Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Pythen by Erin Raegan [Review]

Pythen by Erin Raegan
Pythen (Galactic Order #1) by Erin Raegan
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Date read: November 8, 2018

Galactic Order
1. Pythen - Kindle
2. Home World
3. War for Earth

Erin Raegan
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
Peyton
I was having a cold coffee with my best friend Vivian when the whole world went upside down.

Now there are gazelle-glowing-like-a-light-bulb aliens running around eating everybody, and enormous dark purply colored aliens that have a strong resemblance to bats, dive bombing from the sky.

One of the bats says I'm his and I need to ease his mating rage. Yeah, not happening.

Except, they tell me the fate of my world comes down to me sacrificing myself to him. Maybe this won't go like I planned. But I figure, if I have to bend to the big guy's will, I'm damn well getting something out of it.

Tahk
My Pythe is a human.

Weak as they are, I cannot fathom how she was chosen for me—the Commander of all Dahk.

But then she rises up for her species and I cannot help but notice her fierce heart. I will slaughter all who dare harm her and her species, and she will be mine.

***Warning. For readers 18 years and older. Contains explicit sexual situations, possible triggers, dark themes, and violence. Start of a series featuring these characters and multiple others.
Thoughts on Pythen: I'm extremely torn on this book. On one hand, I'm not a fan of cliffhangers. Especially not ones that come out of the blue like this one did. And when I say "not a fan," I think you really, really need to understand that I'm NOT a fan.

I also thought the characters acted ridiculously. There was a lot of screaming. Like, A LOT of screaming. Usually in all caps. Which is a stylistic choice that grates after a while. Top that off with an unnecessary info dump on Peyton's backstory in the first few pages and I wasn't sure what I was going to think of this book.

Buuuuuut...I read the whole thing. I didn't love it, but I read it. And that says something. I found the characters irritating, but I wanted to see how things played out. Which is why the cliffie doesn't sit well with me.

What I am a fan if is alien romances. Tahk has the alien thing down. His people are just as douchebag-ish as humans (as in some are good, some seem like they're going to cause a pooh-storm of epic proportions the moment they have the chance), but they have wings and wicked fighting abilities.

I didn't love this book, but I'm planning on picking up book 2 because I want to know what happens.

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