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I must guard my heart. If my defenses fall and a bond forms between us, there will be no going back. Darrvasons mate for life.

Kameer's Mate is the next instalment in the Worldship Brides series that continues to explore the ongoing alliance between humans and the Darravason alien race. As humanity relies on the advanced technology of the Darravason to preserve their ships, the aliens seek breedable human females to restore their population after a devastating war nearly annihilated their own species' females.

I had mentioned in my review of the previous book that I really enjoy that the 4 stories were taking place all on the same timeline, but we were seeing the major events happening from different perspectives. Kameer's Mate is the first to step outside of that and now represents the continuation of the timeline, up to the humans and Darrvasons landing on their new planet.

Kameer and Mandy's story is a continuation of the females that figured they were "safe" from the selection as a mate, in this case Mandy and her sister were set up in arranged marriages with elder founders (like in their 90's elders, ew) to (i) protect them from the Darrvasons and (ii) to help solidify their standing in this new planet. But a chance encounter between Mandy and Kameer derails Mandy's plans...

Touching [Mandy] feels like... coming home. That's the only way I can describe it. An immense feeling of rightness. Destiny.

In classic Sue Lyndon fashion there is a power dynamic between the two, with Kameer expecting an obedient mate and Mandy being "so fucking tired of of males telling me what to do". These are considered dark romance so definitely recommend double checking those content warnings 🫶🏻. I really appreciated one part where Kameer seems to have some self reflection that although he wants her to obey he also doesn't want her to spend her entire life in fear of and despising him.

Between the 90+ year old pervy founder and the hunky dual-loaded-vibrating alien... I'd choose the alien every time 🙂‍↕��

Also, I really hope the next book in this series follows Mandy's sister Tasha because it sounds like she had a whirlwind alien affair that I am dying for the details of.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.