Book Review: Rescued and Ruined by VT Bonds

 

Book Description

Born to emotionally aloof beta parents, Raeni's omega heart aches to be the center of someone’s world, but when two alphas abduct her from the streets, drag her deep into a secret facility, and reveal their plan to experiment on her, the only thing she begs for is a savior.

She gets Craize instead, a massive, scarred alien alpha with horns and a nasty temper. As a Warrior Elite–a top secret Special Operations unit of super soldier aliens–and the last Kescan’i in existence, he has only one goal in life: exterminate the scientists who slaughtered his race.

Finding a mate is not in his plans, but when Raeni’s heart calls out to his in the middle of a raid, he flies into an alpha rampage and annihilates everyone in his path.

She’s his omega lifemate, but he’s too broken to give her the love she deserves.

He rescues her from evil scientists only to ruin her dreams of finding a gentle, devoted alpha.

Can she break through his defenses, or will his need for vengeance destroy their chance at a happily ever after?

Rescued and Ruined (Warrior Elite Series Book 1) is a full-length, scorchin’ hot, dark sci-fi alien romance set on a far-off dystopian planet. Intended for +18 readers.

Tropes/themes include:

*Size Difference

*Haters to Lovers

*Forced Proximity

*Strong Female Lead

*Special Monster Peen

*Reverse Rejected Mate

*A Morally Grey/Barely Redeemable OTT Jealous/Possessive Alphahole

*Nonshifter Omegaverse (nesting, knotting, marking)

*Graphic Violence (sexual and nonsexual)

*HEA (Happily Ever After)

*Mf pairing (male/female)

*No cheating

My Review

This is a dark romance set in an omegaverse. We have Craize, an alpha and Raeni who is an omega and his lifemate. 

I felt bad for these two characters because Craize was captured by the same crazy aliens as the ones who had Raeni when he found her. They tortured Craize and left scars both physically and emotionally on him. He never really dealt with the emotional scars and instead turned his problems into making him a warrior who is capable of extreme violence against his enemies. 

Raeni was rescued from the aliens who were experimenting on her. She doesn't know the exact type of experiments until she's rescued, and they run tests on her to try and make her better. While Raeni is getting checked out by the doctor, she's also informed that Craize, the alien who rescued her wants to visit her but he's very much not in control of himself because she's his lifemate and every instinct inside him is screaming at him to mate her which would involve having sex with her and she's definitely not ready for that...or is she? 

At first she's worried because she feels the pull towards Craize and doesn't understand why she feels this way. But the explanation only makes her upset because she thinks he only wants to have sex and then leave and only wants her because of the bond and that sits wrong with her, so she fights the pull and him for a while. 

While this was no sweet romance, it's dark and raw. Very on the edge of non-consent and very sexually explicit. When you read a lot of alien and monster romance like I do, you learn to expect the unexpected but even knowing that didn't stop me from shaking my head a few times at some of the scenes in this book. 

I give this book 3 out of 5 stars. 

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