the body. Including scars, and imperfections. The books try to look at the ethics of doing this and many of the characters take issue with having their "problems" corrected. Unfortunately, the author didn't really do a good job of integrating this ethical debate into the books, and it made the story feel more shallow and poorly written. IMO, it's ok to write books that are shallow and just fun - trying to cover/evaluate all the ethical implications of the nanobots just didn't work in this series.
Safety is fine; both are experienced, heroine is divorced and has an 18 y/o son. TW: pregnancy
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 8, 2021
3.5 points only because objectively the writing quality is pretty good for this genre, nevermind that editor's touch would have been beneficial. I was very optimistic in the beginning when it seemed to be shaping into a slow culture clash story with a more mature, rational and intelligent heroine.
Molly was badly injured, experiencing a startling chemistry with an alien being and dealing with it in a mostly reasonable manner, getting her meaning across pretty well even when they could not understand each language-wise.
Hopes were got up. I prepared to dig myself more deeply into the narrative instead of cheerfully skimming the surface as I mostly do with the mars-needs-women books. And no, I am not disparaging the genre, it's great for the tired brain days or reading slumps or when I just cannot handle ANY hints of realism. And I have found some real gems and some consistently very good authors.
The problem here was that the moment the heroine was somewhat recovered, it was a boner-town from there on, complemented by a lot of weeping and gaslighting in between the copious sex scenes.
And I had a major issue with consent here. The hero, an alien doctor called Mintonar (and whom I kept calling Minotaur in my head) knows that Molly is physically overwhelmed by his touch (kind of a fated mates thing, just go with it) and ruthlessly uses it to his advantage even when she has made it very clear VERBALLY and physically that she does not want to go there yet. Maybe never.
He constantly manages her, monitors her physical responses in detail via the nano-tech he injected into her and designs his actions based on the data the nanos send him. He overrides and gaslights Molly's wish to return home to her son. He consciously arranges a marriage (or an equivalent of) so that Molly does not actually understand that she has agreed to marry him. He actually proudly explains it to one of his co-workers later.
Girl, this is a beginning of an abusive relationship! I do NOT understand a reviewer who called Mintonar a cinnamon roll, he is a manipulative fuck who should be shot into the space.
And Molly never finds a purpose or role for herself on the ship, except getting knocked up.
Also, Molly is on a ship that hit the space station she was working on, she does not know or fully trust their intentions, yet she keeps assisting them and working with them? Just like that? They won't let her back to Earth, they keep her mostly in dark and she is bothered more about a hair conditioner than this? Once her son manages to contact her, she lets him to ALSO work and assist the aliens instead of getting him quietly, you know, warn somebody???
So, SO many issues and maybe I'm more sensitive to these because a potential for a good book is THERE. The author could pull off much better in-depth narrative and more balanced power dynamic. Writing is good. If you like a lot of steam with your romance, it's certainly there, although for me the dive into the sexual antics was a bit abrupt and I tend to get bored if there's too much boinking and it seems to be the main base of the relationship.
I will try another book in the series to see if it works better for me because it would be nice to have another go-to author in this genre.
Molly was badly injured, experiencing a startling chemistry with an alien being and dealing with it in a mostly reasonable manner, getting her meaning across pretty well even when they could not understand each language-wise.
Hopes were got up. I prepared to dig myself more deeply into the narrative instead of cheerfully skimming the surface as I mostly do with the mars-needs-women books. And no, I am not disparaging the genre, it's great for the tired brain days or reading slumps or when I just cannot handle ANY hints of realism. And I have found some real gems and some consistently very good authors.
The problem here was that the moment the heroine was somewhat recovered, it was a boner-town from there on, complemented by a lot of weeping and gaslighting in between the copious sex scenes.
And I had a major issue with consent here. The hero, an alien doctor called Mintonar (and whom I kept calling Minotaur in my head) knows that Molly is physically overwhelmed by his touch (kind of a fated mates thing, just go with it) and ruthlessly uses it to his advantage even when she has made it very clear VERBALLY and physically that she does not want to go there yet. Maybe never.
He constantly manages her, monitors her physical responses in detail via the nano-tech he injected into her and designs his actions based on the data the nanos send him. He overrides and gaslights Molly's wish to return home to her son. He consciously arranges a marriage (or an equivalent of) so that Molly does not actually understand that she has agreed to marry him. He actually proudly explains it to one of his co-workers later.
Girl, this is a beginning of an abusive relationship! I do NOT understand a reviewer who called Mintonar a cinnamon roll, he is a manipulative fuck who should be shot into the space.
And Molly never finds a purpose or role for herself on the ship, except getting knocked up.
Also, Molly is on a ship that hit the space station she was working on, she does not know or fully trust their intentions, yet she keeps assisting them and working with them? Just like that? They won't let her back to Earth, they keep her mostly in dark and she is bothered more about a hair conditioner than this? Once her son manages to contact her, she lets him to ALSO work and assist the aliens instead of getting him quietly, you know, warn somebody???
So, SO many issues and maybe I'm more sensitive to these because a potential for a good book is THERE. The author could pull off much better in-depth narrative and more balanced power dynamic. Writing is good. If you like a lot of steam with your romance, it's certainly there, although for me the dive into the sexual antics was a bit abrupt and I tend to get bored if there's too much boinking and it seems to be the main base of the relationship.
I will try another book in the series to see if it works better for me because it would be nice to have another go-to author in this genre.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 27, 2025
I tried. My brain keeps calling him Minotaur and I can't get past it. DNF
February 24, 2021
Off we go, into the wild, well, Blue's over yonder
Molly has escaped a horrible marriage, and has now left Earth. Trading in her law degree to do maintenance on a space station seems like a step down, but what it actually is is freedom. That is, until she is freed from the station by an alien ship clipping it and creating a hole that she's sucked out of. The freedom of the stars is brief, though, as her rescue is pretty quick. So is her recovery, thanks to much more advanced medical features. Waking up to a blue horned doctor is pretty jarring, but not as much as the feeling every time they touch. The healing is nice, but how's she going to explain to big blue that she needs to get back home to see her kid?
Spoilers ahead.
This was well done. Molly's in-laws controlled her entire marriage. They created a complacent son who never stood up for her, and allowed them to take their son. She ditched practicing law after the divorce, took up a trade skill, and finally got to see him since the courts won her visitation. Now that he's turning 18, has his own plans to escape their clutches, she takes a job off planet. But the aliens that hit the station knew about Earth, they just didn't expect there to be advanced life there. It's never exactly said, but it seems like they were looking for a living world to settle on, or terraform. They'd need a larger base population, though, to avoid genetic drift. Humans out in space threw a wrench in those plans. Then again, they've never had a "recognition" (how they find biologically compatible mates) outside their race. And now the doctor is getting all kinds of tingles for his new patient. The explanations of the tech, the cultures- his and hers, feeling out this relationship, it's all so well done. I do wonder how it took days after they were able to understand each other before the captain showed up. And why a female crewmate wasn't appointed to oversee her, no matter the budding relationship, just as a CYA and source of info that wouldn't be so easily distracted lol. The bit about her son hacking was hysterical, and I dearly want to know about these negotiation that we didn't get to witness. And while this story is more a HFN than a HEA, the next book takes us on to new main characters. I'd like Molly and Mintonar to feel more settled, resolved, than they do. She literally just discovered he snuck a wedding under her nose, then gets some surprising (to her) news, and before we even see how she plans to visit her son or friend, poof- book's over. The friend will be the FMC in the next, but if she's the focus we don't get to see the fun details of the 2 Ms, Molly and Mintonar. I'll look for the next, but I'm hoping for a 1.5 for the bits clipped from book 1.
*Why did she never ask about what the nanos were doing? Especially after her scars disappeared.
*How did a lawyer get so badly eaten alive in court?
*They mention the ship is an explorer craft, not a destroyer, but why did an explorer vessel not have sensors that would warn them about giant objects in their path? That seems pretty essential for travel in unknown space.
*The class system that is preventing mates and lowering births, have the majority of the population become so elitist and naive, or just apathetic, that they would rather die off than breed outside their social station?
*How will a ruler who, as an elitist, and therefore probably a purist against muddying blood with other races, going to handle these new matings? Ones from a less advanced planet?
I enjoyed the concept of the story, the fleshing out of the characters, but there's still a lot of world building to do, and I have questions lol.
Also, there's quite a few editing errors: floating quotation marks, homonym oopsies, swapped tenses and more.
Molly has escaped a horrible marriage, and has now left Earth. Trading in her law degree to do maintenance on a space station seems like a step down, but what it actually is is freedom. That is, until she is freed from the station by an alien ship clipping it and creating a hole that she's sucked out of. The freedom of the stars is brief, though, as her rescue is pretty quick. So is her recovery, thanks to much more advanced medical features. Waking up to a blue horned doctor is pretty jarring, but not as much as the feeling every time they touch. The healing is nice, but how's she going to explain to big blue that she needs to get back home to see her kid?
Spoilers ahead.
This was well done. Molly's in-laws controlled her entire marriage. They created a complacent son who never stood up for her, and allowed them to take their son. She ditched practicing law after the divorce, took up a trade skill, and finally got to see him since the courts won her visitation. Now that he's turning 18, has his own plans to escape their clutches, she takes a job off planet. But the aliens that hit the station knew about Earth, they just didn't expect there to be advanced life there. It's never exactly said, but it seems like they were looking for a living world to settle on, or terraform. They'd need a larger base population, though, to avoid genetic drift. Humans out in space threw a wrench in those plans. Then again, they've never had a "recognition" (how they find biologically compatible mates) outside their race. And now the doctor is getting all kinds of tingles for his new patient. The explanations of the tech, the cultures- his and hers, feeling out this relationship, it's all so well done. I do wonder how it took days after they were able to understand each other before the captain showed up. And why a female crewmate wasn't appointed to oversee her, no matter the budding relationship, just as a CYA and source of info that wouldn't be so easily distracted lol. The bit about her son hacking was hysterical, and I dearly want to know about these negotiation that we didn't get to witness. And while this story is more a HFN than a HEA, the next book takes us on to new main characters. I'd like Molly and Mintonar to feel more settled, resolved, than they do. She literally just discovered he snuck a wedding under her nose, then gets some surprising (to her) news, and before we even see how she plans to visit her son or friend, poof- book's over. The friend will be the FMC in the next, but if she's the focus we don't get to see the fun details of the 2 Ms, Molly and Mintonar. I'll look for the next, but I'm hoping for a 1.5 for the bits clipped from book 1.
*Why did she never ask about what the nanos were doing? Especially after her scars disappeared.
*How did a lawyer get so badly eaten alive in court?
*They mention the ship is an explorer craft, not a destroyer, but why did an explorer vessel not have sensors that would warn them about giant objects in their path? That seems pretty essential for travel in unknown space.
*The class system that is preventing mates and lowering births, have the majority of the population become so elitist and naive, or just apathetic, that they would rather die off than breed outside their social station?
*How will a ruler who, as an elitist, and therefore probably a purist against muddying blood with other races, going to handle these new matings? Ones from a less advanced planet?
I enjoyed the concept of the story, the fleshing out of the characters, but there's still a lot of world building to do, and I have questions lol.
Also, there's quite a few editing errors: floating quotation marks, homonym oopsies, swapped tenses and more.
April 13, 2021
So Sweet
God, this book was so wonderfully sweet it was amazing. Cinnamon roll hero meets snarky heroine, and both recognize each other on the genetic level as holy compatible partners, Batman! This was just such a lovely, gentle story it was like a balm for my black, withered heart. Now it’s kinda gray in some parts and will probably be expensive to kill off all over again, but ah, a good story is worth it.
God, this book was so wonderfully sweet it was amazing. Cinnamon roll hero meets snarky heroine, and both recognize each other on the genetic level as holy compatible partners, Batman! This was just such a lovely, gentle story it was like a balm for my black, withered heart. Now it’s kinda gray in some parts and will probably be expensive to kill off all over again, but ah, a good story is worth it.
May 31, 2021
This came across as a recommendation from Kindle unlimited. I did have a couple of issues with it. For this being a published book there were way too many spelling and grammatical errors in it. The story was okay but I really wouldn’t say it was an accidental bride story. Just wasn’t in love with it,
July 30, 2021
⭐⭐⭐⭐
This book kept popping up in my recommendations and I finally gave it a go. I'm glad I did! The story flowed nicely and easily kept me engaged. The characters were pretty amazing as well. This is definitely a series I will continue reading.
This book kept popping up in my recommendations and I finally gave it a go. I'm glad I did! The story flowed nicely and easily kept me engaged. The characters were pretty amazing as well. This is definitely a series I will continue reading.
September 5, 2024
Started off fine but then got really bad. The FMC doesn’t ask any questions whatsoever and is not even concerned about her son.
December 10, 2025
3.5 stars. I enjoyed this book a lot, but I would've liked it more if it wasn't so rushed. They needed more time getting to know each other; it seemed like it went from them being able to communicate to jumping in bed together way too fast to feel like natural progression of a relationship, even with fated mates stuff involved. And I would've loved more worldbuilding. There are traces of it in here, but it needed way more. A good start on a series, though. Also, I kept misreading his name as Minotaur every time.
December 14, 2021
This is a new author to me and since I’m a huge sci-fi fan I really enjoyed this book!! Not your typical blue alien romance. I liked that they had recognition but that it was so marked between Molly and Mintonar. This one was good and steamy too! She left me wanting to read more so I’m on to the next book! 4 stars
May 3, 2021
Blue
He finds her floating in space this alien doctor saves her and makes her his mate. Cute might kind of typical human and alien.
He finds her floating in space this alien doctor saves her and makes her his mate. Cute might kind of typical human and alien.
September 22, 2024
…no one needs to know I read this
March 15, 2021
Spoilers ahead :)
This book had a lot of good points. The female lead had an actual life before meeting her mate and didn't want to give it up (initially). The male lead was actually considerate and wasn't all dominant with her, which made the connection believable. I would have loved to know more about the culture of the aliens and for the leads to actually talk about their expectations and cultural diffetences. They do some talking but most of it is interrupted by them having sex (and more and more sex...). I was most of the time sad about it, because I thought, that they could build a much deeper connection, if they just would have talked. Most of the scenes where talking would have been possible (for example while eating) weren't really formulated and were just mentioned in retrospective. That was a little frustrating... The declarations of love and affection were without much real feeling (other than sexual feeling) behind it (they really didn't know very much about each other and there were no descriptions of them actually falling in love with each other and not only craving the others company for sex)... the end came fast and a little surprising because most of the issues were not really solved.
All in all not bad and great for those who like a lot of sex scenes and sexual tension.
This book had a lot of good points. The female lead had an actual life before meeting her mate and didn't want to give it up (initially). The male lead was actually considerate and wasn't all dominant with her, which made the connection believable. I would have loved to know more about the culture of the aliens and for the leads to actually talk about their expectations and cultural diffetences. They do some talking but most of it is interrupted by them having sex (and more and more sex...). I was most of the time sad about it, because I thought, that they could build a much deeper connection, if they just would have talked. Most of the scenes where talking would have been possible (for example while eating) weren't really formulated and were just mentioned in retrospective. That was a little frustrating... The declarations of love and affection were without much real feeling (other than sexual feeling) behind it (they really didn't know very much about each other and there were no descriptions of them actually falling in love with each other and not only craving the others company for sex)... the end came fast and a little surprising because most of the issues were not really solved.
All in all not bad and great for those who like a lot of sex scenes and sexual tension.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 23, 2024
Very, very uncomfy underneath the sex and dubcon. Molly seems to be unable to comprehend danger, or worried about logical things that a human would worry about if the woke up on an alien spaceship - how, why, and what about my loved ones? Every time she asks, she gets charmed by Mindonar’s lips. She’s a scientist and a former lawyer ASK THE QUESTIONS AND DON’T STOP!
Speaking of sex, the scenes are explicit and plentiful. But, as great as Mindonar seems, it’s hard as a reader/listener to overlook all the ways he orchestrates the relationship with Molly to his favor. For a good amount of the story, he’s got her locked in his room, unable to speak to anyone else. And sure, it’s reasonable on the basis of “not everyone is vaccinated against you” and “you don’t have a translator so you can’t understand them,” but he spends more time having sex than trying to make things fair and equal for Molly outside of his quarters. And he allows a huge, important, mutual decision to be made in a language she doesn’t understand by someone who speaks her language in the equivalent of a child. Even the ending works out so that he gets what he wants. What about Molly?
3 stars only for the sex. The MMC is a walking red flag dressed in green robes.
Speaking of sex, the scenes are explicit and plentiful. But, as great as Mindonar seems, it’s hard as a reader/listener to overlook all the ways he orchestrates the relationship with Molly to his favor. For a good amount of the story, he’s got her locked in his room, unable to speak to anyone else. And sure, it’s reasonable on the basis of “not everyone is vaccinated against you” and “you don’t have a translator so you can’t understand them,” but he spends more time having sex than trying to make things fair and equal for Molly outside of his quarters. And he allows a huge, important, mutual decision to be made in a language she doesn’t understand by someone who speaks her language in the equivalent of a child. Even the ending works out so that he gets what he wants. What about Molly?
3 stars only for the sex. The MMC is a walking red flag dressed in green robes.
April 27, 2021
Totally pleasant surprise read💖
This was an impulse read that I came across in my kindle unlimited. Solid story with enough background information and story building to make me care about the characters. The male lead Mintonar and the female lead Molly had fantastic chemistry, heat, passion and understanding. This was a sweet, fun sexy read that I would totally recommend reading and I'm looking forward to the next in the series. Molly , is a complicated character with a complicated backstory who ends up working on a spa s station outside Earth's atmosphere. while she was repairing something the space station was hit and her world changed forever. Mintonar, is an alien doctor who is trying to save a female they rescued after hitting a ship they had no idea was actually there. Once he saw her his attraction was instant and when he touched her the electric jolt of his people's recognition but him. He could not believe this female could potentially be his fated mate. What happens next is a getting to know you story, that feels real with real feeling, reactions and so much more . I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series.
This was an impulse read that I came across in my kindle unlimited. Solid story with enough background information and story building to make me care about the characters. The male lead Mintonar and the female lead Molly had fantastic chemistry, heat, passion and understanding. This was a sweet, fun sexy read that I would totally recommend reading and I'm looking forward to the next in the series. Molly , is a complicated character with a complicated backstory who ends up working on a spa s station outside Earth's atmosphere. while she was repairing something the space station was hit and her world changed forever. Mintonar, is an alien doctor who is trying to save a female they rescued after hitting a ship they had no idea was actually there. Once he saw her his attraction was instant and when he touched her the electric jolt of his people's recognition but him. He could not believe this female could potentially be his fated mate. What happens next is a getting to know you story, that feels real with real feeling, reactions and so much more . I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series.
May 3, 2024
This was an impulse read that I came across in my kindle unlimited. Solid story with enough background information and story building to make me care about the characters. The male lead Mintonar and the female lead Molly had fantastic chemistry, heat, passion and understanding. This was a sweet, fun sexy read that I would totally recommend reading and I'm looking forward to the next in the series. Molly , is a complicated character with a complicated backstory who ends up working on a spa s station outside Earth's atmosphere. while she was repairing something the space station was hit and her world changed forever. Mintonar, is an alien doctor who is trying to save a female they rescued after hitting a ship they had no idea was actually there. Once he saw her his attraction was instant and when he touched her the electric jolt of his people's recognition but him. He could not believe this female could potentially be his fated mate. What happens next is a getting to know you story, that feels real with real feeling, reactions and so much more . I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series.
December 30, 2024
Loved it!! 🥰
Love a book with a good plot and world building. It left me immersed in the story. I enjoyed the fact female character was a grown woman with a son. The male character is someone understandable and patient. Someone you’d enjoy talking to.
As for the narrator, Rebecca Estrella 🌟 I just had to look her up again. Great voice actor! Or actress. Since by the time I wrote this I could have sworn it was dual voiced. Emotions and circumstances were done in a way that had you laughing and even worrying. Full emotions that came through.
I had listened to audible through membership. Ended up buying the kindle edition. And as soon as I’m done here, ready to get Audible and next books. I MUST know about the other characters!! 🤩
Love a book with a good plot and world building. It left me immersed in the story. I enjoyed the fact female character was a grown woman with a son. The male character is someone understandable and patient. Someone you’d enjoy talking to.
As for the narrator, Rebecca Estrella 🌟 I just had to look her up again. Great voice actor! Or actress. Since by the time I wrote this I could have sworn it was dual voiced. Emotions and circumstances were done in a way that had you laughing and even worrying. Full emotions that came through.
I had listened to audible through membership. Ended up buying the kindle edition. And as soon as I’m done here, ready to get Audible and next books. I MUST know about the other characters!! 🤩
May 17, 2021
Was I the only one bored ?
This was an over explanation of ..well everything.first 25&% was her outside space station then in med bay. They couldn't talk to each other so it was a verbal vomit of talking on both sides. It dragged on like that. Not that it didn't have purpose but just to long. Then get to the bath clothes .....we get over explanation of everything . I get he's alien but this was so,so,so boring . I really don't care to be explained human things..I am human.. So I felt she treated it like World building when it wasn't and frankly I huffed through most of this book 🤷 Not going on to book 2 was not interesting enough to keep me reading .
This was an over explanation of ..well everything.first 25&% was her outside space station then in med bay. They couldn't talk to each other so it was a verbal vomit of talking on both sides. It dragged on like that. Not that it didn't have purpose but just to long. Then get to the bath clothes .....we get over explanation of everything . I get he's alien but this was so,so,so boring . I really don't care to be explained human things..I am human.. So I felt she treated it like World building when it wasn't and frankly I huffed through most of this book 🤷 Not going on to book 2 was not interesting enough to keep me reading .
August 16, 2023
Excruciatingly boring and repetitive, while also requiring a lobotomy to suspend your disbelief enough.
A grown ass woman wakes up strapped down in an alien medbay, and her only concerns are how nice the alien doctor smells, wanting him to pet her, and getting a shower so she can admire her own long, bouncy hair.
She is utterly unconcerned about how she got there and what the aliens want with her. She literally just doesn't ask ANYTHING about her own situation or safety! Her son is probably worried sick because she's missing but teehee that yummy smelling alien sure is buff.
Takes TSTL to a whole other level.
A grown ass woman wakes up strapped down in an alien medbay, and her only concerns are how nice the alien doctor smells, wanting him to pet her, and getting a shower so she can admire her own long, bouncy hair.
She is utterly unconcerned about how she got there and what the aliens want with her. She literally just doesn't ask ANYTHING about her own situation or safety! Her son is probably worried sick because she's missing but teehee that yummy smelling alien sure is buff.
Takes TSTL to a whole other level.
June 21, 2024
A Good Read!
I don't often write book reviews, but this is the second time reading this and am taking the time. I enjoyed it so much the first time, that I immediately started the second book, then the third, etcetera. I loved the characters and how the two cultures tried to figure each other out while dealing with the intense, impossible to ignore, sexual attraction. In addition, there's the rules and regulations of living life on a space ship. I'm looking forward to re-reading the rest of the series.
I last read the series a year ago, so re-reading the books now, is like meeting up with friends I know, but not well, yet really want to know better. 😃
I don't often write book reviews, but this is the second time reading this and am taking the time. I enjoyed it so much the first time, that I immediately started the second book, then the third, etcetera. I loved the characters and how the two cultures tried to figure each other out while dealing with the intense, impossible to ignore, sexual attraction. In addition, there's the rules and regulations of living life on a space ship. I'm looking forward to re-reading the rest of the series.
I last read the series a year ago, so re-reading the books now, is like meeting up with friends I know, but not well, yet really want to know better. 😃
February 25, 2021
Great sci fi romance
Sometimes, I need a sci fi romance to balance out the death and destruction of a lot of the current science fiction books. I'm not a huge fan of the fated insta-mate trope, but Walter handles it well. Bride is well-written with a great heroine and hero, good world building, and a good story. There are a lot of sex scenes, one of which may be the funniest part of the book. I look forward to finding out the underlying reason for this ship and crew showing up at Earth, as well as seeing the future pairings. Walter gives some hints but no real answers.
Sometimes, I need a sci fi romance to balance out the death and destruction of a lot of the current science fiction books. I'm not a huge fan of the fated insta-mate trope, but Walter handles it well. Bride is well-written with a great heroine and hero, good world building, and a good story. There are a lot of sex scenes, one of which may be the funniest part of the book. I look forward to finding out the underlying reason for this ship and crew showing up at Earth, as well as seeing the future pairings. Walter gives some hints but no real answers.
May 25, 2021
Great story!
I really enjoyed this book. It had a great world building which was unique and different to other stores that I have read it also had a very sweet hero and a smart, mature(finally) heroine which was kind of a fun little combination I hope C V keeps with world for aleast 6 more books. Or 7 or 8...
The beginning was a little slow but still very very interesting not a huge amount of action once she was rescued it was fun that they couldn't communicate so they had to figure out other ways to do that and to heal.
I really enjoyed this book. It had a great world building which was unique and different to other stores that I have read it also had a very sweet hero and a smart, mature(finally) heroine which was kind of a fun little combination I hope C V keeps with world for aleast 6 more books. Or 7 or 8...
The beginning was a little slow but still very very interesting not a huge amount of action once she was rescued it was fun that they couldn't communicate so they had to figure out other ways to do that and to heal.
September 9, 2021
DNF - quit at 20%
This was moving so slowly, like mud drying, with way too much details of things that weren’t helping the plot move forward. The communication issue between the main characters really hurt too much as well. There’s really nothing to pull this reader in to make me want to read more, or even like the characters. The characters are flat for me.
At my age (approaching 60), life is way too short & my time is too important to force myself to read a book I'm not enjoying, especially when there are so many other books out there waiting to be read.
This was moving so slowly, like mud drying, with way too much details of things that weren’t helping the plot move forward. The communication issue between the main characters really hurt too much as well. There’s really nothing to pull this reader in to make me want to read more, or even like the characters. The characters are flat for me.
At my age (approaching 60), life is way too short & my time is too important to force myself to read a book I'm not enjoying, especially when there are so many other books out there waiting to be read.
July 29, 2021
O.M.G! This story is a heck of a combination of first contact, love at first sight, and evade the local government to get what you need to keep your ship in space!
While very entertaining, I found way too many misused words, or incorrect words, way more than just one or two. Please get a good proofreader to go through what is otherwise a great novel, and correct those bloopers! And even with the annoying wrong words I am moving on to the next story!
While very entertaining, I found way too many misused words, or incorrect words, way more than just one or two. Please get a good proofreader to go through what is otherwise a great novel, and correct those bloopers! And even with the annoying wrong words I am moving on to the next story!
August 20, 2021
Sexy and alien
This is a story about a woman who finds herself on an alien ship and strongly attracted to the doctor who is treating her.They have to learn to communicate with each other and that leads to sexy times. She is pulled into the alien world and doesn't expect to be able to go home. Then it ends rather abruptly for you to read the next book. There is a small epilogue that is a cliffhanger. Good read.
This is a story about a woman who finds herself on an alien ship and strongly attracted to the doctor who is treating her.They have to learn to communicate with each other and that leads to sexy times. She is pulled into the alien world and doesn't expect to be able to go home. Then it ends rather abruptly for you to read the next book. There is a small epilogue that is a cliffhanger. Good read.
September 1, 2021
Better than expected
I was expecting your run of the mill "Alien meets earth girl" love story...and was pleasantly surprised by the depth of the characters. The plot kept me reading when I would have had to take several breaks from other sci-fi romance books. And I LOVE that the female main character was older than 30! I get so tired of books where the lead is only in their 20's. Ready to start book 2 in the series!
I was expecting your run of the mill "Alien meets earth girl" love story...and was pleasantly surprised by the depth of the characters. The plot kept me reading when I would have had to take several breaks from other sci-fi romance books. And I LOVE that the female main character was older than 30! I get so tired of books where the lead is only in their 20's. Ready to start book 2 in the series!
October 18, 2022
I loved the humour in this book. It is also dual POV which I love in these kind of books. There is some dubious consent issues in regards to the heroine's acceptance of the bond. There is also the unable to communicate initially trope and the miraculous baby trope (fair warning)
As usual the acceptance of the bond is fudgy because she doesn't really mind. She just wishes she'd know him longer or to get back to her family which he reassures her she's welcome to do. She does manage to get in communication with her adult (only) son too.
I enjoyed the mutual curiosity shared between the hero and heroine. They were both interested in learning each others cultures and personality to come to a better understanding. There is an openness there as they share information.
I love how we get to learn a little bit about alien politics and how it factors into the alien's decisions. There isn't just one culture from their planet, there are several distinct peoples which was interesting.
Honestly, the adult son kind of makes this book. I'm not sure what's going to happen with his story but I can't wait to find out! There is definite indications of the next story given by the end of the story.
As usual the acceptance of the bond is fudgy because she doesn't really mind. She just wishes she'd know him longer or to get back to her family which he reassures her she's welcome to do. She does manage to get in communication with her adult (only) son too.
I enjoyed the mutual curiosity shared between the hero and heroine. They were both interested in learning each others cultures and personality to come to a better understanding. There is an openness there as they share information.
I love how we get to learn a little bit about alien politics and how it factors into the alien's decisions. There isn't just one culture from their planet, there are several distinct peoples which was interesting.
Honestly, the adult son kind of makes this book. I'm not sure what's going to happen with his story but I can't wait to find out! There is definite indications of the next story given by the end of the story.
May 7, 2023
Read the entire book, liked the premise, but our lead finally manages to be understood and never once did I find any question as to how the accident happened, where the ship came from, what was his culture like, how long had they been in space, what were they looking for? Anything other that a lot of slang and mentioned he very "buff" for a doctor. Is she a 16 year old? Overall when I finished it I was just puzzled by it.
January 6, 2025
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Audiobook (audible) - story seemed decent up until she caved so quickly following her initial blow up about being married to the alien. Ends strangely in the middle of trying to get aliens and earth scientists together for communication.
Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Audiobook (audible) - story seemed decent up until she caved so quickly following her initial blow up about being married to the alien. Ends strangely in the middle of trying to get aliens and earth scientists together for communication.
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