Thank you NetGalley for the chance to read this early!

I have previously only read one Kimberly Lemming book - her first in her Mead Mishaps books - and it introduced me to the world of reading books simply for a fun, completely unserious time. That one I thought was rather, for lack of a better term, "crazy" - but when I got to this one, it was balls-to-the-wall INSANITY. In a good way, I think.
I tried to explain this book to my friend and the only way I could was if you took the Ice Planet Barbarian books, amped up the funny and irreverent language/storytelling that you get from Kimberly Lemming, and threw it together in a blender with a technicolour drag show performance of The Wizard of Oz, with some sprinkles of dinosaurs; but yet you're only at the cusp of this book. While incredibly light hearted and funny, this book is HORNY to the max (for me, at least, it was very horny and immediately so) which isn't always a hit for me, but this time... it kind of worked?
I don't love the whole "insta-love" tropes in books, which was my main problem with the relationship in That TIme I Got Drunk (etc), but in this one, while still not my favourite, I kind of didn't mind the way it was brought about? I was trying to keep up with the insane worldbuilding that we were getting and the aliens and the oh yeah, instantly horny main character who can now talk to a lion.
This is not in any way a brilliant book, it kind of felt like the author cooked up a bunch of random ideas whilst high, then threw a dart at them to pick what she'd include in these pages/in the world... which kind of worked, for how nuts this narrative was. I think Kimberly Lemming fans will EAT THIS UP - and I think those who are fresh to her, but love a light hearted fun romp of a time will also find this quite enjoyable.

I will say, if I so much as turn on a touch of my critical thinking brain, it starts to tear this book apart. This is not a book to read for a serious, quote unquote "GOOD" literature time. This is for fun. This is a "crack book", something to read for no brain power, just to have a good time.

If you've read any of Kimberly Lemming's other books, you know you're in for a outrageous --in a good way-- sexy ride with this new series as well. It was a buck wild romp across the stars that I thoroughly enjoyed. If you're in the mood for a steamy kinky book with a fun plot along the way, this is a good place to start. The book had everything I had hoped for: it centered a protagonist of color, female pleasure was celebrated instead of shamed, and the characters developed effective communication and boundary setting skills as the story progressed. I had pretty high expectations after reading the author's previous books and I was not disappointed with this one in the slightest. If you liked "That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon" or Katee Robert's "Neon Gods", this is likely the book for you.

3.5⭐️ If a classic 60s alien abduction movie was made into a porno and set in the present time then had a baby with Jurassic Park…. This would be it.

This book was fantastic! I laughed so hard, and laughed some more. I loved reading her Mead Mishaps series, but this trek into outer space just knocked it out of the park. Alien specialities, language barriers solved with a kiss, and the Intern. I couldn’t get enough of Toto and Intern. This book was marvelous and I can’t wait to add a copy to my shelf.

I've loved her other books, and this one did not disappoint--an excellent combination of making fun of and using the tropes of the books in question.

Let’s just say “a time was had.” I found myself laughing, clutching my pearls, and kicking my feet so many times while reading this! The characters were down to earth and the plot was one of a kind. Highly recommend this read and I’ll be checking out her backlog!

I had a great time reading this book, it had that humor and romance element that I was hoping for from the description. I enjoyed the use of a group of people coming together to have a adventure together. It had that element that I wanted and was glad I got to read this. Kimberly Lemming wrote a strong story with interesting characters that I cared about.

This was such a fun ride! Kimberly Lemming just knows how to take you a a wild ride with jokes, connections, and the love of the craziness. I absolutely loved this book!

Katee Robert recommended this and I JUMPED towards requesting for it. Her recommendation did not disappoint in any way. This was HILARIOUS and I was so giddy the entire time, like kicking my feet tee-heeing my way through it. 100/10

As I've come to expect from Kimberly Lemming, this book was a great mix of fun, steam, silliness, and a story I could just sink into. If you've read her other stuff, I don't see why you wouldn't enjoy this book. I wasn't expecting this to be a why choose book, but I was here for it. I'm really hoping we get another book and soon because I need to know what else is going on with some of these characters. I was laughing throughout this book and found the absurdity to just make sense given the situation. If you're looking for something fun with pretty much no connection to reality, this will be for you.

Kimberly Lemming brings a fresh and fun perspective to romance novels, and I’ve enjoyed her previous work. However, this book wasn’t quite for me. Readers who love adventure and romance may find it more to their liking.

3.75 ⭐️ so unserious and so so fun, I found it super fast paced and read it in just a few hours, it's a book that I’d recommend to anyone who simply wants to ✨ laugh ✨, I loved Dory as the protagonist and looooooved the spicy scenes! iykyk

I think I say this every time I finish a Kimberly Lemming story, but THIS IS MY FAVORITE ONE. I loved everything about this book. although from Lemming I don't know why I would ever expect anything less. It's full of fun, but also has serious depth and character growth. Every character is so well written and layered and completely individual they seem to jump off the page. The world building is like nothing I've ever seen before, but I was completely immersed. Seeing the world through Dory's eyes as a Biologist is so perfect. She gives just the right amount of insight and description and speculation on the environment, and aliens - it's everything I didn't know I wanted from a narrator (I also loved the do you want to scream at some plants banter/in-joke). And TOTO - I didn't know that I needed a talking lion, but I do. He was perfectly done and I am obsessed.

This book seamlessly blends so many genres that from any other author I would be worried, but Lemmings uses the genre blending to make something even better than I could have expected. I will trust Lemming to write literally anything now, please let her just write. I desperately need more of her books in my life ASAP - please!

I absolutely love this book!! It's the perfect combination of funny, smutty, and overall laugh-out-loud. I immediately fell in love with the main character and of course Toto! Everything that Dory thought and did would be exactly how I would react and that's why I love it even more. Now, the main men-- I love a "why choose" trope and this one delivered both types of men you want. I don't think I can even pick which one I liked more. I

I thought everything with the plot, moved so seamlessly and it was a fabulous pace where I didn't want to put it down. I would say, the one little downside I had was the final fight/argument at the end with the other King. I thought it was a bit weak considering there was supposed to be this MASSIVE. feud between the two clans.

I hope there is more to this series because I cannot get enough. of this author!.

Thank you to Netgalley and Berkley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review

I would recommend if you're looking for (SPOILERS)

-mfm scifi contemporary romance
-alien abudction
-a horny love concoction
-hilarious pet lion
-sword crossing

This was the aboslutely bonkers and funtime I have come to expect from Kimberly Lemming. Her twist on an alien abduction story was so much fun and Dory was a great heroine, sarcastic and not putting up with anyone's crap. If you're looking for a bonkers of a time this is the book for you.

I enjoyed this author's other books in this series but I couldn't get passed thr weirdness of this one! I made it about halfway before I gave up on it.

Please let this be the start of a series! Kimberly Lemming can write a ridiculous, spicy SFF rom-com like nobody's business. A wildlife biologist is abducted by aliens and dropped on a world full of anachronistic dinosaurs and ice age mammals, not to mention two horned aliens who say she's their mate. But despite having a lion friend, Dorothy's not about to let a bunch of ridiculous creatures dictate her fate. Dorothy's got her own life plans, and they do not involve having alien babies as part of some messed up alien breeding program, thank you very much. Hot sex with her hunky new alien beaus on the other hand? That, she's happy to sign up for. First--or maybe second-- she's got some alien researchers to punch and jurassic wildlife to observe, though.


I think I have a new favorite Kimberly Lemming book.

This is my first Kimberly Lemming and it absolutely blew my mind! I mean, I knew I was in for a wild ride solely based on that title but I don't think anything could have prepared me. This book was so fun and smutty but also so cute. It's actually the perfect mix and I'm so happy that I read it so early - now I can make my way through Kimberly Lemming's backlog! Genuinely such a bonkers book and full of excitement - everyone needs to read this one!

This book is a tough one for me- I am often conflicted when I read books I only kind of like from authors I love! I really enjoyed the Mead Mishaps fantasy series, so I was very excited about Lemming venturing into a more science fiction place. What I loved most about Mishaps is the silliness of the world. It is a high fantasy world, but it doesn't take itself seriously. It's fun, it's sexy, and it's hilarious! So I went into this book with high expectations.

I didn't realize this was a plural romance when I started reading it, but I have enjoyed them before. I liked both of the love interests, and I liked Dorothy. She's an interesting character and I get her. I like that there is tension between all three members of this trio, all of whom come to an understanding together by the end of the story. They get closure together, which is hard to do when you have to focus on the internal lives of three characters from one perspective.

I think the content warning at the beginning of the book is apt, since if you can't tolerate a sex-pollen/kinda-dubious-consent situation, this book isn't for you. I don't usually mind that sort of thing, and I have mixed feelings on it here. I can enjoy this kind of fuck-or-die situation when ultimately the characters are compatible and would participate enthusiastically even without encouragement. The place where it gets sticky for me is when choice is removed from the situation by an outside party. While Dorothy expresses attraction and interest in both of her mates before they are targeted, she would not have made the choices she made without uncontrollable lust. And this lust is brought on by an owl-like species basically using abducted human women to restore another species they accidentally almost decimated. I get that life on Earth is no picnic, but Dory doesn't spare a thought for her home planet, despite the lack of necessities on planet Waffles. Will the owls be supplying them with everything they need? Will Dory get her bonnet?

I also just do not get the owls engineering a planet for the *species name* and abducting human women to repopulate their species with. I get that the idea is that it's an underfunded project, but it seems like it would be a lot less work to just, I don't know, find a remote place on earth to drop them? And the owls are unable to communicate with the humans and *other species* at the beginning, so they think they aren't a sentient species. Are there not legal consequences to doing this kind of thing to sentient beings????

I liked the story well enough, and there were moments where I just cackled out loud laughing. I guess my main issue is this: it makes no sense what the owls do in the first place. So, they destroy a planet and only preserve the males of the species by accident. Sure, I buy that. Then, they terraform a planet with some flora and fauna from Earth (incorrect era, but still Earth) because they figure out that human women can be altered to reproduce with *species name.)

It might make some degree of sense to "use" humans to solve the not having women issue, but what I don't get is the new planet and why they had to abduct people in the first place. Maybe you can put it down to the program being underfunded, but why didn't they just tamper with the appearance of the *aliens* and drop them on earth? The owls said they were trying to preserve the species, but they clearly didn't care about cultural contamination, so if you're going to put aliens and humans together, why not bring the aliens to the humans? They were clearly okay with messing with human biology, so why is that different?

Like, Sol was a lawyer. We know their society was advanced! So why are they all okay with being left on planet Waffles to live in a warped simulacrum of Earth? Like, at the end of the book they just punch the guy in the face and go on their merry way. I would want to kill the little feathery assholes! And I like owls.

I should have never doubted that Kimberly Lemming could flawlessly switch from fantasy to sci-fi! Just as fun as it sounds, with extra friends made along the way.