I need to admit to myself that I'm DNFing this at 43%. I have a hard time wanting to return to it. 

After reading My Chameleon Mate in the Iriduan universe, I thought I'd give this related series a try. I knew this Iriduan Test Subjects series was darker than the Iriduan Universe Love Stories and there's a warning for "violence" but it's too vague of a warning. 

Chapter 3 was awful. It was the worst stuff you might think of when it comes to alien abduction, complete with on the page sexual violation/rape of the main female character. No fucking thank you. Despite that, for some dumb reason, I continued to give it a try. Maybe it's not the right mood for me or maybe it's the story that feels too meh and characters that I don't feel attached to or maybe it's a little bit of all of the above and more but I just can't read it anymore. If I try, I'm only skimming the pages at best.