I'm sitting here, trying to figure out if I liked this one better than the first one.
The first one had a lot better secondary and support characters. The world-building and relationships of this one were better, however. There were a LOT more unanswered questions in this one: How did he manage to land on earth if it's occupied and he's wanted? Why didn't he take both girls, just in case something happened (or to have TWO income sources, or because he LIKED/WANTED the one?)? What's the point of the silver on his chest? What's special about the heroine that the elders like her? Why couldn't he have bit her after she was infected with a plant, knowing that SHE's immune, but the parasite wasn't and would die?
The writing was solid in both, and yes, the two books merged well together...
... but I have to be honest. I got distracted/unhappy/... bored?! about halfway through this. I can't even tell you why it felt tedious, only that it did. I felt as though there were too many places/stops/issues, and it was just overwhelming to the point where my mind was in shut-down and didn't want any more. It also felt like it suffered from a lack of sense of humor.
I don't know. Big red snakey alien abducts a human girl to sell (?!) to fund his fleeing from hunters who want to wipe out his species. But he falls in love with her, and with both the Earth oppressors and HIS oppressors hunting them, they... do a lot of stuff, meet a lot of fleeting creatures, don't bond with anyone, and come thru, but not with any rhyme or reason that hooks the reader.
It wasn't bad. I'm just saying that it wasn't good.