Georgie is kidnapped by aliens as she is sleeping. She befriends a bunch of other women on the ship in the same situation as she. Then the ship crash lands on an ice planet, stranding them. Vektal is blue, has a tail, and has ridges over his body (and of course in the "right" places, haha). He and his brethren have taken in a parasite (for lack of a better word) to ensure their survival. Without it and the modifications it makes, one would die within about a week.
Interesting and I liked the writing. There is a rape scene, but it was short and was not gratuitous (IMO). Not crazy about the whole mating thing/unilateral decision making though. The language issue was easily solved. Probably won't read the rest.
Booklikes Halloween Bingo- using one of my Transfiguration Spells to change Serial/Spree Killer square to the Aliens square.

So, Tiffany is one of the last unmated females and all single aliens try to impress the woman. It gets so bad that the idea of the competition is born. The winner gets the chance to escort Tiffany on her journey to the Elder's Cave (an old space ship). 
I didn't like the idea of the competition because Tiffany actually didn't want it. She had already chosen the male she liked, but because of her insecurity and events from the past she didn't have courage to say anything. So, she fooled everybody and it made me hate her. I wanted her to have some backbone and say no. I wanted her to realize that these blue aliens who took her in and fed and sheltered her were nothing like the creeps who stole her. But she just didn't get it.
The only saving grace was the hero of the story. He was amazing - the way he courted Tiffany was just sweet. And he was so patient with her. He deserved a better mate than whimpering Tiffany who couldn't open her mouth to end this foolish competition.
I also realized that with every book I like Vektal and Georgie less and less. 

This was more interesting than the previous books. The world got bigger and this story had some very realistic problems which needed solving. It's nice to see how the series keeps getting better.

Long live alien porn!
Although this was a ridiculous story, I enjoyed it a lot. The planet and the natives were peculiar and some girls had a lot of guts. The story also had an interesting way to mate males with females. Oh yes, the purring blue giant aliens will always bring a smile to my face. :)
I'm definitely going to read the second book because I need a good laugh.

The Alien Assassin's Convenient Wife - R...

I really don't care for first person present, and I also really don't care for first person present w/switching POVs.

Just putting that out there. This is the second book I've read by this author, and while I'm fascinated by the world building, the style is a bit of a stumbling block.

Now - the books of this 'In the stars' series have been tongue in cheek plays on popular harlequin tropes - intergalactic style. So we have a guy who needs a wife "right now" because reasons, and he uses a dating app to locate one. The h isn't quite convinced but she has the harlequin doormat gene - the one that lets others talk her into doing things she doesn't want, because she can't possibly say "not no, but hell no." And of course, he's hot...in a strange sort of way. And...the mission is completed in spite of his raging hormones and he tells her she can't go back home because there were witnesses and convinces her to stay and...

So the issues I have:

the aforementioned style (really, every time there was a change of POV, I put the book down and wandered off)

The whole "males of the species turn red when wanting to mate, and needing to take something to control it when they're around unmated females" bit (no - that actually doesn't sound sexy to me)

the h's bestie/roomie/who needs enemies with people like her in their life. The h had set up an account ages ago with the dating app and after several bad dates, abandoned it. Guess who took advantage of the h's using a really stewpid password (really? Your password is "password"?), and set her up? Guess who told her they'd be around in case she needed rescuing, then took flight?