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A review by shelfgremlin
Vork by Ava Ross
2.75
well that was uneventful...
i just listened to this audiobook today but my mind is blank when i think of how it made me feel. i thought the premise was interesting but i've been on an alien romance binge so i wasn't going to read this one, but then teddy hamilton reeled me in. i just can't resist an audiobook narrated by teddy hamilton.
there were hints in this book of something that could be interesting. evie went to crakair because she was matched with an alien husband in a lottery. it's your typical alien brides plot, so there's nothing surprising there.
i don't really have much to say about the female mc, evie. she was... kinda bland? aside from longing for chocolate and vork, she didn't really do much.
vork was all work, manly honor, and evie. there were hints at his past, but for most of the book he didn't express much of a personality and that was disappointing. there were some moments it felt like he was a cardboard stand-in to facilitate the plot and that's all he was there for.
the best character in the book was by far vork's mom. she was overbearing in the way that only mothers can be and she only wanted what was best for her son. i couldn't get over the 'vorkie' nickname and her love for evie's cat, who was affectionately called a 'chat.'
the romance was very much insta-love and i found myself missing the build-up of falling in love, or at least the emotional connection and intimacy of being in love. i didn't feel any of that between evie and vork. their characters spoke of being in love, but there were no actions or words they said to one another that really expressed that.
something i did very much appreciate is how much effort and thought this author put into culture and language. usually alien romance is very reserved in the changes they make to the alien species. often times a curse word will be replaced and one or two things will be culturally different, but ava ross went all out. gestures meant different things, the way women showed happiness was different, customs (all the way down to bathing) were different. language structure, transportation, and government were all different. and it didn't feel like an info-dump when these things were being introduced.
i'd say that if you're going to pick up this book, the audiobook is a pretty good way to go. if you're interested in insta-love and lots of cool alien differences then this could be the right kind of book for you.
i just listened to this audiobook today but my mind is blank when i think of how it made me feel. i thought the premise was interesting but i've been on an alien romance binge so i wasn't going to read this one, but then teddy hamilton reeled me in. i just can't resist an audiobook narrated by teddy hamilton.
there were hints in this book of something that could be interesting. evie went to crakair because she was matched with an alien husband in a lottery. it's your typical alien brides plot, so there's nothing surprising there.
i don't really have much to say about the female mc, evie. she was... kinda bland? aside from longing for chocolate and vork, she didn't really do much.
vork was all work, manly honor, and evie. there were hints at his past, but for most of the book he didn't express much of a personality and that was disappointing. there were some moments it felt like he was a cardboard stand-in to facilitate the plot and that's all he was there for.
the best character in the book was by far vork's mom. she was overbearing in the way that only mothers can be and she only wanted what was best for her son. i couldn't get over the 'vorkie' nickname and her love for evie's cat, who was affectionately called a 'chat.'
the romance was very much insta-love and i found myself missing the build-up of falling in love, or at least the emotional connection and intimacy of being in love. i didn't feel any of that between evie and vork. their characters spoke of being in love, but there were no actions or words they said to one another that really expressed that.
something i did very much appreciate is how much effort and thought this author put into culture and language. usually alien romance is very reserved in the changes they make to the alien species. often times a curse word will be replaced and one or two things will be culturally different, but ava ross went all out. gestures meant different things, the way women showed happiness was different, customs (all the way down to bathing) were different. language structure, transportation, and government were all different. and it didn't feel like an info-dump when these things were being introduced.
i'd say that if you're going to pick up this book, the audiobook is a pretty good way to go. if you're interested in insta-love and lots of cool alien differences then this could be the right kind of book for you.