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Smart Girls Love Aliens #1
Smart Girls Don’t Kiss Aliens
A Hot Romantic Comedy
Crash-land on an alien barbarian planet and told there’s no way home?
LMAO! I’m a rocket scientist. Miss me with that noise.
Anyone else might have a nervous breakdown, but I was abducted with my besties! Between us, we have fifteen PhDs.
We will be getting off this planet. Trust.
No, I will not be finding an eternal bonded mate among the seven-foot-tall alien males.
No, I will not be wearing a furkini and walking around barefoot.
And no, I will not be moving into a cave with no internet or running water and accepting my fate like the rest of the freed human women on this craft-cocktail-forsaken planet.
Two liquid hydrogen rockets and a smidge of deep-space travel later, and we’re back home on Earth.
Except that our spaceship had stowaways.
Now there’s a seven-foot-tall alien named Cassius in my Los Angeles condo. He’s calmly explaining that according to the ancestors, we are to be eternally mated and have a litter of children.
Also, he’s wearing a loincloth.
And he has horns.
Wipe that smirk off your face. No, it is not as sexy as it sounds.
He barked at my cat.
He harassed my busybody Karen neighbor (actually, I’m okay with that one).
And he’s obsessed with the ice maker in my fridge.
What’s a smart girl to do?
The smart thing is to build a rocket ship and send Cassius and his other hot alien friends back to their home planet.
The not-smart thing to do is fall into those deep blue-gray eyes and let him show me just how good that forked tongue feels.
And the downright stupid thing to do is fall in love with an alien.
This is a stand-alone, full-length, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy, complete with bad space puns, hot guys with horns, and enough steam to cause a supernova. Happily ever after guaranteed!
Crash-land on an alien barbarian planet and told there’s no way home?
LMAO! I’m a rocket scientist. Miss me with that noise.
Anyone else might have a nervous breakdown, but I was abducted with my besties! Between us, we have fifteen PhDs.
We will be getting off this planet. Trust.
No, I will not be finding an eternal bonded mate among the seven-foot-tall alien males.
No, I will not be wearing a furkini and walking around barefoot.
And no, I will not be moving into a cave with no internet or running water and accepting my fate like the rest of the freed human women on this craft-cocktail-forsaken planet.
Two liquid hydrogen rockets and a smidge of deep-space travel later, and we’re back home on Earth.
Except that our spaceship had stowaways.
Now there’s a seven-foot-tall alien named Cassius in my Los Angeles condo. He’s calmly explaining that according to the ancestors, we are to be eternally mated and have a litter of children.
Also, he’s wearing a loincloth.
And he has horns.
Wipe that smirk off your face. No, it is not as sexy as it sounds.
He barked at my cat.
He harassed my busybody Karen neighbor (actually, I’m okay with that one).
And he’s obsessed with the ice maker in my fridge.
What’s a smart girl to do?
The smart thing is to build a rocket ship and send Cassius and his other hot alien friends back to their home planet.
The not-smart thing to do is fall into those deep blue-gray eyes and let him show me just how good that forked tongue feels.
And the downright stupid thing to do is fall in love with an alien.
This is a stand-alone, full-length, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy, complete with bad space puns, hot guys with horns, and enough steam to cause a supernova. Happily ever after guaranteed!
232 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 31, 2022
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June 17, 2022
Smart Girls Don’t Kiss Aliens is a hilarious romcom from Alina Jacobs. Honestly, I pretty much laughed out loud through this entire book. The humor is just “out of this world” (no pun intended 😂). It’s just a quick, hilarious read with enough spice (super dirty btw) to keep it interesting!
I’ve been on the fence about reading alien romance because, well, it’s a little strange. But now that I’ve sampled the goods I want more! I’m so excited to see where the author takes this series next because she has a bunch of amazing secondary characters whose books I need to read. And dare I say, I just love the sexy times she writes with these guys? Because it’s pretty HOT.
If you enjoy a book that will not only make you laugh like a hyena but will also make you blush, then I definitely recommend giving this one a try! It’s going to be such a great series I just know it!
𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙:
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𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve been on the fence about reading alien romance because, well, it’s a little strange. But now that I’ve sampled the goods I want more! I’m so excited to see where the author takes this series next because she has a bunch of amazing secondary characters whose books I need to read. And dare I say, I just love the sexy times she writes with these guys? Because it’s pretty HOT.
If you enjoy a book that will not only make you laugh like a hyena but will also make you blush, then I definitely recommend giving this one a try! It’s going to be such a great series I just know it!
𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙:
• Alien Romances
• Laugh Out Loud Romcoms
• Books in Kindle Unlimited
𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
June 21, 2022
This was a dig at Ruby Dixon’s Ice Home series and while some of it was funny, the title should have been “Smart Girls Are Kind Of Assholes.”
The FMC wasn’t at all kind or caring towards the MMC. She treated him like garbage and a problem she had to solve while he pretty much worshiped her. I was not a fan of her or her attitude at all. Then she used him for his body knowing that it meant something different to him than to her. She was the literal worst.
The FMC wasn’t at all kind or caring towards the MMC. She treated him like garbage and a problem she had to solve while he pretty much worshiped her. I was not a fan of her or her attitude at all. Then she used him for his body knowing that it meant something different to him than to her. She was the literal worst.
June 10, 2022
DNF - I hate books that make every other sentence some sort of joke. I get that this book is a comical parody of the Iceplanet Barbarian series but the main pull for me was the “smart girls” aspect. Most of these girls are still air-headed in their everyday mannerisms just with ph.D’s as part of their job requirement arsenals.
This story was the polar opposite of the common alien romance book trope where normal Earth girls are stuck someway on a foreign alien planet with no way home. Instead these girls make it back to Earth but are then forced to deal with having alien men on their home planet. Ultimately, I wanted less jokes and modern day pop culture references and more smart girls dealing with being romanced by aliens in their own unique smarty pants way. This felt like a dumbed down version of Ruby Dixon’s series.
This story was the polar opposite of the common alien romance book trope where normal Earth girls are stuck someway on a foreign alien planet with no way home. Instead these girls make it back to Earth but are then forced to deal with having alien men on their home planet. Ultimately, I wanted less jokes and modern day pop culture references and more smart girls dealing with being romanced by aliens in their own unique smarty pants way. This felt like a dumbed down version of Ruby Dixon’s series.
March 19, 2025
This is a bit difrent from what I'm used to Alina Jacobs style but the dedication was to all the girls who needed to read alien romance for Bingo hahhah
The premise: there are anonymous alien entities who kidnapp earth women and drop them off in deserted alien planets where they'll be mated with aliens and populate those deserted pre-cevelised planets.
A bunch of scientific girls with loads of phds were kidnapped and instead of submitting they just fueled the space ship and went back to earth (in the first chapter).
The catch: a few of aliens males unkwowingly boarded the ship as well and now each scientist need to take home one of the aliens until they could return them home.
FMC who is a rocket scientist was shackled with a cinammon roll of a hero who relentlessly told her "you're my mate" "I exist for you" and he worked so hard to learn earth stuff to please her.
Of course, many of his learning was actually funny: for example he learned cookcing from YouTube and when he met with his alien friends he was sharing the knowledge: (You just need to pray before every meal like youtube taugh me: you say: Subscribe and Ring the Bell.)
Or how he thought that the phone is the god of humans who never sleep before reading its deep secrets, never leave the bed before opening it and they hold it at an esteemed shrine close to their hearts and bodies and I was like: that really hurt, I need to evaluate my relationship with my own phone.
So the hero was perfect, a handsome beautiful kind man. A protective mate. A virgin alien who only has eyes for her.
The heroine messed up the book a little for me. She didn't put half the work the hero did. She was too logical and rational for a fun rom-com and her confession (I love you) came at the end of the book and I did not like that.
Checking the square of "Virgin Hero" romance book in my 2025 Bingo Challenge
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The premise: there are anonymous alien entities who kidnapp earth women and drop them off in deserted alien planets where they'll be mated with aliens and populate those deserted pre-cevelised planets.
A bunch of scientific girls with loads of phds were kidnapped and instead of submitting they just fueled the space ship and went back to earth (in the first chapter).
The catch: a few of aliens males unkwowingly boarded the ship as well and now each scientist need to take home one of the aliens until they could return them home.
FMC who is a rocket scientist was shackled with a cinammon roll of a hero who relentlessly told her "you're my mate" "I exist for you" and he worked so hard to learn earth stuff to please her.
Of course, many of his learning was actually funny: for example he learned cookcing from YouTube and when he met with his alien friends he was sharing the knowledge: (You just need to pray before every meal like youtube taugh me: you say: Subscribe and Ring the Bell.)
Or how he thought that the phone is the god of humans who never sleep before reading its deep secrets, never leave the bed before opening it and they hold it at an esteemed shrine close to their hearts and bodies and I was like: that really hurt, I need to evaluate my relationship with my own phone.
So the hero was perfect, a handsome beautiful kind man. A protective mate. A virgin alien who only has eyes for her.
The heroine messed up the book a little for me. She didn't put half the work the hero did. She was too logical and rational for a fun rom-com and her confession (I love you) came at the end of the book and I did not like that.
Checking the square of "Virgin Hero" romance book in my 2025 Bingo Challenge
25 ┃37⭕┃87┃13┃68┃40┃32┃59┃76┃44
10┃86┃4 ┃45┃47┃98┃50⭕┃14┃85┃75
88┃51┃ 9⭕┃2┃42┃29┃ 24┃92┃ 82┃1
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July 7, 2022
i actually like ice planet barbarians by ruby dixon so i didn't like that this book was mocking with that a little 😐
also i believe i'm a SMART GIRL and i don't think this book was about being smart, she was just rude and was using him. BUT as always alien man was so cute i'm just giving 2 stars for him 😌❤️🩹
also i believe i'm a SMART GIRL and i don't think this book was about being smart, she was just rude and was using him. BUT as always alien man was so cute i'm just giving 2 stars for him 😌❤️🩹
June 14, 2022
Love the cover, but...
This felt like a weird catty dig at Rudy Dixon's Ice Planet Barbarian series. The design of the aliens is very similar and there are too many things that make vague, but clear references to Dixon's series.
Honestly, just more confused than anything as to why you'd try to frame a book to make it seem superior over a book you're clearly referencing.
This felt like a weird catty dig at Rudy Dixon's Ice Planet Barbarian series. The design of the aliens is very similar and there are too many things that make vague, but clear references to Dixon's series.
Honestly, just more confused than anything as to why you'd try to frame a book to make it seem superior over a book you're clearly referencing.
July 26, 2022
2.5 ⭐
June 18, 2022
So fun
I think this book is what I thought IPB. Smart girls don't kiss aliens is fun, funny, lots of great banter. I think the culture transition was fast for the male aliens but it was funny for them to figure it out. Cassius is just the best house alien. The only draw back was the middle dragged a bit.
CN: sexual harassment, alien slave trafficking, bully neighbor
I think this book is what I thought IPB. Smart girls don't kiss aliens is fun, funny, lots of great banter. I think the culture transition was fast for the male aliens but it was funny for them to figure it out. Cassius is just the best house alien. The only draw back was the middle dragged a bit.
CN: sexual harassment, alien slave trafficking, bully neighbor
October 12, 2022
“Lots of mushrooms are poisonous. They usually result in an agonizing death, but on the plus side, you can float to the pearly gates high as a kite.”
“I hope I see George Washington before I go,” Erin said, taking a bite of the gray food.”
…
“No matter what, we’re leaving this planet. I’m going home. If these mushrooms don’t kill us, we’re stealing that spaceship.”
This was my first ever Alina Jacobs book and I’m sure this is just the beginning of a love relationship between me and her writing.
I absolutely love authors that know how to deliver humor in their books and Alina’s is just up my alley!
Plus her stories are sweet, have a nice character background build up and are engaging enough that I keep wanting to read more and more.
“I have not drunk enough cocktails for this.”
…
I’ll talk to Yuri,” I promised.
“You’re going to talk to your cat?” Sharron countered.
“Oh, absolutely,” I said, trying to keep a straight face. “He’s very smart. Top of his class.”
This book is an Alien Romantic Comedy and if I’m not mistaken is the first time the author ventures into the “Paranormal/Sci-Fic“ side and I’ve to say, to me, she nailed it.
Yes he can argue that some parts of this book are completely crazy and totally impossible even tho they’re scientists… but… it’s a fictional book and that story line serves a purpose.
“Hello, my name is Cassius. I have come with you to Earth because you are going to be my mate. We will live in your cave, and I will hunt for you and take care of your plants. You have many dead plants.”
Oh Kimmie, I know the struggle…
So the story line of this book is that Kimmie and her friends, where abducted by aliens while they’re on vacation. And they were took to a far away alien planet.
When they landed there they were told there was no way out and they were stuck in the hostile planet and were to be mated to the single aliens.
Not ones to give up, Kimmie and her friends run to escape the planet, using the alien ship. They’re successful, but they end up bringing home way more than they bargain for.
“Wait, what am I saying?” Her voice had a slightly hysterical edge. “You’re wearing a loincloth, and you have horns, horns! And a freaking tail. You can’t wander around LA like this. They’ll have the military out here locking down the area.” She grabbed my arm and hauled me back into the cave.”
It’s LA, probably people would think it’s just some cosplay, a kink or someone identifying as an alien. I wouldn’t be to worried.
I loved this book.
I laugh the entire time I was reading it.
I did though Cassius to be a little bit to insecure for my taste, but otherwise I loved it.
“I hope I see George Washington before I go,” Erin said, taking a bite of the gray food.”
…
“No matter what, we’re leaving this planet. I’m going home. If these mushrooms don’t kill us, we’re stealing that spaceship.”
This was my first ever Alina Jacobs book and I’m sure this is just the beginning of a love relationship between me and her writing.
I absolutely love authors that know how to deliver humor in their books and Alina’s is just up my alley!
Plus her stories are sweet, have a nice character background build up and are engaging enough that I keep wanting to read more and more.
“I have not drunk enough cocktails for this.”
…
I’ll talk to Yuri,” I promised.
“You’re going to talk to your cat?” Sharron countered.
“Oh, absolutely,” I said, trying to keep a straight face. “He’s very smart. Top of his class.”
This book is an Alien Romantic Comedy and if I’m not mistaken is the first time the author ventures into the “Paranormal/Sci-Fic“ side and I’ve to say, to me, she nailed it.
Yes he can argue that some parts of this book are completely crazy and totally impossible even tho they’re scientists… but… it’s a fictional book and that story line serves a purpose.
“Hello, my name is Cassius. I have come with you to Earth because you are going to be my mate. We will live in your cave, and I will hunt for you and take care of your plants. You have many dead plants.”
Oh Kimmie, I know the struggle…
So the story line of this book is that Kimmie and her friends, where abducted by aliens while they’re on vacation. And they were took to a far away alien planet.
When they landed there they were told there was no way out and they were stuck in the hostile planet and were to be mated to the single aliens.
Not ones to give up, Kimmie and her friends run to escape the planet, using the alien ship. They’re successful, but they end up bringing home way more than they bargain for.
“Wait, what am I saying?” Her voice had a slightly hysterical edge. “You’re wearing a loincloth, and you have horns, horns! And a freaking tail. You can’t wander around LA like this. They’ll have the military out here locking down the area.” She grabbed my arm and hauled me back into the cave.”
It’s LA, probably people would think it’s just some cosplay, a kink or someone identifying as an alien. I wouldn’t be to worried.
I loved this book.
I laugh the entire time I was reading it.
I did though Cassius to be a little bit to insecure for my taste, but otherwise I loved it.
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March 28, 2025Malísimo, mejor nadota
May 31, 2022
This book was a whole lot of zany fun! I really enjoyed Kimmie and Cassius's romance. The storyline is endlessly amusing, the humor witty, the chemistry obvious and the steam sultry. If you are a fan of OTT humor, you are going to love this book!! I found it delightful! This is my frank, freely posted review.
June 15, 2022
DNF
It started promising but it missed the mark.
Too campy. Instead of funny interactions it just was annoying. Like a bad improv skit.
It started promising but it missed the mark.
Too campy. Instead of funny interactions it just was annoying. Like a bad improv skit.
August 25, 2022
Smart autors don't copy others work. It's not fun, nor original. :)
August 12, 2023
I really wanted to like this book! The idea of aliens sneaking onto a ship and coming back to Earth with women who don’t want to be stuck on a sandy IPB is a premise I immediately loved… but the book just didn’t do it for me.
Listen, I get that Ice Planet Barbarians is very breeding-and-baby focused which is not the thing I look for in books. That said, damn this author wrote her parody in such a mean way about it? Did Ruby Dixon key your car or something? It felt petty and mean girl and just ruined the vibes for me.
Also: why is the alien on the cover blue? I mean, obviously to get folks who enjoy IPB to read it… but sorry, these aliens aren’t blue. A fact that when I got to it actually made me cringe so hard and took me out of the book. Why? Because all I could picture were large hairless cats of men with beige fleshy tails and it felt really creepy to me. It just wasn’t my personal thing, so YMMV, but I couldn’t stop picturing them as hairless cats with that same suede-y wrinkly flesh afterwards.
I DNF’d this book because the FMC is honestly such a bitch and no one in this book seems to have any empathy or people skills. Also the American brand worship was a bit much for me. For smart girls, they all acted extremely flighty and vapid, which for having infinity PhD’s at such a young age left me going: ??????
Anyway, I guess I’m sticking to alien books where the women go to the other planets for now. 🙃
Listen, I get that Ice Planet Barbarians is very breeding-and-baby focused which is not the thing I look for in books. That said, damn this author wrote her parody in such a mean way about it? Did Ruby Dixon key your car or something? It felt petty and mean girl and just ruined the vibes for me.
Also: why is the alien on the cover blue? I mean, obviously to get folks who enjoy IPB to read it… but sorry, these aliens aren’t blue. A fact that when I got to it actually made me cringe so hard and took me out of the book. Why? Because all I could picture were large hairless cats of men with beige fleshy tails and it felt really creepy to me. It just wasn’t my personal thing, so YMMV, but I couldn’t stop picturing them as hairless cats with that same suede-y wrinkly flesh afterwards.
I DNF’d this book because the FMC is honestly such a bitch and no one in this book seems to have any empathy or people skills. Also the American brand worship was a bit much for me. For smart girls, they all acted extremely flighty and vapid, which for having infinity PhD’s at such a young age left me going: ??????
Anyway, I guess I’m sticking to alien books where the women go to the other planets for now. 🙃
November 10, 2023
La escritora leyó a Ruby Dixon y como no le gustó todo el rollo del planeta primitivo, pero le encantó la parte de aliens feministas que están todos duros y dispuestos... Pues escribió esto. Lo que fue una excelente idea, porque la literatura de amor por los aliens vino para quedarse.
La historia le da una vuelta a todas las novelas de romance de ciencia ficción que hay dando vuelta. Mi única pega fue que intentar que los personajes femeninos sean "inteligentes" todo el rato me pareció un tanto... Insoportable. Y el personaje de Peppa es para que las otras se vean más inteligentes? Innecesario.
La historia le da una vuelta a todas las novelas de romance de ciencia ficción que hay dando vuelta. Mi única pega fue que intentar que los personajes femeninos sean "inteligentes" todo el rato me pareció un tanto... Insoportable. Y el personaje de Peppa es para que las otras se vean más inteligentes? Innecesario.
July 7, 2022
Cute Fun IPB Parody
This was a funny IPB parody. The humor was really great in this book. The MMC was extremely sweet and everything you would expect from an IPB MMC. I really liked the twist on for the Aliens having to become acclimated to earth instead of the humans having to acclimate to the Aliens planet and society. I didn’t love the FMC, but she grew on me by the end of the book. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
This was a funny IPB parody. The humor was really great in this book. The MMC was extremely sweet and everything you would expect from an IPB MMC. I really liked the twist on for the Aliens having to become acclimated to earth instead of the humans having to acclimate to the Aliens planet and society. I didn’t love the FMC, but she grew on me by the end of the book. Looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
January 1, 2023
I really liked this book. It was funny and while I wasn't crazy about the FMC the MMC was sooo cute! I felt so bad for him, he wanted her to love him so badly.
I see people saying it's a dig at Ruby Dixon books and ehhh.. whatever. All I know is I enjoyed it and can't wait to read the second one.
I see people saying it's a dig at Ruby Dixon books and ehhh.. whatever. All I know is I enjoyed it and can't wait to read the second one.
July 14, 2022
I am in love with this book and I'm going to make it everyone else's problem.
Okay, imagine you get abducted by aliens, spend two years in a stasis pod, wake up on an alien planet, and get told that you have to stay on this alien planet forever and produce a bunch of alien babies. If this were Ice Planet Barbarians, I would be okay with it. (There's something weirdly charming about it, okay?) But this planet is hot, not meant for any kind of life, and they eat GIANT SLUGS??? No ma'am, no ham, no turkey. But ya know what? Our ladies don't have to worry about it, because they all have PhDs and are getting the F out of dodge. One repaired rocket ship, several wormholes, and a couple of hot alien stowaways later, the ladies make it back to earth in one piece. Only problem is, what on Earth are they supposed to do with big, hot aliens with horns and tales in the middle of LA?
Ya'll this a true romantic comedy. When I tell you I was crying laughing while reading this, I'm not exaggerating. For example:
"Friends," Cassius boomed, "I have partaken of the famous Macdonald. They have Earthlings living in a speaker, but not in the building."
Like a fair chunk of this book is our lovable alien men figuring out human culture and it really is funny to read about the ridiculous things we do and rely on from the perspective of someone else. Absolutely hysterical.
I just adored these big, hunky aliens. To quote Kimmie, our FMC: "Cassius was basically a feminist alien. He seemed perfectly content to stay at home and manage the house and family while I built my space empire." Okay. So. WHY ARE YOU FIGHTING THIS, KIMMIE, MY GIRL. This alien man grows her plants, learns to cook like a pro, organizes her house, and enjoys the uhhhhhh downtown side of things if ya know what I'm saying. And she has the audacity to be like "ugh I'm reverse engineering this rocket ship and sending you back home."Move out of the way, miss ma'am. I will gladly take your place. Honestly though, Cassius was so sweet. I felt so bad for him every time Kimmie turned him down or hurt his feelings. I get it. Smart girls don't fall for aliens that could be taken by the government if found out. But I digress.
This is funny, sweet, the tiniest bit angsty, and a smidge ridiculous (I mean a group of rocket scientists being besties and reverse engineering a space ship in like a day? Not really logical. Did it somehow work? Yes, it did. Also why are we applying logic to an alien romance? Anyway.)
Fav scenes:
The Restaurant
The Pacific Ocean
Comic-Con
Runway Driving
Alien Frat House
Okay, imagine you get abducted by aliens, spend two years in a stasis pod, wake up on an alien planet, and get told that you have to stay on this alien planet forever and produce a bunch of alien babies. If this were Ice Planet Barbarians, I would be okay with it. (There's something weirdly charming about it, okay?) But this planet is hot, not meant for any kind of life, and they eat GIANT SLUGS??? No ma'am, no ham, no turkey. But ya know what? Our ladies don't have to worry about it, because they all have PhDs and are getting the F out of dodge. One repaired rocket ship, several wormholes, and a couple of hot alien stowaways later, the ladies make it back to earth in one piece. Only problem is, what on Earth are they supposed to do with big, hot aliens with horns and tales in the middle of LA?
Ya'll this a true romantic comedy. When I tell you I was crying laughing while reading this, I'm not exaggerating. For example:
"Friends," Cassius boomed, "I have partaken of the famous Macdonald. They have Earthlings living in a speaker, but not in the building."
Like a fair chunk of this book is our lovable alien men figuring out human culture and it really is funny to read about the ridiculous things we do and rely on from the perspective of someone else. Absolutely hysterical.
I just adored these big, hunky aliens. To quote Kimmie, our FMC: "Cassius was basically a feminist alien. He seemed perfectly content to stay at home and manage the house and family while I built my space empire." Okay. So. WHY ARE YOU FIGHTING THIS, KIMMIE, MY GIRL. This alien man grows her plants, learns to cook like a pro, organizes her house, and enjoys the uhhhhhh downtown side of things if ya know what I'm saying. And she has the audacity to be like "ugh I'm reverse engineering this rocket ship and sending you back home."Move out of the way, miss ma'am. I will gladly take your place. Honestly though, Cassius was so sweet. I felt so bad for him every time Kimmie turned him down or hurt his feelings. I get it. Smart girls don't fall for aliens that could be taken by the government if found out. But I digress.
This is funny, sweet, the tiniest bit angsty, and a smidge ridiculous (I mean a group of rocket scientists being besties and reverse engineering a space ship in like a day? Not really logical. Did it somehow work? Yes, it did. Also why are we applying logic to an alien romance? Anyway.)
Fav scenes:
The Restaurant
The Pacific Ocean
Comic-Con
Runway Driving
Alien Frat House
July 29, 2022
Ok - Liked it
A sci-fi romance that turns the 'crashed on an alien planet' trope upside down by the women promptly leaving the alien planet and unintentionally taking aliens to earth. The heroine, Kimmie, is a literal rocket scientist with 2 PhDs and a black cat named Yuri. She is a bit of a homebody and a workaholic. The hero, alien Cassius, is mostly human looking with blue eyes, but he is tall, has horns, a long forked tongue, fangs, and a barbed tail (not to mention some differences under his loincloth). He is a nurturer, good with plants and domestic tasks. He thinks it's love at first sight, but can he convince her to give them a chance?.
In the beginning of this book I thought it was ok, but it just didn't grab me and pull me in. In the end I liked it, but not in an 'I'm dying to read the rest of the series' way. I felt like it needed a little something more to really grab my attention, maybe some snark? some more laughs? Or perhaps it was partly because in establishing the series the book spends some time on the large cast of 7 humans and 7 1/2 aliens, thus taking time and attention from the main couple? I liked the idea of turning this classic trope upside down, but I felt the book fell slightly short of delivering.
*****Spoiler Alert*****
This Book Includes
Violence. Alien vs car where alien wins, small altercation between alien and bad boss where disembowelment threatened, but guy only held up not harmed.
Sex. MF sex, some hand pinning, alien cock large & ribbed.
A sci-fi romance that turns the 'crashed on an alien planet' trope upside down by the women promptly leaving the alien planet and unintentionally taking aliens to earth. The heroine, Kimmie, is a literal rocket scientist with 2 PhDs and a black cat named Yuri. She is a bit of a homebody and a workaholic. The hero, alien Cassius, is mostly human looking with blue eyes, but he is tall, has horns, a long forked tongue, fangs, and a barbed tail (not to mention some differences under his loincloth). He is a nurturer, good with plants and domestic tasks. He thinks it's love at first sight, but can he convince her to give them a chance?.
In the beginning of this book I thought it was ok, but it just didn't grab me and pull me in. In the end I liked it, but not in an 'I'm dying to read the rest of the series' way. I felt like it needed a little something more to really grab my attention, maybe some snark? some more laughs? Or perhaps it was partly because in establishing the series the book spends some time on the large cast of 7 humans and 7 1/2 aliens, thus taking time and attention from the main couple? I liked the idea of turning this classic trope upside down, but I felt the book fell slightly short of delivering.
*****Spoiler Alert*****
This Book Includes
Violence. Alien vs car where alien wins, small altercation between alien and bad boss where disembowelment threatened, but guy only held up not harmed.
Sex. MF sex, some hand pinning, alien cock large & ribbed.
June 17, 2022
I enjoyed this one so much, a bish had to make a broke down tik tok video to celebrate our girl Kimmie and her dirty mouth.
I have been a HUGE Alina Jacobs fan, ever since I discovered The Weddings In The City series. That took me down the rabbit hole of all her connecting series.
When she announced she was writing an alien romance, I'm not gonna lie, I felt some kind of way. As a diehard fan of an already established universe I didn't see the need for her to be writing anything that wasn't related to the Svenssons, Frosts, or Holbrooks.
But she shut me up. This book is based out of LA and stands on its own. It was so funny, super spicy, and hella entertaining. We have a group of 7 female friends who are super smart and bad ass. Not one gave off submissive or docile vibes. Upon hearing that they have been transported to a primitive alien planet where they are expected to take on domestic roles, they use their big brains to roll out. Accidently taking a group of male aliens with them.
Like her other books this story focuses on one couple and has an HEA but is clearly set up to be a part of a series with interconnecting books that can be read in any order. I love this about Alina's books.
It's a super quick, light heated read, but will leave your panties a bit damp. Our guys have big ribbed dix, forked tongues, and can lift a chick with one hand.... YES PLEASE
I have been a HUGE Alina Jacobs fan, ever since I discovered The Weddings In The City series. That took me down the rabbit hole of all her connecting series.
When she announced she was writing an alien romance, I'm not gonna lie, I felt some kind of way. As a diehard fan of an already established universe I didn't see the need for her to be writing anything that wasn't related to the Svenssons, Frosts, or Holbrooks.
But she shut me up. This book is based out of LA and stands on its own. It was so funny, super spicy, and hella entertaining. We have a group of 7 female friends who are super smart and bad ass. Not one gave off submissive or docile vibes. Upon hearing that they have been transported to a primitive alien planet where they are expected to take on domestic roles, they use their big brains to roll out. Accidently taking a group of male aliens with them.
Like her other books this story focuses on one couple and has an HEA but is clearly set up to be a part of a series with interconnecting books that can be read in any order. I love this about Alina's books.
It's a super quick, light heated read, but will leave your panties a bit damp. Our guys have big ribbed dix, forked tongues, and can lift a chick with one hand.... YES PLEASE
June 1, 2022
Kimmie is a rocket scientist and her friends r just as smart. They wake up on an alien planet and told they r to be mated to the aliens and provide them with children so their tribe can survive. Kimmie and her friends sneak away and find the ship that brought them to this alien planet. With all their individual skills they get the rocket going and return to earth. Unbeknownst to them the adult alien men have boarded the ship to find the orphaned child alien. The aliens r shocked to discover they r far from home and there is no more fuel. The woman try to make the special fuel to get them back only to realize that the wormholes they traveled through altered time and that it would reverse to take them back.
This was a funny story. Seeing how the smart women adjust or not to the alien surroundings. Yet they r curious about the alien language, societal structure and food. It was funny to see how the aliens adjusted to earth. This was the perfect beach read to take your mind off life struggles. I really enjoyed it. I love all of Alina Jacobs book and this was different but still just as good as her other books!
This was a funny story. Seeing how the smart women adjust or not to the alien surroundings. Yet they r curious about the alien language, societal structure and food. It was funny to see how the aliens adjusted to earth. This was the perfect beach read to take your mind off life struggles. I really enjoyed it. I love all of Alina Jacobs book and this was different but still just as good as her other books!
May 31, 2022
A chick lit version of Spaceballs? I never would have considered it before I read this book. But imagine, if you will, that the alien romance genre got the Mel Brooks treatment. It’s wacky. It’s outlandish. It takes all the revered tropes of the genre and happily skewers them with implausible little logic bombs that left me gasping for breath as I laughed my fool head off. At times, it’s a funhouse mirror look at our first world societies and the silly things we put value in. And at others, it’s a reminder of what really makes a life worth living. Such as activities that keep our brains and hands busy and that fulfill the needs of our hearts. And, friends, family, and the family that we’ve chosen who value us for our true selves, including a loving, devoted mate and life partner. I have no idea how the author could possibly make this into a series, but I’d happily keep reading about these characters for many more books into the future.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through Booksprout.
I received a complimentary advanced copy of this book through Booksprout.
June 2, 2022
I loved this book! Such a fun and hilarious read! Kimmie is a rocket scientist. She and her five friends were abducted by alien slavers and ended up crash landed on a planet with a premodern, preindustrial alien society. No technologically advanced aliens here. They live in caves, with no running water, indoor plumbing, or electricity. She was told there was no way off the planet and she and her friends had no choice but to take an alien mate and have babies to repopulate the tribe. Well, Kimmie and her friends were having none of that. With fifteen PHDs between them, they fixed the spaceship and took themselves back to Earth. What they didn't realize, is that some of those aliens accidentally stowed away on that ship and were now on Earth with them. Cassius pretty much fell in love with Kimmie immediately and is trying to win her over to be his mate. This was a fun and funny read, with plenty of humor and not to be taken too seriously. Watching Cassius navigate Earth and see it through his eyes was hilarious! I can't wait for the next book! 5 stars.
August 24, 2022
Okay, so we're trying something a bit different here. First it was paranormal romance, then I eeeked into dark romance, now we're dipping our toes in monster/alien romance. So firstly, I came into this book because of Instagram and completely expecting it to be ridiculous...which is fine, my life sucks right now I need some levity and a HEA since I can't get any IRL.
Now I don't say any of this to say this isn't good, or I'm expecting it to be bad. It's just a new author that I have no real recommendation on other than an algorithm knowing I love romance...so here we go!
So I finally finished the book, one of my record timing reads (less than 24 hours), and I'll keep with that it was pretty good. I gave it four stars only because it's not my usual and it's a little on the cheesy side. But that was also part of the point yea? I definitely laughed out loud a few times and that's definitely worth more than three stars. 4.5 would have been my choice if I could have chosen that.
Now I don't say any of this to say this isn't good, or I'm expecting it to be bad. It's just a new author that I have no real recommendation on other than an algorithm knowing I love romance...so here we go!
So I finally finished the book, one of my record timing reads (less than 24 hours), and I'll keep with that it was pretty good. I gave it four stars only because it's not my usual and it's a little on the cheesy side. But that was also part of the point yea? I definitely laughed out loud a few times and that's definitely worth more than three stars. 4.5 would have been my choice if I could have chosen that.
June 6, 2022
A new and delightful romance by the ever impressive Jacobs. This is the first in her new series and is the perfect introduction to some new characters. In this book, our main characters are Kimmie and Cassius. Kimmie is a ricket scientist and has a great group of similarly smart friends. Cassius is an alien who along with the prime hunters from his planet and tribe accidentally come to Earth. Some are more happy than others and the fun of their Earth education is only the beginning of the laughs this rom com will deliver. Great romance and steamy chemistry, this book is well written, smooth flowing. Captivating from the start!, thrilling fun thoughou6and a satisfying ending that will delight and still leave you wanting more!
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.
May 31, 2022
Very Funny…and Steamy!
I loved the storyline which provided me an opportunity to just let go and have fun with the characters in the book. Super brainiacs we’re the women pitted against a hoard of ripped alien men complete with tails and horns. Kimmie and Cassius were the protagonists and played nicely off the rest of the crew. Loved how the men struggled acclimating to earth, the women acclimating to them, and the locals acclimating to everyone. Except for Kimmie’s condo neighbor, Sharron…she remained the modern Gladys Kravits (of Bewitched fame).
I’m highly recommending this book for your reading enjoyment and pleasure. PEACE.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I loved the storyline which provided me an opportunity to just let go and have fun with the characters in the book. Super brainiacs we’re the women pitted against a hoard of ripped alien men complete with tails and horns. Kimmie and Cassius were the protagonists and played nicely off the rest of the crew. Loved how the men struggled acclimating to earth, the women acclimating to them, and the locals acclimating to everyone. Except for Kimmie’s condo neighbor, Sharron…she remained the modern Gladys Kravits (of Bewitched fame).
I’m highly recommending this book for your reading enjoyment and pleasure. PEACE.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 8, 2022
I really liked this story. It was a different adventure than I expected but was still entertaining and enjoyable. The characters were interesting and likable. The friendships in this story were absolutely amazing. Cassius was sure that Kimmie was the one for him as soon as he met her. Kimmie thought he was attractive but was more interested in getting home than adjusting to a new place. Cassius was a quick learner and so sweet to Kimmie and Yuri. Kimmie finally realizing how she really felt for Cassius was so cute. I loved their happily ever after. I recommend reading this book.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Cherrylily ARCs and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 13, 2022
Some smart girls do kiss aliens and more
Smart Girls Don’t Kiss Aliens takes the rom-com format into outer space and then some. If you love Alina Jacobs and the Svensson families then be warned that this book is quite different from that. The book still lands with a sweet, at times funny, and smart twist on the alien trope. If you are into Alien/Human romance this one is a funny twist which I thought was inventive. Overall I thought this was a good story that at times was funny and had some interesting twists.
I received a copy of this book and am leaving my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
Smart Girls Don’t Kiss Aliens takes the rom-com format into outer space and then some. If you love Alina Jacobs and the Svensson families then be warned that this book is quite different from that. The book still lands with a sweet, at times funny, and smart twist on the alien trope. If you are into Alien/Human romance this one is a funny twist which I thought was inventive. Overall I thought this was a good story that at times was funny and had some interesting twists.
I received a copy of this book and am leaving my honest review. My opinions are all my own.
June 14, 2022
nice twist
This was a nice twist on the captured by aliens book. The thing that caused me to rate it 4 was, the ladies were really rude and snotty in the beginning. The one girl apparently slept with all the guys before she decided to hitch a ride home. To disrespect that culture is wrong. To make light of others beliefs is wrong. They also came off as mean girls. They fixed the ship really fast and gave none of the other women a chance to leave. They we also very rude to the guys in the beginning. Over all the author delivered a fun read with a twist. I hope she writes more from these characters and we can get a glimpse of them setting in on the planet.
This was a nice twist on the captured by aliens book. The thing that caused me to rate it 4 was, the ladies were really rude and snotty in the beginning. The one girl apparently slept with all the guys before she decided to hitch a ride home. To disrespect that culture is wrong. To make light of others beliefs is wrong. They also came off as mean girls. They fixed the ship really fast and gave none of the other women a chance to leave. They we also very rude to the guys in the beginning. Over all the author delivered a fun read with a twist. I hope she writes more from these characters and we can get a glimpse of them setting in on the planet.
July 9, 2022
Really cute!
The novel definitely pokes fun at the “women are kidnapped by aliens and crash land on a desolate planet and are stuck” trope. It felt like it was using Ruby Dixon’s Ice Planet series as a premise and asked the question “But what if the women were rocket scientists?” The humor was enjoyable and engaged me from the first page.
I’m definitely curious to see how the rest of this serious will unfold considering we have currently destroyed any hope of there being home-planet shenanigans for the alien boys and have seemingly capped the number of possible romances. I’m predicting a spin-off series in the future.
The novel definitely pokes fun at the “women are kidnapped by aliens and crash land on a desolate planet and are stuck” trope. It felt like it was using Ruby Dixon’s Ice Planet series as a premise and asked the question “But what if the women were rocket scientists?” The humor was enjoyable and engaged me from the first page.
I’m definitely curious to see how the rest of this serious will unfold considering we have currently destroyed any hope of there being home-planet shenanigans for the alien boys and have seemingly capped the number of possible romances. I’m predicting a spin-off series in the future.
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