Fated to the Alien Lord

Lords of Destra, Book 3

By: Ella Blake

Narrated by: Elle Sonali, Tor Thom

Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

I survived the destruction of my ship but now I’m stranded on a strange planet, protecting my only shelter—the crashed wreck.

I’m a trained soldier, but I’m not prepared for wilderness survival on an alien planet. When a color-shifting alien male named Zurian finds me, I…well, I shoot at him, but after that, I’m intrigued by the gorgeous male who carries a staff and claims to be searching for his missing brothers.

After a bad military operation resulted in a few cyborg parts, I thought I was as hardened as they got. But not when it comes to Zurian…

Bryn is fierce and beautiful and she ignites a fire in me that I cannot ignore, but my living ship is badly damaged and I must find the other Destran lords to save it. When my people fall ill with a mysterious ailment, Bryn and the cargo she guards may hold the key to curing them, but I am not the only one who wants her. A cunning enemy stalks the forest and is slowly closing in on her. To save her and my people, I must bring Bryn back to my ship…even if it means getting shot at again. But an impossible choice in the face of a deadly ambush could prove to be my undoing.

Fated to the Alien Lord is book three of the Lords of Destra series. Each is a complete story with no cliffhangers, nor cheating, and guaranteed consent and happy endings.

©2022 Ella Blake (P)2022 Podium Audio

Fun story

Fated to the Alien Lord is book 3 in the Lords of Destra series. This book is about 35 year old human, Bryn, and Destran Lord, Zurian. The book starts with Bryn living at the site where she wrecked. She befriends a creature and names her Fiera. This isn’t all that important to the overall story, but I really liked her connection to the furry creature. In my mind, I pictured Fiera like a massive wolf with 4 eyes. Anyway, Zurian’s sola is badly damaged and cannot produce lami. Zurian is searching for his fellow Destran Lords and their solas, who also crash landed on this planet, when he happened across Bryn. I really enjoy this series. These books are captivating yet easy listens. The narrators do a great job. This is a series that I will likely listen to again. One funny thing that threw me was this Dr Seuss moment: “He shook his head and lay on his bed, fingers stooped behind his head.” Lol the rhyming did not fit the rest of writing style. I almost think that was thrown in as a joke. The final 36 minutes are a preview of book 4. I will definitely be continuing this series. Overall, I give Fated to the Alien Lord 4 stars.

Great world building!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💜💚
Steam: 🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌍
Character development: 😊😘😟🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Bryn - she was former military who lost and arm and a leg in an oxygen tank explosion and had they replaced by bionic parts. She was hired as the security consultant for an expedition in space with a captain and crew who were grossly incompetent. After the spaceship crashed, she was left alone near the wreckage of part of the ship, since her escape pod wouldn’t deploy, and she made a home for the last 17 days in the wreck.

The Hero: Zurian - he is the captain of a living ship called a Sola, that is badly damaged due to their enemies, the Brakken who are after them for the Lami made by the Sola that they use as a drug. They are stranded on a planet that will not sustain a ship like his and those of his compatriots. The people that he is in charge of begin to get sick and he has no way to cure them. When the ship is on a fertile planet, it will create a milky substance called Lami that feeds and sustains the people that live on the ship, though the ships are scattered about the barren planet and all of them are not doing well. The captains need to get together and find a planet that will sustain them. This has been the ongoing storyline in this series so far.

The Story: When Zurian finds Bryn, he is immediately attracted to her, and he is impressed with how she is able to take care of herself. It is nice that Bryn has a neural implant that will translate just about any language once it is spoken enough. So, it doesn’t take long for her and Zurian to understand each other. They end up working together to save each other, because Bryn has a medical unit and other supplies on the wrecked ship.

I have really liked this series so far. The world building with the living ships is terrific, especially with the terrain of the planet they are on. I could definitely picture everything in my mind. I kind of pictured the Brakken like Bebop and Rocksteady from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I also liked the fact that the two main characters are fated mates.

This audiobook was done in dual points of view via dual narration. It was narrated by Elle Sonali and Tor Thom. Elle Sonali has a clear, feminine voice which is very pleasant and really fit well for the heroine. Tor Thom has an extremely deep voice which is perfect for just about any alien Hero, especially because of their size and strength.

Suspense love

Loving this series, action, suspense and love. Can’t wait for the next book in the series.