Enticed by the Alien Outlaw: Warrior Mates of Zivon, Book 5 by Presley Hall

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’ve never been the type to fall for bad boys. But this hardened alien criminal tempts me in ways I never expected. 

It’s been months since we crashed into the Zivonians’ ship and were offered a place to stay, and in that time, I thought I had explored every part of The Oasis.

But I was wrong. There’s one new place I just the brig.

I wound up down there by accident, and now I can’t stop thinking about the Zivonian prisoner with the mesmerizing eyes and the intense stare. I know I shouldn’t let myself be drawn to him. He’s behind bars, after all, and the Zivonians wouldn’t do that to one of their own unless he had done something awful.

The smartest thing to do would be to pretend I never stumbled into the brig in the first place and forget all about him. But for some reason, I can’t stop myself from going back to visit him, curious about this mysterious alien in spite of myself.

I visit him every single day….

Until the day he escapes—and takes me with him.

Enticed by the Alien Outlaw

A few scrapes and fated mates!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙❤️💚🩵
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📙📘
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍
Character development: 🙂🙁😋😘
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Zoey – she is an eternal optimist, who even though she survived a terrible car accident on Earth that left her with scars and chronic pain, she still is always looking on the bright side of everything. She learned that it is best to focus on the future instead of dwelling on the past. This helped her quite a bit when she was abducted by aliens and held in a too small cargo bay of a spaceship which later crashed into a hanger on the huge Zivonian ship called the Oasis. She now lives on that ship with the Zivonians who rescued her.

The Hero: Dax – he is one of the few Zivonian’s that was able to escape the attack from their enemies, the Krull years ago. Though his brother was the one that was tricked by the Krull and took down the Zivonian defense system which allowed their enemies to attack and burn the planet, killing most of their race. Dax protected his brother’s memory and told everyone that he was the one who betrayed their people, and he has been confined to the brig for five years on the Oasis ship where about 100 of their people were able to escape to.

The Story: Zoey comes across Dax as she is walking around the ship, and they get to know each other. Dax decides to escape and go find out about what really happened the night his brother disconnected the early warning system. Zoey immediately follows Dax, and they end up traveling together for a bit and getting into a few scrapes and finding out that they are fated mates.

I liked how this story went back to the destruction of Zivon and gave us more information on how that happened. I also liked that this one started on the Oasis ship. Like the rest of this series. The world building is great, and the characters are likable and well developed with each having their own story. Zoey’s resilience and optimism, even amidst scars and hardship, make her incredibly relatable and inspiring. Her transition from surviving a traumatic car accident on Earth to navigating life aboard the Oasis with the Zivonians adds a captivating layer to her journey. Dax’s arc, with the heavy burden of guilt and his pursuit of the truth about his brother, is just as gripping and ripe with emotional depth.

The setting of the Oasis ship and the overarching Zivonian-Krull conflict provide a fascinating backdrop that feels both high-stakes and expansive. I also admire how personal character growth is balanced with larger, universe-shaping events like the fall of Zivon and the tension between species.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view and narrated in dual narration by C.J. Grey and Joy Beharie. Both of these are natural sounding and expressive narrators. C.J. Grey has a deep, gravelly voice which works well for alien romance. Joy Beharie has a pleasant voice, though I am not too fond of her southern accent, though I have no good reason for it. They do a nice job though.

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