An Alien for Christmas by Regine Abel [Review]

An Alien for Christmas (Empaths of Lyria) by Regine Abel
Format: ebook
Source: borrowed through Kindle Unlimited
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Date read: December 7, 2020

Empaths of Lyria
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Regine Abel
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Synopsis (Goodreads):

The best gifts come in big packages.

Meet Kathleen: a thirty-six-year-old Plain Jane extraordinaire, with a Ph. D in Xenobiology and another in Spinsterhood. This year, yet again, her sorry self is stuck working on Mars for the holidays. Aside from dodging the unrequited attentions of a certain cringe-worthy bachelor on the station, she mentally prepares for yet another lonely and boring Christmas.

But when her sister sends her an early gift in the form of a drool-worthy alien hellbent on fulfilling her every desire, Kathleen isn’t so sure she wishes to stay off the naughty list anymore.

Thoughts on An Alien for Christmas: Getting a hunky, empathic, perfect alien man for Christmas from your sibling sounds like a good time, but it could have turned out very differently for Kathleen and Anders than it did. On top of that, given the abbreviated time frame they had to get to know one another, it could have gone downhill fast. (No worries, everyone! Regine Abel gives good HEA and everything turned out a-okay!)

(But before we get to that HEA...) Kathleen is...let's say she's entrenched in her way of doing things and absolutely believes herself to be happy without ever trying to spread her wings and find more out of life. She's fine being single. She's fine with the way she looks. She's good at her job and all that combined works for her. (As it should, really, but it's also good to push yourself out of your comfort zone at times because you just might find something you're WAY into. Like a hunky alien empath. You know, if that's what pushes your buttons.)

So Kathleen is sort of stuck in a rut and her sister decides she's going to give her a tiny kick in the pants to get her out of it. That kick in the pants comes in the shape of the aforementioned hunky alien empath. The guy who doesn't quite fit in with his own people, but it loved all the same. His quirks just make him challenging to match until Kathleen comes along.

For all Anders is an empath and is 100% dedicated to loving Kathleen and making her life easier, he's also very much his own person. He's smart and funny and he forms a bond with Kathleen before he ever actually meets her. He's secure in himself in a super non-toxic way (you know, toxic like Wilson is. Blerch.) and I'm really digging that.

Workaholics, empaths, cute alien pets, and meet and greet that was kinda naked on Anders end. Ehh, it all worked out in the end, right? What's a little case of nudity when you end up with the alien of your dreams?