How To Date An Alien (My Alien
Romance)
Author: Magan Vernon
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Synopsis: High school senior Alex Bianchi's estranged
father gets her an internship at Circe Operations Center to pad her college
applications. But Circe isn't your typical military base. It's an alien-run
operation center and not all of the aliens are friendly, especially the one
that tries to kill Alex on her first day. When Ace, a dark-eyed Caltian, enters
and saves the day, she can't help but be drawn to him. Can these star-crossed
lovers survive when they're on the brink of intergalactic war?
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Review: To love this book or
to not love this book. . . That is a very good question.
Alex, an out spoken Italian girl out of place in a preppy school
is just trying to get the heck out of dodge. And her only hope is to get into
her Ivy-League dream. Now if only she can get that scholarship . . .
Fortunately, she gets an internship at her father's military base,
with hopes that a nice summer internship will get her the scholarship. But the
military base is waaaaay more than what she signed up for. Orange aliens, slimy
aliens, drop dead gorgeous aliens, oh my my my!
Now, I'm just gonna stop with the re-cap right there in fear of
sounding repetitive, I'm just going to break down my likes then dislikes. It's
better this way. Trust me.
Now, I have read several novels about aliens in my time and this
one was one of the more well developed and fleshed out ones. I was instantly
drawn to the fact that Vernon used what I would call "real" aliens in
her world. She had different species of aliens with orange flesh and slimy
tentacles and some that were really small, while others were really big and
could snap you like a twig. It definitely had a Men In Black feel to it, which I loved.
I also have to talk about author's writing. I will say that Indie
books and I have had a love-hate relationship lately and this book--with the
way it was written--is in the love category. Vernon did a great job describing
Alex's surroundings and the people around her; it felt like I was in the story
with her. It was
refreshing, ya know?
Ace! A Caltian alien from the planet Calta. He's pretty much the
big guy on campus because everyone is afraid of his mommy. Which doesn't make
him over cocky or jerkish in any way. He's still humble and sweet and . . .
yummy. Alex's first ten minutes on the military base and she gets attacked by
Magpie. Ace jumps to the rescue and saves her and it's all about the swoon from
here folks. Alex is chosen by Ace to work in the security office and a fast
paced relationship is born.
Speaking of fast paced relationships. This one just slayed me. It
seriously takes like two encounters with Ace for Alex to realize that she's
head over space boots for him. I understand that the plot was Alex falling for
the Caltian but come on! I felt like this relationship was rushed and forced.
It was hardly believable. Alex seemed to be more obsessed with Ace’s muscles
and eyes, constantly overdoing it with description, seeming to care more about
how wonderfully amazing they were then about who Ace was.
Then there was Alex. She had the potential of becoming a very
likable lead female. But I just hated her. After the sixth chapter, I threw all
expectations of her to the wolves and hoped for the best. I thought it was
weird that she was Ivy-League bound because you really couldn't tell by her
thoughts. Maybe she's a really good test taker???? She was whinny, bratty, self
absorbed. She cared about herself and her wants and that was it. Sure, she said
she loved Ace, but I didn't think she was genuine in any way. I think she
wanted Ace just because he was super hot and had dark eyes that just drank her
in. *Eye roll*. I was really bothered by her.
But don't let her ruin the book for you. I didn't. For the most
part, you’ll just have to ignore her and try to focus and enjoy the rest of the
story, even though it is told in her POV.
There were also some supporting characters, none of which were too
memorable, and an intergalactic battle(yaaaaawn). I can't say this book was a
total let down all together, with some polish, ka-booms, and a better lead
female, I'd say this book would be worth five stars. As it stands, this novel
was a good first attempt by an author who is sure to improve with time.
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