Julia
I think my star rating would be higher if I had read this closer to its publication and earlier in my journey as a romance reader. I do like the concept, and find it very funny that this is listed in the recent NYTimes romance glossary under kink - look, yes, it's about a big blue alien, but the big blue alien is humanoid and obviously hot, so I just don't think it's that kinky! It's still spicy, though. I think my main quibble is that we get literally NO backstory of the protagonist, so I sometimes really wondered about her choices...like I would actually say there's a breeding kink in here, but it seemed at odds with what little breadcrumbs we'd gotten previously.
I think my star rating would be higher if I had read this closer to its publication and earlier in my journey as a romance reader. I do like the concept, and find it very funny that this is listed in the recent NYTimes romance glossary under kink - look, yes, it's about a big blue alien, but the big blue alien is humanoid and obviously hot, so I just don't think it's that kinky! It's still spicy, though. I think my main quibble is that we get literally NO backstory of the protagonist, so I sometimes really wondered about her choices...like I would actually say there's a breeding kink in here, but it seemed at odds with what little breadcrumbs we'd gotten previously.