Strange Love

"<strong>Fun but too character focused</strong><br/><br/>This is one of those stories that focus on cutesy stuff and forgets the world around. But you can have both. From what I've seen there is no rule saying you can't have have a great fun love story with world building on the side. I just get frustrated especially when you are reading about a whole other planet. You have so much room for creativity.<br/><br/>Although this story was fun at first and not that she acted like it but all I could picture was Beryl looking like Paris Hilton with a fluffy dog in her arms strolling down the alien streets. "Omg like this is amazing. Shut up you have your own ship o-m-g." I don't know why I couldn't get that picture out of my head I think it would have made the book more enjoyable some how.<br/><br/>It bothered me that some of the words were blank during translation. I get that the translator can't pick up all of our language but it still picked up united states and other nonsense stuff Zylar doesn't have use for. So there were quite a few plot holes I couldn't get over. Beryl never asked the basic questions like how long do you live, are their creatures here. Just a lot was left out and the plot focused on how insecure Zylar was.<br/><br/>Ok so don't get me wrong that was a nice change of pace. Zylar was insecure, loyal, loving and attentive. The males in story's like this are usually all brawn and territorial so I appreciate the change of pace. Also the differences of their bodies was not compatible and made for an interesting read. I mean come on not all interspecies can join up so easily as one would like to believe. Haha so again I like the forethought in that.<br/><br/>Finish this all the way though I was aware it was probably because it was different and funny at the same time. Hearing the dog speak got me so good and how Zylar interacted with him. Also the aggressive human smiling was hilarious. The story had its little fun quirks along the way.<br/><br/>The revenge plan wasn't very elaborate and over fast. Some of the rounds of competition were skipped over completely. The writing got a little blah and even more corny near the end. For such a short time being together all the feels came out on the table very fast.<br/><br/>“I took away your homeworld,” he said softly. “But you gave me the universe.”<br/><br/>Oh lord that was too much. I guess I'm just picking I want everything in my books. Not focusing on the characters nauseating dialogue. I want to see clever things Iv never dreamt of and I want the romance too so sue me.<br/>"

"If you love alien romance but hate non-con and other not so great topics and want a sprinkle of **** then this book is for you! Great characters and great development, entertaining plot, CONSENTUAL **** and happy ending"

"Ooh, definitely, it’s one of my favorite romances. The reason is it’s one of the few alien romances where the characters aren’t immediately attracted to one another, so the gradual build up of their feelings is really sweet. "

"Yay for buddy reads. Reading this with the peeps over at Unapologetic Romance Readers. <br/><br/>This was so surprisingly good.<br/>The author absolutely made an effort to break a few genre stereotypes and tropes. <br/><br/>So our main guy joined a universe-wide dating service to find a lucky lady to compete in what is basically an alien dating show. On their planet, due to overpopulation, you have to compete to earn the right to marry and have a family. Tasks include weird mating dances, physical and intellectual challenges, and measuring how well you can protect offspring. <br/>You know, kinda like how they gave us flour sacks or fake babies in high school to take care of for the weekend. Only, in this case, people are literally trying to disembowel your fake baby. No big deal. <br/><br/>Oh and there's a talking dog so, I mean, what more could you really ask for?"