Thursday, December 23, 2021

Stoan by Kate Rudolph [Review]

Stoan (Mated to the Alien #3) by Kate Rudolph
Format: ebook
Source: purchased
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Date read: October 26, 2020

Mated to the Alien
1. Ruwan
2. Tyral
3. Stoan - Paperback | Kindle
4. Cyborg
5. Krayter
6. Kayleb
7. Shayn
8. Braxtyn
9. Doryan

Kate Rudolph
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Synopsis (Goodreads):
An alien spy...

Unless he finds his mate, Stoan will die when he turns thirty, which makes him willing to take the most dangerous jobs. When he spots the human woman who awakens the denya bond within him, he knows they can never be.

A shattered woman...

Reina Draven almost lost everything at the hands of a warlord’s ambition. As she’s pulled into a world of danger and intrigue, her only stable force is the closed off blue alien assigned to be her partner on a mission she's been drafted into undertaking. Though the flame of desire sparks hot between them, she doesn’t know if she’s ready for romance, and he seems determined to keep away from her.

A bond too strong to be denied...

Their mission takes them deep into enemy territory, and Reina and Stoan need to learn to trust one another or face fatal consequences. As the danger heats up, so does the spark of their bond. But when a surprise from Stoan’s past throws a wrench in the works, their future is threatened by something even more dangerous than a brutal general's attention.

Will Stoan choose to step into the future with his denya? Or will his secrets swallow him whole?
Thoughts on Stoan: The next Detyen to find his special someone amongst the humans is up. Stoan is...not all that pleased to realize what Reina is to him, to be honest. He's a dangerous man with a dangerous job and part of him holds onto the past with a vice grip. Meeting Reina threw a wrench into his perception of what was.

And being a dangerous man with a dangerous job, Stoan has a hard time allowing himself pleasure. He takes on the hardest tasks (both mentally and physically) and he pushes himself. Heading into a rival warlord's territory at the behest of his warlord with his denya in tow isn't ideal.

As for Reina, she's grieving her husband's death. Not because he's dead, but because they never had a chance to find closure between them. He got himself into something much bigger than him and died for it and she's left picking up the pieces. Stoan and his surliness is sort of an added aggravation she didn't need.

But she dealt with him and the training he put her through and infiltrating a warlord's stronghold and somehow ended up with a happy ending. Because Stoan isn't all grump and business, he's also an alien who loves with all this heart once he allows himself to.

What can I say? I like these aliens and their not-so-fun curse and I'm enjoying watching them fall one by one.

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