en-US Thu, 10 Apr 2025 06:33:15 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7475038406 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 06:33:15 -0700 /review/show/7475038406 Kelly gave 5 stars to Bad Boy Beast (Interstellar Brides Program: The Beasts #8) by Grace Goodwin
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Kai is up and he has a lot going on. By that, I mean his beast needs him to find and claim his mate and there are some VERY BAD INDIVIDUALS trying to get their hands on her. Which is not good since that means she's in danger.

And when a warlord's mate is in danger, his beast will do anything to make sure she doesn't come to harm. (As an aside, while he'll do anything, the alligator attack wasn't instigated by Kai, it was just a sweet side effect of a bad guy going after Lark in the wrong place.)

So. Kai's in a protective mood (understatement) and Larkspur is in danger. Only, she doesn't know she's in danger. She's just a human lady who likes to take compromising pictures and sell them as a side hustle. She definitely doesn't realize that one of her pics captured something it shouldn't have. Now she has everybody gunning for her and the only one she feels safe with is the big Atlan Warlord who keeps growling MINE at her.

Man, I like these beasts. They're straightforward and more than a little bloodthirsty.

As another aside, I kinda thought we were reaching the end of this series because we've run through the Warlord group on Earth, but BOY is there some big setup for the future. Will it be part of this series? I have no idea. But THINGS ARE HAPPENING and mates are probably in danger and I AM HERE FOR IT.

-Kelly @
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]]> Review7472709011 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:01:44 -0700 /review/show/7472709011 Kelly gave 4 stars to Beast's Secret Baby (Interstellar Brides Program: The Beasts #7) by Grace Goodwin
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Okay, I'm super not loving Helion after this stunt. Not that I loved him before. Or even liked him, really. BUT...no, dude. Not cool.

So. Velik has hit the end of his rope. He's been searching for his mate, hasn't found her, and the mating fever has pushed him to the point that he can't battle his beast much longer. So he reaches out and takes a mission that will ensure he dies in battle.

Naturally, the moment things are in place for that, he meets his special someone. Stefani (Adrian's twin and Vivian's daughter). THINGS HAPPEN (both of the sexy variety and stinging jellyfish variety, which sounds weird when put together, but just go with it) and Velik and Stefani end up separated. (And that's where Helion did something unconscionable and made the choice to keep both of them in the dark about what had been done and NO, DUDE. NOT COOL.)

Velik ends up shipping out on what amounts to a suicide mission while Stefani stays back on Earth. Thinking she's been abandoned. When she has two little nuggets nine months later, well, she can handle it. And so long to the guy who claimed she was his one and only and then walked away.

Eventually Velik figures out what happened, heads straight back to Earth, and finds out he's a dad now. Of course, Stefani has been dealing with some major abandonment issues over the last 15 months and she's not so quick to trust him when he tries to explain (HELION, YOU JERK!). Yeah, these two have more than a few bumps in the road to their HEA, but they get there. Eventually. (Helion's still a jerk.)

-Kelly @
]]> Review7472379874 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 07:46:21 -0700 /review/show/7472379874 Kelly gave 4 stars to Bargain with a Beast (Interstellar Brides Program: The Beasts #6) by Grace Goodwin
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Adrian (along with her twin sister) might have thought things moved quickly between her mother and Maxus, but she miiiiiight have them beat. I mean, the lady heard her beast roaring, knew he was the one, and managed to finagle her way into his cell to be claimed by him. The teeny, tiny roadblocks they need to get around to have their HEA? Well, Kovo is imprisoned for one. He's scheduled to be executed within hours. And he absolutely has his reasons for trying to stay as far away from Adrian as he can.

Too bad his beast wasn't on board with any of that. Really, his beast does all the work. He gets Adrian's attention with his roar, gives her all the sexy times she can handle (well, considering their limited time, I guess), and gets himself well and truly mated in no time flat.

There's just that pesky matter of his upcoming execution they need to work around.

On Adrian's end, she knows Kovo is hers the moment she hears him. And nothing is going to get between her and her honey. Well, except a guard or two. And that 2 story drop. No, wait. That last one doesn't stop her. Kovo's situation is not pretty and things take a TURN on the two of them, but that's not going to stop her from doing whatever she has to do to be with her male.

A morally gray doctor who definitely has things percolating in the background, a bad situation, a male who has lost all hope, and a lady who doesn't mind breaking a few laws to save the male she loves. *thumbs up*

-Kelly @
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]]> Review7471072517 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 07:49:34 -0700 /review/show/7471072517 Kelly gave 5 stars to Beast Charming (Interstellar Brides Program: The Beasts, #5) by Grace Goodwin
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It's Tane's turn to find his special someone and the big guy is having a MAJOR Cinderella moment. Because Elena showed up, enraptured his beast, and then disappeared. Finding her wasn't necessarily difficult, but she's in a bit of a tricky situation they're going to have to work their way out of.

So, yeah. Cinderella ball with a Cinderella lady. Tane isn't about to let her slip through his fingers, but following her and staking his claim comes with its own set of problems. Mainly, her employer and his utter hatred of all things alien.

On Elena's end, she's sticking around because her employer's daughter needs her. She's knows her employer is ruthless, but she didn't expect to be caught in the middle of his machinations. And when Tane is targeted? Our girl shows the aliens (and everybody else in the world, really) what human ladies are made of. Let's just say that they get a whole lot of exposure on more than one level.

Yeah, Elena goes all in when she claims her beast and Tane (and the other warlords) are there for it! *thumbs up*

-Kelly @
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]]> Review7469620803 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:07:10 -0700 /review/show/7469620803 Kelly gave 5 stars to Big Bad Beast (Interstellar Brides Program: The Beasts, #4) by Grace Goodwin
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Maxus is up and he's been hiding out on Earth trying to blend with humans. Which has worked to an extent, but he's a big bad warlord and he kind of stands out in a crowd. Plus, the Hive keeps sending units to try to recapture him, which is problematic when you're trying to fit in.

Or, it would be problematic if Maxus hadn't worked his way into some illegal fight clubs. Which, incidentally, is how he crossed paths with Vivian. Who is NOT fighting in the fight club, but rather patching the fighters up with her paramedic skills.

The first time they come into one another's orbit? HOO-BOY. Things get steamy quick. Which makes sense since those warlords know the person they're meant to be with pretty much immediately.

On Vivian's end, she's a single mom of two grown daughters and she DOES NOT expect one of the fighters to push all her buttons like Maxus does. For all he's fighting at the club, he's honorable, gentle, and fiercely protective of her. Which is needed when another Hive tracking unit shows up and tries to take Vivian from Maxus.

As you might imagine, all heck breaks loose when Maxus (along with several others of the warlords on Earth) fights to keep her safe. His beast won't stand for anyone taking her from him and those Hive trackers are in for a world of hurt when he gets his hands on them.

-Kelly @
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