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Monsters Love Curvy Girls #1
His Human Nanny
My indentured servitude is almost over and freedom is a heartbeat away!
Until some alien guy buys me because he needs a nanny, quick. What the actual f@ck? I’m not even good with kids. I’ve never changed a diaper in my life. But the beings at the employment agency won’t listen. “Hew-mans are hot right now. Everyone wants a hew-man nanny.” Great. And since there isn’t another human available… I’m hired on the spot.
Yay, me.
And on day one of my new job I’m having a panic attack because I finally meet my new boss and he looks like Satan himself. No lie. Black horns, red eyes and glinting silver-tipped claws. He even has a barbed tail, a forked tongue, and he breathes fire. This guy is terrifying, and his children look exactly like him.
*heart palpitations* *hyperventilating*
And yet, as I’m caring for these strangely adorable infants and gazing longingly at my crazy-rich boss as he cradles his twin babies in his huge, muscular arms… my traitorous heart goes pitter-patter and my body heats up like lava.
Oh no.
And I begin to wonder — have I sold my soul to the devil?
Until some alien guy buys me because he needs a nanny, quick. What the actual f@ck? I’m not even good with kids. I’ve never changed a diaper in my life. But the beings at the employment agency won’t listen. “Hew-mans are hot right now. Everyone wants a hew-man nanny.” Great. And since there isn’t another human available… I’m hired on the spot.
Yay, me.
And on day one of my new job I’m having a panic attack because I finally meet my new boss and he looks like Satan himself. No lie. Black horns, red eyes and glinting silver-tipped claws. He even has a barbed tail, a forked tongue, and he breathes fire. This guy is terrifying, and his children look exactly like him.
*heart palpitations* *hyperventilating*
And yet, as I’m caring for these strangely adorable infants and gazing longingly at my crazy-rich boss as he cradles his twin babies in his huge, muscular arms… my traitorous heart goes pitter-patter and my body heats up like lava.
Oh no.
And I begin to wonder — have I sold my soul to the devil?
166 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 9, 2020
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Michele Mills
160 books876 followersMichele Mills lives in California and leads a life of quiet, G rated desperation with her husband and two sons. In an attempt at a fulfilling, R rated inner life that does not include Disney movies and Nickelodeon; Michele reads and writes filthy romance and, well...filthy romance. And she wouldn’t have it any other way.
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June 10, 2020
Mehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
June 18, 2020
Rating
3.5 ‘Aegir is adorable’🌟 😈
Song Recommendation
I am freaking out over how well Tum Mile suits Aegir and Riley’s story! Here is the English translation for anyone interested.
Review
Look, I finally caved in and read this book. This book didn’t seem to be my type because I don’t normally gravitate towards cute, fluffy romances and this book is just that. It is cute, adorable, sweet, and fluffy. Also ridiculous. But that’s besides the point.
All beings live, laugh, work, hate, love, eat and sleep. Everyone wants the same things – to be loved and understood.
Thank you to all my GR friends who read this book and brought it up on my feeds. I won’t go into too many details on what this book is about. Just that it includes a human curvy girl, Riley, becoming a nanny for twins fathered by a devil look-alike (yes, you read that right), Aegir. The appearance is natural for his species as Riley learns through her stay with him as live-in nanny.
He picks up both babies, one in each sculpted arm, and gives them each a kiss goodbye. I think my ovaries are going to explode.
Aegir was completely cute and swoon-worthy, with red-skin, fangs, horns on forehead, and barbed tail and all. You might call me crazy, but it’s okay. Aegir is worth it. He is such a far cry from the devil he looks like and Riley realizes this and can’t help but melt for him, especially when he is in his ‘dad’ mode. Riley, girl, I am right there with you!
“…Live here with me as if you were mine. I want you to see that this is real and will eventually last longer than a year.
This book is best enjoyed when going in with no expectations except to have a giddy smile on your face by the time you are done reading it. This was an unique experience, an experience that I greatly enjoyed! Looking forward to reading Bergelmir and Chloe’s story. Something tell me it it is going to be spectacular 😉!
“Are you upset?”
“No. I’m just happy. Very happy.”
“I am, too, because my female is here, in my bed. Exactly where she belongs.”
3.5 ‘Aegir is adorable’
Song Recommendation
I am freaking out over how well Tum Mile suits Aegir and Riley’s story! Here is the English translation for anyone interested.
Review
Look, I finally caved in and read this book. This book didn’t seem to be my type because I don’t normally gravitate towards cute, fluffy romances and this book is just that. It is cute, adorable, sweet, and fluffy. Also ridiculous. But that’s besides the point.
All beings live, laugh, work, hate, love, eat and sleep. Everyone wants the same things – to be loved and understood.
Thank you to all my GR friends who read this book and brought it up on my feeds. I won’t go into too many details on what this book is about. Just that it includes a human curvy girl, Riley, becoming a nanny for twins fathered by a devil look-alike (yes, you read that right), Aegir. The appearance is natural for his species as Riley learns through her stay with him as live-in nanny.
He picks up both babies, one in each sculpted arm, and gives them each a kiss goodbye. I think my ovaries are going to explode.
Aegir was completely cute and swoon-worthy, with red-skin, fangs, horns on forehead, and barbed tail and all. You might call me crazy, but it’s okay. Aegir is worth it. He is such a far cry from the devil he looks like and Riley realizes this and can’t help but melt for him, especially when he is in his ‘dad’ mode. Riley, girl, I am right there with you!
“…Live here with me as if you were mine. I want you to see that this is real and will eventually last longer than a year.
This book is best enjoyed when going in with no expectations except to have a giddy smile on your face by the time you are done reading it. This was an unique experience, an experience that I greatly enjoyed! Looking forward to reading Bergelmir and Chloe’s story. Something tell me it it is going to be spectacular 😉!
“Are you upset?”
“No. I’m just happy. Very happy.”
“I am, too, because my female is here, in my bed. Exactly where she belongs.”
June 15, 2020
3.5 STARS!
If you're in the mood for all of the above, you can't go wrong with this book!
Everyone wants the same things - to be loved and understood.Very cute. Very sweet. Very fluffy.
If you're in the mood for all of the above, you can't go wrong with this book!
June 10, 2020
4,5 stars
Cheesy? Yes.
Ridiculous? Yes.
Fetishized? Totally.
But was it also good?! Absofuckinglutely!!
I've never read anything by the author and it was a random pick. And wow, how surprised I was!!
I think it was one of the most adorable books I've read in a long time. But not only that, it was also really hot and funny. Lovely characters, low on drama, a little bit of action and lots and lots of sweetness.
Read the blurb and jump right it! I so recommend it!
Definitely going to read more by the author.
Cheesy? Yes.
Ridiculous? Yes.
Fetishized? Totally.
But was it also good?! Absofuckinglutely!!
I've never read anything by the author and it was a random pick. And wow, how surprised I was!!
I think it was one of the most adorable books I've read in a long time. But not only that, it was also really hot and funny. Lovely characters, low on drama, a little bit of action and lots and lots of sweetness.
Read the blurb and jump right it! I so recommend it!
Definitely going to read more by the author.
May 12, 2020
This was a completely spontaneous read but omg it turned out to be the cutest alien romance ever 😭 Single demon-looking alien dad with newborn twins hires the human heroine as his nanny and they fall in love!! They were TOO SWEET!
May 22, 2020
4 stars!!!
Aegir is such a hot devil — literally and figuratively speaking!!
Well, he’s actually a sweetheart, and he’s not a devil, he’s an alien, but still.
This is suuuuuch a cute book. I’m so glad Lana “introduced” me to it like 4 days ago with her awesome review and JadeC reminded me about needing to read it after her awesome review as well!!!
I loved the instalove (& lust even though that came waaay after) that was written in a delayed gratification way, if that makes any sense.
There are alien babies in this book — she (Riley) is, after all, the nanny.
There’s no cheating or drama, just the “big” enough problem that is surrounded in the plot that makes it fun/interesting.
Overall, this was a great read that I thoroughly enjoyed!!
Aegir is such a hot devil — literally and figuratively speaking!!
Well, he’s actually a sweetheart, and he’s not a devil, he’s an alien, but still.
This is suuuuuch a cute book. I’m so glad Lana “introduced” me to it like 4 days ago with her awesome review and JadeC reminded me about needing to read it after her awesome review as well!!!
I loved the instalove (& lust even though that came waaay after) that was written in a delayed gratification way, if that makes any sense.
There are alien babies in this book — she (Riley) is, after all, the nanny.
There’s no cheating or drama, just the “big” enough problem that is surrounded in the plot that makes it fun/interesting.
Overall, this was a great read that I thoroughly enjoyed!!
February 13, 2021
3.5 stars
I like Riley’s sass and that she takes the employment agency for everything she can after they took advantage of her,
Talk about a 180 in a manner of what? An hour or two? Everything scary is suddenly adorable? I get the whole unknown is scary but to have a total change of heart about everything feels like a bit of a stretch. I mean at least the fire breathing should be concerning.
Aegir’s mother is cute and way ahead of the game I see.
It’s a bit redundant, especially concerning Aegir’s appearance. And rather then allowing the reader to experience emotions, it feels like the writer is telling you how to feel.
Why’s it so hot when he demanded she buy clothes with his money. No doubt because it’s a way for him to claim her without actually claiming her.
It’s a little kitschy, it’s a little cliche but in the end it’s totally adorable!
I like Riley’s sass and that she takes the employment agency for everything she can after they took advantage of her,
Talk about a 180 in a manner of what? An hour or two? Everything scary is suddenly adorable? I get the whole unknown is scary but to have a total change of heart about everything feels like a bit of a stretch. I mean at least the fire breathing should be concerning.
Aegir’s mother is cute and way ahead of the game I see.
It’s a bit redundant, especially concerning Aegir’s appearance. And rather then allowing the reader to experience emotions, it feels like the writer is telling you how to feel.
Why’s it so hot when he demanded she buy clothes with his money. No doubt because it’s a way for him to claim her without actually claiming her.
It’s a little kitschy, it’s a little cliche but in the end it’s totally adorable!
December 3, 2022
I read sci-fi romance, at least partly, because I like how different the characters and settings can be. Maybe post-apocalyptic Earth, or another planet that has challenges that the characters need to overcome, with beings that don't quite think like humans do.
This book fell flat when it comes to having a unique world or characters. The hero and his family looked different from humans, but their personalities and the world itself were very reminiscent of what is usually found in contemporary romance. The alien world was basically a gated community in the suburbs. The hero worked in finance and was a billionaire. They had cars, and parks for children to play in. Reading this book was like reading sci-fi lite.
As far as the actual story and characters go, they were fine. The mmc and fmc were sweet, the secondary characters were nice, the villain was a jerk. The main couple were almost instalove (although the fmc thought the mmc was scary-looking at first), but they did seem to get to know each other somewhat throughout the book.
This book fell flat when it comes to having a unique world or characters. The hero and his family looked different from humans, but their personalities and the world itself were very reminiscent of what is usually found in contemporary romance. The alien world was basically a gated community in the suburbs. The hero worked in finance and was a billionaire. They had cars, and parks for children to play in. Reading this book was like reading sci-fi lite.
As far as the actual story and characters go, they were fine. The mmc and fmc were sweet, the secondary characters were nice, the villain was a jerk. The main couple were almost instalove (although the fmc thought the mmc was scary-looking at first), but they did seem to get to know each other somewhat throughout the book.
May 28, 2020
This book is exactly what you'd expect. She's a human nanny for an alien. They bone. Nice way to take my mind off current events, like a pandemic.
March 23, 2022
Quite happy with it.
A cover & title like this I expected “easy, cheesy & maybe fun.” Now I don’t particular fancy cheesy, but sometimes I enjoy something light, and this was very light. To my great surprise the cheesy was also very low-key. (Hit hard towards the end though).
A plus-size nanny taking care of two red skinned babies for a hunk of a red skinned alien with a tail & horns. That screams light & cheesy, right? I really did enjoy and will most likely continue the series when I again am in need of a little something light.
Read: 02/01/2022
1st rating: 3 stars
Genre/tropes:Alien/sci-fi/smut/nanny
Cover: 2 stars (it’s the cheesy, I am sorry😂)
POV’s: Dual -1st person (Riley & Aegir)
Will I recommend: Yeah
A cover & title like this I expected “easy, cheesy & maybe fun.” Now I don’t particular fancy cheesy, but sometimes I enjoy something light, and this was very light. To my great surprise the cheesy was also very low-key. (Hit hard towards the end though).
A plus-size nanny taking care of two red skinned babies for a hunk of a red skinned alien with a tail & horns. That screams light & cheesy, right? I really did enjoy and will most likely continue the series when I again am in need of a little something light.
Read: 02/01/2022
1st rating: 3 stars
Genre/tropes:Alien/sci-fi/smut/nanny
Cover: 2 stars (it’s the cheesy, I am sorry😂)
POV’s: Dual -1st person (Riley & Aegir)
Will I recommend: Yeah
September 26, 2021
The Monsters Love Curvy Girls series by Michele Mills is fun, adorable, sexy, cheesy and quirky, but very delightful. I enjoyed each story in the series. It’s a cute alien romance and something fun to pass the time.
His Human Nanny introduces us to the Monsters Love Curvy Girls series. We have a sweet single demon-looking alien dad with newborn twins who needs help. He hires a human nanny and I’m sure you can guess what happens. Aegir and Riley are cute together and the twins a so adorable. There is a little drama, but it all comes down to this one line “Everyone wants the same things - to be loved and understood.”
Rated: 3 Stars
His Human Nanny introduces us to the Monsters Love Curvy Girls series. We have a sweet single demon-looking alien dad with newborn twins who needs help. He hires a human nanny and I’m sure you can guess what happens. Aegir and Riley are cute together and the twins a so adorable. There is a little drama, but it all comes down to this one line “Everyone wants the same things - to be loved and understood.”
Rated: 3 Stars
May 23, 2021
I enjoyed this tremendously! I knew from reading the blurb that I was going to enjoy this and I'm so glad that it didn't let me down. I loved our main couple Riley and Aegir and the author did such a good job at building the tension between them. Not only that, reading about them slowly becoming a family really stole my heart!
I enjoyed this and can't wait for the next book that's about Chloe and Bergelmir!
I enjoyed this and can't wait for the next book that's about Chloe and Bergelmir!
February 8, 2022
Was eh. Maybe I’m not in an alien romance book mood anymore? Maybe I just didn’t pick the right. Or the right book for me?
Oh well. Onwards and on to the next book. Problem is,.... what to read next. Or finish next?
Oh well. Onwards and on to the next book. Problem is,.... what to read next. Or finish next?
June 23, 2021
Happy 18th Birthday to me with my very first alien romance 🥳🤠
This was utterly ridiculous in its over-the-topness at times, but honestly it was so much fun. This is a single dad/nanny romance with a plus-sized heroine and it was actually really slow-burn too which I did not expect. It was just very wholesome.
This was utterly ridiculous in its over-the-topness at times, but honestly it was so much fun. This is a single dad/nanny romance with a plus-sized heroine and it was actually really slow-burn too which I did not expect. It was just very wholesome.
February 4, 2022
Okay, tell me again - why did we need this huge, red-skinned, fanged, horny (as in horns on the head, duh!), silver taloned, clawed and barbed-tailed - and fire breathing - alien in our nanny story if it's then set in this modern-day, American-ish swanky lifestyle?
Diapers, bottles, schedules, learning about parenting from vids (net/ SM), making 'IntelGram' accounts for his family, making cheeezburgrrs, sooshi and peet-zuhs for him, mom groups - for Her.
Working from home, being a financial and investment whiz-kid, home gyms, driving a cool car, gifting his nanny a car with a big red bow on the hood - for Him.
Oh and also fighting a paternity/custody suit with this grasping conniving ow.
I mean a more regular lookin alien would've done.
Because if you are making him look like someone who'd rather kill his own food, and then make him tap on his vid-thingies and make money the whole day, it doesn't really go, does it?
Just saying.
Oh and can he decide if her waist is happily 'thick 'or 'tiny'?
(Actually it should be tiny because although she's a bbw by human standards, she's got nothing on the Hyrokkin women with whom he must be comparing the hew-man nanny. )
Little things.
Diapers, bottles, schedules, learning about parenting from vids (net/ SM), making 'IntelGram' accounts for his family, making cheeezburgrrs, sooshi and peet-zuhs for him, mom groups - for Her.
Working from home, being a financial and investment whiz-kid, home gyms, driving a cool car, gifting his nanny a car with a big red bow on the hood - for Him.
Oh and also fighting a paternity/custody suit with this grasping conniving ow.
I mean a more regular lookin alien would've done.
Because if you are making him look like someone who'd rather kill his own food, and then make him tap on his vid-thingies and make money the whole day, it doesn't really go, does it?
Just saying.
Oh and can he decide if her waist is happily 'thick 'or 'tiny'?
(Actually it should be tiny because although she's a bbw by human standards, she's got nothing on the Hyrokkin women with whom he must be comparing the hew-man nanny. )
Little things.
July 15, 2020
DNF @ 73%
Just too much meh and not enough chemistry but the babies were cute 😊
Just too much meh and not enough chemistry but the babies were cute 😊
October 15, 2020
⭐⭐⭐dulces estrellitas bebés Hyrrokin!
His human nanny de Michele Mills Serie Monsters Love Curvy Girls libro 1
Mí humilde opinión:
En el momento en que los humanos se convirtieron en ciudadanos de los cuatro sectores, la Agencia de Empleo Intergaláctica abrió una oficina de empleos en Nueva tierra.
Riley Anderson se inscribió ilusionada ya que prometía un año de trabajo honesto por un bono tentador: un víaje gratis a cualquier lugar que eligiera en los cuatro sectores.
Huérfana sin perspectivas, pensó que esa era la oportunidad para conseguir un trabajo mejor en otro planeta.
Pero resultó ser una estafa total.
Ellos le robaron cinco años de servicio. Lo que no le dijeron de su contrato era que si el empleador le daba buenas críticas, se le renovaba.
Le gustaba su trabajo con los ancianos y era buena en ello pero ya soportó suficiente.
Al final tuvo que pedir que le dieran una mala crítica para poder salir de la empresa de esos embaucadores.
Sus maletas estaban hechas, ya tenía un billete de salida del planeta cuando le piden que haga de niñera para un rico Hyrrokin.
Al principio es un no grande pero luego lo piensa mejor y hace un trato que la benefica. Solo que está nerviosa, nunca trabajo para esa clase de extraterrestres o con niños.
Cuando ve por primera vez la cara de su empleador se desmaya, literalmente, y no porque sea apuesto sino porque se parece al mismísimo demonio!
Aegir Touchstone es un padre soltero, famoso, rico y codiciado en su planeta Tarvos.
No sabía que era padre hasta que una hembra que deseaba ser su esposa le dejó a gemelos en su puerta. Ellos son frutos de una noche con una mujer que lo engañó para convertirse en su destinada, esposa y por lo que se encuentra en juicio con ella por eso.
Él ama a sus hijos pero necesita ayuda. Las humanas son buenas cuidadoras de niños y es la tendencia del momento así que contrata a una.
No le dio muy buena impresión a la niñera humana que se desmayó en sus brazos y mientras la está mirando se da cuenta que ella está encendiendo cada instinto de apareamiento que nunca tuvo.
Con el pasar de los días nota que Riley es lo mejor que les ha pasado a él y sus pequeños. No quiere que se marche nunca. Quiere que sea su destinada.
¿Pero cómo puede vivir con la humana que desea tanto cuando está legalmente ligado a otra por sus gemelos?
Primer libro de la serie Monsters Love Curvy Girls de Michele Mills y...
Fue lindo en partes, me gustó el tema de los bebés y toda la rareza adorable de los gemelos Hyrrokin. La interacción y la dinámica familiar al adentrarse la heroína en el mundo de Aegir.
PERO...
Se sentía excesivo o repetitivo en algunos capítulos como por ejemplo, estaba cansada de que siga mencionando que Aigir es padre soltero.
No sentí mucho la química en esta pareja, esa tensión que me hace querer que lleguen a estar juntos rápido. Me parecieron dos personas amistosas cuidando de dos bebés.
Y después todo el sexo cuando al fin pueden estar juntos me resultó too much... Demasiado todo de golpe.
Tampoco hubo contrucción del mundo, lo único que sé del planeta de estos extraterrestres que parecen demonios.
Sin embargo, está muy bien la descripción del extraterrestre. Me lo pude imaginar, no así cuando besa a Riley con esos grandes dientes pero buena descripción del personaje.
Estuvo diferente lo del honor en lo que se refiere a sus parejas o destinadas. Fue algo curioso que ellos puedan quedar atados a una pareja por ley si tienen hijos y todo lo demás sobre el tema parejas.
Y esta vez es el personaje masculino al que drogan y engañan, un giro que no esperaba cuando siempre son las heroínas que pasan por eso. Nunca había leído de un héroe al que le suceda.
También estuvo genial lo de la agencia Intergaláctica y los contratos de servicio de servidumbre. Da pie para muchas otras historias.
Riley me gustó, era una mujer decidida y comprometida con lo que hacía. Amorosa y dulce. Ella tiene sobrepeso y tiene sus inseguridades.
La autora a veces señala partes del cuerpo de Riley no de la mejor manera cuando se trata de alguien rellenito, no sé, me resultó incómodo, podría ponerse de una mejor forma. Eso es lo que yo percibí.
Pensamiento aparte...
De buenas y locas madres... La madre biológica de los gemelos tenía una orden de restricción y aún así se acercó dos veces a ellos? Raro.
Riley tiene un encuentro cara a cara con la madre biológica de los gemelos y en vez de contárselo enseguida al padre se queja de la invasión de bichos en la cocina?
Este fue un romance divertido y alegre, dulce y sin mucha complicación, a pesar de algunas cositas que me hicieron ruido, me enganchó de qué iba la historia desde el principio.
No fue algo de otro planeta pero estuvo entretenido.
El epilogo plagado de lindos bebés en tono familiar fue un dulce de leche!
November 11, 2020
This was so much fun!!
I LOVE books with babies in them. If you didn’t know I have had baby fever my whole life 😂. I thought the babies in here were adorable! I also loved how Riley was so loving towards them and their father.
I overall though this was a super sweet alien romance :)
I just didn’t like the conflict with the crazy ex lollll
*read on kindle unlimited*
I LOVE books with babies in them. If you didn’t know I have had baby fever my whole life 😂. I thought the babies in here were adorable! I also loved how Riley was so loving towards them and their father.
I overall though this was a super sweet alien romance :)
I just didn’t like the conflict with the crazy ex lollll
*read on kindle unlimited*
June 20, 2021
Have you heard the sound on TikTok that goes: “…what the fuck is we doing?” That was me while reading this book.
I grabbed it from KU because I’m always looking for more alien/monster romances and I haven’t tried this author before, and I liked that it’s a whole series featuring plus sized woman (in the books AND on the covers).
Unfortunately this didn’t work for me for several reasons. One was the writing. I don’t know exactly how to describe it but I didn’t jive with her writing. It was a lot of telling over showing, if that makes sense. Infodumps from the hero’s mom on the woman who did him wrong. Infodumps from the villainous character of their evil plan and how it was foiled. Also, the hero describes the heroine as having “meaty, colorless skin.” Ick.
Also the pacing off this book felt off. It was insta-lust (how many times did he call her his “sexy nanny”?) but also what was even the storyline or plot?
I’ve been very into single parent romances lately but this one fell so heavily on the children that I didn’t get any emotional development between the father and the heroine.
TW: implied that the hero was drugged/raped and that resulted in a woman getting pregnant
I grabbed it from KU because I’m always looking for more alien/monster romances and I haven’t tried this author before, and I liked that it’s a whole series featuring plus sized woman (in the books AND on the covers).
Unfortunately this didn’t work for me for several reasons. One was the writing. I don’t know exactly how to describe it but I didn’t jive with her writing. It was a lot of telling over showing, if that makes sense. Infodumps from the hero’s mom on the woman who did him wrong. Infodumps from the villainous character of their evil plan and how it was foiled. Also, the hero describes the heroine as having “meaty, colorless skin.” Ick.
Also the pacing off this book felt off. It was insta-lust (how many times did he call her his “sexy nanny”?) but also what was even the storyline or plot?
I’ve been very into single parent romances lately but this one fell so heavily on the children that I didn’t get any emotional development between the father and the heroine.
TW: implied that the hero was drugged/raped and that resulted in a woman getting pregnant
March 5, 2023
Short and fun.
This was a fun short read. It’s very insta love, it’s short so I’m not surprised. The audiobook was very enjoyable, I picked it because I wanted to listen to something while I cleaned. Zero regrets. This book is like pure junk food. It isn’t necessarily great for you but damn it’s delicious.
This was a fun short read. It’s very insta love, it’s short so I’m not surprised. The audiobook was very enjoyable, I picked it because I wanted to listen to something while I cleaned. Zero regrets. This book is like pure junk food. It isn’t necessarily great for you but damn it’s delicious.
May 23, 2020
This book is a DNF for me. I just can't get past the fact that the alien looks like Satan. That's just too much for me. I read all kinds of books and I tried to give this one a chance but NO, JUST NO. Sorry.
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October 6, 2020DNF for now
Too repetitive after 40%.
Characters are very cute thought.
Too repetitive after 40%.
Characters are very cute thought.
May 5, 2022
Classic example how important it is to have good beta readers... this book could really have benefited from those...
I have no idea how this book could get that many good reviews with that many inconsistencies.. holy crap!!! The only reason I didn’t stop reading this was because I already paid for it(expensive much... thank you very much) and it was a very short book.
Too expensive for a book with 120pages... it was a mistake on my side to purchase it, I did not see the length before purchase.
Omg I'm dying from all the tell in this story.... Zzzzzz... and there's too much awkward/unnatural dialogue.
I can't handle Riley... she's a know it all and I want to punch her stupid face..
Notes:::: ***Can contain spoilers***
If they have a universal translater... the aliens would call humans for Hew-mens... it would be perfectly translated as everything else...
"Touchstone"? I'm sorry... I cringed every time I read that name. And why do aliens who have alien names have an English surname?
It's so unlikely she faints at the sight of Aegir, she has already seen so many different races of aliens, this shouldn't be more of a shock to her.
"Humans make the best caregivers of children and the elderly because they’re well-known for their natural caring abilities."
I laughed and cringed at this. We humans are only empathic when it benefits ourselves... we are disgusting human beings and those who thinks otherwise are delusional and blind to reality.
"I lift my glass tablet" its the second time she "picks up" the tablet on the same page...
"They thrive on routine." It's so boring when authors make aliens too human like... why read about aliens then??
"my Hyrrokin shopping account" I just blurted out "what?". Would it have been better and easier just saying "give you access to my account."
"Kritan Softstone" really? As in really??? Softstone?? Seriously?? Touchstone and Softstone?? I have to take a break from this book...
Okay I'm back...
"A male with red skin, a barbed tail, horns, fangs and claws?" Okay we f!@#£, get it... he has red skin, a barbed tail, horns, fang and claws!!! Omfg!!! It's explained f!@@£ 7 times now!!!!
"the Hyrrokin food dispenser" does everything have to be named something with Hyrrokin?? Why do they even have a whole kitchen if they just have to use the food dispenser??
"I look back up to find Aegir staring at me with a heated gaze that drops to my chest then rises again to my face." So these aliens find breasts as a sexual thing too? It's very human.. someone found it sexual and then suddenly every woman had to hide "basically their childrens feeding bags" away from society, because now they were suddenly inappropriate because men think they are made for them. So... I don't believe aliens would have the same take on breasts. Just my personal opinion though. The author can do what she wants.
"“This one we should frame,” I tell him." This comment and so much more that has happened in the first only 30% of the book makes me want to punch Riley for being so "freely" around what should happen around the kids and the house, like an evil stepmom moving in and changing everything...
It just dawned on me that these aliens also eat 3 times a day like humans. Is there solar system the same as well? Do they have 7 days in a week? Are their days 24 hours too? I have too many questions.
"“You’re amazing,” I tell her. “It’s true what they say about humans. You do make the best caregivers.”" me: Blargh!!!!!!
"shove my tongue in her mouth." No special aliens affection either? This keeps getting more boring.
"we’re spending so much time together…" so much time together? They have known each other for 2 days.... and there's missing a quotation mark here.
"She glances around at the three different high-tech glass screens scrolling real-time stock data from the major markets across the four sectors." Me being confused because... one page ago he: "I power down my screens"
"She’s right. I turn and quickly shut down my screens and my vid com." Yeah, it's the second time you turn them off Aegir.
"I stand with Loge in one arm and my other claw goes to the small of her back as we walk downstairs," sounds painful getting a claw in your back...
"She’s already had me try sooshee, cheezburgrrr and something called peetzuh, all of which I loved." He has already tried a lot of earths food when it's only her third day there, but alright.. and again with the bad translation.. it doesn't work that way when they talk perfectly together besides that...
"I’m quickly forming an attachment to that warm drink of hers she calls “coffee.”" funny that she doesn't have anything she gets attached to from his world... why is it always the aliens getting attached to a human thing and not the other way around.
Omg the dialogue on page 52 is killing me...
"I love how she’s now wearing our traditional female-wear." Didn't she only order it the night before? Or has it been more days than I know of? Have I missed it? I'm confused...
"She’s tenderly holding both of my babies and I want to fuck her right now." Noooo that's so wrong!!!!!! Say: "she's tenderly holding both my babies and I have never been more attracted to anyone than in this moment."
"The way she’s staring at me, I know she’s remembering last night. How I pressed my hard cock against her stomach." Okay so it has only been 3 days...
Uff I cringed so hard at the dancing scene on page 53...
"Her eyes drop down to my chest and finally to my crotch, where I’m certain she sees the outline of my semi-hard cock. It’s always like that nowadays." This is sooooo wrong when they are standing with the children....
"Her luminous eyes look wet. “Oh Aegir. Okay, I’ll stay.”" that was vague... blargh
"And all that cum that spilt onto his claw. Gods, I wanted to rush over and lick it up for him. But instead I ran back to my room and hid." A not very realistic way of thinking, but the men in romances are certainly lucky.
" “Good morning,” a female greets." A page before she got annoyed that Aegir didn't come down for lunch, now it's suddenly morning? And before that Riley said it wasn't the kids' naptime yet, so they nap late or what is happening here???
"“Hi, my name is Sherkis Loadstone,”" omfg are they all named something with stone???
"“I knew everything about you.” Well, except her age and her actual appearance. I obviously didn’t check that clearly enough before her arrival." Um, this doesn't makes sense because in the beginning he thought. "I was hiring a human similar to my own mother, a mature female who would tend to the babies and instruct me on their care." So how could she ever instruct him in anything if she didn't have the knowledge in the first place?
"I ordered my security team to investigate you. Before you even arrived, I already had your complete work history and I’d reviewed it." But they didn't inform him about her age and looks, a picture or something???
"“Humans are wonderful with the elderly as well as the young. Your species has a natural ability where this is concerned. Humans are famous in the four sectors for their ability to care deeply for beings who are not of your own species.”" I have to laugh! So all the many many many many centuries of racism and animal cruelty is not a problem???? What!!!! And let us not forget all the countless wars that has and is raging...
Page 79
"And yet I want her with me every second of the day. With my offspring, and also with me in my bed taking my cock. This is amazing." His thought's sounded so sweet and romantic until he ruined it in the end....
"I am lucky that she is even considering me as a future mate." But she doesn't.. she just said she'll be there for the kids for a year then she would leave...
"The farthest he gets from the house is my driving lessons, or the backyard." Driving lessons?? When did that happen??
"I get the babies ready too and load them into the utility vehicle." Wasn't she taking drivers lessons?
"This female carried both of these babies for nine long months" so this entire different species has the same pregnancy length as us? Really??
Page 89
"And she hasn’t seen them for an additional six weeks" 5, right? Riley had been there for 3weeks and Aegir had the kids for 2 weeks, that's 5.
"President Grindstone" * sigh... it's not even funny...
"My arms surround her soft curves and I cup her head with my claw." ??? Does he have 4 arms and hands?
"It’s dark outside and the kitchen lights are on and the windows are privacy tinted." Why this random comment about the tintet windows???
"She’s kissing me with urgency, her blunt teeth clicking against my fangs." Auch...
"That same hair that she has on her head is also on her cunt." Didn't she get waxed 3 weeks ago? Double checked... it's on page 11.
"Everything I’ve been going through these last few months," weeks, sweety, weeks..
"I try to trick my male often with heated glances and “accidental” brushes" how sweet of her..
"I hate it when my husband isn’t in the house." Husband?! When did that happen? Even if it's just a fleeting thought, husband is a little out of place.
"Bergelmir downloaded that app for me weeks ago. I pray it’s doing its job." But it's only been 1 week since she learned he was her security detail...
"Kritan doesn’t look the same as she did a week ago. Her clothes are torn and dirty." Why would her clothes be torn and dirty? I don't understand...
Pages 102
My... what a professional and formal letter Kritan's father had written... I believe a highly respected man could write something without sounding like a teenager making amends.
"“He’s tied up and gagged, at our domicile on the other side of the community.”" who the fuck would admit what they had done that easily???
"I nodded earlier when Bestla, Methone and even Aegir told me the bad news that the judgment still isn’t settled and I acted like I understood and I wasn’t at all upset." I'm a little tired of, "Why can't we fuck!" When they actually can be together and enjoy each others company. Shouldn't that be the most important thing??
"my mind keeps flashing to images of this morning, when that woman attacked me." Morning? But the kids were taking a nap??
"I lie in bed and let the tears flow as I relive the day and the past five weeks." 4 weeks. I counted it to be 4 weeks. In the beginning of chapter 9 Riley says 3 weeks, that was 1 week ago.
"The cleaning and repair bots did an amazing job" they have cleaning and repair bots but not bug-bots?
"“The babies are staying with my mother this weekend.” I can’t believe this. “The whole weekend?”" she told you so herself, do you have dementia???
Page 110
"Sure, I’ve been kissed before." Yeah he kissed you on page 93, remember?
"The kiss Aegir gave me in the kitchen—that was the kiss to end all other kisses!" Arh, now you remembered... good for you...
Page 110-112
Save me... I'm cringing...
Page 113
Unless you have consent to wake up your partner this way, it's considered rape/SA.
I'm cringing every time that "Intelgram account" is mentioned. Urg...
The last Chapter was filled with "then they did that and then that..." like more than the rest of the book...
Finally f!@#£% done!!!!
I have no idea how this book could get that many good reviews with that many inconsistencies.. holy crap!!! The only reason I didn’t stop reading this was because I already paid for it(expensive much... thank you very much) and it was a very short book.
Too expensive for a book with 120pages... it was a mistake on my side to purchase it, I did not see the length before purchase.
Omg I'm dying from all the tell in this story.... Zzzzzz... and there's too much awkward/unnatural dialogue.
I can't handle Riley... she's a know it all and I want to punch her stupid face..
Notes:::: ***Can contain spoilers***
If they have a universal translater... the aliens would call humans for Hew-mens... it would be perfectly translated as everything else...
"Touchstone"? I'm sorry... I cringed every time I read that name. And why do aliens who have alien names have an English surname?
It's so unlikely she faints at the sight of Aegir, she has already seen so many different races of aliens, this shouldn't be more of a shock to her.
"Humans make the best caregivers of children and the elderly because they’re well-known for their natural caring abilities."
I laughed and cringed at this. We humans are only empathic when it benefits ourselves... we are disgusting human beings and those who thinks otherwise are delusional and blind to reality.
"I lift my glass tablet" its the second time she "picks up" the tablet on the same page...
"They thrive on routine." It's so boring when authors make aliens too human like... why read about aliens then??
"my Hyrrokin shopping account" I just blurted out "what?". Would it have been better and easier just saying "give you access to my account."
"Kritan Softstone" really? As in really??? Softstone?? Seriously?? Touchstone and Softstone?? I have to take a break from this book...
Okay I'm back...
"A male with red skin, a barbed tail, horns, fangs and claws?" Okay we f!@#£, get it... he has red skin, a barbed tail, horns, fang and claws!!! Omfg!!! It's explained f!@@£ 7 times now!!!!
"the Hyrrokin food dispenser" does everything have to be named something with Hyrrokin?? Why do they even have a whole kitchen if they just have to use the food dispenser??
"I look back up to find Aegir staring at me with a heated gaze that drops to my chest then rises again to my face." So these aliens find breasts as a sexual thing too? It's very human.. someone found it sexual and then suddenly every woman had to hide "basically their childrens feeding bags" away from society, because now they were suddenly inappropriate because men think they are made for them. So... I don't believe aliens would have the same take on breasts. Just my personal opinion though. The author can do what she wants.
"“This one we should frame,” I tell him." This comment and so much more that has happened in the first only 30% of the book makes me want to punch Riley for being so "freely" around what should happen around the kids and the house, like an evil stepmom moving in and changing everything...
It just dawned on me that these aliens also eat 3 times a day like humans. Is there solar system the same as well? Do they have 7 days in a week? Are their days 24 hours too? I have too many questions.
"“You’re amazing,” I tell her. “It’s true what they say about humans. You do make the best caregivers.”" me: Blargh!!!!!!
"shove my tongue in her mouth." No special aliens affection either? This keeps getting more boring.
"we’re spending so much time together…" so much time together? They have known each other for 2 days.... and there's missing a quotation mark here.
"She glances around at the three different high-tech glass screens scrolling real-time stock data from the major markets across the four sectors." Me being confused because... one page ago he: "I power down my screens"
"She’s right. I turn and quickly shut down my screens and my vid com." Yeah, it's the second time you turn them off Aegir.
"I stand with Loge in one arm and my other claw goes to the small of her back as we walk downstairs," sounds painful getting a claw in your back...
"She’s already had me try sooshee, cheezburgrrr and something called peetzuh, all of which I loved." He has already tried a lot of earths food when it's only her third day there, but alright.. and again with the bad translation.. it doesn't work that way when they talk perfectly together besides that...
"I’m quickly forming an attachment to that warm drink of hers she calls “coffee.”" funny that she doesn't have anything she gets attached to from his world... why is it always the aliens getting attached to a human thing and not the other way around.
Omg the dialogue on page 52 is killing me...
"I love how she’s now wearing our traditional female-wear." Didn't she only order it the night before? Or has it been more days than I know of? Have I missed it? I'm confused...
"She’s tenderly holding both of my babies and I want to fuck her right now." Noooo that's so wrong!!!!!! Say: "she's tenderly holding both my babies and I have never been more attracted to anyone than in this moment."
"The way she’s staring at me, I know she’s remembering last night. How I pressed my hard cock against her stomach." Okay so it has only been 3 days...
Uff I cringed so hard at the dancing scene on page 53...
"Her eyes drop down to my chest and finally to my crotch, where I’m certain she sees the outline of my semi-hard cock. It’s always like that nowadays." This is sooooo wrong when they are standing with the children....
"Her luminous eyes look wet. “Oh Aegir. Okay, I’ll stay.”" that was vague... blargh
"And all that cum that spilt onto his claw. Gods, I wanted to rush over and lick it up for him. But instead I ran back to my room and hid." A not very realistic way of thinking, but the men in romances are certainly lucky.
" “Good morning,” a female greets." A page before she got annoyed that Aegir didn't come down for lunch, now it's suddenly morning? And before that Riley said it wasn't the kids' naptime yet, so they nap late or what is happening here???
"“Hi, my name is Sherkis Loadstone,”" omfg are they all named something with stone???
"“I knew everything about you.” Well, except her age and her actual appearance. I obviously didn’t check that clearly enough before her arrival." Um, this doesn't makes sense because in the beginning he thought. "I was hiring a human similar to my own mother, a mature female who would tend to the babies and instruct me on their care." So how could she ever instruct him in anything if she didn't have the knowledge in the first place?
"I ordered my security team to investigate you. Before you even arrived, I already had your complete work history and I’d reviewed it." But they didn't inform him about her age and looks, a picture or something???
"“Humans are wonderful with the elderly as well as the young. Your species has a natural ability where this is concerned. Humans are famous in the four sectors for their ability to care deeply for beings who are not of your own species.”" I have to laugh! So all the many many many many centuries of racism and animal cruelty is not a problem???? What!!!! And let us not forget all the countless wars that has and is raging...
Page 79
"And yet I want her with me every second of the day. With my offspring, and also with me in my bed taking my cock. This is amazing." His thought's sounded so sweet and romantic until he ruined it in the end....
"I am lucky that she is even considering me as a future mate." But she doesn't.. she just said she'll be there for the kids for a year then she would leave...
"The farthest he gets from the house is my driving lessons, or the backyard." Driving lessons?? When did that happen??
"I get the babies ready too and load them into the utility vehicle." Wasn't she taking drivers lessons?
"This female carried both of these babies for nine long months" so this entire different species has the same pregnancy length as us? Really??
Page 89
"And she hasn’t seen them for an additional six weeks" 5, right? Riley had been there for 3weeks and Aegir had the kids for 2 weeks, that's 5.
"President Grindstone" * sigh... it's not even funny...
"My arms surround her soft curves and I cup her head with my claw." ??? Does he have 4 arms and hands?
"It’s dark outside and the kitchen lights are on and the windows are privacy tinted." Why this random comment about the tintet windows???
"She’s kissing me with urgency, her blunt teeth clicking against my fangs." Auch...
"That same hair that she has on her head is also on her cunt." Didn't she get waxed 3 weeks ago? Double checked... it's on page 11.
"Everything I’ve been going through these last few months," weeks, sweety, weeks..
"I try to trick my male often with heated glances and “accidental” brushes" how sweet of her..
"I hate it when my husband isn’t in the house." Husband?! When did that happen? Even if it's just a fleeting thought, husband is a little out of place.
"Bergelmir downloaded that app for me weeks ago. I pray it’s doing its job." But it's only been 1 week since she learned he was her security detail...
"Kritan doesn’t look the same as she did a week ago. Her clothes are torn and dirty." Why would her clothes be torn and dirty? I don't understand...
Pages 102
My... what a professional and formal letter Kritan's father had written... I believe a highly respected man could write something without sounding like a teenager making amends.
"“He’s tied up and gagged, at our domicile on the other side of the community.”" who the fuck would admit what they had done that easily???
"I nodded earlier when Bestla, Methone and even Aegir told me the bad news that the judgment still isn’t settled and I acted like I understood and I wasn’t at all upset." I'm a little tired of, "Why can't we fuck!" When they actually can be together and enjoy each others company. Shouldn't that be the most important thing??
"my mind keeps flashing to images of this morning, when that woman attacked me." Morning? But the kids were taking a nap??
"I lie in bed and let the tears flow as I relive the day and the past five weeks." 4 weeks. I counted it to be 4 weeks. In the beginning of chapter 9 Riley says 3 weeks, that was 1 week ago.
"The cleaning and repair bots did an amazing job" they have cleaning and repair bots but not bug-bots?
"“The babies are staying with my mother this weekend.” I can’t believe this. “The whole weekend?”" she told you so herself, do you have dementia???
Page 110
"Sure, I’ve been kissed before." Yeah he kissed you on page 93, remember?
"The kiss Aegir gave me in the kitchen—that was the kiss to end all other kisses!" Arh, now you remembered... good for you...
Page 110-112
Save me... I'm cringing...
Page 113
Unless you have consent to wake up your partner this way, it's considered rape/SA.
I'm cringing every time that "Intelgram account" is mentioned. Urg...
The last Chapter was filled with "then they did that and then that..." like more than the rest of the book...
Finally f!@#£% done!!!!
July 4, 2021
This is about Riley, a human woman going to work for an alien family as a nanny. It’s supposed to be her last job of an agency she doesn’t want to work at anymore. However when Riley finally arrives she not only screams but faints because her new “boss” looks like a devil, red skin, black long horns, black tail and fangs. Also despite what she thought the man is single and has not one but two babies, twins.
Hearing about his difficult situation she decides to work for him anyway.
I really liked this story. I also liked that you could immediately see that she cares for this family. It was so cute watching her getting into the community of this new world and I loved that she tried to learn as much as she could through different sources.
About the two mcs I love that they both were pretty attracted to each other very early on but it took them quite some time to act on this. These two were very cute together.
I also liked the other characters and I was quite happy to find out the second book is about our mcs brother.
Overall this was a fun, cute and short read I can see myself rereading.
Hearing about his difficult situation she decides to work for him anyway.
I really liked this story. I also liked that you could immediately see that she cares for this family. It was so cute watching her getting into the community of this new world and I loved that she tried to learn as much as she could through different sources.
About the two mcs I love that they both were pretty attracted to each other very early on but it took them quite some time to act on this. These two were very cute together.
I also liked the other characters and I was quite happy to find out the second book is about our mcs brother.
Overall this was a fun, cute and short read I can see myself rereading.
May 7, 2020
I was intrigued by the synopsis and wondered about the physical features of the race on the planet, but the author did a great job "humanizing them." I enjoyed the world-building, with the new Earth, and how it came about. I see some other books in the future with this. I am excited to see Aegir's brother's story since he seems interesting and mysterious. Yes, there were moments where it seemed a bit over the top, but you know what, I didn't mind at all because it was a fun read and just enjoyed it all. I am not usually a fan of insta-love, but the author did a pretty good job of showing us the evolution of their relationship.
*** Received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
*** Received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
May 22, 2020
4 stars!
this is too cute! alien babies breathing fire? single alien daddy that literally looks like Satan??
i love how Aegir calls his babies "my offspring" LOL and i gotta admit its the title that caught my attention! it's so sweet to see Riley and Aegir develop feelings for each other and eventually becoming a family. storyline was awesome, ending was perfect. i like the mixture of steam and humor throughout, suitable if you're looking for a light and quick read!
this is too cute! alien babies breathing fire? single alien daddy that literally looks like Satan??
i love how Aegir calls his babies "my offspring" LOL and i gotta admit its the title that caught my attention! it's so sweet to see Riley and Aegir develop feelings for each other and eventually becoming a family. storyline was awesome, ending was perfect. i like the mixture of steam and humor throughout, suitable if you're looking for a light and quick read!
August 14, 2023
Amusing! It's fascinating that despite their many differences, the Hyrrokin mate like humans (and use the same crude descriptions of the body (except ) LOL.
It's a fun read.
It's a fun read.
June 1, 2020
I'm sorry book, it's not you it's me. I'm just not the type of reader you're for...
So here's the thing. This book was well written and not boring, but it was just way too wholesome for me. It's all happiness, sweetness, and blissful daily life for these characters. I need more than that. The one time something actually happened it was over as fast as it began. I honestly only bought this because a few weeks before it was released I read an excerpt and I thought it was going to be fun and or funny. I was wrong. And now I'm out $3. Damn it.
Basically, Riley is hired as a nanny for Aegir's twins that were dropped off at his door after the mother drugged him almost a year prior in order to force him into being her bound. He didn't even know the kids existed until that point, so he was woefully unprepared for the burden of taking care of them. That's where Riley comes in. At first these aliens are such a shock that Riley passes out as soon as soon as she sees them. After all, they literally look like demons. You know: horns, tails, breathe fire... But she over comes that in a matter of days. Why? Because she's lusting after Aegir.
And that's pretty much the whole thing. These two lusting after the other while trying not to for more than one reason. First, Riley is adamant to keep their relationship professional. Second and more important, Aegir is legally not allowed to have any sort of relationship with anybody until the court rules on his case with his twins's mother. It was all just so much mondane daily life we got, and that isn't exceptionally entertaining to me.
I will say that there were two things that I hated here. It really pissed me off when Riley kept throwing herself at Aegir and trying to get him to have sex with her when he was trying so hard to refrain BECAUSE HE LEGALLY COULDN'T DO IT WITH HER. Like, what the fuck Riley? You're gonna jeopardize everything with the courts just to get laid? Selfish much? The other thing that bugged me has more to do with my immense dislike of social media and these BS people called influencers. I think it's all so very ridiculous how easily people are taken in by and feel the need to emulate people that they think are just oh so cool. Social media often takes away from the individual in favor of a herd mentality and makes so many things worse. And no, I'm not bitter or old. I just hate how I'm lumped in the rest of the mindless millennials. That rant has a reason. Riley makes what's akin to an Instagram profile for Aegir and the kids. We're told, often, how popular it is and how many followers they have and I JUST DON'T CARE. So every time it was brought up I had to fight not to roll my eyes.
In the end, while not my cup of tea, this book wasn't bad. If you're looking for a simple, wholesome read have at it. The characters are all good, and the world building as well. There's just nothing exciting that ever happens.
So here's the thing. This book was well written and not boring, but it was just way too wholesome for me. It's all happiness, sweetness, and blissful daily life for these characters. I need more than that. The one time something actually happened it was over as fast as it began. I honestly only bought this because a few weeks before it was released I read an excerpt and I thought it was going to be fun and or funny. I was wrong. And now I'm out $3. Damn it.
Basically, Riley is hired as a nanny for Aegir's twins that were dropped off at his door after the mother drugged him almost a year prior in order to force him into being her bound. He didn't even know the kids existed until that point, so he was woefully unprepared for the burden of taking care of them. That's where Riley comes in. At first these aliens are such a shock that Riley passes out as soon as soon as she sees them. After all, they literally look like demons. You know: horns, tails, breathe fire... But she over comes that in a matter of days. Why? Because she's lusting after Aegir.
And that's pretty much the whole thing. These two lusting after the other while trying not to for more than one reason. First, Riley is adamant to keep their relationship professional. Second and more important, Aegir is legally not allowed to have any sort of relationship with anybody until the court rules on his case with his twins's mother. It was all just so much mondane daily life we got, and that isn't exceptionally entertaining to me.
I will say that there were two things that I hated here. It really pissed me off when Riley kept throwing herself at Aegir and trying to get him to have sex with her when he was trying so hard to refrain BECAUSE HE LEGALLY COULDN'T DO IT WITH HER. Like, what the fuck Riley? You're gonna jeopardize everything with the courts just to get laid? Selfish much? The other thing that bugged me has more to do with my immense dislike of social media and these BS people called influencers. I think it's all so very ridiculous how easily people are taken in by and feel the need to emulate people that they think are just oh so cool. Social media often takes away from the individual in favor of a herd mentality and makes so many things worse. And no, I'm not bitter or old. I just hate how I'm lumped in the rest of the mindless millennials. That rant has a reason. Riley makes what's akin to an Instagram profile for Aegir and the kids. We're told, often, how popular it is and how many followers they have and I JUST DON'T CARE. So every time it was brought up I had to fight not to roll my eyes.
In the end, while not my cup of tea, this book wasn't bad. If you're looking for a simple, wholesome read have at it. The characters are all good, and the world building as well. There's just nothing exciting that ever happens.
October 11, 2020
This is somewhat outside my wheelhouse in terms of romance. The individual pieces (nanny, scifi, quirky sarcastic heroine) all match up to my tastes but honestly the idea of reading sex scenes between a human and an alien resembling Tim Curry from Legend seriously had me cringing a bit.
That said this was cute much of the time. It felt fast building, with no sense of time (and a heavy case of insta-mate just add lust), but the moments of "family" kept it from being too bad.
Drawing out the UST.... I'm of different minds. A lot of this book felt a step beyond wish fulfillment. After the initial "my life is ruined" moment that precipitates Riley snd Aegir meeting, everything else is barely an inconvenience.
Riley goes out to a playdate and all the alien mothers are like "OH MY GOD YOU'RE PERFECT". Aegir insists, often, she treat his money as her money. Not a single person objects to their mating bond (the uh mother of the babies aside, but she's hardly credible). The epilogue makes it clear they're compatible for mixed species babies.
One domino after another falls into place, with the only real obstacle Aegir's baby mama who EVERY character is at pains to explain is useless and worthless and awful.
There was no tension about their journey to get together, it felt more like playing "every girl's dream" BINGO.
I did have an issue with the fact remaining loyal to the mother/father of your kids (you boundmate?) was a huge cultural thing for Aegir's people. Like, be a cheater and you essentially dishonored your whole family, your planet and committed treason. So much as hold another's hand and insta-shun. Riley, in her sex crazed needy horny state repeatedly tries to force Aegir to lose control. It felt... underhanded and made me not like her. Basic respect goes both ways, and Aegir/his family afforded her that in regards to being human. Her inability to return that respect made her selfish, not cute.
Rich? ✔️ (literally the richest guy on planet/of his species by a huge margin)
Possessively devoted? ✔️ (Their culture is fanatically loyal to the point where there was a possibility that Aegir would have to marry his RAPIST due to her giving birth)
Skilled lover? ✔️ (She's a virgin and he's only slept with two women, briefly, while drunk/roofied. Somehow they masters of sex)
So in the end this didn't do much for me romance wise, but Aegir's ironclad self control was priceless.
That said this was cute much of the time. It felt fast building, with no sense of time (and a heavy case of insta-mate just add lust), but the moments of "family" kept it from being too bad.
Drawing out the UST.... I'm of different minds. A lot of this book felt a step beyond wish fulfillment. After the initial "my life is ruined" moment that precipitates Riley snd Aegir meeting, everything else is barely an inconvenience.
Riley goes out to a playdate and all the alien mothers are like "OH MY GOD YOU'RE PERFECT". Aegir insists, often, she treat his money as her money. Not a single person objects to their mating bond (the uh mother of the babies aside, but she's hardly credible). The epilogue makes it clear they're compatible for mixed species babies.
One domino after another falls into place, with the only real obstacle Aegir's baby mama who EVERY character is at pains to explain is useless and worthless and awful.
There was no tension about their journey to get together, it felt more like playing "every girl's dream" BINGO.
I did have an issue with the fact remaining loyal to the mother/father of your kids (you boundmate?) was a huge cultural thing for Aegir's people. Like, be a cheater and you essentially dishonored your whole family, your planet and committed treason. So much as hold another's hand and insta-shun. Riley, in her sex crazed needy horny state repeatedly tries to force Aegir to lose control. It felt... underhanded and made me not like her. Basic respect goes both ways, and Aegir/his family afforded her that in regards to being human. Her inability to return that respect made her selfish, not cute.
Rich? ✔️ (literally the richest guy on planet/of his species by a huge margin)
Possessively devoted? ✔️ (Their culture is fanatically loyal to the point where there was a possibility that Aegir would have to marry his RAPIST due to her giving birth)
Skilled lover? ✔️ (She's a virgin and he's only slept with two women, briefly, while drunk/roofied. Somehow they masters of sex)
So in the end this didn't do much for me romance wise, but Aegir's ironclad self control was priceless.
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September 11, 2020
*** Ovaries Exploding***
Aww it's sweet and romantic and the babies are so adorable.
It didn't rocked my world but it did made my ovaries explode *sighs* and I can't wait to dive into book 2 (already got it).
Aww it's sweet and romantic and the babies are so adorable.
It didn't rocked my world but it did made my ovaries explode *sighs* and I can't wait to dive into book 2 (already got it).
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