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Venomous

by Penelope Fletcher

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy·spoiler·Alien Warrior #1

Why Read This?

The worldbuilding is so immersive you feel like you need a passport to read it. Penelope Fletcher commits fully to making her aliens genuinely alien -- four arms, forked tongues, reptilian features -- and never softens them into humans in costume. The cultural clashes between Lumen and the Ra feel real, the gladiator arena opening is brutal and gripping, and the way the relationship expands from one mate to three feels organic rather than forced. Plus, having a Black heroine navigating an alien civilization adds real depth to the themes of otherness and belonging.

Synopsis

Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00RG0IGH6 "She is mine to protect, mine to shelter, mine to feed and mine to cover. When she is weak, I shall be her strength. She was stolen from her world by our captors. Now her survival is my responsibility. It is her duty to endure my lust, respect my nest mates and honour our union with offspring. I revere this giver of life, as is the way." ~ Venomous One, formerly of Rök, enslaved gladiator "Six things a woman should not have to deal with: 1) More than one barbaric alien lover/life mate. 2) Long term stay on a slave planet where you’re one female amongst thousands of 'needy' males. 3) Killer space pirates. 4) Psychotic mother-in-law. 5) Putting your alien lover/life mates’ species under the threat of annihilation because you ticked off the wrong Slave Chieftain. 6) A marauding overlord with a harem four hundred strong who is determined to make you concubine number four hundred and one. My name is Lumen. I am stranded in a galaxy far, far away and here be huge f***ing aliens." ~ Lumen Young, formerly of Earth, lost in space Abducted from Earth and transported to a slave planet in an unknown galaxy, Lumen finds herself, shackled, naked and put on display before an alien horde. Told the males will battle for the right to slake their lusts with her body, she would become the slave of slaves. Venomous One, a proud warrior enslaved, has given up hope of returning to his home world and finding a life mate. When a female is tossed into the arena his soul demands he claim her. Winning his mate by Right of Might, he vows to protect Lumen and be a good provider, no matter how ugly her human appearance. Rescued by Venomous’ people, the couple face space pirates, the condemnation of an alien government, galactic war, and a deadlier threat from within the warrior’s own kindred. Warning: violence, profanity and sexual situations with multiple partners.

At a Glance

3.87 ★ Goodreads
Spice Level🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️steamy
Endingspoiler
PairingWHY CHOOSE / REVERSE HAREM
Romance Pacingmedium burn

Top Tropes

reverse haremfated matesalien romance

Mood

darkintenseadventurousepic

Book Details

Goodreads Rating

3.87 ★

Page Count

592 pages

Published

2014

Primary Genre

Sci-fi Romance

Pairing

WHY CHOOSE / REVERSE HAREM

POV

Multi-POV

Romance Pacing

Medium Burn

Cliffhanger

spoiler

Audiobook

Available

Yes

Format

AI Narrated (Virtual Voice)

Narrator

Virtual Voice (AI-generated)

Tropes

RomanceMagicActionAngstWorld
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Mood & Vibe

Mood

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Spice Details 🌶️

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rape/non-consent (on pageslavery and captivitygraphic violence and tortureconsequences explored)gladiatorial combatdubious consentxenophobia and racism themesdark themes throughout

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