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A review by bluebearywitchy
Claimed by an Alien Warrior by Tiffany Roberts
adventurous
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Originally had downloaded a sample of this book off Amazon sometime last year because someone mentioned in passing this was an interesting book. I didn't even think twice about it.
Well, I was going through and reading all of my sample titles to organize my kindle better when I *actually* looked at the cover and noticed dude has four arms.
So did I read through the sample and ended up buying this book for the simple fact it had a character with four arms? Sho did.
And I'm glad I did.
Rendash and Zoey's interactions were really amusing and I love that it took a different being to make her realize her own beauty, rather than shy from what she had because she couldn't conform to societal beauty standards and what her dipshit boyfriend thought of her.
Aside from the aliens and the adventure aspects of the book, what makes this such a good read is how real, relatable, and *human* Zoey is.
We follow her busting her ass working and barely making ends meet, just to have her dipshit of a boyfriend sit around the house and cheat on her while living off *her* money. Zoey is a thicker gal and struggles with body image and insecurities, which I personally don't see a lot in books. Even her initial encounter with Rendash was very real and raw - she wasn't as shocked at some huge ass alien crawled into her car and threatened her life because at that point, there literally was nothing left to lose except the clothes on her back and whatever her car held.
It was a very fast paced read and I finished it in a night. The spicy scenes were quite a treat as well (but more so because I really love four armed beings) and we really need more bbw representation in books like this.
Well, I was going through and reading all of my sample titles to organize my kindle better when I *actually* looked at the cover and noticed dude has four arms.
So did I read through the sample and ended up buying this book for the simple fact it had a character with four arms? Sho did.
And I'm glad I did.
Aside from the aliens and the adventure aspects of the book, what makes this such a good read is how real, relatable, and *human* Zoey is.
We follow her busting her ass working and barely making ends meet, just to have her dipshit of a boyfriend sit around the house and cheat on her while living off *her* money. Zoey is a thicker gal and struggles with body image and insecurities, which I personally don't see a lot in books. Even her initial encounter with Rendash was very real and raw - she wasn't as shocked at some huge ass alien crawled into her car and threatened her life because at that point, there literally was nothing left to lose except the clothes on her back and whatever her car held.
It was a very fast paced read and I finished it in a night. The spicy scenes were quite a treat as well (but more so because I really love four armed beings) and we really need more bbw representation in books like this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body shaming and Murder
Minor: Sexual assault