DO IT!

I was hesitant at first because of the alien angle, but Siobhan Davis has made a believer out of me! If you are a fan of RH stories like The Veil Diaries (this gets sexier the TVD quickly though), this one is definitely for you! I listened to the two books here all through the night and then downloaded and read the third one immediately after because I couldn't wait for it to be on audible. Now I am, not so patiently, waiting for the fourth book to be released. Love, love, loved!

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Shocking in a good way

This genre is not my usual go to, but Siobhan Davis is one of my favorite authors, and I knew I had to give it a try. I was not disappointed! With the fabulous characters and sensual ease they show together, you can’t help but be drawn in and hooked. The dynamic and connection is so eloquently described and continually reinforced, you delve into each page and chapter with a hunger to find out more. The narrators nailed the presentation of the audiobook in such a way that you experienced the story, not just read it. Ready to continue their story with book two!

Bad/offensive language

The word "f**k" was used many times during the first 2 chapters. I find language like that by authors lazy and offensive. It requires minimal literary creativity for a character to say "Holy f***" or "what the actual f***".

It may have a nice story etc, but I couldn't get past chapter 2 and returned it. If that language doesn't bother you then perhaps you will find this more interesting.

Loved it

This was all around a great start to the series. It was well narrated and written - which is a huge plus. Some issues - having multiple narrators only to have the guys do one or two chapters? It would have been better as a duet. The other thing that kind of made me laugh ... spoiler ...........

The harem are supposed to be Tori’s “protectors”. But all I could think by the end is that they really suck at their job and Tori had to protect herself 90% of the time.

The reason Tori’s father died is almost entirely on her. Dane tried to warn her she shouldn’t be staying with her parents and LOOK what happened.

The other thing to note is that Tori’s origin story was a complete ripoff of Superman. At least the whole... being sent to earth in a capsule thing and ending up being raised by a childless couple on a farm.

Besides the Superman ripoff - this was super well written and I’m excited to start book 2!

Def page turner! Absolutely love it!

Definitely a page turner! Omg! It’s soo darn good!!! Mouth watering good! One of the best authors I have ever read!!

Hands down the BEST Audible book EVER!

I seriously can't get over the INSANE talent of these voice artists. They completely bring to life the essence of these characters! I had to pause many times to rewind and listen again to certain parts because it just blew my mind with how the female voice, Lexi Richmond, just completely mastered so many different voices, so EFFORTLESSLY. I mean, I'm not even exaggerating in the least. This girl is INSANELY talented, actually ALL of the voice artists are amazing.

This is one of my favorite books (and series) ever and I was so nervous when I first downloaded the Audible version because, you know..you come to love these characters and you can't help but be a little nervous when something new involving them comes out, but wow. Somehow, this Audible version made me love the series that much more. Where before the character voices were just in my head, now it's as though they are actually speaking directly from the book to me. It's amazing. I can not WAIT to listen to book 2! Please please pleeeaaassseeeee keep this series coming in Audible format because it is OUTSTANDING!

Fun but performance is problematic

I very much enjoyed the story. The voice overs, however, totally threw me off. Instead of the character voices performing together, they acted as narators of different chapters. In this way , one person was doing all the voices for the chapter. I don't understand that choice at all. I really hope the other performances are better.

Interesting YA Reverse Harem with a Sci-Fi twist!!

Okay, this is the second reverse harem series i read and i'm loving it. Siobhan Davis introduces the Alinthia series with the story of Victoria King, a high school senior who thought she was just like the rest of her peers, preparing for college and making plans to marry her best friend and childhood sweetheart. Now the whole dating, marrying childhood sweetheart, i really do like it but i do find that it is the safe route like she just likes to be safe and not explosive in her life.

It starts off with Tori [ Victoria] and her best friends going shopping for a gown, then her bumping into an alien[ that she didn't know was one], then him attacking her friends and herself. She finds out no all is what it seems.

Suddenly, four males come to her school and her life is fully turn upside down, as she finds out that she's alien, and that she the chosen one to save the galaxy from a evil being and that's not all, the four males are her protectors, protecting her from evil threats.

Now for the characters:

Victoria King, 17 years of age. She was great, i really loved her character, her personality but not pissed me off was that she felt she couldn't say anything to her boyfriend[ Jensen] making him think so many bad things. I really like her when Tori was with the four males.

Her best friend; Kylie, well lets say she was cool[ read the whole series that are out for the reason why] She was very easy going with her best friend being a alien, defends her from others like Kenzie[ who was a bitch].

Her human boyfriend: Jensen, i really did like him lots. He was great but i felt him was easy to become jealous and easy to get angry. I do hope that he will move on and fall in love with someone
else. I felt so sorry for him and i did cry at times.

Then the alien boys:
Let's start off with Cooper, flirty, easy going and lovable in my mind. He was the one with the most against keeping secrets from Tori/Alinthia from the start. He understood why but he didn't like it. Yes, he was trying to break up Tori/Alinthia and Jensen apart too. It wasn't that he didn't care about her. He was worried about the bond between them and that it was too dangerous from the human to be around her.

Next was Maddox, quite and large formed, he had a rugged look to him in my mind. He was sweet when he talked and i have loved more chapters with his pov.

Beck, sweet and nerdy looking. He is the brainic in the group but most shy as well. He was very real like to me. He was one of the favorite's... well i lie the whole group is my favorite.

Lastly Dane, the pain in the ass leader. I don't like him much but i do like him. He is like 50-50 for me. He called all the shots and he demanded lots from Alinthia before she can/could understand everything. He pressured her lots and I didn't like that at all. He was also the hardest to talk too and if get anything about. I hope that does change soon.

Over all, i loved this book and want more within this series, and yes i read books 2 and 3 as well.
I also love the narrators for the book.

Good start to the trilogy

This is so intriguing. It has a unique plot, unfortunately you have to read three books to get the full story. This I detest. And I can’t wait to begin book two. It’s that interesting. Narration was excellent. Really enhanced the story.

Good book

Heard with Audible. This book is fast paced. Full of magic, terror, huge love triangles, sadness, family loss. Can't wait to see what happens next.