Their Human Vessel by Lizzy Bequin

4 Stars

The writing and editing of this novel was clean in the ARC version of the manuscript, with few typos that I found. The world building was vibrant and vivid, especially considering how short this story was. The characterization was okay, with the heroine being the most fully realized character in the novel but the heroes being not as well drawn. That is pretty common in a lot of reverse harem romances, however. The development of the romantic relationship was not developed very thoroughly because a lot more room was given to the sexual relationship, which was filthy, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The plot and pacing was very exciting, with me turning pages rapidly in order to find out what was going to happen next with these character's adventures. There was little angst and very high stakes in this novel, which is one of my preferred narrative structures for a romance novel. This novel used the Breeder trope common in sci-fi romances, the Enemies to Lovers trope and the Partner in Trouble trope. The world building, plot, and pacing was all four stars. The characterization and development of the romantic relationship were both three stars. The sexy times were four stars. Therefore, I rounded up and gave this novel a combined score of four stars. The ending was Happy Ever After instead of a cliffhanger, so that is a big plus. I recommend this book for readers who enjoy speculative fiction reverse harem dark romance. I will definitely read the next novel if the author turns it into a series, but I do not think I will buy myself a keeper copy of this story, at least at this time.

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