For Beth its both her unluckiest and luckiest day; she can’t quite decide which. Being kidnapped by aliens isn’t that good, but going on an adventure? That might prove fun.

THE BLURB

Beth’s life just got worse… She’s woken up in an alien pen along with several other women, and she’s being sold!

Or maybe it just got better? Perspective… She’s heavily pregnant, but at least she’s away from her abusive-ex. The alien that bought her hasn’t hurt her, yet… even though he’s tried up-selling her to others at least four times now. He’s a little bit crazy, but he seems like a good guy. Oh, and he’s a luck source.

And the four other aliens on board the space ship that’s now her home? Turns out they are all claiming her as their one and only mate. Guess its time for Beth to figure out what exactly that entails.

TONE OF THE BOOK

This novel is neutral to light hearted theme. There are a number of heavy topics introduced, but there is also a very strong focus on humour and adventure to balance it out.

SENSITIVE TOPICS

Beth’s Stable is definitely a novel for mature readers.

There are a number of sexual scenes with in the novel. Furthermore, Beth’s Stable is a reverse harem novel where the heroine is wooed by several heroes. It’s focused around a polyamorous relationship. One sensitive sexual scene is an interaction between Qolt and Beth; Qolt is very aggressive sexually and his approach can be interpreted as forceful.

The main heroes for the novel are pirates. They bring some baggage, mainly stealing and to a degree killing. However they are heroes, so you can expect them to often act honourably as well.

SERIES SYNOPSIS

Beth’s Stable is the sixth novel in the Stolen By An Alien series. The first novel is aptly named Stolen By An Alien.

This novel is 376 pages long, making it slightly longer than an average romance (at 300 pages average). The length suits quite well to the character development and events of this particular reverse-harem romance, allowing each character to be thoroughly explored. There were 6 main characters!

Each novel in the series focuses on a different couple. The events between novels occur generally in the same time span so many characters and events are repeatedly seen from different character’s perspectives. You can learn more about the series on the Stolen By An Alien Series Series Review page.

REVIEW

Just like most novels in Amanda Milo’s Stolen By An Alien series there are plenty of crossovers. One of my favourite scenes in Stolen By An Alien (the first novel) is re-explored in Beth’s Stable (the birth scene). It’s hilarious as Angie and Beth discuss goats. Sanna and Breslin from Blind Fall also make an appearance. It’s these little crossovers in the timeline that make me really enjoy this series so much; its amazing how their lives are so interconnected without even realising it. Those small details really do add up.

Beth’s Stable is the first reverse harem novel in the series, and I hope not the last. I fell in love with the dynamics of the Na’rith crew. The extra characters and how all the relationships melded together worked wonders for the story. The characters included were Beth, Ekan, Oquilion, Tiernan, Prow and Qolt.

The character development in this novel was amazing as well. It’s honestly hard to say who had the most character development of all; certainly Beth and Ekan and Qolt all experienced significant changes in their personality as life molded them, and they supported each other. I feel like Oquilion and Prow sadly missed out on some of the focus in this novel, but to fit so much into so few pages must have been hard.

His entire manner has changed to a focused one, and I’m struck with the unsettling impression that Ekan is basically a handsome alien squirrel. One that must have moments of pure brilliance if he’s managed to live this long—because I have a feeling he spends most of his time darting and dashing and playing in the middle of traffic.

Unfortunately I also found Ekan’s personality to shift strangely; he’s initially so hyper in behaviour when he first meets Beth, and he’s described as being essentially manic by the rest of the crew. However there are a number of scenes in which Ekan acts quite subdued in nature, not his usual flitty and energetic self. I understand that this was to portray his character development throughout the novel progressing to him being less self-focused (he’s never portrayed as self-centered) and more well-rounded, however his shift from manic to subdued is in direct contrast of his personality type. It just didn’t quite fit…

One aspect of the novel that I didn’t particularly enjoy was the forceful nature of the character Qolt and his initial meeting and interaction with Beth. I understand that Amanda Milo was trying to portray an alpha-male character, but his behaviour very much bordered on sexual abuse whilst Beth’s character was wavering between fear and curiosity.

The world building is once again pretty fantastic even though the story isn’t set much further than the spaceship. I’m surprised that Amanda was able to cover so much adventure in one location.

FINAL WORD

I loved this book! It’s probably one of my favourites from the whole series. The characters are so zanny, fun and adventurous. I really fell in love with the characters and their antics.