I liked the alien culture, and once it was a little settled, I liked the relationship. But I really dislike a lack of consent. And the author may have justified it by alien culture and good intentions, but there was a clear lack of consent in the temple, and so was everything after. Consent implies a conscious choice. I didn't like this part at all.

Also, the first few chapters felt as if a separate short story prequel was added to the book. It was a little weird. ( )

A well written and intriguing run through the blending of two different cultures as the human linguist Liam is claimed by the Rownt trader Ondry. The tail sex was hot and the HEA ending was enjoyable. ( )

Wow! I was not prepared for that emotional rollercoaster! Poor Liam… ( )

This was a pretty cute story with the sort of dynamic I really like. Alien romance stories can be pretty hit or miss for me but I thought this one was very well done. The world building was really good and I liked that the aliens in this story were actually pretty different from humans instead of just being basically exactly like humans but on a different planet.

I thought the dynamic between our two main characters was really good. I liked that their linguistic differences were discussed while still including communication between the two by having Liam be a linguist. I don't like when these sort of alien plots have basically no communication the entire time because of the fact that they don't speak the same language at all.

If you like a more creative romance and are okay with inter-species romances, I think this is a really cute story and a really well built world. ( )

Such a delight! I did not expected the story I got. And it really made me think about how traders work.

Also I don't know if I should shelf this under BDSM. If it wasn't for the author's note about how this story came to be, I wouldn't, not this book at least. ( )