Beauty’s Alien Beast by Aria Starling | ARC Review

Published: January 21, 2021

Genre: Adult Sci-fi Romance 

Source: Author 

Series: Starborn Fairy Tales

Cindi’s Christmas Prince 

Synopsis:

Beast is a cursed cyborg general.
Elle is a brilliant bioengineer.
When they meet, he despises her.
She can’t stand his attitude.
But he needs her to survive.
Does Elle need General Beast too?
Beauty’s Alien Beast is a loose interpretation of Beauty and the Beast with a steamy alien twist.

 

*Thanks to Aria Starling for a ARC in return for an honest review*

Steamy Sci-fi Cyborg Beauty and the Beast inspired alien romance story!

After reading Cindi’ Christmas Prince, I had to pick up this book and continue with characters in this stellar intergalactic world! With the sci-fi take on the tale as old as time, we get the grumpy hero and the independent and intelligent beauty! 

“I can’t say that finding myself in the arms of a cyborg general and swooning makes sense- but here I am , doing just that.”

General Lucien/General Beast is a badass Khin  and has quite the reputation. While meeting with some space mages, his distaste for cyborgs gets him in trouble with a curse. One that takes turn love to turn him and his crew back to their former selves.

Elle is a bioengineer who is really skilled and trying to make some extra money to pay for the treatment of her fathers medication. When the opportunity to travel for the first time and work on a ship of Cyborg comes up that will pay more than she makes in a year, she cannot pass it up. General Beast grumpiness is off-putting but Elle is still intrigued regardless of his cyborg parts. In her motivation to do what’s right for her father she put up with it, but feels a draw to him. 

I love the crew on the ship and how much of a hard time they give General Beast! I also loved that we got to see Valentina, who is from one of Starlings other alien romance series! The romance was sexy and the pull they felt towards each other added to the romance of two unlikely people. What he was willing to give up for her was just too perfect!

” The crew and I will live. All because she could learn to love a beast.” 

Overall, this is a fun take on the classic story we know and love. I loved how we got to see more of the world and got introduced to some more characters that I am hoping get their own story! I am such a fan of the grumpy hero and I definitely think that love is from my love of the original Beauty and the Beast story. This is a steamy, cute and just fun read with great characters.

If you enjoy retellings, romance and HEA… you need to check out this quick read! 

 

* This is technically the second  in a series but can be read as a standalone. I read it after book 1, but think you can read them in any order. It just depends on how you like to read your stories. Cindi’s Christmas Prince spoils Beauty’s Alien Beast a little, but since they are retellings you kind of already know what’s going to happen.*

rating 4

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