The Alien’s Accidental Bride

Alien Brides, Book 1

De: C.V. Walter

Narrado por: Rebecca Estrella

Molly was no stranger to life's little detours. After the last upheaval, she left her family's law firm to become a maintenance technician on the space station Bradbury 12. When an accident knocks her off her feet, she's going to have to draw on all her resilience to get back up. First, though, she's going to have to figure out how to talk to the big, blue alien trying to help her.

There wasn't supposed to be a space station where Mintonar's ship emerged from the galactic bridge. As far as they knew, there wasn't supposed to be intelligent life on the planet, either. Proof of how wrong they were is laying in his medical bay, and it's his job to save her. When he touches her, his life turns upside down and his mission suddenly includes figuring out why everything inside him insists she's his mate. And convincing her of the same thing, especially when they don't even speak the same language.

Contains mature themes.

©2021 C.V. Walter (P)2021 Tantor

well done progress of caritors

Great story! Was wonderful progression throughout the story was smooth and very enjoyable. Enough twists and turns to keep you engaged.

Surprised after reading last review

This book actually kept me fairly interested the entire time. I did have to speed it up 2x, but I am going to read/listen to the next book - it isn’t something I will listen to all the time, but it is a cute series I plan to follow. My #1 complaint is the heroine has an issue with her “middle age” at 36! I’d give anything to be 36 again!

Awesome beginning

This is a great story. An awesome beginning to an excellent series. I am looking forward to the next one in audio. I have already read the Kindle versions. I can't wait for more. Highly recommend. Good narration. if you are a fan of this genre you will not regret it.

Sweet girl meets alien

This book was sweet. Girl meeting a hot alien doctor and falling in love. The aliens bride happened way later than I thought, but still a cute story. I wish there would have been a little more resolution toward the end.

Good Storyline

Great book! Good characters was a little bit slow getting started but it held my interest! Turned out great and I'm going to check out more from this author!

Loved it!!! 🥰

Love a book with a good plot and world building. It left me immersed in the story. I enjoyed the fact female character was a grown woman with a son. The male character is someone understandable and patient. Someone you’d enjoy talking to.

As for the narrator, Rebecca Estrella 🌟 I just had to look her up again. Great voice actor! Or actress. Since by the time I wrote this I could have sworn it was dual voiced. Emotions and circumstances were done in a way that had you laughing and even worrying. Full emotions that came through.

I had listened to audible through membership. Ended up buying the kindle edition. And as soon as I’m done here, ready to get Audible and next books. I MUST know about the other characters!! 🤩

Pretty good, even with all the tangents

This book answers the question: what would it be like to talk with an alien medical health professional about the physical and philosophical differences between your species, and then find out he's your mate, and then start screwing his brains out. That's it. Nothing more. Any action is slooooooow. We're essentially talked to death and all that talking is full of tangents. Then we're sexed to death (ngl, the intensity of that was kind of hot). These blue aliens were probably a little too human, emotionally speaking, but it was still an interesting cross cultural interaction. Needless to say, this isn't the alien romance for people who love action and danger, or for those who love ‘the commoner marries alien aristocracy’ trope.

Some things were... odd. First, the writing is in a very passive voice. Second, when does this take place? Why would intergalactic travellers 'accidentally' hit a space station? Why was the heroine's (Molly) backstory so odd? Was it just because her ILs were rich and idiosyncratic, or is earth undergoing some kind of fertility problem? And, besides fear for his fledgling relationship, why was the hero (Mintonar) so hostile toward the heroine's relationship with her son? It seemed a bit ott. Anyway, maybe these issues will resolve in future books. I'll move on to book 2.

interesting

Molly has had some real challenges in her life from the people who should have been the most supportive - family. She escaped by working in space to get away from them. And a collision to change her life again.
Mintonar is acting doctor on the space exploration ship Forward Hope. He uses all his skills and resources to save the woman thrown into space after being injured during a collision with the space station Bradbury 12. Their previous charts and logs lead them to expect the space and planet to be empty. Instead of terraforming a new colony, Mintonar bonds with Molly with surprising results.
The primary off note is the disconnect of Molly going from attorney to mechanic on a space station which doesn’t get explained until near the end of the story. Secondary is the loving relationship between Molly and her son Aidan which is lovely until you hear Molly’s backstory and wonder how they were able to connect at all.
Estrella’s narration is ok. I forgot about her as the story progressed.

Interesting and entertaining

It's a really good story idea and quite well executed. The narrator has a great voice for narration and is easy to listen to.
The MMC is very stiff and awkward, though, as well as being purposefully manipulative, and she just... doesn't react the way any woman I've ever met would. Some odd bits appear here and there that just seem odd or out of place, and there is a distinct lack of descriptions throughout the story. While I love using my imagination, the author does need to spark the imagination to begin with. Sadly, there's just not enough there to thoroughly picture things.
In spite of all that, the plot is intriguing, the environment and background are substantial enough to get a fairly good picture of the universe the author has created here.

Male lead lies, female lead forgives instantly

I'm not crazy about the voice actor's voice when reading narration. She puts emotion when reading the characters' speech but in between she reads like an HGTV show narrator. The spicy scenes feel very strange when she is using the same voice that's in your job's HR training videos to describe the action.
The background story is interesting and the spicy scenes are intense. That said, I don't understand the relationship at all. The male lead lies to the female lead the *entire* time. She periodically catches him and gets mad and/or breaks down in tears. Then, he doesn't apologize or acknowledge his wrong doings. But she still gets over it immediately every single time. I often enjoy problematic, possessive male leads but Mintonar doesn't seem to care about Molly's feelings at all. I also can't understand how she just keeps letting everything slide with out ever trying to hold him accountable. I know some people are pushovers but this just read very unnatural.
I am still somewhat interested in the story so I might listen to the next book to see if that couple is any better.