Planet Talzor Needs Brides

Shalhinari Space Chronicles

By: Eva Gordon

Narrated by: Elizabeth Walker

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Mitzi leads a quiet life as a professional matchmaker. Her cozy life is turned upside down when she is chosen as the matchmaker for an alien species searching for wives. Naturally, she refuses. Unfortunately, she’s having a hard time saying no to the dashingly handsome but domineering alien warrior. Although, he makes her heart flutter, it’s a good thing he’s not her type. 

Jax, captain of the Talzor starship, is ordered to hire a shalhinari, a spiritual matchmaker, to find soul mates for six of his men. He locates the best shalhinari on Earth; yet, Mitzi Selig, the earthbound woman, tries his patience. To his distress, he is drawn to her beauty, questioning his judgment. Worse, his long suppressed empathy gene awakens, a trait not seemly for a warrior. 

The magnetic pull between Captain Jax and Mitzi is astronomical. Yet, can a tormented warrior and a woman who refuses to leave Earth find love? A long light-year distance relationship is one thing, but looming danger could curtail any chance for their star-crossed passion. 

©2018 Eva Gordon (P)2019 Eva Gordon

Not a sweet read

I received this book free in turn for a review. My issue was that I got the book from a place for sweet romances which this is not. The narrator and story were fine but the story has sex scenes in it which means it never should have been advertised on the facebook group I found it on.

Planet Talzor Needs Brides

When Mitzi is “hired” to fill the role of matchmaker things are different... her clients are alien. She can still do this, but what if she feels a connection to one of the men?

This was a very enjoyable listen. There’s action and adventure as well as the romantic theme. A great story by Eva Gordon and narration by Elizabeth Walker.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and I have voluntarily left this review.

interesting story

There were many things to like about this book. Good story flow, relentless bad guys, interesting chemistry and enough miscommunication to keep the resolution to the end.

No feeling

The story was good but the narrator made it boring to listen to. She didn’t put much feeling into her words.
I’ll probably read the rest of this series .

A matchmaker and an alien slow burn

I am really hoping this becomes a series. There are so many side characters that need their stories told! I listened to the audiobook, which gets a A for narration! It was excellent.

Mitzi is a gifted matchmaker and Jax is an alien (bionic) captain looking for wives for his troops. This is a slow burn as Jax and Mitzi fight their attraction. There are some really funny scenes (the beach shark scene is golden!) and a lot of excitement on their journey. The end was unexpectedly action packed.

Mitzi's grandma and Jax's AI assistant were both great additions, and I enjoyed all their scenes. I appreciated the representation of a Jewish heroine and the matchmaking trope is such a fun one.

This was a new to me author and I really enjoyed this one. I will definitely be checking out more of her books.

Hilarious, suspenseful scifi!!

I listened to this perfect book while mowing, saeong limbs, weed pulling and before I knew it...DONE! Best time ever and the accents done Elizabeth Walker fit the characters perfectly!! I think I'm sold on audio books and definitely Eva Gordon!

Not for me

I’m so sorry to say this book didn’t ‘hit the right notes’ for me at all.
I didn’t feel a connection to the Main Character and I didn’t feel engaged or invested in the story.
I didn’t enjoy the romance.
I missed a maturity/ seriousness I did find in other books of this genre. Romance was on the front and the rest wasn’t really believable to me.
There was some humor, but not enough to make this an enjoyable read for me/ make up for the things I miss.
It’s not a bad book, it just wasn’t for me.

The narration wasn’t bad, although I didn’t like the voice that was used for Jax.
Not really manly/ tough/ masculine like the man himself.

I got this Audio Book for free (thanks!). I'm voluntarily leaving this review.
Opinions and ratings are my own and not influenced by how I got the Audio Book.

Fabulous

This audiobook is fantastic and loved it both in book also. Eva is a fantastic author and I love her wonderful works of wonder. Narrator did a fantastic job also on this.

fun listen!

this was such a good listen. i loved that the story wasnt awkwardly sci-fi. it dodnt feel forced and really made the story more desirable to finish. the narrator was also great to listen to!

Cute Alien Romance

I needed a good alien romance. I was really into the story but the last couple of hours kind of dragged. They both had their doubts and felt like it was through the entire story. Overall really cute story.
The narration was good and the narrator did good between the male and female characters.

The characters just draw you in

I loved this book, it was very steamy yet achinly sweet, action packed but still pulled off a very romantic feel. The characters were so likable, it was hard not to be invested in their lives and Eliabeth Walker's narration brought it all to life beautifully. I hope this is the start of a new series, I see a lot ot potential fot it to be an amazing series. I received this book in exchange for my honest review.

Aliens with a conscious....fab stuff!

I really like the setup of this book. Aliens swapping stuff for brides is not a new idea but this one is handled in such a good way. I love the matchmaker element to it. it's so good! It also feels very real, not everything goes right, it doesn't all work out. I just enjoyed it so much. I would happily stay with them so much longer.

Elizabeth Walker does such a good job with the narration she adds so much to the story.

Intergalactic romance for the matchmaker!

An alien captain is looking for spiritually sound matches for his crew and has followed the reputation of one matchmaker to Earth to request her assistance. Mitzi is nothing if not determined to find the ideal mates for her clients. But what happens when the matchmaker find her match? Nothing quite like two people who are intended for each other but insist on resisting the connection. Aside from their own resistance, there are other challenges along the way. Love is never quite as easy as one would wish!

This has all the hallmark characteristics of Eva Gordon's stories: alpha men; strong and quirky female protagonists; a flavour of Jewish culture; a few bad guys; lots of action; interesting secondary characters; and the potential for more stories in the same world. In fact, I really hope this book is the start of a new series. There is a lot of potential for romantic mayhem in this fictional universe.

This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review

Great storyline

I enjoyed this book. The storyline was very good. The characters were strong and unique. I feel like there’s more from these characters to come. Elizabeth’s performance was great.