Beast Charming by Grace Goodwin

 

4 Star

Warlord Tane of Atlan is on Earth trying to find his mate. Forced to dress up like a prince when he’s a warrior. The human producers of the Bachelor Beast television show thought it would be a good idea to set up a Cinderella Ball to film him finding his mate. Instead of one of the woman invited to the event being selected it is someone with a stolen invitation who tames his beast. The problem she runs and now he needs to track her down. Will he find her before he loses control of his beast?

I loved this one partially because it was a nice take on Cinderella. I loved Tane and Elena. They work well together and when they finally get their sexy time it is HOT. I loved that Elena’s friends got to go to the planet with her and I so want their books. Good addition to the series.

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Big Bad Beast by Grace Goodwin

 

2.5/3 Star

Maxus is on Earth to find his mate. To stay busy he enters an underground fight club. He's trying to pass as human and keep people from finding out about his modifications. With his latest fight he finds his mate Vivian, She's his everything but he doesn't know how to tell her what he is. When the Nexus find him will he be able to protect her?

I wanted to love this book but there a couple of big issues I have. One being Maxus is an Atlan who’s supposed to be massive. People have seen Atlans before and they don't realize he is one. It was also insta love and that bothered me as there was no real connection between Vivian and Maxus which led the ending to be rushed. Overall, not my favorite book.

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Dragon Chains by Grace Goodwin and Becca Brayden

 

4 Star

Katy is working on keeping life together. Her house was destroyed in a fire. Worse her mother was caught in the fire and has massive medical bills. Her twin sister Emily is always getting into trouble and needing to be bailed out. When she gets a call from her sister saying she’s stuck and needs Katy to fly to Europe and sign some documents pretending to be Emily the whole way. Katy begrudgingly agrees as this will help pay off their mother’s bills. When she arrives, she meets Ryker. Katy doesn’t know it, but Emily was supposed to meet him and sign a marriage contract with him. Ryker knows she’s not Emily because Katy is his true mate he’s been looking for. Will the secrets break them apart?

Kind of hoping this turns into a series. I enjoyed them coming together and working through their problems to find their happy ending. The book flowed nicely, and I am now interested in checking out Becca Brayden books as she is new to me. Really really hope they make this a series, and we get more books set in this world.

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Claimed by the Cyborg by Grace Goodwin

 

3 Star

Prillon warrior Thomar Arcas and his second Varin barely escaped from the colony with their lives. Their mate collar has been fused with their spines and they have decided never to take a mate as their outlook on living is not good. However, it's too late as their mate has already been selected and is on her way. Danika was in prison and opted for the bride program to help her brother. She is all in no matter what and doesn't understand why they aren't. When she does connect with them she starts hearing voices and the voices will lead them to the colony. They don't want her at risk but she will get them to the location where they are breeding kidnapped women. Will they find away to save each other and the women? 

I've read all of Goodwin's books and this one is not one that I liked. It felt very unfinished to me and I didn't particularly like any of the characters. The biggest issue was the plot point about the modification killing them and it going even faster with Danika they never fix the problem. During a conversation with someone else she noted they talked about a dampener Prillon's cousin had might save them. Ok but it was never written and I missed that comment. It's a romance and the likelihood of them killing off the main characters is slim but I would have liked to see the resolution. This will probably be one I skip in the reread.

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Beauty and the Beast by Grace Goodwin

 

3 Star

Weather woman Quinn had her reputation ruined by an ex that forced her to move to Florida.  Her ex continues to stalk her which makes her not want to get close to anyone which earns the nickname the Ice Queen.  Warlord Bahre came to earth to participate in the Bachelor Beast reality show.  When he arrives at the station he smells his mate and tracks her down to claim her.  When he hears about her past he agrees to take it slow but by taking it slow allows her to be kidnapped and very few ways to find her.  Will he be able to track her down before it's too late?

I've read all of Grace Goodwin's books and for the most part they tend to be really good books.  This wasn't one of the ones that I liked all that much.  The writing is still here but the plot is severely lacking.  There was also the issue where the couple was allowed to stay on Earth even though couples who mate aren't supposed to stay on Earth.  Overall, it fit within the series but not my favorite book. 

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Maid for the Beast by Grace Goodwin

 

4 Star

Braun, Atlan warlord is on earth to participate in a reality show to find his bride.  He is about to go into heat and needs a woman or he will need to be killed.  Instead of finding someone on the show he falls for the maid cleaning his hotel room.  He needs to convince Angela she's his everything.  He might be successful if not for him being deported to his home world for the death of a human.

I enjoyed this story a lot.  Braun is a sweetheart.  But the real winner of the book was Angela's grandfather.  I adored the parts with him in it.  He helps Braun come to grips with some of his issues from his service.  The miscommunication between Braun and Angela was adorable and it fit the book perfectly.  Was a really good addition to the series.

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Surprise Mate by Grace Goodwin

 

3 Star

Lucy’s been living on Colony for a while.  She isn’t interested in a long term relationship so she has been avoiding all the possible mates to not give anyone false hope.  Everyone is invited to Prillon Prime for a surprise party for the Queen.  While there she decides to have a fling with two Prillon males who want to keep her. 

I am going to admit that I am in a book funk and this might have reflected in why this book was just meh for me.  I’ve read all of the books in this series and for the most part liked all of them.  This one just didn’t work for me.  Lucy stated from the beginning she wasn’t interested in sleeping with anyone that lived on the Colony as she wasn’t interested in a long term relationship.  The problem is literally within 5 minutes of meeting her Prillons she was hooking up.  In general these books tend towards the insta love but this one seemed to be more so and there wasn’t really a chance to get to know them as a triad.  The books was mostly about bringing all of the old couples back and it was great to see where they all were it just would have been nice to have more with the main characters.  Overall, it worked and fit in the world but it just didn’t enthrall me like past books.

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Rebel Mate by Grace Goodwin

 

3 Star

Zara wants to get out of a bad situation on Earth and goes through the Interstellar Bride Program to find herself a mate.  When she ends up on the Trion planet and sees her mate murdered within minutes of meeting she finds herself kidnapped and moved to the outer limits of space.  Before she can be handed over she is able to escape and with the help of Isaak gets off the planet.  He wants her desperately but doesn’t think he deserves her so he will keep her safe but then walk away.  Even with that plan in place he can’t keep his hands off of her.  They will need to work together to catch traitor and keep people safe. 

I am not sure why I didn’t like this book more.  I’ve like most of the other books in the series but this one didn’t do it for me.  It started strong.  Zara rescues herself from a bad situation and seemed like a majorly badass until they get back to Trion.  Then she seemed to become a whimpery female until the very end of the story.  It was very annoying.  Plus he wants her to call him master from almost the beginning and she refuses until the very end.  It came across as a bit contrived when she does start calling him master.  It was an ok addition to the series.  There are much better books in the series than this one.  I will say you don’t have to read the other 19 books in the series or the spin-off series to understand what is going on in this book.  If you’re interested in the author check out one of her other books.    

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