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Pykh #4
Human Omega: Married to the Barbarian Prince
Carter is the Omega from the Stars.
He's magical (probably). Beautiful (definitely). And his exotic name is difficult to pronounce. He's either going to save the fleaf'akhie home world from invaders, or he's an invader himself in disguise, sneaking into the city!
One thing is for sure: he chose his mates for battle, not love. Siel is a fabled war hero, fierce and capable. And Pykh? He's the muscle of the group. The brainless barbarian can't even count coins. He's a wild-man from who-knows-where.
How can such a family ever conform to fleaf'akhie society? How can Council Leader Ruahyr let such a dangerous group past the gate?
Well, he's seven months pregnant with a fleaf'akhie child, so someone has to let him in...
He's magical (probably). Beautiful (definitely). And his exotic name is difficult to pronounce. He's either going to save the fleaf'akhie home world from invaders, or he's an invader himself in disguise, sneaking into the city!
One thing is for sure: he chose his mates for battle, not love. Siel is a fabled war hero, fierce and capable. And Pykh? He's the muscle of the group. The brainless barbarian can't even count coins. He's a wild-man from who-knows-where.
How can such a family ever conform to fleaf'akhie society? How can Council Leader Ruahyr let such a dangerous group past the gate?
Well, he's seven months pregnant with a fleaf'akhie child, so someone has to let him in...
583 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2024
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April 19, 2022
1. She's still writing it; at least in march 2022 she was active on patreon, with 50 chapters or so finished, from which first 10 are on free. Why would you give it 1 star?
2. Also, in those comments, is mentioned a 5th book.
2. Also, in those comments, is mentioned a 5th book.
March 2, 2024
3.75 stars
I feel like this book could’ve been a little shorter, though I don’t mind too much since I love being in this universe. It’s very slice of life and filled with a lot of mpreg/raising kids. There’s a bit of a disjointed feel as it jumps from moment to moment. It wraps up a HFN for Carter’s family while setting the stage for future spinoffs.
The author mentioned having a hard time these past few years, and I think it shows in the writing. It’s great at times, a little rough in others, but ultimately I’m proud of Eileen for wrapping up this series and taking me on this journey.
Spice: 3-4/5
Angst: 3/5
I feel like this book could’ve been a little shorter, though I don’t mind too much since I love being in this universe. It’s very slice of life and filled with a lot of mpreg/raising kids. There’s a bit of a disjointed feel as it jumps from moment to moment. It wraps up a HFN for Carter’s family while setting the stage for future spinoffs.
The author mentioned having a hard time these past few years, and I think it shows in the writing. It’s great at times, a little rough in others, but ultimately I’m proud of Eileen for wrapping up this series and taking me on this journey.
Spice: 3-4/5
Angst: 3/5
March 22, 2025
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19. Has Short Chapters
March 14, 2024
So many time skips
This felt like half a story. And the POVs of some characters are oddly done. And this may seem like an odd sticking point, but why do we hear about Carter's long then short hair but we never read about him having to shave? Not a single mention of stubble but we get far too many fart scenes. The skips were beyond frustrating. We just learn about the pregnancy and then bam he's due. Then the baby is a toddler. This could have been better fleshed out and become 2-3 books while playing up the political intrigue, the reunions, the adjustments in the family, the hormone thing fathers do, giving us more insight into omega social structures, we could have actually seen him at the priory, we could have seen these new inventions, seen Pykh begin his new career, how Seil's dad did after the fall, R learning to be a parent again, ... Everything just rushed by like a bullet train on a deadline. And I really think the Auk, Affek, Gen, Enel, Teal, General Isth story could have been a novella between the books.
This felt like half a story. And the POVs of some characters are oddly done. And this may seem like an odd sticking point, but why do we hear about Carter's long then short hair but we never read about him having to shave? Not a single mention of stubble but we get far too many fart scenes. The skips were beyond frustrating. We just learn about the pregnancy and then bam he's due. Then the baby is a toddler. This could have been better fleshed out and become 2-3 books while playing up the political intrigue, the reunions, the adjustments in the family, the hormone thing fathers do, giving us more insight into omega social structures, we could have actually seen him at the priory, we could have seen these new inventions, seen Pykh begin his new career, how Seil's dad did after the fall, R learning to be a parent again, ... Everything just rushed by like a bullet train on a deadline. And I really think the Auk, Affek, Gen, Enel, Teal, General Isth story could have been a novella between the books.
March 2, 2024
This was everything I wanted and more!! Worth the wait! We get a thorough exploration of Siel, Carter, and Pykh's life together over the course of almost 6 years. The worldbuilding in this series, which I really love (and think stands above a lot of romance series), is expanded upon even more in this book.
It's a bit action/suspense like the first 3 books, but this one veers more into political/interpersonal drama mixed with slice of life while setting up further stories in this universe. I'll be reading every single book she releases day one! This has become one of my favorite series.
It's a bit action/suspense like the first 3 books, but this one veers more into political/interpersonal drama mixed with slice of life while setting up further stories in this universe. I'll be reading every single book she releases day one! This has become one of my favorite series.
March 11, 2024
Disappointed
By far the weakest of the series. It feels like the author lost interest in the characters. I loved the first 3 in the series and was eagerly anticipating the new one. It is missing the action and the tension of the previous books. The big meeting between the main character and the council leader that was a long time coming was spoiled by a never ending fart joke. 😞
By far the weakest of the series. It feels like the author lost interest in the characters. I loved the first 3 in the series and was eagerly anticipating the new one. It is missing the action and the tension of the previous books. The big meeting between the main character and the council leader that was a long time coming was spoiled by a never ending fart joke. 😞
March 17, 2024
It feels like we've waited ages for this book. I know the author has had some rough times, and I was so happy to hear they were doing better and this was going to be released. I did a reread of the series before diving into this one.
Please know that I believe the author put their heart and soul into this book for the readers, and that's why I hate to say I'm a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong—I love that we got more Carter, Pykh, and Siel along with the other guys getting their HEAs—but there were things that really annoyed me.
As I understand it, the author released chapters on Patreon as they went and it shows. The chapters weren't cohesive, and I hated the time jumps. There were so many things that could have been fleshed out and expanded on instead of "telling" us what happened.
I would have much rather the author had taken their time and given us multiple books. I could read twenty more of these characters. There was so much crammed into the 500+ pages that could have been broken up to give us more.
And what the heck happened with the abrupt ending??
Still, I enjoyed it and loved seeing the characters get what they wanted. I will definitely read the spinoffs, but I'm sad that this is the end of Carter, Pykh, and Siel's journey.
Please know that I believe the author put their heart and soul into this book for the readers, and that's why I hate to say I'm a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong—I love that we got more Carter, Pykh, and Siel along with the other guys getting their HEAs—but there were things that really annoyed me.
As I understand it, the author released chapters on Patreon as they went and it shows. The chapters weren't cohesive, and I hated the time jumps. There were so many things that could have been fleshed out and expanded on instead of "telling" us what happened.
I would have much rather the author had taken their time and given us multiple books. I could read twenty more of these characters. There was so much crammed into the 500+ pages that could have been broken up to give us more.
And what the heck happened with the abrupt ending??
Still, I enjoyed it and loved seeing the characters get what they wanted. I will definitely read the spinoffs, but I'm sad that this is the end of Carter, Pykh, and Siel's journey.
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January 10, 2023As of January 2023, up to Chapter 56 on Patreon.
She's okay. At least, well enough to still be writing.
I know I was worried for a while there. A casual look at her Twitter, Facebook, or blog stopping in 2020 would have one fearing the worst. The quiet tragedy of social media connections gone silent that year. I know I breathed a sigh of relief to find her Patreon still active. I check it now and then. We're glad you're okay, Eileen.
She's okay. At least, well enough to still be writing.
I know I was worried for a while there. A casual look at her Twitter, Facebook, or blog stopping in 2020 would have one fearing the worst. The quiet tragedy of social media connections gone silent that year. I know I breathed a sigh of relief to find her Patreon still active. I check it now and then. We're glad you're okay, Eileen.
July 16, 2022
Loved the series so far. Can't wait for the fourth book.
Giving this a Five Star to counteract the people giving it One Star for simply not existing yet.
Giving this a Five Star to counteract the people giving it One Star for simply not existing yet.
January 21, 2022
Sorry, but at this point, will the book ever come out?
March 28, 2024
UPDATE: So I've read book 4 now (Married to the Barbarian Prince). I really respect the author for finishing it and publishing. Truly, I do. But, I didn't love book 4. I didn't hate it, but I ended up skimming a lot and ultimately didn't really care about anything or anyone by the end of it.
It just felt too different. The things that made this series special in the first book and for most of the other two... those got lost somewhere. Book 4 was a bunch of very boring politics and mundane plot. And there were so many plot elements that were never followed up on. Battleship? What battleship?
The other major issue is the crazy amount of time skips. Actually, that can just be generalized to "disjointed scenes." One moment Carter is pregnant, the next moment baby pops out and fast forward to a year later. On one page Ov'eilk is trying to push forward his society, but on the next, he's... nowhere to be found? Basically not heard from again. The whole book is about boring baby shit or the neverending kill-me-the-fuck-now-please Pykh Daddy Issues™, but written like it's a summary of the actual story.
Look, book 4 isn't bad per se, it's just not entertaining. If this author publishes in this series or a spin-off, I'll read it simply because I respect her for finishing this book. But it will have to entertain me more like book 1 did, otherwise I'm probably done with it all.
Book 4 is a 2 star for me. That's being generous.
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Original review:
This is a whole series review (through book 3).
Bah. This started out greated and continued to be great all the way up until 60-70% of book 3. Then shit got crazy, and not in a good way. I was super excited after book 1, but now after finishing book 3, I'm just kinda disappointed I guess?
This is a very enjoyable read, overall. Dialogue is funny, story has depth, and the writing is easy to comprehend.
The author is great at creating detailed scenes and weaving humor into various different characters and personalities. She's also pretty good at consistent worldbuilding. It's not a crazy deep world, but it's better than most.
The relationship between Pykh, Siel, and Carter is very well-developed. It's not instalove, and there's plenty of moments where you see the characters grow both individually and as a group.
The sex is pretty hot. Every scene is generally brief in my opinion, but hot. Knots ✅️
I have two main issues. First, the stuff with Auk, Affek, etc. started getting old in book 2, but it wasn't terrible. But in book 3, there's *SO* much of it. I skimmed several chapters, which I rarely do in any book. I just stopped caring about all of it. A lot of that needs to be cut, in my opinion. We should have gotten more from Carter instead. Some of it doesn't even make sense, like Auk speaking against Carter when Er'ad did his shit. Uh, that's out of left field. Auk pledged loyalty to Carter and has always taken it seriously, so why this? The pages should have been spent wrapping up bug story elements.
Second, and this is ⚠️ MAJOR SPOILER ALERT ⚠️, the end of book 3 is infuriating. Carter's been pregnant the whole time? But doesn't really know how it's possible? Nah, fuck that. We don't even get a good explanation for it. The story would have been so much better if he was just able to get the surgery on the ship, with a deeply intimate scene beforehand of Carter talking to Pykh and Siel about it all, and them being supportive of whatever Carter wanted for himself. What was written feels very half-assed. More like quarter-assed. It doesn't follow the quality of the previous books and chapters AT ALL. I love this author and series. Until you get to that ending. 🙄
I'll read book 4 when it comes out, at least give it a try. I hope the shit I hated about book 3 isn't a problem in 4 too.
Book 1 (Discovered on the Slave Planet): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book 2 (Trapped in the Alien Jungle): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book 3 (Babied by his Guardian Mates): ⭐️⭐️
It just felt too different. The things that made this series special in the first book and for most of the other two... those got lost somewhere. Book 4 was a bunch of very boring politics and mundane plot. And there were so many plot elements that were never followed up on. Battleship? What battleship?
The other major issue is the crazy amount of time skips. Actually, that can just be generalized to "disjointed scenes." One moment Carter is pregnant, the next moment baby pops out and fast forward to a year later. On one page Ov'eilk is trying to push forward his society, but on the next, he's... nowhere to be found? Basically not heard from again. The whole book is about boring baby shit or the neverending kill-me-the-fuck-now-please Pykh Daddy Issues™, but written like it's a summary of the actual story.
Look, book 4 isn't bad per se, it's just not entertaining. If this author publishes in this series or a spin-off, I'll read it simply because I respect her for finishing this book. But it will have to entertain me more like book 1 did, otherwise I'm probably done with it all.
Book 4 is a 2 star for me. That's being generous.
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Original review:
This is a whole series review (through book 3).
Bah. This started out greated and continued to be great all the way up until 60-70% of book 3. Then shit got crazy, and not in a good way. I was super excited after book 1, but now after finishing book 3, I'm just kinda disappointed I guess?
This is a very enjoyable read, overall. Dialogue is funny, story has depth, and the writing is easy to comprehend.
The author is great at creating detailed scenes and weaving humor into various different characters and personalities. She's also pretty good at consistent worldbuilding. It's not a crazy deep world, but it's better than most.
The relationship between Pykh, Siel, and Carter is very well-developed. It's not instalove, and there's plenty of moments where you see the characters grow both individually and as a group.
The sex is pretty hot. Every scene is generally brief in my opinion, but hot. Knots ✅️
I have two main issues. First, the stuff with Auk, Affek, etc. started getting old in book 2, but it wasn't terrible. But in book 3, there's *SO* much of it. I skimmed several chapters, which I rarely do in any book. I just stopped caring about all of it. A lot of that needs to be cut, in my opinion. We should have gotten more from Carter instead. Some of it doesn't even make sense, like Auk speaking against Carter when Er'ad did his shit. Uh, that's out of left field. Auk pledged loyalty to Carter and has always taken it seriously, so why this? The pages should have been spent wrapping up bug story elements.
Second, and this is ⚠️ MAJOR SPOILER ALERT ⚠️, the end of book 3 is infuriating. Carter's been pregnant the whole time? But doesn't really know how it's possible? Nah, fuck that. We don't even get a good explanation for it. The story would have been so much better if he was just able to get the surgery on the ship, with a deeply intimate scene beforehand of Carter talking to Pykh and Siel about it all, and them being supportive of whatever Carter wanted for himself. What was written feels very half-assed. More like quarter-assed. It doesn't follow the quality of the previous books and chapters AT ALL. I love this author and series. Until you get to that ending. 🙄
I'll read book 4 when it comes out, at least give it a try. I hope the shit I hated about book 3 isn't a problem in 4 too.
Book 1 (Discovered on the Slave Planet): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book 2 (Trapped in the Alien Jungle): ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Book 3 (Babied by his Guardian Mates): ⭐️⭐️
March 20, 2024
Not one character was properly described.
This didn't age well.
And you can tell by the first few chapters. The writing is sloppy and badly done. It does get better but I felt like it was almost a DNF with estimated "11hrs read time"
Even the main 3 didn't seem like a couple at all in the first few chapters.
The chapters weren't consitant, some ranging from 5 pages to others with 20+.
The worst part was lack of descriptions. Who knows what these "space cats" even look like. "Danhiel looks like a mix of Carter and Siel" oh great...and that is??
They aren't explained except the constant rinse and repeat "tail and crest"
Even Carter. Not one mention of even his hair colour.
The plot and reason for what they're doing isn't gone back over, what bugs? What battle ship?
The characters are just...meh now.
So many issues it was off putting:
Makes a deal about sharing the pregnancy news among the court. Chapter 14. They know. There was no big moment, wasnt even discussed on page. Again, it's all so glazed over.
The pregnancy wasn't sweet, cute. It was so dull and again, glazed over. No sweet moments between the boys, NOTHING.
The blerb is meaningless as he's let straight in. And not at 7 months pregnant.
The fact Carter keeps going on how terrible Ruahyr is...I don't see it at all. I see Carter being horrid to everyone and everything. Ruahyr calls him out on humans thinking their animals, dumb etc. And he doesn't even defend his love, his opinions, instead "meh"
We have birth then SKIP!!! Snap - we're I think a year into the future? New city. No explanation.
The Pykh reveal was...already done. It wasn't a shock and boring as.
AGAIN, why is Ruahyr the enemy? There is nothing to Even suggest he has ill intent.
The other omegas saying Carter was an invader....at another random city and they kept him for over a year? Such bad plot writing. Why would they wait that long and support him?
No mention of Carter and heats in any book. Now he has them and needs the knots? Yay. Cliche.
70% through and I was done with this book. I was skipping Auk and Affek as they are useless characters. It go so drawn out and boring.
And no omega pup?
I can't honestly give this anymore then 2☆. Not worth the wait.
This didn't age well.
And you can tell by the first few chapters. The writing is sloppy and badly done. It does get better but I felt like it was almost a DNF with estimated "11hrs read time"
Even the main 3 didn't seem like a couple at all in the first few chapters.
The chapters weren't consitant, some ranging from 5 pages to others with 20+.
The worst part was lack of descriptions. Who knows what these "space cats" even look like. "Danhiel looks like a mix of Carter and Siel" oh great...and that is??
They aren't explained except the constant rinse and repeat "tail and crest"
Even Carter. Not one mention of even his hair colour.
The plot and reason for what they're doing isn't gone back over, what bugs? What battle ship?
The characters are just...meh now.
So many issues it was off putting:
Makes a deal about sharing the pregnancy news among the court. Chapter 14. They know. There was no big moment, wasnt even discussed on page. Again, it's all so glazed over.
The pregnancy wasn't sweet, cute. It was so dull and again, glazed over. No sweet moments between the boys, NOTHING.
The blerb is meaningless as he's let straight in. And not at 7 months pregnant.
The fact Carter keeps going on how terrible Ruahyr is...I don't see it at all. I see Carter being horrid to everyone and everything. Ruahyr calls him out on humans thinking their animals, dumb etc. And he doesn't even defend his love, his opinions, instead "meh"
We have birth then SKIP!!! Snap - we're I think a year into the future? New city. No explanation.
The Pykh reveal was...already done. It wasn't a shock and boring as.
AGAIN, why is Ruahyr the enemy? There is nothing to Even suggest he has ill intent.
The other omegas saying Carter was an invader....at another random city and they kept him for over a year? Such bad plot writing. Why would they wait that long and support him?
No mention of Carter and heats in any book. Now he has them and needs the knots? Yay. Cliche.
70% through and I was done with this book. I was skipping Auk and Affek as they are useless characters. It go so drawn out and boring.
And no omega pup?
I can't honestly give this anymore then 2☆. Not worth the wait.
March 17, 2024
I read the first 3 books in short order after having stumbled upon book 1 as a freebie. And even though this 4th book took a while to be available, it was pretty simple to jump right back into it.
Fascinating world building. This book is mostly taking place after Carter, Siel and Pykh escape to a stronghold (past a gate) from the Muds, and Carter is pregnant. The societal rules that apply here are odd at best, but certainly work within the world the author has built. I quite enjoyed watching Carter and his two mates figure out how to live when not constantly scanning the skies and the horizon for the evil invaders, and how they bonded with their child. Political intrigue notwithstanding, I loved how Pykh comes into his own. Though I will tell you that the revelation that comes at about 65% was shocking, even though there was probably enough foreshadowing and hinting in the first 3 books, including whenever Pykh tells Carter and Siel about his past.
This book apparently concludes the series as far as Carter, Siel and Pykh are concerned. Their story ends with all of them in a good place, after a 5 year time jump, and I felt happy to leave them to the rest of their lives.
The author says there are possibly some more books on the horizon, but about other characters from her world. I'd certainly be interested in reading them.
Fascinating world building. This book is mostly taking place after Carter, Siel and Pykh escape to a stronghold (past a gate) from the Muds, and Carter is pregnant. The societal rules that apply here are odd at best, but certainly work within the world the author has built. I quite enjoyed watching Carter and his two mates figure out how to live when not constantly scanning the skies and the horizon for the evil invaders, and how they bonded with their child. Political intrigue notwithstanding, I loved how Pykh comes into his own. Though I will tell you that the revelation that comes at about 65% was shocking, even though there was probably enough foreshadowing and hinting in the first 3 books, including whenever Pykh tells Carter and Siel about his past.
This book apparently concludes the series as far as Carter, Siel and Pykh are concerned. Their story ends with all of them in a good place, after a 5 year time jump, and I felt happy to leave them to the rest of their lives.
The author says there are possibly some more books on the horizon, but about other characters from her world. I'd certainly be interested in reading them.
May 28, 2024
Confused conclusion but I still enjoyed it
I have to honestly say this was the most disjointed and confusing entry in the series and a lot of the time I couldn't work out what was going on!
But, I absolutely adore Siel, Pykh and Carter so I didn't really care, especially when he had Dahniel and we got ridiculously cute baby fleaf-y pup antics - even though they're technically space cats!
I know it's taken a while to get here, but I still loved seeing the guys finally escape the dangers of the mud flatts and the bug invaders.
There were probably a few too many PoVs that didn't really add much to the main narrative, but it worked out in the end.
I'm definitely interested in more from this world and seeing whether the fleaf'akhie can free their home from the bugs.
I have to honestly say this was the most disjointed and confusing entry in the series and a lot of the time I couldn't work out what was going on!
But, I absolutely adore Siel, Pykh and Carter so I didn't really care, especially when he had Dahniel and we got ridiculously cute baby fleaf-y pup antics - even though they're technically space cats!
I know it's taken a while to get here, but I still loved seeing the guys finally escape the dangers of the mud flatts and the bug invaders.
There were probably a few too many PoVs that didn't really add much to the main narrative, but it worked out in the end.
I'm definitely interested in more from this world and seeing whether the fleaf'akhie can free their home from the bugs.
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January 24, 2024Ahhhh so excited! Love this series.
May 9, 2025
3 ⭐️
I'm really sad that this book disappointed me so much 😔
I've been waiting for it for years and was so excited about it. I even rebeinged the entire series to fully enjoy it.
There were some cute morsels but the writing was so disjointed and different from the rest of the series :/
So many times things were told and not showed, we got so many interesting set ups just to be given a time jump and zero information on what was happening.
I wanted more of the main trio when Daniel was just born, I wanted more of the romance of the rest of the court and how it developed and I wanted them all to figure out how to go from tentative friends to becoming a family, while instead te main trio (especially Carter) barely interacted with them.
Ruahyr was unbearable (he reminded me of my grandmother) and his character was so up and down.
I imagine that the author also finished with a GIANT time jump because she wants to write a spin-off about Ov’ielk’s and his court, covering his past plus those years we skipped, but that did such a disservice to this story.
I didn't hate it, but it was a disappointing ending 😕
Narrator: Joel Leslie
I'm really sad that this book disappointed me so much 😔
I've been waiting for it for years and was so excited about it. I even rebeinged the entire series to fully enjoy it.
There were some cute morsels but the writing was so disjointed and different from the rest of the series :/
So many times things were told and not showed, we got so many interesting set ups just to be given a time jump and zero information on what was happening.
I wanted more of the main trio when Daniel was just born, I wanted more of the romance of the rest of the court and how it developed and I wanted them all to figure out how to go from tentative friends to becoming a family, while instead te main trio (especially Carter) barely interacted with them.
Ruahyr was unbearable (he reminded me of my grandmother) and his character was so up and down.
I imagine that the author also finished with a GIANT time jump because she wants to write a spin-off about Ov’ielk’s and his court, covering his past plus those years we skipped, but that did such a disservice to this story.
I didn't hate it, but it was a disappointing ending 😕
Narrator: Joel Leslie
April 23, 2025
After so many years, we finally have an HEA for Carter, Siel, Pykh!!! I adored being back in their world.
*AUDIO* 2025
I enjoyed hearing the HEA for our guys in audio. I hope we get more from this world.
*AUDIO* 2025
I enjoyed hearing the HEA for our guys in audio. I hope we get more from this world.
September 8, 2022
Loved Book 3. Waiting for the fourth book where we get the HEA. Giving this a Five Star to counteract the idiots giving an unpublished book one star.
March 26, 2024
Ubolewam, że to już koniec serii. Wprawdzie autorka obiecuje, że w uniwersum powstaną jeszcze inne historie, ale w tej chwili czuję głód.
Fantastycznie mi się czytało. Pierwsza część była trudna, ponieważ musiałam przestawić się na sposób myślenia, kulturę i obyczaje innej rasy, ale od drugiej części utonęłam w świecie fleaf’akhie i nie miałam ochoty z niego wychodzić.
Zafascynowała mnie koncepcja autorki, w której najpotężniejszą siłą społeczną i polityczną są omegi - rzadkie i fizycznie słabsze, ale dające nowe życie i z tego powodu najcenniejsze. Sposób, w jaki "ludzki omega" Carter wpasował się w życie obcej rasy, był momentami zabawny, momentami poważny, ale zawsze wciągający. Myślę, że nigdy nie zapomnę fragmentu, jak mały człowiek terroryzował ogromnych wojowników fleaf’akhie toaletową szczotką.
Książki mają słabsze fragmenty, niekiedy wręcz zbędne (większość rozdziałów dotyczących Auka wydawała mi się kompletnie niepotrzebna), ale finalnie ogromnie mi się podobało i myślę, że kiedyś do tego wrócę.
Fantastycznie mi się czytało. Pierwsza część była trudna, ponieważ musiałam przestawić się na sposób myślenia, kulturę i obyczaje innej rasy, ale od drugiej części utonęłam w świecie fleaf’akhie i nie miałam ochoty z niego wychodzić.
Zafascynowała mnie koncepcja autorki, w której najpotężniejszą siłą społeczną i polityczną są omegi - rzadkie i fizycznie słabsze, ale dające nowe życie i z tego powodu najcenniejsze. Sposób, w jaki "ludzki omega" Carter wpasował się w życie obcej rasy, był momentami zabawny, momentami poważny, ale zawsze wciągający. Myślę, że nigdy nie zapomnę fragmentu, jak mały człowiek terroryzował ogromnych wojowników fleaf’akhie toaletową szczotką.
Książki mają słabsze fragmenty, niekiedy wręcz zbędne (większość rozdziałów dotyczących Auka wydawała mi się kompletnie niepotrzebna), ale finalnie ogromnie mi się podobało i myślę, że kiedyś do tego wrócę.
May 2, 2025
I was so disappointed with this book. I know the author was struggling while writing it but I would have rather waited years for a fully flushed out book than gotten this one when we did. The first three books in the series are some of my favorite erotic sci-fi and I had such high hopes for this next chapter. (Note: I've only listened to these on audio, so I got to skip all the editing issues people mentioned!) But it felt like everything I loved about the first three books was missing here. As a lot of people have noted, this felt more like a series of vignettes rather than a novel. I don't usually mind time jumps, but all of the interesting stuff was left out during the jumps of this book. Not only that, but there were huge plot points that just dropped out of existence.
I'm not even going to get into the unnecessary amount of POVs or fat, pregnant, fart jokes that were introduced.
I'm not even going to get into the unnecessary amount of POVs or fat, pregnant, fart jokes that were introduced.
November 29, 2025
let me be honest
the writing, unfortunately, returns to the original messiness. I think there is a lot of work put into this and a lot of experimenting, but it often times took away from incredibly important scenes. I also think making this 7 POVs also made things harder. The first act was really well done. I have a feeling this was completed before Eileen went on hiatus, but things begin to devolve after that. I honestly believe it would have been better if the books stayed as 3 POV. I like Auk, but I don’t care about his relationships and they took away from the story. I also feel like so much happened, yet we weren’t able to have that immersive experience with the main characters like we were in books 2 and 3 and those moments were diluted because “Auk feels like a pup again”. I wished we focused on politics and having the child. I was also disappointed the class disparity was brought up and immediately dropped. Also Carter…why did the bug make him compatible and then make it so they would barb him…. I was extremely disappointed by this book… the series was good, but this was not a good ending.
the writing, unfortunately, returns to the original messiness. I think there is a lot of work put into this and a lot of experimenting, but it often times took away from incredibly important scenes. I also think making this 7 POVs also made things harder. The first act was really well done. I have a feeling this was completed before Eileen went on hiatus, but things begin to devolve after that. I honestly believe it would have been better if the books stayed as 3 POV. I like Auk, but I don’t care about his relationships and they took away from the story. I also feel like so much happened, yet we weren’t able to have that immersive experience with the main characters like we were in books 2 and 3 and those moments were diluted because “Auk feels like a pup again”. I wished we focused on politics and having the child. I was also disappointed the class disparity was brought up and immediately dropped. Also Carter…why did the bug make him compatible and then make it so they would barb him…. I was extremely disappointed by this book… the series was good, but this was not a good ending.
December 20, 2024
I’m sad to say I found this mostly boring. There was just no interest or tension in the 2nd half. I felt I didn’t get enough of my trio couple. Too many chapters for side characters.Too many povs. Extremely frustrating.
May 25, 2024
So, I've basically just consumed this entire series in the past few weeks. I re-read the first three books as audiobooks then realised this one was available and bought it so some higher level thoughts first.
I think the thing I love most is how deep the world feels. It never feels like a planet of hats, the culture feels fleshed out and multi-faceted and Glass gives us just enough detail to make us feel like there's a lot more under the surface without drowning us in world building. It all feels very natural.
I also love the makeup of the main trio. Things even out as we go through the book but I love the initial setup of the one who understand his own culture but not how to be a slave, the one who understand how to be a slave but not his own culture, and the one who understands nothing but has a different perspective and specialty that allows them to escape. It works incredibly well and creates this amazing dramatic tension.
I also love how each of the first three books builds. We always start in a place where Carter is in danger then work progressively to address that danger until, after hard work, they reach a place of safety. But oh no, right at the end of the book, a further complication. We escape the bugs but they're following us and we're stranded in the jungle. We escape the jungle but the bugs are still coming and the society that we've found may not accept us. And Carter's grasp of alien technology is always the things that saves them. The sword, the improbable alien translator, the ship/laser. Combined with Pyke's warrior spirit and Siel's understanding and the way the three of them work together.
This book's a bit of a nothing burger.
Carter and his family were not, at any point, in any particular peril. They travel from the ship to the safe zone, it goes fine. They're immediately welcomed. The omega boss they were all worried about basically welcomes them, though is weirdly overbearing. They go to the city where they proceed to be treat in the same way. Like, you don't ever feel like they're in risk of being thrown out. They face some minor nuances, an emotional obstacle for Pyke, then they go to live peacefully in a little village. That's it. That's the book.
There's a good set up at the start where stealing the ship in book 3 (an obvious act of escalation) means a larger bug ship is heading towards them and could wipe them out as soon as it gets near enough so they have to hide their ship, which they manage to do.
Apparently this new ship only posed a danger if it could find the stolen ship as it gets there and decides to do nothing.
Like look, you've got, as far as I can tell, a small hold out civilisation living on a planet that's mostly colonised, clinging on because the geography of the area they've retreated to makes is more trouble to wipe them out than to leave them. But they've just escalated. They've stolen a ship with a lazer and killed a hell of a lot of bugs and they've hidden that technology. How hard would it be for this newly arrived ship to decide to stop them before they reverse engineer the lazer, set down in the middle of the capital city and let rip. But it doesn't seem to occur to anyone that they might do that. Instead, it's taken as given that once they're past the gate, they're safe and will be indefinitely.
And we've got them having a baby. Which, like, look, it's an entire thing for my generation and the one after that if we bring children into the world, they're coming into a world where climate change might be irreversible and they might face climate disaster in their lifetimes. But we've got Siel here like, well, I've been a warrior all my life but someone handed me a baby so I'm immediately going to not bother about any of that any more. And Carter, a space marine, who doesn't seem particularly bothered that his son is being raised on a failing alien planet that might at any moment be overrun and Pyke, who was literally raised in a cage by the bugs, who doesn't seem even a little bit concerned that it might happen to his child too. It's just kind of infuriating, honestly.
Instead, everyone's basically okay. They hang around a bit. There's some minor culture clashing. Some personality differences. A secondary character picks up the main plot. Then the book's over. If we'd actually introduced a threat (if not the bugs then the possibility that society might reject them) and cut it significantly it could have been good but it's just a big old shrug.
The other major problem is that there are too many characters who just don't connect up. We've got this concept of the omega's court, which seems to be a kind of extended friendship/family group where everyone works together to raise and support the children and each other. I was hoping for some bonding between Carter and his guys and the rest of his court, the group of them forming a family. We get some hints of this in book 3 where Pyke is making friends. Instead in this book Auk and his mates seem to mostly be treat as Carter's servants, people there to fetch and carry who are friendly acquaintances at best. I don't think they even directly interact with the main trio for most of the book. But we still get chapters from their points of view with an entirely different story and it's just a little odd in an already overly long book.
There also some weird theme going on about how even if your dad's a bag of dicks it's your job as a son to be in his life and be dutiful to him because he probably loves you really which, no thanks actually. I'm not going to say you don't owe your parents anything, I'm not buying into that brain rot, but you owe them what they've given you and if what they've given you is nothing. Or lies. Or disrespect. That's what they deserve in return.
I think the thing I love most is how deep the world feels. It never feels like a planet of hats, the culture feels fleshed out and multi-faceted and Glass gives us just enough detail to make us feel like there's a lot more under the surface without drowning us in world building. It all feels very natural.
I also love the makeup of the main trio. Things even out as we go through the book but I love the initial setup of the one who understand his own culture but not how to be a slave, the one who understand how to be a slave but not his own culture, and the one who understands nothing but has a different perspective and specialty that allows them to escape. It works incredibly well and creates this amazing dramatic tension.
I also love how each of the first three books builds. We always start in a place where Carter is in danger then work progressively to address that danger until, after hard work, they reach a place of safety. But oh no, right at the end of the book, a further complication. We escape the bugs but they're following us and we're stranded in the jungle. We escape the jungle but the bugs are still coming and the society that we've found may not accept us. And Carter's grasp of alien technology is always the things that saves them. The sword, the improbable alien translator, the ship/laser. Combined with Pyke's warrior spirit and Siel's understanding and the way the three of them work together.
This book's a bit of a nothing burger.
Carter and his family were not, at any point, in any particular peril. They travel from the ship to the safe zone, it goes fine. They're immediately welcomed. The omega boss they were all worried about basically welcomes them, though is weirdly overbearing. They go to the city where they proceed to be treat in the same way. Like, you don't ever feel like they're in risk of being thrown out. They face some minor nuances, an emotional obstacle for Pyke, then they go to live peacefully in a little village. That's it. That's the book.
There's a good set up at the start where stealing the ship in book 3 (an obvious act of escalation) means a larger bug ship is heading towards them and could wipe them out as soon as it gets near enough so they have to hide their ship, which they manage to do.
Apparently this new ship only posed a danger if it could find the stolen ship as it gets there and decides to do nothing.
Like look, you've got, as far as I can tell, a small hold out civilisation living on a planet that's mostly colonised, clinging on because the geography of the area they've retreated to makes is more trouble to wipe them out than to leave them. But they've just escalated. They've stolen a ship with a lazer and killed a hell of a lot of bugs and they've hidden that technology. How hard would it be for this newly arrived ship to decide to stop them before they reverse engineer the lazer, set down in the middle of the capital city and let rip. But it doesn't seem to occur to anyone that they might do that. Instead, it's taken as given that once they're past the gate, they're safe and will be indefinitely.
And we've got them having a baby. Which, like, look, it's an entire thing for my generation and the one after that if we bring children into the world, they're coming into a world where climate change might be irreversible and they might face climate disaster in their lifetimes. But we've got Siel here like, well, I've been a warrior all my life but someone handed me a baby so I'm immediately going to not bother about any of that any more. And Carter, a space marine, who doesn't seem particularly bothered that his son is being raised on a failing alien planet that might at any moment be overrun and Pyke, who was literally raised in a cage by the bugs, who doesn't seem even a little bit concerned that it might happen to his child too. It's just kind of infuriating, honestly.
Instead, everyone's basically okay. They hang around a bit. There's some minor culture clashing. Some personality differences. A secondary character picks up the main plot. Then the book's over. If we'd actually introduced a threat (if not the bugs then the possibility that society might reject them) and cut it significantly it could have been good but it's just a big old shrug.
The other major problem is that there are too many characters who just don't connect up. We've got this concept of the omega's court, which seems to be a kind of extended friendship/family group where everyone works together to raise and support the children and each other. I was hoping for some bonding between Carter and his guys and the rest of his court, the group of them forming a family. We get some hints of this in book 3 where Pyke is making friends. Instead in this book Auk and his mates seem to mostly be treat as Carter's servants, people there to fetch and carry who are friendly acquaintances at best. I don't think they even directly interact with the main trio for most of the book. But we still get chapters from their points of view with an entirely different story and it's just a little odd in an already overly long book.
There also some weird theme going on about how even if your dad's a bag of dicks it's your job as a son to be in his life and be dutiful to him because he probably loves you really which, no thanks actually. I'm not going to say you don't owe your parents anything, I'm not buying into that brain rot, but you owe them what they've given you and if what they've given you is nothing. Or lies. Or disrespect. That's what they deserve in return.
May 26, 2024
Quickly became one of my favorite stories of a Space Marine. I hadn't waited for this 4th installment as long as others. Being that I found this space to planet side epic, just last year.
It started out as an incentive that blossomed into an investment. On in finding time to read more. Time well spent. Now if only this was an audiobook. Cause 2023 was buy more audiobooks. I got over 700 added to my library. The rest were physical and 12 ebooks. The struggle is real
It started out as an incentive that blossomed into an investment. On in finding time to read more. Time well spent. Now if only this was an audiobook. Cause 2023 was buy more audiobooks. I got over 700 added to my library. The rest were physical and 12 ebooks. The struggle is real
December 8, 2024
I need more sweet, lovable, protective heroes.
I took my time with this book because of how much I enjoy this world. There's so much I would like to say, for example, the world building the different characters, the chemistry of each personality. It's just so wonderful and interesting.
I'm so happy that this author is gonna continue this series for a long time, and I don't mind.It's one of the best things i've ever read for the year.
P.s. I need more pregnant males.
I took my time with this book because of how much I enjoy this world. There's so much I would like to say, for example, the world building the different characters, the chemistry of each personality. It's just so wonderful and interesting.
I'm so happy that this author is gonna continue this series for a long time, and I don't mind.It's one of the best things i've ever read for the year.
P.s. I need more pregnant males.
March 11, 2024
Being a huge fan of this series for years it was so fulfilling to not only be a Patreon but seeing this final book come out! Eileen was able to craft a world that seamlessly built in great romance while not skimping on the lore and history of the world itself. She was able to craft a culture with language and customs that I easily began to become interested in and understood well as the story progressed. This last book was fun to learn even more about the history of this planet and see the final chapter of Carter and his family! Definitely hoping she continues to create more stories for this world in the future!
April 14, 2024
I liked this book, but I do think it could have been so much better.
There was so much time skipping that it felt rushed and incomplete despite it being pretty long. It could have been divided into different books to make space for those skipped over moments because they were important. I also think a lot of things were mentioned over and over again that weren't really needed. Just one example they lick the nose and face to kiss and find Charters way of kissing weird because you can't taste anything with pressing your lips together.
There are spoilers in this
The last book ended with them fighting for the ship and winning and finding out Carter is pregnant.
Then it skips about a month into the future and they are flying away. This might be a nitpick, but how did they clean the spaceship?
All of how they got the remaining soldiers from the muds base was completely skipped over, unless I missed it, they were just there.
They land at the beach and it skips time again and Carter is a few months along but is hiding it from everyone except for his court but we dont see when Charter told anyone but Pyke and Siel so we don't really know how Auk and Affek reacted to the pregnancy news after being told they were never going to be fathers. Speaking of them, Auk is suddenly with Iethuth, we don't see when they became lovers they just started going at it, and while that is happening we find out Affek has been with them both. Then later in the book it comes out that Affek and Iethuth had been in a relationship behind Auk's back but that's never addressed. The three of them, and the other lovers, are mostly in the background and we never really see them interact with Carter, Pyke or Siel. There is this whole thing about what they have to do to produce milk but the conversation between Carter, Affek and Auk never happens. At the end of the story Iethuth is teaching with Siel but we don't see why, when or how he retired from the military, when we at least got the other 3 lovers (whos names i forgot) saying we have seen enough battel after 6 years so we are joining Charters court.
They talk about announcing the pregnancy, but that happens off page.
They decide they need to get away from the fighting so they walk to a city. It's only implied that they communicated with the city to let them know they were going. They get to the city and this whole thing about homeless ppl is shown but then it never really gets addressed after.
Ruahyr (who is an asshole to everyone all the time) is in the city somehow. Carter has the baby we skip a year forward and they are at the capital city.
I am going to skip over stuff myself to get to the end.
But part of what I am skipping is that Pyke finds out Ruahyr (king omega) is his dad. He was taken from the peaceful valley and Pyks dad was Ruahyr's soul mate.
Ok onto the end of the book.
You have Ov’ielk do this whole thing to overthrow his dad. His dad doesn't want to step down and is ready to fight to keep his place. Then he hears that Carter is packing up to leave, they have a conversation, and Charter invites him to go with them. Then it cuts to 5 YEARS later. Charter had TWINS from Pyke and is pregnant again. It seems he is having a human this time because the womb was genetically made to favor the alien parent, but they have human babies at times? It was confusing. In-between popping out babies he became a teacher and got a leather chair.
Pyke became a smut author, Siel has a military school with Iethuth, Auk is a feeble old man, Affek is doing 100% of the chores for some reason. And Ruahyr is an amazing grandad who gets along with everyone.
There is this thing about an announcement and it's Ov’ielk saying they freed slaves from the peaceful valley.
The End.
Side note, I don't know if it is just me but I don't understand how the world is laid out. Where is the peaceful valley, in relation to the Capitol city, or where Charter, Pyke and Siel were held. Where are the muds and the ocean? When they travel in between do they risk running into bugs?
I still enjoyed it but so much was missing that it felt like I read a book with chapters ripped out.
There was so much time skipping that it felt rushed and incomplete despite it being pretty long. It could have been divided into different books to make space for those skipped over moments because they were important. I also think a lot of things were mentioned over and over again that weren't really needed. Just one example they lick the nose and face to kiss and find Charters way of kissing weird because you can't taste anything with pressing your lips together.
There are spoilers in this
The last book ended with them fighting for the ship and winning and finding out Carter is pregnant.
Then it skips about a month into the future and they are flying away. This might be a nitpick, but how did they clean the spaceship?
All of how they got the remaining soldiers from the muds base was completely skipped over, unless I missed it, they were just there.
They land at the beach and it skips time again and Carter is a few months along but is hiding it from everyone except for his court but we dont see when Charter told anyone but Pyke and Siel so we don't really know how Auk and Affek reacted to the pregnancy news after being told they were never going to be fathers. Speaking of them, Auk is suddenly with Iethuth, we don't see when they became lovers they just started going at it, and while that is happening we find out Affek has been with them both. Then later in the book it comes out that Affek and Iethuth had been in a relationship behind Auk's back but that's never addressed. The three of them, and the other lovers, are mostly in the background and we never really see them interact with Carter, Pyke or Siel. There is this whole thing about what they have to do to produce milk but the conversation between Carter, Affek and Auk never happens. At the end of the story Iethuth is teaching with Siel but we don't see why, when or how he retired from the military, when we at least got the other 3 lovers (whos names i forgot) saying we have seen enough battel after 6 years so we are joining Charters court.
They talk about announcing the pregnancy, but that happens off page.
They decide they need to get away from the fighting so they walk to a city. It's only implied that they communicated with the city to let them know they were going. They get to the city and this whole thing about homeless ppl is shown but then it never really gets addressed after.
Ruahyr (who is an asshole to everyone all the time) is in the city somehow. Carter has the baby we skip a year forward and they are at the capital city.
I am going to skip over stuff myself to get to the end.
But part of what I am skipping is that Pyke finds out Ruahyr (king omega) is his dad. He was taken from the peaceful valley and Pyks dad was Ruahyr's soul mate.
Ok onto the end of the book.
You have Ov’ielk do this whole thing to overthrow his dad. His dad doesn't want to step down and is ready to fight to keep his place. Then he hears that Carter is packing up to leave, they have a conversation, and Charter invites him to go with them. Then it cuts to 5 YEARS later. Charter had TWINS from Pyke and is pregnant again. It seems he is having a human this time because the womb was genetically made to favor the alien parent, but they have human babies at times? It was confusing. In-between popping out babies he became a teacher and got a leather chair.
Pyke became a smut author, Siel has a military school with Iethuth, Auk is a feeble old man, Affek is doing 100% of the chores for some reason. And Ruahyr is an amazing grandad who gets along with everyone.
There is this thing about an announcement and it's Ov’ielk saying they freed slaves from the peaceful valley.
The End.
Side note, I don't know if it is just me but I don't understand how the world is laid out. Where is the peaceful valley, in relation to the Capitol city, or where Charter, Pyke and Siel were held. Where are the muds and the ocean? When they travel in between do they risk running into bugs?
I still enjoyed it but so much was missing that it felt like I read a book with chapters ripped out.
October 5, 2025
(4.25)
fuck yeahhh 🤟🥹
fuck yeahhh 🤟🥹
September 29, 2025
I Give this Book a 4.5-5/5 Star Rating, Listing as 5.
*Updated: Audiobook Review at Bottom
HEA(?): Yes
Relationship Type: MMM
Heat: 4/5
Romance: 5/5
Pacing: Slow-Mid
Drama: 4.5-5/5
Suspense: 4/5
No Spoilers!
This book was just fantastic! I’m so glad to see Carter, Siel & Pykh’s Story. This is their last book (possibly) but There will be more books in sight for this Fantastic Universe!
I devoured this book as fast as I possibly could, despite wishing for more special moments in time in this book, it’s even better than I expected.
I seriously can’t wait for more! 😍
I really hope this series gets narrated by Joel Leslie!
I tried my best to hear his voice internally 😆 as I read cause the way he voices the characters in the previous books were so freaking good! 🤞
*Audiobook Review:
Overall: 5/5
Story: 4.5-5/5
Performance: 5/5
Narrator: Joel Leslie
Just finished the Audiobook for a Second Time, I love this series so much and I’m so Glad to See Joel Leslie doing this again 🥰
*Updated: Audiobook Review at Bottom
HEA(?): Yes
Relationship Type: MMM
Heat: 4/5
Romance: 5/5
Pacing: Slow-Mid
Drama: 4.5-5/5
Suspense: 4/5
No Spoilers!
This book was just fantastic! I’m so glad to see Carter, Siel & Pykh’s Story. This is their last book (possibly) but There will be more books in sight for this Fantastic Universe!
I devoured this book as fast as I possibly could, despite wishing for more special moments in time in this book, it’s even better than I expected.
I seriously can’t wait for more! 😍
I really hope this series gets narrated by Joel Leslie!
I tried my best to hear his voice internally 😆 as I read cause the way he voices the characters in the previous books were so freaking good! 🤞
*Audiobook Review:
Overall: 5/5
Story: 4.5-5/5
Performance: 5/5
Narrator: Joel Leslie
Just finished the Audiobook for a Second Time, I love this series so much and I’m so Glad to See Joel Leslie doing this again 🥰
May 23, 2024
When read as part of a series binge, this feels like a great ending to the series. (Although the author is planning to have future stories set in the same world. Yay!) I can understand why it might not have felt as satisfying to read by itself, though. In order to really give us a sense of closure to the characters, the author progressed through a much longer timeline than the rest of the books cover without actually changing her writing style of covering a short period of time in great detail. So there were times it felt like she was piecing vignettes or short stories together, which gave it the feel of an extended epilogue in places. It worked for me, and I ended the series feeling like I would always be up for little snippets from these characters' lives. It felt like a very fitting end, and one I was grateful she decided to come back to so many years later.
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