Alien Resistance: Omnibus Edition

By: Amanda Close

Narrated by: Persephone Rose

In the aftermath of World War III, a reptilian army emerges from the darkness of space to launch a ruthless campaign of conquest and genocide. All that remains of the world is a wasteland of concrete ruins and shattered architecture, now the dystopian battlefield upon which the human resistance wages its defiant war of survival against the invaders. Includes five books of the Alien Resistance series.

©2015 Amanda Close (P)2017 Amanda Close

Erotic Alien Invasion

This dystopian book contains a lot of action with the reptile invaders against the humans. There is more bizarre sexual action by the aliens against the human females. (Reminds me of Matt Shaw books).Narration was good. Recommend to anyone who enjoys erotic books over the usual dystopian books. I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

This is not so much a review as a warning

I listened to the first chapter of the book and thought it was great! Then, the second chapter turned into an extended sex scene between two of the protagonists. When I started the third chapter, it devolved into a gang rape/torture scene and I decided enough was enough.

I am not a prude, but I do think that books like this should inform potential readers/listeners that the book might be embarrassing to the listener when other people are around. Or, at least let the listener know that it includes graphic sex, including rape. I read the blurb and nothing in it warned me of this.

Might be OK for some readers/listeners, but I will not be finishing this book.

Heavy on erotica, uneven story

Any additional comments?

Amazon categorizes this title as military/alien science fiction, but readers/listeners should be aware that it's erotica in a military/alien science fiction setting. Accordingly, this is a good pick if you're looking for descriptive (and sometimes non-consensual) sex scenes involving aliens and/or humans, with a loosely described alien invasion plot connecting the sex scenes. If you're looking for an alien invasion story, you might find that this one is creative and somewhat interesting, but rather light in terms of plot, character development, and so on.

I wasn't able to engage emotionally with any of the characters - which is acceptable (for me) when reading erotic fiction but less acceptable (for me) when reading science fiction. I suspect that your satisfaction with this story might depend on what type of fiction you're expecting.

I have no complaints about the narration, but that's possibly because I was a wee bit distracted figuring out whether to listen to the story as a science fiction fan or an erotica fan....

I provided my opinion in exchange for a complimentary audiobook from the author, narrator, and/or publisher.

Good book- great narration-- but not for me

Would you try another book from Amanda Close and/or Persephone Rose?

Yes---but I will look for less alien everything.

What about Persephone Rose’s performance did you like?

The narrator did a great job. I liked her performance very much.

Any additional comments?

I was voluntarily provided this free audio-book by the narrator in exchange for my honest review. This was not a bad story, I just couldn't get into the whole alien/human sex thing. Overall the story line was good, very sexual (with lizardy type aliens), I WILL look for other books by this narrator.

A thrilling, sexy read!

In the aftermath of World War III, a reptilian army emerges from the darkness of space to launch a ruthless campaign of conquest and genocide.

An enjoyable read that was made worth it by the narrator. Narration was good - I kept getting lost into the story.

SciFi meets XXX!

Military science fiction with a XXX component, oddly enough it works! Worth a credit.

"This book was provided free for an unbiased review."

THE DIME STORE NOVEL AND, "OH BOY!" THEN SOME!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I must say, this book moves quickly, and to my surprise I finished the book in one day, cover to cover. Having said that, I'm enough of a prude to admit that I would be embarrassed to recommend this book to a friend. It is the first audiobook I've encountered that appealed to my prurient interests. It is indeed, "Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind", IN FACT, it's also of the "Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Kind!!!

If you’ve listened to books by Amanda Close before, how does this one compare?

I haven't read other books by the author, in fact I can't compare it to any book I've ever read period! Oh My Goodness!!!!

What does Persephone Rose bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She kept reading. By that I mean, had I possessed this book as anything other than an audiobook, I'm not sure I would have finished. The Narrator did an excellent job with some really "blue", or perhaps I should say, "blew"(sic) language.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Loathe as I am to admit it, I did have an "extreme" reaction more than once or twice during the performance of this book. Titillating would be an understatement. This would easily quench the thirst of someone looking for episodic erotica, with a curiosity about alien sex of all kinds in all it's "glory".

Any additional comments?

I received a free copy of this audiobook in consideration of providing a review of this material. In my later sixties, I can say candidly that, sadly, I'm WAY too old for such excitement. For my age and demographics, this would have been the kind of book coveted AND hidden from parents, chaperones, troop leaders, and is in the new millinium, akin to the "Dime Store Novel" remembered so fondly as triggering puberty "blues"among adolescents with raging hormones. I'm reminded of the abstract comment made by Parents Magazine for a book or movie that was a little too racy for it's editorial stance that was, "Good of its kind." A unique experience, unlike any I've encountered on Audible or elsewhere.

Like Starship Troopers made a sex tape...

I was given this free review copy audio book at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

As the title says, this was like if Starship Troopers made a sex tape. The action was good, the story line was OK, in that it actually had one, but I thought the synopsis should include something to indicate the erotica. I thought it could have used more detail on why the aliens invaded and several of the explicit scenes came across a bit forced. Persephone Rose is a great narrator, I've enjoyed him on other audio books. If you don't mind the sex it's a decent book. Don't get me wrong, I've really like other books with heavy handed sex scenes, like the Good Intentions series by Elliott Kay, I just didn't feel like this one was missing something...

More like an alien erotica

Would you try another book from Amanda Close and/or Persephone Rose?

Seeing that the author relies heavily on erotica for the books, probably not.

What was most disappointing about Amanda Close’s story?

The story itself has good enough premise and would've carried the book nicely. But then the author felt the need to shoehorn so much explicit sexual encounters in it. I felt like those weren't really necessary for the plot line and were added just for titillating the reader. There is of course a market for that, but it wasn't my thing.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

The narration was alright at least and didn't disappoint.

Any additional comments?

I was voluntarily provided a free copy of this book by the author / narrator / publisher and I'm leaving an unbiased review.

Not what I was expecting...

Any additional comments?

Alien Invaders and Human Resistance fighters sounded great. Unfortunately, this was not quite what I was expecting when I requested this book. While it is a book that many will enjoy, it's not a book I would listen to again or recommend.

To start with it needs to have erotica added to the category. Second, it needs to have a few disclaimers put into the description. I have no problem with sex in my books but most of the sex in this book was in no way sensual or romantic. Humans have to be drugged to be agreeable and have sex with the aliens. It has rape and sexual abuse by aliens, not just one but 2 or 3 at a time preforming gang rape as punishment and torture. So you get the drift. They aren’t even "sexy" aliens. They are described as kind of lizard-y things with 4 arms. Later some (hybrids) are described as "dragon" like, although no flying that I remember. Then there's the "brood" mother don't even know how to describe her.

Is there a story? Yes, in between all the unsexy sex. It's also a story that had a lot of potential, but was derailed with the before mentioned aspects of the story. The story starts right off with a sex scene between 2 resistance fighters which intrigues and arouses the alien(s) and from there the story takes the turn into all the graphic alien encounters. Is there a purpose to the encounters? Yes. It does have an effect on the plot and the outcome of the story, but some of it definitely could have been left out. Sometimes less is more.

I listened to this whole book and while you become familiar with the characters throughout the story none of them were really memorable. Some of them I couldn't even place immediately. And I'm talking hours and hours into the story. Honestly, the continuous sex took away from the flow of the story for me. It got to the point I thought, seriously again, just get on with the story. Were there good parts to the story? Yes, but then it would veer off again into more XXX encounters.

This is the first time I have listened to a book narrated by Persephone Rose. He does a good job with the narration. I was actually surprised when the story started and it was a male narrator not a female. He has a nice voice that is easy to listen to for long periods of time. The narration was clearly spoken with a nice even pace. He has some really good character voices as well. Male characters especially. There was not any real difference between his male and female character voices. Although I'm glad he didn't do a high pitched female voice. It's cringe worthy when narrators do that. He was able to bring the story to life through his narration. Overall very enjoyable.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator or publisher.