Many thanks to Matador and Aria Mossi for the advanced copy of The Warrior Queen via NetGalley, in return for my honest and unbiased review. Quick note: I don’t recap plots in my reviews, as it’s easy enough to read the book’s synopsis and blurbs, I purely focus on my feelings & opinions of how the books makes me feel.

Although the writing style was not to my liking, this book really sucked me in and I found I couldn’t put it down. It drew me in and was fun and distracting, definitely an escapist read. The writing straddles the line between romance and erotica at times, but has enough of a fantasy/sci-fi plotline to keep it going, and I will be seeking out the other books in the series.

As I mentioned, the writing style wasn’t to my liking. Although I am a fan of an exclamation mark, Mossi uses too many even for me. Sentences are often fragmented, clauses are confused and generally the overall tone and mood can come across quite scattered – often due to the overuse of the exclamation marks.

Overall, once you get used to the interesting writing style (which seems to temper a bit around the 55-60% mark), the story does draw you in. Some of the control aspects are questionable, but overall the story is female-empowering and respectful. I recommend this as a light, escapist read for someone looking for a spicy, sci-fi story.

Moods: adventurous, spicy
Tropes: enemies/friends to lovers, redemption/dark past, soulmates/fated mates
Pace: medium
Character development: strong
Plot or character driven: 50/50
Diversity: high
Spice: 4/5

Trigger warnings: Eating Disorder, Rape, Self Harm, Sexual abuse/assault/harassment, Slut shaming

Rating: 4/5

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I enjoyed this book, it took a while to get into because the beginning doesn't flow very well, it feels very choppy. But once it got going I really liked it, Gia and Zann are very interesting protagonists, there are points in the book where I didn't like either of them very much but the way their arc plays out meant that those moments didn't last too long. I really liked the world that the author created and I defiantly would like to read more in the series.

Just not my style. I wanted to write a review before it gets published. But i couldn’t finish this book.

The Warrior Queen by Aria Mossi was provided to me for free in exchange for an honest review.

I have been sitting on this review as I am torn between it not being a book for me and the writing not being that great either. I found the beginning very jarring and a little callow for it being a later-series novel. I will admit that romance is not my cup of tea but fantasy is, I found this lacked sense in both and was not a fan. However, if alien-abduction romances are what you are after, look no further.

This just was not for me but I know Aria's fanbase will be delighted at the continuation of the series.

This book was well written with a storyline that kept me engaged and well developed characters that were relatable and believable. I loved the romance element of the book and it wasn't a romance genre that I have read much of, but that will be changing.
The book also had a good level of mystery and twists which kept it fresh and unpredictable. It was an enjoyable read and I look forward to reading more by the author.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I’m just starting to read sci fi and fantasy books and the synopsis of this book had me really intrigued. It did not disappoint. This book follows Gianna and Zaan. Gianna is a biracial child and a fashion icon. She is victim of a terrible rape and has dealt with a lot so stress from her father who is a closeted racist. Then there’s Zaan, the high commander of the Blood Fleet. He is very Black and white with his thoughts an actions. His views imitate some views of Gianna’s father (primitive) which makes them butt heads.

What I liked about the story that it was a diverse read where an alien abducts an African American person. I liked how the story developed and progressed during the book. We get to know learn about both main characters and what contributes to making them the way they are. I now have to go back and read the first two books because I wanna know more.

Thank you to Kensington Books and Net Galley for the opportunity to read this ebook in exchange for an honest review.

So let me start by saying I really enjoyed this book. It has a lot of the things I like to see like, forced proximity, learning new cultures, learning from your past and so on. The world building is really good too. The only part that bother me was the first half of the book. I know it was suppose to be heavy and dark however it didn’t feel like it flowed right and kept me engaged. However, around the 40% all that changed. I became fully engaged and couldn’t put the story down. Zaan is an butt and he never stops to ask why are how can I help. He has rules to keep her safe but he doesn’t ask why she is the way she is. He never really stops to get to know Gia. Gia had/has issues and she dealt with them how she knew how. She wasn’t trying to hurt him presay but she needed to protect herself.
Most of the misunderstanding stems all from zaan. Had he took one moment and told her everything and explain this and that, and asked her questions things would have been different. I know Gia wouldn’t have told him everything but that’s why he needed to learn human culture. Which he never really does.
This book takes you through many emotions some you may not like and some may trigger you. However, in the end this author does a great job of showing how one event can change you forever and it takes a village to help you recover.
Side note I hate Gia’s father.
I have other things to say but I will spoil the book for others. Just give this one a try.
My rating for this book is 4.5 stars only because of the first half of the book and the very ending and I’m not explains because spoilers

I do love a good alien romance and Aria does an Alien romance justice. I mean she has all the awesome elements, an abduction, Terror for being trapped, misunderstanding of intentions, understanding, and most of all love. The beauty of this series is that all the women's stories intertwine so we saw Gianna in all the other previous books. We saw her story via the women's POV and now we get the whole story.

Gianna is used to men who are uncaring and who don't consider her at all. She has made a life out of a bad situation and she s not healed from that. All her action thus far is to avoid a situation of uncaring and being trapped in a situation with a man

Gianna starts very strong-willed and unable to understand. She later softens to her match and that is where the love and the real story starts

I loved the terror and the realness of what Gianna was truly feeling in that situation. I felt like the timeframe and actions of the characters seem correct to me if this situation was true.
The things I didn't love were the hair comparison and care that seemed off for a mix raced woman - didn't match real life to me.

since to me, it seemed like her race had very little to do with her situation I am not sure it needed to be mentioned as much as it was.

Overall I did enjoy this read and I am ready for Jude's story

This story it is well written, the characters have depth and the story line has all the twists and turns to make it interesting without making it déjà vu.