Archlord of Exile

Star-Marked Mates of Sollir, Book 1

De: Kate Stevens

Narrado por: John York

For thousands of years, the Sollirians abducted children from their homeworlds to fuel their magic.

Inez would know. She was one of them.

Like other star-maids, she was tethered to an archlord, Rylec. Unlike other star-maids, she fell for him, and he helped her escape.

Three years later, Inez can’t forget Rylec or the other star-maids she left behind. Unable to return to Earth, she’s spent her time smuggling others out on unsuspecting intergalactic cruise ships.

Then, a sudden knock on her door shatters her world – it's Rylec, her former archlord. Her current husband, one pesky detail she tried her best to forget.

Exiled for helping Inez flee, Rylec is determined to bring her back to Sollir. Despite how much she’s craved his touch, Inez swore she’d never be a star-maid again.

But Rylec will risk everything to claim her once and for all...

Archlord of Exile is the first installment in the Star-Marked Mates of Sollir series. Each enemies-to-lovers romance features a wicked alien lord who can’t resist his star-marked mate. While each story has a standalone romance, the series includes an overarching plot and should be listened to in order for maximum enjoyment.

©2024 Kate Stevens (P)2024 Kate Stevens

Cruelty Gets a Payback

Talk about star crossed lovers, cruel leadership and a depraved society, this book had it all. It’s was exciting to listen to from the beginning. So much so that o can’t wait to see the next Arch Lord gets his just desserts! Fantastic narration that helped moved the story along at a decent pace and brought the characters to life.

Interesting and quick alien romance

What’s it about?
In this alien romance we have star lords — who are horned, aliens— and star maids—those marked at birth and destined for these aliens as kind of slave consorts.

But one alien man, Rylec, is different and makes his maid, Inez, his star wife, joining his power with her so she can use it too. But that made her a target.

Now, years later, after he helped Inez escape, he needs her to come back to save their daughter from the cruel empress.

My thoughts:
I knew going in that I was getting alien romance, and I dig the big, muscled man with horns sharing his magic with his fragile human wife and going against the power structure to do so. Go Rylec!

This book sort of felt like it started in the middle of the story though. I looked it up to make sure it wasn’t a book 2, but it’s not. And while it definitely keeps the book pace fast, I was confused on some details.

That being said, this was still a fun, fast audiobook, and the narrator does a fantastic job.