Presley Hall

Claimed

Becca

Originally I dnf’d this book, but decided to give it another shot and now I’m sucked in.

Claimed was an interesting romance, and to be honest, I found myself disappointed with this one here. If you are a fan of alien romance or the ice planet barbarians, then it might work for you. But I was hoping for more out of this one. I am not sure if I will continue the series, while it was an alright read, it didn't make an impression on me, and I prefer my heroes more humanoid anyway not with horns lol but for those that enjoy monster romance, it might work out for you.

Lover of Romance 

Claimed was an interesting romance, and to be honest, I found myself disappointed with this one here. If you are a fan of alien romance or the ice planet barbarians, then it might work for you. But I was hoping for more out of this one. I am not sure if I will continue the series, while it was an alright read, it didn't make an impression on me, and I prefer my heroes more humanoid anyway not with horns lol but for those that enjoy monster romance, it might work out for you.




Sierra

Someone had recommended this book series claiming it was in the same vein as Ice Planet Barbarians, so I thought "Why not try it?"

Here's the thing. It's the same "kidnapping a bunch of women from Earth" where a conquering alien race takes them on as prospective brides. Then, as it turns out, there's a mate bond between one of the kidnapped women and the commander of an alien race trying to escape the conquering alien race. Naturally, they succeed and the whole mate thing is literally the whole plot. There's no real plot beyond having the human woman accept the mating bond with this alien and naturally it's all very "insta-love". Honestly? It was boring. IPB actually had more plot than this because at least there is a survival plotline in them. Sure, I liked how the love interest was very loving and respectful, but this book just felt boring and the descriptions were unnecessarily lengthy which only made it worse. I was skimming so much of this book to get to the actual dialogue and even then the dialogue wasn't the most interesting thing. The main character was okay but really didn't have anything going for her except the fact that two alien races found her to be the hottest thing since sliced bread and it just made her so simple with no depth as a character. 

As for the story itself, I had hoped more would be resolved in the end and I would be rewarded for sticking with it with something interesting. Unfortunately, so much was left unresolved and I was confused as to why it just felt like such an abrupt ending with an epilogue for a completely different character (which I assume is a teaser for who the next book is about). Overall, while I could see why this would be recommended to fans of IPB, it just doesn't have nearly enough character development, plot, or even an ideal writing style to make it worth reading.

Claimed

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