Thursday, April 03, 2025

Book Review: Bonded To The Stryxian by Ella Blake

 

Book Description

Humans made a deal with the Stryxian males: Help us defend Earth, and when the war is over, we’ll send you women to help rebuild your dying species. Now, the war appears to be over and Trinity Bentzer’s number has been called in the lottery. Only, instead of winning a boatload of money, she’s getting some badass winged alien she’s never met. Trin’s not thrilled to be shipped off and matched up, until she meets Raig. 
Maybe she hit the jackpot, after all.


Commander Raig Thanor’s job is to supervise the females’ move to their holding chambers until they are sent to their final matches, but the moment he meets Trinity, he knows she’s his. If only claiming her didn’t risk sparking a war within his own people.


This is book one of the Stryxian Alien Warrior series but can be read alone with no cliffhangers and no cheating. I write what I love to read, so there is always consent and always a happy ending.


My Review

When an alien race called the Morr-ta show up and attack Earth, the Stryxian's come to our aid. All they ask in return is that Earth sends some females to their planet as mates to help rebuild their population. So when a cease fire is made, it's time to pay up. The women chosen have signed up voluntarily and now Trinity's number is called after she retires from the military. Trinity has worked alongside the Stryxian's so she's not as nervous about this as some of the other women are. They are to be transported to a settlement where they will get to pick their mates from the males there. 

From everything they know the Stryxian males have a code that prevents them from ever treating the females badly so that's one good thing. Raig is the commander in charge and has been sent to make sure the human females are sent to the settlements where they will be able to choose their mates and hopefully start producing offspring. 

But as soon as Raig meets Trinity he knows she is his true mate and has no plans on letting her go to any settlement, which make his superiors upset. Because there's a power struggle going on behind the scenes between the Stryxian's and the Vanyi who are actually in charge. One Vanyi known as Sleer is very power hungry and makes a lot of problems for Trinity and Raig. 

I really liked the ending and can only hope we get to see how Raig and Trinity are getting along in their new relationship in subsequent books. I plan on reading more of this series in the future for sure. 

I give this book 5 out 5 stars. 

34 comments:

  1. Hooray for five star reads. And series

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    1. Yes, finally. It's been a while for a good one.

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  3. They don't need to send them women back LOL

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    1. Lol No. The women aren't going to want to come back.

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  4. Reminds me of Superman

    It some stories, he can get Lois pregnant

    But some are more realistic. If he is a different species no matter how humanoid, he can't procreate

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    1. That's interesting. I would hope that in any newer Superman movies or shows the writers give him a happy family life with some kids.

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  5. Happy to see this was a hit!

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    1. Thank you, I'm glad I finally found a good one.

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  6. Sounds interesting storyline.

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  7. 5 out of 5 stars! That's good!

    All the best Jan

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    1. Yes, I was happy it was a good one.

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  8. Oh good, it sounds like this one worked for you. I hadn't really read too many alien books until recently, so I was not aware of this particular trope before. But there seem to be so many books with this setup. (Not a bad thing. Just noticing.)

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    1. Oh yes, there are a lot of alien romance books out there. I am loving so many of them.

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    2. Oh, I meant aliens-need-women-so-earth-women-arrive-to-fill-in.

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  9. This sounds like something I would like because 1) the women are volunteers (not kidnapped) and 2) Raig sounds like a good guy. Thanks!

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    1. Raig was great. This was so much fun.

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  10. A 5, now that's more like it! Glad you enjoyed that one!

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  11. This story looks like something I'll enjoy.

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    1. I hope you get a chance to read it.

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  12. This reminds me of a couple other SFR series I really love so I'll have to put this one on my reading list.

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  13. Human men need to get this same code of how to treat women.

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  14. I like the sound of these Stryxian males. This sounds like a good one. I am glad you enjoyed it!

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  15. Oh those smexy aliens

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