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

excellent!

love this series and this is book one in it. You meet the women who will be the first few who become as close as sisters and the core of the beginning of the series. and then the mfc of the story who is the first to meet her mate. narration was spot on!

Standard alien romance, but decent!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙💜💚❤️
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥
Chemistry: 🧪🧪🧪
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌏
Character development: 🤓🤪😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: London - she was arrested for stealing on Earth and had the choice to go to an over-populated prison for fifty years or to be sent on a two-month spaceship journey to the planet Tavikh, where there is a human settlement and the settlers are expected to work on a small patch of land they are given for the rest of their lives. It was her first time headed to space and more than once she wished she had chosen prison. But she wanted a fresh start, and Tavikh looked like that would be the way.

The Heroes: Zander - he is the leader of his people on the planet Tavikh and he can’t understand the humans that live on the planet. They think the humans want to get themselves killed. He and his warriors keep trying to help the humans, but they don’t seem to want any help. They are terrible at hunting for one thing and completely careless and unaware of the bigger threats to their existence. They are aware that another ship will be landing soon, and they know that with each new ship, the attacks by the Krijese worsen and many humans had died as a result.

The Story: The humans live on the lands between the Tavikhi and the Krijese, with the Krijese trying to encroach on those lands because they are the enemies of the Tavikhi. As soon as London and the people she met on the ship arrive on Tavikh, they are attacked by brutal aliens. She is thrown over the shoulder of a large alien and he runs away. She fights against her captor as much as she can. Zander brings her to the settlement, though he knows she is his mate, then he threatens the people of the settlement that they will soon die if they don’t allow his people to help them learn to become warriors.

This book didn’t really have any originality, but it had a decent storyline, and it was fairly short but had enough world building and character development to make it worth the listen. It was a compact but compelling setup—like a classic alien romance blueprint polished with just enough grit and urgency to keep things moving. There was definitely a tradeoff between originality and execution. Even if the bones feel familiar, solid pacing, character arcs, and world-building can carry a story, especially if the emotional beats land well.

London’s choice between a dystopian Earth prison and the unknown harshness of Tavikh sets her up with a redemptive arc that’s easy to root for. And Zander, carrying the “why won’t these reckless humans listen” energy, adds that perfect mix of exasperation and protectiveness. The way he recognizes her as his mate but still threatens the settlers? That says a lot about his desperation and the stakes.

This audiobook was narrated from multiple perspectives, done in dual narration by Penelope Ann Rose and Chris Chambers. Penelope Rose has a fantastic voice, which is very soft and feminine, I really enjoyed her tone, and she was easy to listen to. Chris Chambers was not one of my favorites, but he did have a decent voice and read at a steady pace.

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.

Mated To The Alien Warrior by Erin Hale

This is the story of London, the human female who because the criminal act is sent to a human colony on an alien planet. There she meets Xander an alien warrior chief when he saves her.

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.