Mated by Two

TL;DR: The first half was a spicy romance, the second half a no-spice fantasy sci-fi adventure. Too many typos and inconsistancies broke the immersion, but the characters and the sweet ending redeemed the book. I wanted more spice!

Full review:

The beginning was a 3.5 stars, the middle a generous 2 stars, and the ending a 3 stars, so 2.5 all in all, rounded up to 3.

I liked the story, I liked the characters, I liked how they bicker all the time, and the whole set reminds me a of a mash between a Chinese drama and a JRPG video game :).

There were soooooo many typos and doubled words and errors, I was just so shocked by it. At one point, the heroine is talking about her hair and she says “her hair” instead of “my hair”. Never seen anything like this before. I read the ARC version, so hopefully it has been corrected in the published version.

What I had the most trouble with in this book is the number of inconsistancies. Physical ones. For example when someone gets killed and falls to their knees, they fall backwards on their back. Nope, gravity would make them fall face first to the ground. It took away from the immersion...

Also, this book was too hetero-normative, with sentences like “what all the girls want”, or things like this. Also, I know it's a breeding kink, but like adoption? Not sure why breeding with aliens is presented as the only way for her to get a baby. Could have been presented as a different option, like really wanting an alien-human baby.

Oh and I remember another inconsistancy, when the alien doesn't recognize the texture of jeans, but then calls another alien “moronic”, which means they are well versed in Earth's culture.

I will read more books from her, and from what I see, the ratings only get better as she becomes a better writer. Excited for it!

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.