y'all I don't normally read sci-fi, but this book is definitely for everyone! two alien love interests that had me rethinking my stance on tails, a lion that talks, plus a bunch of dinosaurs that maybe shouldn't be there?!
if you've read that time i got drunk and saved a demon, this book has the same signature humor. the whole thing was such a fun time and spicy!!! I was reading at work and put it down, like maybe this is a read at home kind of book spicy haha highly recommend

thank you to berkley romance for the free copy, I had the best time reading it 🖤

I love that this is basically a funny concept taken totally seriously. The title is hilarious and the writing is witty. The humor did not fall flat, which is nice because I have a tendency to cringe at forced humor in novels. The plot flowed nicely and it is overall a fun, light read. You get exactly what the title promises.

I’m not sure what to say about this book. It’s a crazy and fun plot, but the sheer quantity of interspecies sex was off putting to me.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley, I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

*3.5*
->This book started off & I was not expecting that to be her career, how unique!
->The secret 'power' lol
->th way the lion was introduced took me out lol
->this was definitely a good, fun, fantastical time!

Thank you to Berkley Romance for the advance reader copy and to PRH Audio for the complimentary audiobook. These opinions are my own.

This is an absolutely bonkers romance. The title and cover tell you a bunch. Beyond that, what you need to know is that Dorothy is a woman in STEM, studying for her PhD in biology. I think it's also helpful to know that it's a poly romance with two male aliens.

This was a great escape that definitely made me laugh and scoff. Some of the one liners were simply fabulous. And I really appreciated the asides about alien versions of grants and academia.

But the romance was a miss for me. It was an extreme version of instalust. And I wanted a bit more connection beyond chemistry. That said, I'm still quite intrigued by the teasers for the next book. So if you're willing to completely suspend disbelief for a funny and steamy time, this book could be for you.

3.75 stars rounded up

Thank you Berkley romance for the free book.
Kimberly Lemming is an auto-read author for me. I am confident at this point I will always laugh out loud at some point during any of her books and this one did not disappoint. I would try to explain the jokes but I can’t tell a story like she can 😭 iykyk: class A species, human enrichment items, the intern (esp how she woke up one morning), Ms Saber Tooth, and the risks of intellectual property theft in outer space 😂

The title says it all but one thing the cover doesn’t indicate- this is why choose! Two rivals actually 😈 this was just so much fun, don’t think about it that hard (but even if you do the worldbuilding actually checks out)

I think if you are new to this author this book is not entry level. I would read her mead series first.

This really committed to being over the top that it was fun all the way through. And it was spicier than I anticipated. Hilarious, cute, fun!

This book was absolutely ridiculous in the best way!
Was it out of my comfort zone?
Oh yes!
Did it make me uncomfortable at times?
Also yes.
Did I laugh like hell?
Most definitely.
I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm trapped in a Rom-Com is super spicy with a capital H in HOT, so it isn't for everyone;
but if funny, madcap, crazy plotting and why choose crazy alien smut sounds like fun, it's likely it will be for you.

Delightful romp featuring a biologist, a talking lion, hot aliens, dinosaurs, and an owl like creature who really misunderstood human history. Highly recommended.

Just tons of fun. I will read anything Kimberly Lemming writes.
An over-the-top sci-fi plot with so much spice. Who doesn't want two incredibly hot aliens lusting over you? Why choose just one?
The side characters are all so adorable. I can't wait for more silliness from the Intern.

“Before you, a vine was just a vine. Now I fret over their plans for world domination. You make the mundane precious.”

After the longest few weeks, this book was just what I needed. It is WILD; chaotic, bizarre and endlessly absurd, but in the best way. There are dinosaurs, talking animals, multiple alien species, Tamagotchi’s, evil kings, and much more.

From my experience with monster/ alien romances that include the mate component, insta-love is usually present to some extent. I don’t enjoy the insta-love trope in contemporary romance, but with the forced proximity, life or death situations and typical mate biological component, I will allow it and enjoy it. If I get hit by a dart carrying an alien love potion, gain 2 mates and need to rely on sexy aliens to survive, falling in love during the course of a few days is the least of my problems.

The book is told in single POV from Dory’s perspective as she navigates life on this new planet with 2 alien mates, a talking lion and a talking owl alien bird. Honestly, the whole time I pictured it as a character from Owl Diaries, a series my kids love. Dory handled the situation better than I would and I loved her curious nature, resilience and bravery.

When I read books like this, I am just reminded how uncreative my brain is. I don’t know how Kimberly Lemming thinks of all these things, but WOW. I am so impressed by her unique creativity, humor and imagination. My brain could never.

The humor I enjoyed in My Vampire Plus One by Jenna Levine plus Ruby Dixon’s IPB series gives an approximation of what you can expect in this book. I cannot wait for book 2 because the easter eggs in this one!! GIMME.

Read if you like:
•Alien adventure romances
•MMF triad
•Only one bed
•Talking animals
•Women in stem (fmc is a wildlife biologist)
•Digs at the patriarchy (we should all like this)
•Creative use of Tails
•Creative use of Tamagotchi’s

Thank you to Berkley Romance for the early copy; all thoughts are my own.

I really enjoyed Kimberly Lemming's fantasy trilogy, but this book did not resonate with me as much as those did. I think the sci fi setting did not work for me. It had a certain level of implausibility that I could not get past. That being said, I love this author's sense of humor and writing style, and I felt a kinship here with The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which I loved.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC!

Spice level: 5/5 🌶️’s

Favorite Quote: “Toto, I don’t think we’re on Earth anymore.”

Thank you to Netgalley & Berkley Publishing Group | Berkley & Kimberly Lemming for the review copy.

I’m a big fan of Kimberly Lemming’s Mead Mishaps series and I was so excited to see she had a new book set on a distant planet coming out. I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com met and dare I say, exceeded, my expectations. Abducted by Aliens was the perfect weekend read, enjoyed on the porch with a cocktail in hand. Dory, the FMC is a wildlife biologist who cannot fathom the concept of talking Lions, alien lifeforms, or a distant planet inhabited by humans and dinosaurs alike.

As mentioned in the book’s description, this story involves a love trio, but not a triangle! Lok, Sol, and Dory are all involved in this rom-com journey and their participation lends to some extra spicy scenes. I loved the development of their relationship, and despite the dub-con love serum situation, I didn’t feel like anyone was forced into anything. Everyone certainly enjoyed themselves!

There’s also a delightful lion friend named Toto whose sarcasm and matter of fact attitude leads to some hilarious interactions. I think Toto might actually be my favorite character; he’s ready to defend his friends while also passing mild judgment. I could not get enough of him and would love a spin off story about Toto and his romantic partner.

I loved this book and everything Kimberly Lemming writes. I highly recommend I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com and after you finish, pick up That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon because you’ll want to live in her writing brain forever.

This book will be fantastic for fans of Kimberly Lemming's other series Mead Mishaps. It combines the absurdist nature of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, with the open romance genre. It offers humor to lighten your day.

Kimberly Lemming has a knack for coming up with the most bananas (in the best way possible!) storylines! This book is hilarious and so much fun! A talking lion named Toto, dinosaurs, and the best part? A smart, badass female main character! I had anbsolute blast reading this book and recommend it to anyone that loved Kimerly's other books!

This was hilarious and spicy and just a funny goofy good time. It was so cute and I honestly loved everything about this. Dory has not one, but two love interests??? TWO?? Yes, please give me more of this. MORE. Please.

I just love everything from Kimberly Lemming- these books are the perfect mix of lighthearted + chaos + spice and i just eat them up!! This one is my favorite of hers so far. I really enjoyed the pacing and the dialogue- Dory is such a fun FMC! Also, alien 👽 spice is next level (x 2??!). 3.75 ⭐️

KL’s books are endlessly funny and this one truly had me cracking up. It’s a little unhinged, but I mean that in the best way possible. And the spice? HAWT. I loved this, even though the pacing was a bit weird at times. The last chunk felt a bit rushed / was full speed ahead while the beginning of the book was more focused on them just being on this planet/trying to figure each other out. The overarching plot/characters probably could’ve been spread out a little more throughout.

Highlights:
- Rom-com
- Fated mates
- Forced proximity
- Only one bed

Thank you Berkley for the free paperback & eARC 🫶🏼 decision to read/review was my own. Opinion is my own.

So we finally know what it would look like if one asked the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to write porn.

Overall, a fast-paced romp, largely because Lemming tosses weirdness after weirdness too rapidly to get your bearings, but most are charming and funny. Toto became one of my favorite parts of the book, and Intern was an entertaining antagonist.

The few twists are worthwhile, though the political machinations at the end felt too tacked on.

Now to the part I didn't love: The sex scenes. I do not object to them being in the book--that is the point of it--or that they involve suction tails between different species. Why write alien sex if one is going to be limited in appendages and orifices, after all? My issue is that whenever arousal appears--which it does within a sentence and occasionally on a dinosaur--it is as though Lok and Sol leave the scene, and their obnoxious stunt doubles sub in. Their personalities vaporize into a unified cloud of "Grr, I'm a dom! You bad little girl!" Outside that, the characters are distinct, and their interplay is entertaining. The sex didn't seem to have much bearing on the plot eventually, and my eyes started slipping over the sentences until it seemed the story would resume. Sex should be somewhat load-bearing <i>(hush)</i> in the story, and I did not get that feeling often enough.

I felt a surge to knock a star off being of the epilogue, specifically the last line, but I won't.

All the chaos, but in the best way! I was struggling to read with my eyes, so I bought the book with an audio credit. And I was fully immersed the whole time. Plus, it made it a bit easier to differentiate who all the characters were. Overall, I thought it was a fun and quick read once I jumped on the audio bandwagon. And I'm definitely excited to read more from this world and series!

Bravo to Berkley for having Kimberly bring us more of her amazing work!