plumreads__s's review
2.0
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Gladiatrix of the Galaxy is a 'what you see is what you get' kind of read. In the world of judging a book by its cover, go right ahead here.
If I am honest, I requested this book back when I felt happy to request to review a book without much reading the blurb. The cover looked fun and colourful and that had me sold. Plus, in an audio format for me is always a winner in my eyes.
The storyline was okay, 'normal girl gets abducted by aliens, injected with something and made strong, now lives as a slave' and it grew pretty quickly into what felt like a fairly basic middle aged man's fantasy of girl on girl action, adventurous sexual activities and well, let’s just say that it got old fairly quickly and it felt like it was more there for the sake of it than to add any kind of depth or intrigue to the story. If you don’t have a vivid and detailed imagination though and this sounds like your thing, then I recommend it for sure.
The book flies fairly quickly with the action and sex filled nature of it, meaning that despite its length it feels fairly quick to read and it is written well despite what I may have said above!
I wasn't exactly connected to any of the characters, but Jegra is a strong woman heroine and so that gets bonus points from me. Characters are also LGBTQ+ diverse, which is really nice to read, although it did feel slightly as though it was there for the fantasy of it all, more than giving any kind of voice to the characters.
Unfortunately, this only gets two stars from me, and I probably won't be reading any further. I do think the covers for this one and the others are really fun though, and would look nice on shelves!
Disclaimer: a free audio copy of this book was offered for review consideration
Gladiatrix of the Galaxy is a 'what you see is what you get' kind of read. In the world of judging a book by its cover, go right ahead here.
If I am honest, I requested this book back when I felt happy to request to review a book without much reading the blurb. The cover looked fun and colourful and that had me sold. Plus, in an audio format for me is always a winner in my eyes.
The storyline was okay, 'normal girl gets abducted by aliens, injected with something and made strong, now lives as a slave' and it grew pretty quickly into what felt like a fairly basic middle aged man's fantasy of girl on girl action, adventurous sexual activities and well, let’s just say that it got old fairly quickly and it felt like it was more there for the sake of it than to add any kind of depth or intrigue to the story. If you don’t have a vivid and detailed imagination though and this sounds like your thing, then I recommend it for sure.
The book flies fairly quickly with the action and sex filled nature of it, meaning that despite its length it feels fairly quick to read and it is written well despite what I may have said above!
I wasn't exactly connected to any of the characters, but Jegra is a strong woman heroine and so that gets bonus points from me. Characters are also LGBTQ+ diverse, which is really nice to read, although it did feel slightly as though it was there for the fantasy of it all, more than giving any kind of voice to the characters.
Unfortunately, this only gets two stars from me, and I probably won't be reading any further. I do think the covers for this one and the others are really fun though, and would look nice on shelves!
Disclaimer: a free audio copy of this book was offered for review consideration
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