Everybody buckle up for the crazy and chaotic ride that is I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com! This romance was so fun and exciting, the story was completely jam-packed with adventure, near death experiences, and so much smut. I loved the unique plot and how the jurassic park vibes clashed with the sci-fi setting and aliens. The MMF romance was so steamy and I enjoyed how Dory, Sol, and Lok ran with the punches and their forced mating. While this is nothing like the Mead Mishaps series, Kimberly Lemming put her everything into this campy and vibrant romance, and I cannot wait to read the next book!

This was definitely a wild ride. This story wasn't short on adventure, humor, spice and ridiculousness. We find our FMC Dory working on her PhD moving one step closer to her dream of becoming a wildlife biologist but what she didn't imagine was being attacked by a lion, her and the lion being abducted and then said lion escaping with her becoming her new bestie/sidekick and landing on an island that is reminiscent of Jurassic Park. Talk about irony.

On this strange journey Dory and her sidekick Lion Toto is saved by a different alien being named Sol who is living on the dinosaur island and let's just say the shenanigans were nonstop.

As Dory, Toto and Sol navigate dangerous terrain; Dory is faced with another sexy alien who has been looking for her since he noticed her space vessel from the ski. Now Dory is faced with 2 sexy aliens vying for her affections. Things go from bad to worse when Dory, Toto, Sol and now Lok realize that they are on this dinosaur island for a reason and Dory is the key.

Dory is faced with a difficult decision since she knows that there is no way for her to return back home. The fact that she is at the mercy of the aliens responsible for her abduction wanting to use her and other abducted women as a mean of breeding; Dory is willing to accept her fate but, on her terms, only.

What to Expect:

Abduction
Attempts at Breeding
Dinosaurs
Comedy
Spice
Misfit Family
Adventure
Danger
Dubious Consent

Read If You Like:
- Sci-fi romance with a comedic twist
- Alien abduction adventures
- Slow-burn, polyamorous relationships
- Strong, witty female protagonists
- Humorous and steamy narratives

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com is a delightful and steamy sci-fi romance that combines humor, adventure, and intergalactic intrigue. The story follows Dorothy Valentine, a wildlife biologist who, after a lion attack, finds herself abducted by aliens. Alongside her new lion companion, Toto, Dorothy crash-lands on a planet inhabited by dinosaurs. Here, she meets Sol and Lok, two captivating aliens who become her partners in both adventure and romance.

The novel's pacing is engaging, with a perfect blend of action, humor, and romance. The chemistry between Dorothy, Sol, and Lok is palpable, making their slow-burn, polyamorous relationship both believable and compelling. The narrative offers a fresh take on the rom-com genre, set against a vibrant and imaginative sci-fi backdrop.

This book is a must-read for fans of sci-fi romance that doesn't take itself too seriously. With its witty dialogue, sizzling chemistry, and a dash of heart-pounding action, this adventure-comedy delivers a perfect blend of humor, romance, and sci-fi that readers won't want to put down.

Dorothy Valentine is on a research mission to complete her PhD in wildlife biology when she’s attacked by a lion. She’s saved from the attack when they are abducted by aliens. In a bid to escape, Dory and the lion steal an escape pod and end up crashing onto an alien planet that also has dinosaurs. On their journey to get home, Dory and Toto the lion encounter aliens Sol and Lok. Dory is tasked with mating with both, and her time with them leads her to believe being on an alien planet may not be so bad after all.

This book is absolutely bonkers but in a fun way! It was a really enjoyable bit of escapism from the real world. Dory, Lok, and Sol made a delightful throuple.

The real stars of the show for me, though, were the side characters. Intern and Toto had me laughing the whole way through. They were perfect additions to balance out the adventure plot with comedic relief.

I absolutely judged a book by its cover and picked up this book because of the title. It was so weird and funny and sexy and over the top ridiculous, I loved it! It’s definitely raunchy (interspecies alien threesomes, anyone?), but I laughed so much and it is truly an incredible way to escape this planet’s woes

Thank you Berkley for the free digital ARC!

I love a book that takes you on a crazy and unpredictable adventure and this was that! One of my favorite things about Kimberly Lemming’s books is the unique story line and characters. I love being able to dive in a new world. I absolutely adored the relationship between Toto and Dory. I found myself giggling at their conversations. This was silly but in a good way. I needed a fun read in my life right now. Let me tell you, This was SOO entertaining. I loved that Lemming hooked me from the very beginning. I won’t spoil it you just need to give it a chance.👀 I enjoyed the Dynamic between Dory, Lok and Sol. This was a bizarre and amusing ride. Dory is such a smart, witty and strong fmc. The only thing I would have enjoyed seeing was multiple povs between the love interests or just a little more build up in the chemistry between them. I think the different povs could have been great for allowing the readers to get a better sense of their strong connection. Lastly, at times I got lost with all the world building, but that might just be the fact that I typically don’t read this genre. Overall, I really enjoyed this one. I really want more from Kimberly. I’m sad I’ve read all her books.😅

Kimberly Lemming has done it again! This book was so funny and interesting, I loved Dorothy! She was a typical sarcastic and hilarious main character as most of Kimberly’s are. This book is the definition of no thoughts just vibes, it’s silly yes but fun. I loved it, the spice was good and if you’re just looking for something quick and easy to read then this is the book for you.

4.5 stars

Okay, between the crazy title and the even wilder cover picture, I knew I was in for quite the ride with this one, and I was NOT disappointed! I’m new to these types of alien romances/science fiction romances, just started getting my feet wet with the Ice Planet Barbarian series in the past couple years. I wasn’t sure if I’d read this one, but when the publisher reached out with a widget for me to download, I couldn’t pass it up.

First just the part at the beginning where she was doing her job on Earth resonated with my little former science teacher heart. Not to mention that she was studying meerkats, because I can go watch them at the zoo forever, and so it was fun to hear some of the things she was watching them do. Jump to when she wakes up on the spaceship and suddenly I was definitely put in mind of Dixon’s IPB series. Of course then things got their big mix up. The crash to this planet, finding out what this planet is for, all was it’s own wild and wacky part of the storyline!

Of course the author had to figure out a way they could all communicate with each other, and so there is a solution, not sure if I completely understood it, it happened so fast with the lion I might need to go back and reread to pick up some details. Because this first read through was all about the story. There was so much to this story, more than what it seems you might have. Even the aliens who had abducted Dory had a lot more going on at all times than they seemed.

I also have to say that the steam level in this was off the charts! While again it is hard to find the alien she is on the cover with attractive, you have to add in the lust/mating serum that she, Sol, and Lok were all shot with. And their tails. Dang. I see this author has similar types of stories out there already that I’ll have to probably check out. And I see that this is listed as part one of a series, so I’m wondering if the next person’s story will be the couple that the original aliens mated towards the end of the story.

The only issue that I had a little trouble with was the different names for things. Yes, I know it made sense that Sol and Lok’s people had their own names for the dinosaurs and other creatures and plants. But when the author would use those names as Dory thinking both of them in the same paragraph it was a bit confusing for me as the reader. So a very tiny issue really.

Oh yeah, the rom-com part of the title not only comes from the banter and mood of the story, but the fact that the aliens who had kidnapped Dory had used mating “guidebooks” to help get her to fall for Sol and Lok. These guidebooks were basically romance novels, or one guide to writing romance novels. One of the main rules they used to get them together was the one bed trope, literally houses with second stories that were just one bedroom with one huge bed.

If you’re looking for a steamy romp with aliens, and are a fan of the Ice Planet Barbarians series, this book is for you!

Okay this book was really fricken good time!! I laughed so much, and I binged it so fast. It pulled you in from the start.
I love a good alien romance but when a talking lion and then DINOSAURS show up you can count me in!!!!!
This had so many turns I didn't see coming, like dinosaurs lol but it fit the book perfectly. Like obviously by the cover you can see there's dinosaurs but when they get introduced you're like wait what?!
But in a good way!!!
Lok, Sol, Dory & Toto (let's not forget intern even though he pushed my buttons) were just so witty and funny that you wanted to see more of them! & they are here for a wicked good time 6° (if you catch my drift)

If you’re looking for a funny, fast, wild why choose monster romance. This is IT!!! I had a great ol time reading this one.

To my ice planet girlies out there - say hello to your next read.

I quite literally was cackling the whole book. The way there was every romance trope known to man smushed into this book and the way they addressed it was hilarious.

This is typical, delightful fun, goofy Kimberly Lemming fun. If anything, it's even zanier and goofier than her earlier series, but once the lion started talking, I knew I was in it for the full ride. And what a ride! Super happy that Kimberly Lemming is getting a full career of zany SFF rom-coms.

You know what, hell yeah 😂 these are always a little chaotic and a good time! Highly recommend this entire series for a good time.

I read this hella early because I needed something to make me happy, to make me laugh. And every single book that I’ve read by Lemming has done exactly what I needed it to. And now that I’ve finished it…. 10 out of 10, no notes. I loved it so much lol

This book was hilarious. That bird thing and the lion? I was cackling the entire time. I don’t think their romp through the jungle/forest (?) would be the same if it wasn’t for their comedic relief. I was afraid her going traditional would take away from her signature writing style, but she it was just the same and I couldn’t be happier.

Another thing that Kimberly kept the same was the spice. I can’t lie, I thought that was going to be different too because I knew there was no way that trad pub was going to be ok with the scenes she had before lol But in all honesty, nothing really changed? The spice scenes aren’t like every page and there aren’t a lot necessarily, but it was still spicy. This is a poly relationship (MMF) and there is a time when they’re together. I’m pretty sure there’s more poly books in trad pub, but I don’t think I’ve ever read one from Berkley lol I wasn’t expecting it from them, so kudos to them lol

The story itself was pretty cool tho. I hope if there’s ever a like group of aliens that come to our planet, I hope they’re like them lmao I get what they were trying to do, but they were going about it all wrong. There’s still some kinks that need to be worked out lol I do wish that she had given us some more world building because it seemed like it was a historical kind of feel? Idk it was weird. I thought for a large portion of the book that she was going to wake up from a dream or something. It was just really cool and a lot of fun. I’m glad she didn’t. It left room for sequels and listen, that’s all I could ask for lol

This was so much fun! I needed to smile and laugh during a really dark time, and Kimberly Lemming delivered. I can’t wait to see what else this series is going to bring us.

Thank you NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for this eARC in exchange for an honest review!

This book was so fun! It reminded me so much of Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon but with dinosaurs!

The FMC, Dory, gets abducted by aliens right as a lion attacks, then crash-lands with said lion (Toto) onto a dinosaur-filled planet. There, Toto and Dory team up with two hot aliens, Sol & Lok. This book was filled with their adventures as Dory tries to decide if trying to go back to Earth is even worth it as well as steamy moments.

The world-building the author added into this romance book was great! Again very similar vibes to Ice Planet Barbarians. That is one thing that people don't realize Ice Planet Barbarians also has, fantastic sci-fi world that expands with every book in the series. I can't wait to read more in this world.

I really enjoyed this book! Laugh out loud funny, strange spice, I'll forever read everything Kimberly Lemming puts out!

I love Kimberly Lemming. I would give my left tit and my firstborn child to be on her automatic approved arc list and I would literally read anything she wrote.
Her particular brand of zany weirdness is so well done. The book was hilarious and bizarre but also had real world building. I cannot wait for the second book!!

I received a free digital arc of this in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts are my own.

When I realized our female main character has not one… but TWO love interests… that share… very well… together… I had enough adrenaline to lift a car.

I never know what to expect from a Kimberly Lemming book… and I am NEVER disappointed.

Dorothy is working to get her PhD in wildlife biology when she’s attacked by a lion… but there’s a bright side… right at that moment she’s adducted by aliens… and they save her… yayyyyyyy…. Well that yay is kind of “to be determined….”

I don’t want to share anything else about the main story because this is truly just a wild ride that will make you laugh hysterically, get a little teary eyed… BLUSH a little bit… and make you feel warm and fuzzy on the inside.

Um… knotting anyone?? Ya… you’re welcome.

This book is like spicy Jurassic park, Indiana jones, and Tarzan and I literally loved every second of it. It’s only 304 pages too so you’re going to cruise through it!

There’s a scene where a frog 🐸 becomes sentient and realizes he can think and just immediately starts screaming his head off and I laughed so hard I was on the floor. To think is to feel pain isn’t that right. Awareness…. Existence…. is…. Painful. Ain’t that the truth.

I love these alien men!! They’re so silly and I love their personalities! When she meets one of them he says “are you the one that fell from that star?” And she goes “Star? Oh! The space pod, yes, that was me.” And he says “it seems wishing stars do exist. Tell me your name, Stardust.”

Stardust?! Are you kidding me? I can’t get over that nickname it’s absolutely precious.

All the side characters are incredible I love them so much! This world is rich and layered and this entire journey was an absolute blast!

There’s heavier topics in this story too. Parental expectations, letting yourself down. Coming to terms with change. And also changing the path ahead of you and not following in the footsteps of past mistakes and habits. After living in this current moment we’re in… the rest of the possibilities that lay before us are endless.

This story is about growth and making the best of things and it was an honor to experience this story and this world. And… me thinks there… might be more stories that are written in this world as well… and I CAN’T FREAKING WAIT.

Today is Valentine’s Day, which screamed for a romance to be today’s book. I really want to claim that aliens made me do this book to celebrate the day, but that’s not my story.

However, it is, it oh so definitely is, Dory’s story. It’s right there in the title, I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com. Because Dory was abducted by aliens, and she is trapped in what the aliens believed was a rom-com.

Dory’s mileage definitely varies on that. Her story definitely turns into the ‘rom’ part of that phrase. It also, certainly does have plenty of humor in it. But part of that humor is that the aliens intended to set up a rom-com without having an actual feather of a clue as to what either ‘rom’ or ‘com’ truly mean to humans. Or, for that matter, to the Sankado, the species they’ve already abducted.

So Dory isn’t trapped in a rom-com. She does, however, totally and absolutely, get ensnared in the romance part of that equation. Times two.

And it’s a screaming ‘O’ of a blast every wild and crazy step of the way.

Escape Rating B: I picked this one up because a) that spoileriffic title and b) the author’s Mead Mishaps series was incredibly fun (start with That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon and be prepared to both blush furiously and ROFL while doing so.) Not to mention c) the book comes out on Tuesday, today is Valentine’s Day and the perfect timing of the whole thing could not be ignored. At least not by moi.

The trope this story wallows in is a familiar one. Of course it’s the ‘Aliens Made Them Do It’ ™ plot device – the one that the author is using and not the aliens making them do it. Also, the author is using it correctly while the aliens flubbed nearly all of their attempts – which is part of the fun of the thing.

The thing about this particular trope is that it screams for a ‘dubcon’ (that’s dubious consent) warning that can literally be seen from outer space. Dory, along with her partners Sol and Lok, clearly do consent to everything in the moment, but the reader can easily get hung up and thrown out of the story on the question of whether it’s true consent because the aliens have drugged all of them to create that consent at the outset.

Dory occasionally throws herself out of her own story because her desires in the moment and her resulting behavior are contrary to everything she ever knew about herself.

Some readers will be totally squicked out. Some will be all into the scene. Because I was listening to a chunk of the story, I was both blushing furiously (listening to a third party describe a sex scene is just weird) and getting a bit weirded out by just how much the way her partners talked sounded like grooming her to accept things she otherwise wouldn’t.

(BTW the audio narration was FINE, I only switched to the ebook because I was all in and reading is just plain faster.)

In the end I concluded that Dory was just discovering that she was really into the kink of it all and that was okay. But your reading mileage may go through some rough patches along the way and it may definitely vary.

The part of the story that’s just purely funny – in a very wry and totally satirical way – is the way that the particular aliens who got them ALL into this mess created said mess through bureaucratic insanity, academic pomposity, and shoddy research. They created the initial mess, dug themselves a hole and threw the first results of that mess into it, realized that they’d screwed up and then dug some more and made the hole bigger.

Anyone who has ever done research or worked in either a big bureaucratic organization or in academia is going to see the situation for the hilarious and rueful set up that it is and just laugh until tears run down their face because it’s true and awful and truly awful and so very much more common than anyone wants to admit.

But this is still Valentine’s Day so I need to get back to the romance. While the aliens may have been trying to set up a rom-com, in truth this is a sex-into-love romance times two. Dory and her partners create a really hot triad. And in an entirely different kind of warning, while this trio does set fire to the sheets, there is actual fire but no actual sheets. The sexytimes, as Dory herself would say, are “hot as balls” and the scenes never, ever fade to black.

Whether or not that’s your thing, it certainly turns out to be theirs. Even if it’s not you’ll still want to slap the alien meddler who is not just watching, he’s taking notes. Dory certainly does – and who can blame her?

In the end, there are multiple facets to this wild romp of a romance. There’s the meddling aliens who screw up and set off the whole entire mess. There’s the incredibly hot romance between Dory and her two sexy partners, who fall in love while an incompetent research intern meddles with their lives every step of the way.

Last but not least, there’s the two sets of sentient beings, alien to each other, who have been thrown together against their wills trying to make the best of it – in spite of yet more alien meddling. That’s clearly going to be the throughline for the entire Cosmic Chaos series, as this story ends with that incompetent research intern failing upwards into a promotion that Dory and her friends are sure to make certain he regrets at every turn. Or at least I certainly hope so and am looking forward to finding out.

The true level of Cosmic Chaos in this story has to be experienced to be believed, so I’m going to leave you with this excerpt from the opening of I Got Abducted by Aliens… so that you can experience a bit of Dory’s voice for yourself. One last thing, that lion, to quote Dory, “THE FUCKING LION!” turns out to be the very best wingman a displaced human could EVER have.

Toto is the side character I never knew I needed. The whole book was a fever dream and I was in no hurry to wake up. Alien abduction, why-choose, sassy FMC. Need I say more???

This author has the best and most creative titles to books imo. I am so in awe of your creativity and imagination. The details and storyline were so unique and entertaining. Just imagine you were selected for a mating experiment like a scientist just picked an animal in the wild.
Dory is getting her phD in wildlife biology when she gets attacked by a lion but they both get abducted. This lion is hilarious cause she becomes able to talk to him and all the other species. He is very wise and silly and looking for love. Her two protectors are both really sweet and couldn’t be more different.
The aliens only took a few days to study earth and what they came up with is bizarre. Hence the dinosaurs lol. I’m giving too much away. I just kept giggling at the things she kept finding. I kept thinking of Zazu from Lion King for this intern bird.
Just know that if you try these it will be entertained for sure.