Overall: 3.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥
Humor: Yes – a bit of a one liner style of humor with sarcasm
Perspective: First person from the heroine only
When mains are first on page together: Almost immediately in
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with happy ever after for the couple
Epilogue: No
Format: bought audiobook

Should I read in order?
So, I started with this one, not realizing it’s a spin off series. So it can be enjoyed alone, but you’ll definitely realize the story doesn’t quite start here. If you want the whole story, you’ll want to start with Bridges’ House of Kaimar series.

Basic plot:
Makayla has been kidnapped twice – now she must prove she can survive the wilderness while her new alien clan watches and decides her fate.

Give this a try if you want:
- Science fiction romance
- alien setting
- fated mates/heart mates
- never been kissed
- other woman drama
- language barrier
- hero feeds and bathes the heroine
- shorter novel
- Higher steam – 3 full scenes in a lower page count

My thoughts:
I thought this one was a decent read. It’s short so I tolerated some things that might have annoyed me in a longer book. I do think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read the prior series – so that’s definitely something to keep in mind.

What I loved here was the kind of ‘all in’ vibe from the hero. I loved the possessiveness and ‘I’m taking you’ mentality. I enjoyed when the mains were together.

I can’t say I loved the writing style though. There were a lot of weird one liners that I think others might find funny but I just didn’t enjoy. I liked the narrator okay but didn’t love her. For some reason I felt like I could hear here swallow a lot and it was really distracting, haha!

I personally was not a fan of the other woman plot line here. I think I am a bit tired of the catty, jealous, evil ‘other woman’.

I’d try this author again though! The steam was pretty fun.


Quotes/spoiler-y thoughts:Any mistakes/typos are my own

He snatches my wrist, bringing my fingers back to his mouth. He licks my index finger while keeping his gaze locked on mine. My knees go weak and I straighten my spine to keep from toppling over.
“You’ve lied to me too,” he says, before nibbling on my finger. “You didn’t tell me how delicious your cunt would smell, or how enticing your curves would look. I would have fucked your sweet body on Nashia had I known.”
 

Cock/Hero Stats:

- 7 feet tall with wings, fangs, and claws
- yellow cat-like eyes
- Cock is huge and compared to a forearm including the fist.
- tongue has tiny ridges like a cat’s but softer
- hero has a heart but it’s encased in stone and only breaks open for his fated mate

Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.

- heroine has been kidnapped twice
- slavery
- forced marriage vibes
- mention of war and illness
- scenes of fighting, danger, animal danger, and survival themes

Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:

Safe sex: 

No 

Chapter 5 – bathing scene with touches
Chapter 6 – 🔥 fingering for her and hero comes (in his pants? On the ground?) outdoors with tail play on the breasts

“Are you going to bite me?” I ask, grinding against his hand at the thought. Then he does.

Chapter 10 – 🔥 oral for her, missionary in the tent

“For however long my heart beats, that is the length of time I will be faithful to you.”

Chapter 11 – there’s a mention of sex but it’s like a continuation of the last scene and a bit vague towards the end.
Chapter 11 – first kiss
Chapter 14 – 🔥 missionary

“Vivian and Yani are right outside.”
“Then you’d better be quieter than you were last night.”