Review: Wed to the Alien Warlord (Accidental Alien Brides #1) by January Bell

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Wed to the Alien Warlord by January Bell
Series: Accidental Alien Brides #1
on June 20, 2022
Genres: Science Fiction Romance
Pages: 248
Format: eBook
Source: Kindle Unlimited

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The alien who hand-picked me to wed and bed is the most domineering warlord of the bunch. Lucky me.

As the first humans allowed in Suevan space, there’s a lot riding on my all-woman team. Earth desperately needs their tech, and I’m determined to prove we can negotiate the price. Without their planetary defense systems, Earth is a sitting duck, ripe for invasion.

Except the Suevan culture is nothing like ours.

When I take part in what I think is a welcoming ceremony, I leave with more than I bargained for: a husband. A mate. Apparently, we’re there to marry them as payment—something the top brass on Earth doesn’t bother denying. Fantastic.

And the Suevan who hand-picked me to wed and bed? He’s the most domineering warlord of the bunch. Lucky me. I’ll get the Suevan tech we need, but there’s no way I’m giving in to his demands… no matter how, ahem, persuasive he might be.

Wed to the Alien Warlord is book one in the Accidental Alien Brides series by January Bell.

The gist of it is Nikia and her crew of women are sent by their Federation to form an alliance with the Suevans; because this alien species has technology humans need to defend Earth from the Roth. We learn that the Suevans revere women, but right off the bat the women are duped into a wedding ceremony by their Federation. They think it’s a celebration ceremony to welcome them. Turns out the Federation sold them as brides.

Now if you read alien sci-fi romance this is not a new type of storyline. It’s predictable. I didn’t get into the story. I felt disconnected from the storyline and the characters. Nothing was exciting about this story. I was also frustrated with the Suevans; because they say they revere women, but they go ahead with the ceremony even though the women haven’t received the translator technology and have no idea or understanding what’s happening.

Niki is a fierce and stubborn woman with leadership skills, but then she sort of morphed into an unappealing heroine. Draz is sweet and I felt his personality didn’t mesh with Niki’s. As for the sex scenes they are decent to start and then they fall flat.

Wed to the Alien Warlord  was not the book for me. If the blurb intrigues you, I urge you to give it a shot. Just because it did not work for me does not mean it won’t for you.

Rated: 2 Stars

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