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kate_and_books's review
3.0
I didn't like this one as much as the first one but it is still a good read and very enjoyable although I do find Ms. Lopez's prices quite steep for what you get and the amount of pages written but that is a matter of perception some are more willing to pay more than others.
Naya lives in Connor's Run and has had a hard life (her father dead, her mother up and left her and her brother is a deadbeat loser) Doing things to survive as a child she has only been disappointed as childhood friends Jennie and Naya have been thick as thieves. Jennie is called up for the Grab though and Naya made a promise so she asks an Alderman for a favor to put her name on the list. Naya receives papers for the both of them if they hit the safe zone to escape to the colonies. Jennie's boyfriend will be waiting for them. What both of them haven't considered is a sky warrior called Menance.
Menance has put his name in for the quarterly grab and well he came across the hell cat (Naya) with a gob on her. He bought the flowers from her friend (Jennie) in Conner's Run. The day of the Grab he sees Jennie and wants her in the end though Menance grabs Naya. They have trust issues at the beginning and it all gets better until Terror smells something that isn't there and it is all shot to hell. Ms. Lopez left it a bit too late to get to the action part of the book and I nearly died of boredom. All in all a fun read and I like the series and am looking forward to "Saved by Venom"
Naya lives in Connor's Run and has had a hard life (her father dead, her mother up and left her and her brother is a deadbeat loser) Doing things to survive as a child she has only been disappointed as childhood friends Jennie and Naya have been thick as thieves. Jennie is called up for the Grab though and Naya made a promise so she asks an Alderman for a favor to put her name on the list. Naya receives papers for the both of them if they hit the safe zone to escape to the colonies. Jennie's boyfriend will be waiting for them. What both of them haven't considered is a sky warrior called Menance.
Menance has put his name in for the quarterly grab and well he came across the hell cat (Naya) with a gob on her. He bought the flowers from her friend (Jennie) in Conner's Run. The day of the Grab he sees Jennie and wants her in the end though Menance grabs Naya. They have trust issues at the beginning and it all gets better until Terror smells something that isn't there and it is all shot to hell. Ms. Lopez left it a bit too late to get to the action part of the book and I nearly died of boredom. All in all a fun read and I like the series and am looking forward to "Saved by Venom"
mawmom's review
5.0
Love me a good sci-fi romance series with hot alpha aliens! Caught by Menace is the second book in the Grabbed series that takes place in a dystopian future that takes place on an Earth like planet called Calyx, a very anti-technology/advancement place, and the aliens that protect the planet and grab the brides once a quarter are the Harcos, a very large race who have some interesting mating tendencies.
Naya has worked to survive from the time she was a very small child and works with a renegade organization to get medical supplies in and people out. She has promised her friend Jenny she would help her get away from the grab by participating herself. How was she to know that getting grabbed, her worst nightmare, would turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to her.
Menace is envious of his friends who have brides and families he is ready for that. He wants a quiet, obedient woman what he gets instead is Naya, who is just who he needs.
Working together to overcome trust issues and fear of the BDSM that dominates the bonding of the Harco's men Naya and Menace are working toward a happy and loving relationship, until Naya's past bites them in the butt.
I really enjoyed this book I would read the first one before this one but you don't have to. The sex is hot and steamy, there is an element of suspense and tension as well as some surprises. We get to find out how Vicious and Hallie are doing and we are set up for a third installment. I can't wait :O)
I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
Naya has worked to survive from the time she was a very small child and works with a renegade organization to get medical supplies in and people out. She has promised her friend Jenny she would help her get away from the grab by participating herself. How was she to know that getting grabbed, her worst nightmare, would turn out to be the best thing that ever happened to her.
Menace is envious of his friends who have brides and families he is ready for that. He wants a quiet, obedient woman what he gets instead is Naya, who is just who he needs.
Working together to overcome trust issues and fear of the BDSM that dominates the bonding of the Harco's men Naya and Menace are working toward a happy and loving relationship, until Naya's past bites them in the butt.
I really enjoyed this book I would read the first one before this one but you don't have to. The sex is hot and steamy, there is an element of suspense and tension as well as some surprises. We get to find out how Vicious and Hallie are doing and we are set up for a third installment. I can't wait :O)
I received this book in exchange for my honest review.
hannas_heas47's review
4.0
Loved it, my first by this author and a fresh intriguing read. I love the loyalty the characters display and the BDSM element was such a nice surprise. Everything flowed great and the ending was terrific. A stand alone read and also part of a series. Thanks netgalley for a read in exchange for my opinion.
foreverbeautifulbooks's review against another edition
4.0
THANK YOU! Lolita Lopez for restoring my faith in the BDSM genre!
I mean all that seems to be out there is these books with human sex trafficking in them.
Yeah, that's not really a fantasy. To some--eh, Ok, but Lolita managed to give is a pseudo kidnapping tail that spins into the really well constructed romance, which some of the HOTTEST BDSM scenes I have ever read in my entire life!
OH EM GEE!
If I had been Naya--and I was taking my hulking Menace--and he showed me his playroom, and he said, "Oh, come here I will show you how good it can be, trust me?" I would be on my knees FOREVER TO HIM! Ms. Lopez managed to give me a wicked taste of BDSM writing that I had lost all faith in. It was beautifully written, I got turned on, my whole body caught fire, and I demanded hot lovin' from my husband!
To top off the cake?
Menace is kind of a hot humanoid alien man! That's like my ultimate nerd girl fantasy right there! I mean, hot alien AND he's a Master on top of that. He is an oh so yummy one also!
The only thing that sort of jarred me from the story was hot quickly Naya accepted the lifestyle. I expected a bit more fight out of her--while at the same time giving him some benefit of the doubt, it was all very easy. Yes, ok, if it were me, I would have been SO EASY! But I didn't come from the harsh background that Naya did. She was borderline abused all her life and left on the streets to survive. I thought Menace was written fantastic! He was just enough Dominant male to make me lick my lips and he was also uber caring and careful with how far he pushed Naya's limits.
I thought Lopez did an amazing job with the world building! By gods I believed this planet existed! I was like, "Yes, Please, I shall go there!"
All in all this was a great BDSM Sc-fi romance read and I will be eating up the rest of Lolita's books!
**I received a copy of this book from Smith Publicity--Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc. via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
I mean all that seems to be out there is these books with human sex trafficking in them.
Yeah, that's not really a fantasy. To some--eh, Ok, but Lolita managed to give is a pseudo kidnapping tail that spins into the really well constructed romance, which some of the HOTTEST BDSM scenes I have ever read in my entire life!
OH EM GEE!
If I had been Naya--and I was taking my hulking Menace--and he showed me his playroom, and he said, "Oh, come here I will show you how good it can be, trust me?" I would be on my knees FOREVER TO HIM! Ms. Lopez managed to give me a wicked taste of BDSM writing that I had lost all faith in. It was beautifully written, I got turned on, my whole body caught fire, and I demanded hot lovin' from my husband!
To top off the cake?
Menace is kind of a hot humanoid alien man! That's like my ultimate nerd girl fantasy right there! I mean, hot alien AND he's a Master on top of that. He is an oh so yummy one also!
The only thing that sort of jarred me from the story was hot quickly Naya accepted the lifestyle. I expected a bit more fight out of her--while at the same time giving him some benefit of the doubt, it was all very easy. Yes, ok, if it were me, I would have been SO EASY! But I didn't come from the harsh background that Naya did. She was borderline abused all her life and left on the streets to survive. I thought Menace was written fantastic! He was just enough Dominant male to make me lick my lips and he was also uber caring and careful with how far he pushed Naya's limits.
I thought Lopez did an amazing job with the world building! By gods I believed this planet existed! I was like, "Yes, Please, I shall go there!"
All in all this was a great BDSM Sc-fi romance read and I will be eating up the rest of Lolita's books!
**I received a copy of this book from Smith Publicity--Ellora's Cave Publishing Inc. via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review**
sadie_rae's review
5.0
So... Lolita Lopez doesn't just write good books, but highly emotional amazing books. You start off with a ritual where eligible females are picked by lottery and rounded up for The Grab(a bride hunt). Some of the females are happy and look forward to this event while others dread it and try to use it as a way to escape. Naya has bribed her way into the Grab so that she can help her friend make it through without being caught and they can both escape with her friends fiance. But when things go wrong and Naya is left behind by her friends and then caught, she finds herself married to Menace. Luckily for her however Menace is willing to deviate from tradition and works to gain her trust. Menace works at turning what could have been the worst thing to happen in Naya's life(and Naya has been through some pretty awful shit) into what maybe the best thing to happen to them both. But their happiness is threatened when Terror starts to nose around into Naya's past and then brings to light skeletons that not even Naya herself knew about.
One of the things that makes this book so hard to read towards the end is that Naya has had such a hard life. Her father was killed when she was 6, her mother had abandoned her by the time she 10, and then her brother stole the money that she had saved up for them to travel to the Colonies and used it for his girlfriend and his self. Then finally when her friend leaves her behind when escaping the Grab, she has no one left. After watching Menace and her building a relationship and then to have Terror come in and take that all away from her... it's heart wrenching.
Still loved this book and though I'm ready to see babies and so far no one is even pregnant. lolz... 5 stars!
One of the things that makes this book so hard to read towards the end is that Naya has had such a hard life. Her father was killed when she was 6, her mother had abandoned her by the time she 10, and then her brother stole the money that she had saved up for them to travel to the Colonies and used it for his girlfriend and his self. Then finally when her friend leaves her behind when escaping the Grab, she has no one left. After watching Menace and her building a relationship and then to have Terror come in and take that all away from her... it's heart wrenching.
Still loved this book and though I'm ready to see babies and so far no one is even pregnant. lolz... 5 stars!
chrannag's review
4.0
This one is much better than the first of Hallie and Vicious. The action, the story, the heroine and hero, even the scary Terror, are better. I think that when a story improve so much, is worth the effort to continue reading the serie....
m1ch3lle's review against another edition
4.0
Love this series. But be warned : this is hotttt read. So either keep your man close or have a supply of batteries at hand.
belladonna_loves_to_read's review
3.0
3 "Hot Sex with Aliens" Stars
What is a hot alpha sky warrior to do when he is ready to settle down? "Grab" a wife and drag her back to his spaceship kicking and screaming - that's what.
Naya is an intelligent, spunky, foul-mouthed woman with serious trust issues. Menace, despite his name, is sweet - albeit in a chest beating, He-Man sort of way. Together, they make sense and it was fun to see them find their way to love.
The beginning was a bit slow and Naya's acceptance of her new circumstances was rushed, but the book picked up as I kept reading. It was the last 20%, though, that hooked me and made this book worth while. Oh... and of course, the sex was smoking throughout!
Now if only she would write a book for Terror... Did you hear that Ms. Lopez? ;-)
What is a hot alpha sky warrior to do when he is ready to settle down? "Grab" a wife and drag her back to his spaceship kicking and screaming - that's what.
Naya is an intelligent, spunky, foul-mouthed woman with serious trust issues. Menace, despite his name, is sweet - albeit in a chest beating, He-Man sort of way. Together, they make sense and it was fun to see them find their way to love.
The beginning was a bit slow and Naya's acceptance of her new circumstances was rushed, but the book picked up as I kept reading. It was the last 20%, though, that hooked me and made this book worth while. Oh... and of course, the sex was smoking throughout!
Now if only she would write a book for Terror... Did you hear that Ms. Lopez? ;-)
literarygeorge's review
3.0
We meet Naya trying to enter a "Grab" in order to save her friend Jenny? Juliet? I forget because this friend is irrelevant after Naya enters the Grab. Naya is a single, independent woman who runs a pawnshop and has contacts in high places. It is these contacts that allow her to enter the dreaded "Grab" to save J-girl. This novel is based on a planet called Calyx and has a human settlement called Connor's Run which is where our leading lady Naya lives. Don't worry if you can't quite figure this out, all you really need to know is that this isn't Earth, there is some kind of intergalactic war going on and there are these smoking hot warriors who fight called the Harcos. One such Harcos is Menace, yep that's his name.
Menace is a battle-hardened warrior with a heart of frickin' gold. All Menace wants is to settle down, reproduce and live happily ever after. In order to do this he must have a lovely lady and Harcos warriors have an agreement that they run these "Grabs" to catch a wife. Naya is of course caught by Menace in an interesting turn of events. Menace claims her as his wife but Naya has other ideas. You see Naya has believed that Harcos are evil, thieving woman en slavers and she's not actually wrong except for the evil part. Menace realizing that his wife has a bit of a warped view of him and quite afraid of becoming in anyway intimate with him puts on his heart of gold pants. He is understanding, sweet and absolutely wicked. He puts Naya at ease while pushing her boundaries with intimacy. It's a sweet seduction and I was definitely rooting for Menace! My slight issue with this part is that despite Naya's reservations they bond very quickly which doesn't seem to mesh well with Naya's hard ass character.
Anyway, they continue to build trust and Menace takes Naya to the mens club which is a super hot raunchy scene. But there is a shadow over their possible happiness, some asshole named Terror and Naya's dumb ass family. Terror confused the heck out of me, I wasn't sure if he was friend or foe or just general dickhead. I have not read the first book but he doesn't seem to have very good rapport with those characters either. Regardless, shit hits the fan, Naya gets stuck in the middle and Menace goes to save the day. A happy ending and an entertaining read.
This book is not very Dom/sub, it has smidgens of it throughout but Menace and Naya are not a hardcore Dom/sub couple so if you are looking for that this book is not it. There is some kind of story line surrounding the political drama of the planet Calyx but I didn't really follow it. It may be important in future books but in this is just seemed like a way to insert conflict for Naya. I thought Menace was a sweetheart which I did not expect and overall the story was interesting but not riveting. I would read the next book if it were about Terror because he was such a stand out character otherwise I'd let this series lie. Lolita Lopez, despite this book, comes across as a solid fantasy erotica author and I am definitely going to have a fossick on the internet for other works by her.
3/5
xxx
George
Shout out to NetGalley, Lolita Lopez and Smith Publicity -- Ellora’s Cave Publishing Inc. for the copy!
Menace is a battle-hardened warrior with a heart of frickin' gold. All Menace wants is to settle down, reproduce and live happily ever after. In order to do this he must have a lovely lady and Harcos warriors have an agreement that they run these "Grabs" to catch a wife. Naya is of course caught by Menace in an interesting turn of events. Menace claims her as his wife but Naya has other ideas. You see Naya has believed that Harcos are evil, thieving woman en slavers and she's not actually wrong except for the evil part. Menace realizing that his wife has a bit of a warped view of him and quite afraid of becoming in anyway intimate with him puts on his heart of gold pants. He is understanding, sweet and absolutely wicked. He puts Naya at ease while pushing her boundaries with intimacy. It's a sweet seduction and I was definitely rooting for Menace! My slight issue with this part is that despite Naya's reservations they bond very quickly which doesn't seem to mesh well with Naya's hard ass character.
Anyway, they continue to build trust and Menace takes Naya to the mens club which is a super hot raunchy scene. But there is a shadow over their possible happiness, some asshole named Terror and Naya's dumb ass family. Terror confused the heck out of me, I wasn't sure if he was friend or foe or just general dickhead. I have not read the first book but he doesn't seem to have very good rapport with those characters either. Regardless, shit hits the fan, Naya gets stuck in the middle and Menace goes to save the day. A happy ending and an entertaining read.
This book is not very Dom/sub, it has smidgens of it throughout but Menace and Naya are not a hardcore Dom/sub couple so if you are looking for that this book is not it. There is some kind of story line surrounding the political drama of the planet Calyx but I didn't really follow it. It may be important in future books but in this is just seemed like a way to insert conflict for Naya. I thought Menace was a sweetheart which I did not expect and overall the story was interesting but not riveting. I would read the next book if it were about Terror because he was such a stand out character otherwise I'd let this series lie. Lolita Lopez, despite this book, comes across as a solid fantasy erotica author and I am definitely going to have a fossick on the internet for other works by her.
3/5
xxx
George
Shout out to NetGalley, Lolita Lopez and Smith Publicity -- Ellora’s Cave Publishing Inc. for the copy!