One human woman. Two alien men. Lots and lots of babies.
I’ve never laid eyes on a man. Not even in pictures. Eden is a woman’s world. A world no man has ever stepped foot on.
But then the Khetar arrive. They’re big alien men, in a big alien ship, with big alien d—
Let’s just say it’s a big problem, especially because High Command assigns me to operate the airlock for a diplomatic mission.
I make first contact with their king.
Their scion. Thuliak.
One look into those burning teal eyes is all it takes. He’s the first and last man I ever need to see. A woman from Eden may never touch a man. To touch the male form is to become tainted. Thuliak taints me in that airlock with his eyes, then with his hands, and finally with his tongue.
Thuliak claims me as his own. He says he wants me to give him babies.
There’s another problem though. The Khetar can’t breed like humans. For them, it takes three.
We need a third, my little human.
Tschenkar is a rival scion and Thuliak’s mortal enemy. Where Thuliak is noble and righteous, Tschenkar is vile, disgusting, perverted.
A scion’s claim is unshakable, and both men have claimed me. The only thing that drives the Khetar more than bloodlust is the need to breed, and if I can give them both the babies they want, it might just be enough to stop them from killing each other.
Aya Morningstar lives in Denver, where she toils her days away in a drab office. By night, Aya brings to life sizzling characters who will make you squirm.
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Literally only kept reading for the smutt and idk even why bc it was meh… -Total planet of only women… on Eden… most of them are named Eve… yep- all V-cards obviously. -Total warship of aliens with human bodies, connected by hive mind, all male. -breeding -cliffy but not worth continuing -Have to have 2 males and 1 female to impregnate and in this book the H1 has another guy he HATES be number 2. What?! Makes no sense -lots of breeding talk but the women are sooo clueless it’s annoying honestly
😒🤔whyyyyy do I keep doing this to myself 🤦🏻♀️ alien romances lately have been crap-ola. Maybe next time
I made it to 25%. My problem comes by having a whole society that is crippled as soon as a guy comes along. I mean, as soon as the women see him, they get the fuzzy-wuzzies and are 'tainted.' Feels like the whole trope we unfortunately use today where women are only judged according to their sexual prowess or lack of it.
Otherwise, I have an issue wrapping my brain around an entire female collective/planet that has COMPLETELY forgotten what everything male on their planet copulates with. No one other than those in power know what a penis is? It's an interesting idea, but I'm not a fan of its execution. The author has removed ALL male things from her Earth. So. I mean--no male bees? Lions? Monkeys? Like, the author eliminated all male life on Earth, and the logistics of that I struggle with. ...especially when the main character knows what a 'cock' or 'rooster' is--so can you have it both ways in one text like that? I'm not sure guys. I'm not sure.
This needed more think-tank post work-up. I don't think it's ready, and that's discounting the erotica I didn't make it into, but whatever.
Not a fan. I'm not putting it in my 'recommend' pile.
The banging and most of the cultural elements are pretty much anti feminist/MRA. If Aya is a womxn I hope they do some soul searching. If they are a man I’d not be surprised.
Homophobic. Male gaze-y. Anti-feminist. Erotic romance without hot sex...must I keep going? I am on board with more science fiction romance authors subverting the Mars Needs Women trope that appears so widely, but not if it's...BAD? And talk about unrealistic, if you have an exclusively female society of self-actualized and financially independent women, they're not going to use the same five baby names. Have you looked at the top 100 baby name lists recently?! People are out there killing it. I'm with the other reviewer, it feels like a straight guy wrote this, like the dude who told me in the first fifteen minutes of a first date that 1.) his mom was a bitch and 2.) he didn't believe that pay inequality existed.
This book is ridiculous and I've read some real bad ones. I am absolutely sure the writer is a man because there is no way any woman can be this asinine and deluded. Seriously, just because you've never seen a man doesn't mean your brain cells and will power go out the window in 1 second. And nobody looks at the male anatomy for the first time and thinks it looks glorious or beautiful. She just reduced the entire female gender into weak needy things that can't be without a man in less than 2 chapters. I'm seriously doubting all of these 5 stars.
I kept reading even when I was getting bored because I wanted the “bad boy” to come into play. I knew it was getting fishy when at like 80% is when we actually were meeting the second hero (other than in a video call)… I made sure to get a book that wasn’t a trilogy or whatever. The synopsis even reads: “Book 1 of 1: Seeding Eden”… so this nice cliffhanger and shit can kiss my imaginary teal balls. Sick of that fucking shit.
This book was pretty boring to get into after the first bit. It just kept repeating itself over and over I felt like. Hologram of naked men jerking off. Making a planet of virgin women lust after alien man dick. The Hivemind. Moving walls. I just felt like those things were mentioned over and over again. So I was excited for maybe a change of pace… which we got all of 5 minutes of and then “bam!” end of story. Fuck this.
Oddest book I have read in a very long time and not in a good way.
Those of us who read alien , paranormal and sci-fi romances know that what we are reading is fantasy. Possible but highly improbable. This book is in the realm of "aint no darn way would this ever happen !". The plot is just silly and ridiculous ly juvenile and reads like a story pulled from Wattpad. I would not have given this book a single star unless forced to in order to leave this review. Total waste of time and energy.
I only finished it so that I can write the review with a clear conscience. There were so many grammatical errors I had to read some sentences and paragraphs 2-3 times. I knew the book would have no substance but I was hoping it would be fun. Instead the whole thing is an insult to women everywhere! There is no claimed by two either. Guess you’re going to read another dumb book to see that happen. Ugh! Hours I can’t get back!
The misogyny in this book made me a bit ill. It is very male gaze oriented. The author chose to paint a matriarchal society as patriarchal. Which makes me feel that there is a ton of internalized misogyny this author is dealing with or they are a man. Either way it is a total pass.
I also wasn’t a huge fan of the wow this man is so hard while all females are soft. We just deny our sexual response. Ew. There was also an underlying vibe of homophobia within the first 25% of the book. So not here for it.
Also there are a lot of typos in the book. Just simple things that good a line edit should easily catch.
I was just expecting a light fun read. But the misogyny killed it for me.
I would like to believe that an all female society would not behave like a patriarchy and that the all make aliens would "never" force their females. This is definitely not how this meeting played out!
This book should be more described as Alien erotica than romance. It’s a two book set that you need to read both books 1 & 2 to get the whole story. The whole premise of the story is that there’s a virgin women only planet that these male alien ships come across. The males must roam the universe to find females to mate. In book one you meet the MC woman, “Airlock Eve”who seems at first to be the simpering female character I hate the most in romance but she grows. It’s an unique plot point but this first book is sort of written like an awkward porno. Book 2 is much better but you need this one as the foundation of it!
ARC Review I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. Airlock Eve from Eden is to meets the alien ship full of men, but there only a few rule No touch and No looking or exile but no-one ever told her how dominating they are .this story will take you into the hive mind of these alien men. Mmf alien Romance awesome story
I have extremely mixed feelings about this story. For one, the first 30 % or so I couldn't put this book down. It was exciting, interesting and the premise was both funny and new to me. Even after finishing the whole thing I can still say that I find this an original story with, especially at the start some really funny notes and good character building!
And then... Maybe it's just that the genre turned too much into erotica for me to really appreciate it. But I don't think that's it. I had a lot of things that bothered me more and more the further I got into this book.
This interesting main character Eve (Airlock Eve), went from shy and virginal to completely spineless and impotent. I felt like the author didn't give this character a lot of chances to develop and in fact, the more the book progressed, the less this character got a voice.
Her two 'mates' walked all over her, anything between these three characters was either sex, the guys talking all over her and making decisions for her, or the two guys arguing with each other.
I just can't see this relationship work in anyway. I did get the impression that the next book in this series is going to be about these same three characters so maybe the development I'm looking for is going to be in the next books.
So if you love, dominant steamy sex scenes written in an extremely well build, complex world. (Seriously! The world building is crazy good!) You should definitely pick this book up and probably it's next installments too.
It just wasn't for me.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I loved how there was no messing around with this book. The author used the breeding alien trope to drive the plot of this story, but I love how she overexaggerated parts (especially first contact between the female-only human colony and the naked alien male-only emissaries?!?).
Having misinformation on one side and no information on the other, the tainted woman are often left viewing the world around them through a skewed lens. It has me cheering for them to finally be free of the oppression of the High Counsel. I would find myself mentally yelling, "Embrass the passion denied you, Girl. Find your O!" I just couldn't help but want these ladies to be conquered and bred by these brutes. They seemed like they just wanted to share . . . Well the love😘 Looking forward to the next book. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
First off I really enjoyed the overall premise. It is full of the whole ideology of a sexually suppressed society of women - whom basically go crazy at the sign of cock. For me I found that hilariously enjoyable, but there were some points where it got a bit odd to me. If you aren't someone who's into that, then just know that this book isn't for you - for me I liked that premise.
The other thing is that this is not a standalone, it ends on a bit of an odd part - but the author added in an excerpt to the next which...was good but - just forewarning.
Steam is there - it does have some kinks, it's not bdsm - or even mild in my opinion, it's just a choking kink. And the FL is clearly into it and has asked for it. I'd rate the steam pretty medium...maybe medium high?
Instalust is between the two leads (and the other guy) - but I would say in the romance department it's lacking. I don't think that's a minus, however the relationshp is clearly stemmed there. And honestly based on how Thuliak has treated Eve after her care in his ship...he just has a different type of "love" to her. It's not him being an alphahole at all...but... I'm very confused with how the name of Eve is done.
This sort of goes into why I'm not putting it into a full 5 which is - Confusion/inconsistency with what Airlock Eve's name...is supposed to be - Leads sometimes has some weird character moments - Lore isn't fully explored, so it does make it a bit hard to follow with the world of Eden itself - and how it's survived. There's enough for me to guess as a reader, but then at times...confused since it's not explained too. Excuse could be that it's just for the future books though.
The society of women basically have their names all the same - but are categorized by their job. In this case our female lead's name is "Airlock" Eve.
I'm out of touch with what Airlock Eve feels about this name, since it sounds like she doesn't like being called "Airlock" and wants to be called Eve. She's even asked Thuliak to not call her that - but he continues on to call her Airlock. All the chapters are named in her POV as Airlock too, so as a reader I felt that was a growing tension - which made sense - of Airlock Eve to Thuliak.
There's been a slight running joke of calling her Breeder Eve too, but that sort of got canned. (Thankfully)
Now near the end the other guy calls her Eve, and Thuliak has also apparently called her Eve publicly without Airlock Eve being aware? And it sounds like that was a plus on the other guy's end since she thanked him for calling her Eve, unlike Thuliak who did not.
So as a reader near the end I'm thinking that the next book would be her being called...Eve??? But the sneak peak excerpt confused me...AND since that's just a prelude to the next book, I cannot use that as a part of affecting my review. However I'm super confused regardless at the end of Book 1, on this naming stance.
For the second guy Tschenkar - there's not too much for me to have an opinion on him...besides the fact that I'm still just confused that Thuliak choose him as second. In the earlier part of the book he offers that to Tschenkar...but I'm still just really confused how it got to that point with them being rivals. I understand the respect, but it's not clear to me at all still. On top of that I felt that it's a bit ...unfair to Airlock Eve, since although it's been told to her that she'll have another --- there's no real explanation from Thuliak about it much.
Thuliak does have some moments where he's super understanding and respectful, but at times also very mandhandling and such (to a further extreme)
ANYWAYS Tschenkar doesn't have much and shows up near the end in terms of being with Airlock Eve - but they don't get it on.
I enjoyed how long this book was, but again there's SO much lore and I'd love to read more. I'm definitely curious to pick up the next books, since even though I listed the parts that I wasn't the happiest with --- I enjoyed this book for at least what it was. It's a fun lighthearted read that I liked.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
Oh my goodness this book was so much fun! I found it to be a lot lighter and funnier than the write up made it sound. I loved how the aliens were so alpha and full of themselves, it was written in such a way that I just couldn’t help but laugh. You just expect such highly advanced aliens to be a little more polite and diplomatic than over the top cocky and eager for bloodshed.
Poor sheltered, innocent and clueless Eve never had a chance against Thuliak. Though she tried not to even look at him when she did she was immediately tainted. Eve is from Eden, a planet completely devoid of males and therefore sex. All she knows of the male gender is that they are violent and oppressive. And now that she’s laid eyes on his naked body (because why would these technologically advanced aliens wear clothing of any sort?) her only options are cryostasis and banishment or to go with him. Thuliak, who has been busy seducing Eve from first sight, also has to oversee his ship of 10,000 males eager to snatch up women from Eden. But first they have to make them willing, which they accomplish by sending holograms of naked aliens as tall as buildings roaming the streets of their cities to taint as many women as possible. Which works splendidly and has them rioting and desperate. But there is also a hierarchy to establish among the rest of the approaching alien vessels. The second of which to arrive belongs to Thuliak’s nemesis Tschenkar who manages to kidnap Eve while Thuliak is off defending Eden from pirates! Tschenkar is a scheming bastard with such a big mouth, but in the best way! Again I found his antics just over the top enough to be wildly entertaining! Thoroughly enjoyed this read!
This was a hot and sexy good time about ships full alien men who make contact with the planet Eden, where there are only virginal women who have limited knowledge of male anatomy and even lesser knowledge of sex. With a premise such as this you need to take it with a bit of tongue and cheek - just sit back and enjoy the read and don't go looking for a deep expository piece. Enjoy the fun! Airlock Eve breaks the rules and becomes tainted through her interaction within minutes of meeting Scion Thuliak. He wants her and takes her as his to breed with, but he'll need a third for his triumvirate before there will be any babies. Scion Tschenkar wants to be that third even though he and Thuliak can’t stand wone another - he 'll take Eve away and convince her he's the right alien for her. There are some humorous elements – I'll just say pictures and holograms and leave at it that. Claimed by Two is Book 1 in the Seeding Eden series and it ends on a cliffhanger - based on the preview of book 2 you will want to read on to find out what happens with Airlock Eve, Thuliak and Tschenkar.
I was interested in the premise (an entire society of women who have never seen men), but the male leads were off-putting. It went beyond the typical alpha hero protecting his woman. One of the male leads disregarded the heroine's thoughts to the point where he didn't even call her by her proper name, even though she requested it several times. The heroine acted as if access to good sex (which may have been good to her but was a bit dull on the page) turned her brain off, which makes it difficult to believe that she is actually an engineer. I started reading the second book just to satisfy my curiosity as to whether the characters evolve, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend this to anyone else.
This is the beginning of a really good tale. Earth's women have built a totally female society, rewriting history to fit their agenda, because they perceive men as brutes. Now a race of men who live to breed across the universe has found them and the story is about how they set up their relationship. The plot/storyline encompasses a number of different themes and builds a world, unlike any representation I've encountered before. There are fascinating concepts for alien races and cultures. The characters are engaging, the action fits the narrative, and the plot keeps the reader guessing throughout. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I loved the whole storyline, it was new and fun to read, kind of like the island that Wonder Woman came from being invaded by Vikings, lol! I was pulled in from the start but was put off a little by the wordiness in parts of the narrative. I mean, some explanation is cool, but at times the author seemed hyper focused on details that didn't really move the story, you know? But then she pulled it back and kept it moving. It did end in a kind of cliffhanger, which I am not a fan of, and I will probably get the next book in the series to see if the pace and story attraction continues for me.
This book has me disappointed in myself. Normally when I don’t like a book, I’ll DNF it. But on this, I stupidly kept reading, hoping for a more concrete plot or a more solid romance.
Instead I got a lot of misogyny, overly crass language and just general excesses of smut. Like I enjoy a bit of heat same as the next person, but this? It felt like bad soft porn. Add in that the main female slept with the guy every chance she got, even when she was rightfully mad at him (on multiple occasions) and I just was done. Final nail in the coffin was the story finishing unexpectedly, meaning if I wanted to know more I’d have to read the sequel. No thanks
Two Separate Worlds, One Goal. In this story, Eve makes first contact with an alien race of all males, and gets more than she bargained for, not one but two males (Thuliak and Tschenkar) who both worship and dominate her. The premise of women- and men-only societies isn’t a new one, but I still really enjoyed how the differences between the sexed were portrayed. Plus, when the three of them finally get together, it’s intense and so steamy. An exciting start to what promises to be an interesting series.
To be honest, I did not finish it. I couldn't get into this story at all. This was just boring. To much time was spent on talking about male and female private parts. To much talk of explaining this about sex, men, women. There was just to much time explaining EVERYTHING. Even while having sex, there was explaining. I got bored with all that. So I gave up. I would suggest you read this and form your own opinion though.
I am all about good smutty books but this was not good. No real plot to speak of, the characters had no real depth, and it seemed more like thoughts thrown on paper. I've seen and read better low budget porn, this was just not my cup of tea but that is just my opinion.
Eve met the first alien when she opened the airlock from their ship to the aliens ship. She had never seen a man before and a c**k before, so she was mesmerized by his body, especially his c**k. Then she was kidnapped by another alien of the same race. This story is fun, interesting and touching. A really good read!
Its dangerously close to pedophilia & rape. They say its not rape but the girl knows nothing. She's never even seen a man. She doesn't understand what the men are doing to her. How is that not rape? How is she not a child? I'm A bit upset for others who would be triggered by the whole thing.
Oooo, what happens when a world of women who have been told that anything the government deems bad makes them TAINTED, and then they are suddenly are found by males with One thing on their minds 😲? Yep, it's going to get ugly 😕! Thanks Aya, I'm definitely hooked on this story and can't wait to read more 🤓.