Now the Beast has found me.And he’ll never let me go.JADEWomen aren’t safe on Earth, not since the Big Mistake.Around here, there’s one rule: Don’t go into town. That’s where the men are. I live in hiding with Zoey, Dev and Makayla. It’s a hard life, but we make it work. Or we did, until Zoey got sick. Now I have no choice but to head into town. I can’t sit and watch her wither away. I must find … town. I can’t sit and watch her wither away. I must find her a cure.
My disguise fails me, my eyes giving me away. Men descend upon me like a pack of rabid wolves. Then a savage, alien warrior steps up. Eight feet of muscle, horns and claws.
The beast throws me over his shoulder and carries me off like he owns me. I have no idea what the wants, but the brooding look in his alien eyes makes me tremble and fear the worst…
VUKAROR
Kysus lies in ruins. Sickness has ravaged our people, our women are barren.
I am their King. I must save my people.
I need an heir.
I must find a mate.
Earth is my last hope. If I do not find a suitable nera, the Kaizon will die.
She is at the first human settlement I come across, in a group mating ritual.
A human female.
Shapely.
Curvy.
She’s soft and so perfect.
I swoop on the ritual and take her. She’s special. I don’t only want to claim her body. I want her soul.
She will submit to me. She will be pregnant before the next moon.
This I swear.
Contains scenes of spanking.
BEAST is the first book in a brand new series, Warriors of Kaizon, by Luna Hunter. Each book follows a different couple and can be read as a standalone. No cheating, HEA guaranteed!
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Jade’s friend is sick, and she desperately needs the medicine that town has. Only women on Earth are now rare, and its extremely dangerous to enter a town filled with so many males. Yet she has no choice. She just has to make sure no one discovers that she’s a woman.
After illness kills most of the species, Vukaror is desperate to find a species that’s compatible to mate with. After stumbling upon a transmission that Earth released many years prior floating in space, he sets course. He didn’t expect when he landed that he would walk into a “group mating ritual” where the women seems unwilling. He knows with one look that she’s meant for him, and him alone.
TONE OF THE BOOK
Beast goes for a definitely light hearted approach. It’s hard to take the novel seriously with its wild plot, unrealistic character behaviours and crazy banter.
SENSITIVE TOPICS
Beast is a novel clearly aimed at mature readers.
There are numerous sexual scenes dominating the novel more than the actual story plot. Most of the sex scenes have a focus on BDSM, such as spanking and being tied up.
SERIES SYNOPSIS
Beast is the first instalment of the Warriors of Kaizon Series. There are currently 6 novels in the series.
Its 135 pages long, making it 1/3 the length of a standard romance novel (at approximately 300 pages). It’s a very fast read that you can knock out in only a couple hours, and sadly because of its length it lacks a lot of depth that many novels possess.
Each novel in the series focuses on a different couple. It ends with a happily ever after, with the world plot line continuing between novels.
REVIEW
“They were built by the government, right in the aftermath of the Mistake, to keep the population under control. They were supposedly all destroyed when they started to malfunction, but… I guess not.”
The action scenes are completely ruined when the characters literally stop to have conversations constantly, usually as a means to explain the world-building. For example, Luna Hunter introduces “Hunter-Killers” which are battle bots. The females in the room decide to explain to each other (and the reader) what they are rather than seek a way to hide. They are literally being chased by robots that are shooting at them and have buzz-saws on their arms!
“That’s right. I bet you’ve never had to deal with a Kaizon before.”
“That’s new,” Livingston says, “but still no match for my battle bots!”
Character behaviour all up is rather unbelievable all-round. For example, when the villain sees an alien for the first time, there is no shock or hesitation. The heroine consistently runs headlong into danger, and often undertakes stupid actions for the sake of just doing them (such as exposing her hiding location to pickpocket a passing guard just because).
His eyebrows furrow. “You dare to challenge me?”
“I don’t just dare you, I double-dare you.”
“What?!” he growls.
The banter is… interesting. Luna Hunter has clearly gone for what she hopes to be a perky and fun novel, however I often found myself disliking the conversations between the characters. Even when being forced into uncomfortable situations the characters regularly would talk in what felt like almost childish banter.
The world building has some major flaws. Whilst Luna Hunter has clearly tried to introduce some interesting concepts, it just bounces all over the place. Luna Hunter regularly tries to impress that humanity has lost its world-knowledge and almost fallen back into the Middle Ages, but that’s acceptable as they’ve been living alone in the wilds all their lives. The heroine has no idea what a battery is, so far as to even mispronounce the term, and yet is completely comfortable interacting with robots and helicopters without batting her eyelids.
FINAL WORD
Sadly Beast just doesn’t impress me. It had such potential with world building, yet its flaws overwhelm what could have been an enjoyable novel. If you’re looking for a light-hearted, over-the-top romance novel that doesn’t take itself seriously at all then this one is definitely worth checking out though. It didn’t work for me because I prefer my novels a bit more grounded.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS AND AUTHORS
If you like very much alpha characters, then consider reading Milana Jacks. Her most famous series is Beast Mates, starting with Blind Beast Mate. Its a dystopian paranormal romance with alien werewolf-like creatures called the Beasts who have settled on Earth. The aliens have an agreement with humans living in the Communities called the Pairing Program, allowing them to buy women to be their mates.
Calista Skyes’ has several action scenes in her Caveman Alien series, the first book being Caveman Alien’s Ransom. As the title suggests, this series is a more classic fantasy sword-fighting barbarian style.