Nailing the Alien

Beastly Alien Boss, Book 1

De: Ava Ross

Narrado por: Patrick Zeller, Hollie Jackson

Can I resist my grouchy orc boss?

Desperate to escape the clutches of the alien lizard mafia, I accept a spur-of-the-moment job offer on a distant planet. A monstrous, grumpy alien is building a new home in a distant colony, and he’s looking for an assistant.

He needs me to hold his hammer. I get it. It’s a big hammer.

He's a lonely barbarian brute with a gruff exterior, but I soon learn that inside, he's hiding a squishy center. When he unexpectedly enters his mating frenzy, there’s no one around to handle the job—except me. He gives me two options: return home or stay and help him with a whole different kind of nailing.

Nailing the Alien is book one in the Beastly Alien Boss series. Each features a brutish alien who can’t resist falling for his fated mate.

©2022 Ava Ross (P)2023 Podium Audio

Tropes: Sci-fi romance, alien romance, smut, fated

Tropes: Sci-fi romance, alien romance, smut, fated mates, opposites

If you are familiar with Ice Planet Barbarians, this is right alongside in type of story. The writing for Nailing the Alien is not quite the same caliber as IPB in my opinion, but the story was super enjoyable nonetheless. We have a strong human female hiding out from a bounty and a male Orc in need of mellowing out. Their pairing is cute but primarily focused on sex. LOTS of playful innuendos written into the story. You need to go into this story expecting something light hearted, silly, playful, smutty.

This was an audio read for me, and the narration was great!

Cute story

While not as steamy as it could be, this is a cute story with interesting character interactions and an overall feel-good read.

Favorite Orc

I really loved this story. The narrators did a great job, especially the male narrator. His voice had me laughing out loud a few times.

Why does the male voice remind me of the Grinch? Lol

I enjoyed this, immensely. Loved the characters, I laughed out loud several times. Would recommend

Funny,Interesting,romantic tale!

Narrators’ skills made this story hilarious at times! It is a beauty & the beast sexy tale worth your time !

The Grinch

I could not stop hearing The Grinch when the male narrator voiced the MMC. It wasn’t bad, but it did distract me a bit. I couldn’t NOT hear it. However, the story was cute. A nice little palate cleanser.

I liked this one

The readers were really good. They played the characters nicely.
And it was a good story

Meh. Disappointing

I read to be entertained and use my imagination to travel. This was not worth my time. The supposedly funny comments were crude innuendos. I didn’t find it humorous. The female is the one thinking these crude things. I’m sure that is done, but it wasn’t believable. There is a novella included and it’s the same thing. It’s just feels like a teens crude thoughts. I wasn’t amused or entertained.

Fun Fluffy Romance

So, there is a bonus novella at the end of the main story. I really enjoyed it. While it's in no way crucial to listen to in order, the novella actually takes place before Nailing the Alien. If you want to listen, I believe it starts around chapter 50.

The male narrator of the main story made the character sound SO pompous and stiff. I'm not sure how much the character was supposed to actually sound like that. At times it annoyed me, but I still really enjoyed the story. There are lots of humorous moments, and I love the heroine. (Actually, I love both heroines of both stories even though they're quite different.)

I was a bit disappointed

I love her books! This is the first one I've not cared for. The male voice actor wasn't my favorite way to regal sounding and I got man in his 50s after a younger woman from his tone. I never could shake the thought of Jorah Mormont lusting after Daenerys Targaryen in game of thrones. even though both characters were suppose to about the same age. the writing was flighty not making sense sometimes. what was suppose to be the climax didn't climax at all. I won't do spoilers so I'll just say the back stories of everyone was very lacking and sometimes that's fine and their not needed but they were needed here. I had far to many why's and questions at the end. like why come for her? I get the family connection but why her? was there no one else in the family to go after? why did the cousin do it. where did he go? what about her friends she mentioned them a few times? how did she afford her apartment when she struggled like she said. the influence of the aliens? she seemed pretty use to them on earth so how long they been there? is this related to other books and suppose to be on a time line with in that universe somewhere? I could go on and on. I still rated a 3 because her past books have been great and I'm still going to buy the second in the series and hope this was just a one off flop for me. I still recommend reading it to get a foot Into this series. it's not a hard listen I finished it in a little more than a day. I love your books Ava please keep writing