Title: Her Alien Insurgent
Author: Sky Robert
Genre: Alien Romance / Sci-fi Romance
Book Blurb:
I can't get him out of my head. Literally, our communicators are fried and he's the only chance I have off this planet.
When the big, green grumpy alien falls for a trap and the line between our broken communicators goes silent, I may be his only hope of survival. But without him, I may be stuck on Krelis until the day I die since the whole planet is preparing for a war against an outlaw invasion. He may have been some kind of spy for a neighboring planet, and I may have had a bigger mission to solve, but without each other both of our objectives will be lost.
Tropes: Fated Mates, Knotting, a special peen that forms to fit and fill, he calls her Goddess, we get political intrigue/sci-fi adventure that give you more insight into the universe and its fertility crisis, the human saves the alien and some sexual healing!
CW: Her Alien Insurgent contains on-page death, explicit romance scenes, strong language, a universe-wide fertility crisis, alien culture immersion of a cannibalistic nature, captivity, manipulation, betrayal, slight exhibitionism/voyeurism, abuse of power, and self-harm/recklessness. All smexy times are consensual, even the dubious consent of not being fully aware of their actions being reality or dream, is still fully consented as each individual may not realize it's real, but both are consenting and wanting said interaction. The MMC does have a past trauma of losing a mate and a child that he feels responsible for.
My Review:
Her Alien Insurgent is the third book in the gripping, science fiction romance series, Treasures of Trillume. I know I’m going to love a book when there’s a glossary and a recap of Book 2 in the front. The glossary in this book was my best friend. Author Sky Robert excels at taking the reader to another place and Her Alien Insurgent is her best yet. I absolutely loved the detailed world-building from the healing nectar to the membrane floors. I felt like our characters were in a giant space beehive.
Neither of our main characters, Ashley and Gaven, are from this new world but are there on separate quests. Gaven is a spy, running from his past failure to protect Queen Mab and Prince Trent from Book 2. If I hadn’t read Her Alien Prince, I wouldn’t have understood why he was broody, his relationship with Gho-Ran, or the prophecy that ensnares our female main character, Ashley. Where Gaven won me over was in his telepathic supporting comments to Ashley. He calls her his “goddess” and his body reforms his sex organs when it identifies her as his mate to please her. Despite the technical explanations and twisty, science fiction plotline, there is blazing hot spice and explosive chemistry between Ashley and Gaven.
Ashley’s a feisty character who takes her fate into her own hands several times with unparalleled courage. I love how she never melted down and was true to her profession as a World Destroyer assassin. She’s someone who I’d want to be abducted with. Gho-Ran is a native of the beehive world and on the same quest, but disappears part way through the book. While I thought the trio would be a throuple, I hope Gho-Ran gets his HEA in the next book. He smoothed the way between the planet’s rulers (his royal blood is explained in Book 2) and our main couple with humor which I enjoyed.
Ashley and Gho-ran pledged their lives to find and kill the World Destroyer, but they don’t leave the planet to chase him…yet, so the political intrigue and double-crosses center around Li-aq. I was convinced our villain was Li-aq until he started narrating chapters. He went from an evil genius to a tragic figure in this book. My heart broke for how he’s caught in the middle of something bigger…but I can’t give away spoilers!
Overall, I highly recommend the Treasures of Trillume series, including Her Alien Insurgent to those science fiction fans looking for spice or spicy romance readers who love the world-building of science fiction. This book has all the alien romance tropes and follows the expectations of the genre while exploring new aliens and planets.
My Rating: 5++ stars
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Author Biography:
Sky Robert is a mom of two small humans in training, narrates audiobooks for fantasy/sci-fi indie authors, writes alien and fantasy romances, and when she isn’t writing (which is MOST of the time) you can find her consuming copious amounts of coffee, supporting indie authors, reading alien goodness, fantasy, sci-fi and romance books, chowing down on Indian butter chicken, and when she actually hangs out with people in person, in real life, outside of the internet, (gasps) she’s playing board or card games. All around nerd, lover of the strange, and all things fantastical. Grab your first free Alien Romance Her Alien Exchange by joining her newsletter today! https://dl.bookfunnel.com/f2fwrjww4p
Author of the Treasures of Trillume Series, Necia Alien Warrior Series, and the Dark Gods Rising Series.
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Reviewed by: Patty