Zylar takes both of them and uses some alien tech to enable them to communicate which means TALKING DOG. I did.Īt the time Beryl was taken she was with her dog, Snaps. Sure, she adapted very quickly but that’s the nature of the book and one of the conceits of the story that the reader has to buy into to enjoy it. She is very much a “make the best of things” girl. Unfortunately, the AI who got him lost in the first place has had a brain-scramble and cannot find the coordinates for Earth anymore so once they’re gone, there’s no way back.īeryl has no-one on Earth really to miss her so she quickly decides to cast her lot with Zylar and see what happens. So in order to keep her safe he kidnaps her and takes her with him back to Barath. He also mistakes (not without reason) her for being in need of rescue and assumes her reaction to him is more about trauma than what it actually is. It is not ever made clear just why Ryzven hated Zylar so much and that is one of my few criticisms of the story.Īnyway, Zylar effectively gets lost on his way to meet his online mate-to-be and ends up on Earth, mistaking Beryl Bowman for his intended. He has also always been outshone by his nest-mate (aka sibling) Ryzven (who is an asshole).

Barathi are prized for their colours and Zylar is a dull brown and he doesn’t stand out in a crowd. He has low self-esteem because he’s not very attractive. What worked for me (and what didn’t): This was such a fun book! Zylar is a very beta hero – his chitin (he’s a kind of insectoid alien so has what I imagine to be a thick outer shell like a cockroach’s but stronger?) might be hard but inside he’s all marshmallow. They agree to join the Choosing together, but love is about to get seriously strange. Who would have ever thought that working at the Sunshine Angel daycare center would offer such interstellar prestige? She doesn’t know what the hell’s going on, but a new life awaits on Barath Colony, where she can have any alien bachelor she wants. She should have added a rider about the husband being human. Louis.īeryl Bowman’s mother always said she’d never get married. This ‘human being’ is not the Tiralan match he was looking for. Desperation drives him to try a matching service but due to a freak solar flare and a severely malfunctioning ship AI, things go way off course. If he fails to find a nest guardian this time, he’ll lose his chance to have a mate for all time.

Zylar of Kith B’alak is a four-time loser in the annual Choosing. What it’s about: (from Goodreads) He’s awkward.

It seems to be Amazon only at this point. Even though I received this in serial format, I wanted to wait to read the whole thing because I’m like that. Why I read it: I am a subscriber to Ann Aguirre’s newsletter.

Strange love by ann aguirre