Fated to the Alien Warrior

Warriors of Tavikh, Book 1

De: Erin Hale

Narrado por: Chris Chambers, Penelope Ann Rose

London: Life has sure kicked me in the teeth. After I'm arrested for stealing, I'm given two choices: prison or get shipped to the human settlement on the planet Tavikh. Since orange isn't my color, I guess off-planet it is.

Except when our ship lands we're attacked by vicious aliens. Just as I swear I'm about to die, a towering alien with long, flowing golden hair and muscles rippling beneath gorgeous purple skin saves me.

When the battle is over and the good guys seem to have won, my savior tells me I'm his fated mate. I hate to break it to him, but I don't believe in fate.

Zander: As shefir of the Tavikhi, it's my duty to lead our tribe and fight against the Krijese. When word comes that another Terran ship has arrived, we rush to defend them against our brutal enemies.

I'm unprepared, though, for my mating marks to burn and brighten in color when I rescue one of the human females. Is it truly possible that the goddess, Deeka, has chosen her as my keeshla—my fated mate?

Despite her continued denial of the mate bond, the attraction between us flares hotter than our sun. I must do everything to convince her that we are fated to be together.

Contains mature themes.

©2023 Erin Hale (P)2024 Tantor Media

Short and sweet Alien Romance

This is a new author for me, and I plan to go ahead and buy the remaining books. Very sweet Alien Romance story, No major triggers. Main female character, London, gets in trouble with the law and is given the choice of jail or being re-located to an alien world. Unfortunately, humans are targeted by an opposing alien race bc humans are considered weak. The Tavikh have been protecting the human establishments, and the Leader, Xander, finds his mate when he comes in contact with London during a raid. His mating marks engage. No using the females poorly or disrespecting them in this book. There are a group of women who are saved together, so I assume each will find their hero alien. Only about 5 hours long, so short and sweet to listen to. The narrators did a fabulous job.

Forgettable

Just your standard alien romance where a bunch of Earth women end up stranded on a planet with primitive, hunky aliens whose markings signal fated mates. There’s not even a small attempt to make sense as Earth expends resources to put women on this planet, but apparently can’t use technology to establish a defensible settlement.

The conflict is with evil aliens who have no names and aren’t described (do they have horns? Scales?). We don’t get much detail about the good aliens (Tavikhi) either, beyond the cookie cutter (women are scarce and they have tails). For that matter, the Earth women are likewise vanilla.

As for the nooky, it was a slow burn to two scenes weirdly heavy on talking about her “chest mounds” and “c.nt” … because of all the Earth words to use, that’s the one I want to hear out of the mouth of a completely respectful, woman worshipping alien.

I got this on sale and might be willing to try one more on sale because this appears to be a new author. But, unless there’s better story, characters, and dialogue, not to mention addition of action, humor, and chemistry, I’m going to stick with series like Ruby Dixon’s Ice Planet Barbarians, January Bell’s Accidental Alien Brides, or Victoria Aveline’s Clecanians.