Exiled from Nobu by Elizabeth Stephens

He's a dangerous human. He's too hard to hate. Exiled from my home world of Nobu, I have no intention of accepting Jaxal for a mate and assimilating with the brutish, feral human horde on their dingy wasteland of a planet. But. There's always a raxing but, isn't there? But when Voraxians threaten the strange harmony that exists here, I find myself in the ironic position of protector. And when Jaxal steps in to protect me, I start to wonder if he may be a male worth standing beside. Against anything. Even against my own kind. __________ Exiled from Nobu is a SciFi alien romance and a 17k-word novella in the Xiveri Mates series! It is best read as book 2.5 as the story picks up just after the events of Taken to Nobu. Like all Xiveri Mates stories, Exiled from Nobu features a new couple and has a guaranteed happily ever after.

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📖Genres: romance, sci-fi, sci-fi romance, aliens, fantasy romance

📚Page Count: 93

🎧Audiobook Length: 02h 00min

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 - 4.5/5

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TW - <spoiler>Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail</spoiler>

*I read this story because it was recommended by romance author, Katee Roberts*

Exiled from Nobu by Elizabeth Stephens is the first novella in the Xiveri Mates series and it's chronologically book 2.5 in the series. Lisbel has been exiled from Nobu with her Xiveri Mate Jaxal but does she actually love him? Does she even like him? He seems brutish and even though she wants to hate him, she can't. When Lisbel finds herself in the position of protecting someone, she's impressed to watch Jaxal protect her. Maybe they can grow to really love each other, if they truly are Xiveri Mates.

This novella was cute, fun, and it definitely redeemed Lisbel from her previous actions in the 2nd Xiveri Mates book, "Take to Nobu". Book 2 needs to be read before reading this book, book 2.5 to fully understand what's happening in the background of the story. I think the only thing I didn't like about the story is how Lisbel slaps Jaxal in the face over a misunderstanding, <spoiler>she believed that Jaxal was cheating on her with several other women.</spoiler> Other than this scene, the rest of the novella was enjoyable and I can't wait to read the rest of the books in the series.

I enjoyed the audio narration of this novella just as much as I liked the narration of both of the pervious full length books. Blaire Leblanc returns to voice Lisbel and a few side characters and Marquis De Sade voices Jaxal and a few other side characters as well. They both continue to do a wonderful job. This and the previous Xiveri Mates audiobook were published by Vitruvian Sound and so far I've liked all three of the audiobook narrations, they did a wonderful job with producing this.

The spicy scenes in here were short but they were still really nice. I'm giving the spicy scenes three point five chilies 🌶️🌶️🌶️.5 out of five chilies

Overall, this novella was really enjoyable. I did have a problem with Lisbel slapping Jaxal when she got mad, but other than that it was a good story. I'm giving this 4.5 out of 5 stars.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 - 4.5/5 Stars

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