#clecanian

[lightsbookreviews]

Resisting Maxu, Victoria Aveline

[lostmeadowjade]

Currently reading the Clecanian series by Victoria Aveline. I'm actually on book 4 right now. (I am only like 10 chapters in and my heart is already breaking for the MMC and the shit thsts about to fall his way).

It is an aliens abducted human women type of series. But unlike IPB, these aliens are much more human like (mostly). And there is an actual reason they got abducted, because their people are slowly going extinct. A few hundred years prior an illness swept through and killed most of their women, left it so most of the babies they had were male, and now... they have population ratio of about 20 male to every 1 female. As a result they had to make some changes to their society and culture. And with such a reduced population balance things like *mates have all but disappeared.

Marriage contracts that last 3 months, if a baby happens it will stay with the father while the birth mother moves on to another marriage. But the males need to prove they are capable and worthy of being a father (and husband). So they got to husband-school to learn all they need to know about things like cooking, household management, child care and child rearing, health education, anatomy and sexual performance, etc, etc, etc. They get graded even.

Everything a guy does is meant to attract the attention of a possible wife and then show that he is capable of providing for her and her needs, and the needs for any child they will hopefully have.

As a result, romance had basically disappeared. The males try not to get attached to females who aren't going to stay, and females work to not get attached to the males they will need to leave. Which means that common intimacies like holding hands in public (and kissing) have fallen so out of favour as to be unheard of (specially the kissing).

The series starts out as a very typical alien human romance story. But it develops with each book, expanding on the culture, building the politics, growing with the social changes that happen. It's pretty awesome.

Books read so far:

Choosing Theo

Freeing Luka

Saving Verakko

Using Fejo

(^currently reading, and look at that fucking title! Dude only wanted to finally be chosen by a female, and look look at the title this one is gonna use him no matter if this is a HEA story)

[paigeypaige19]

“You are but a Season. Calamitous, powerful, consuming. But like the rains, you too will pass.” - Ruling Sikthand (Clecanian, #7) by Victoria Aveline

[hannahbananasplitz]

A very good space ship engineer with one brain cell that is working so hard!

I like to think he tinkers with making specialized attachments for his prosthetic arm (like a welding attachment and other tools)

[sandythereadingcafe]

REVIEW

RULING SIKTHAND (Clecanian 7) by Victoria Aveline at The Reading Cafe:

'a fast paced, slow burn, alien romance that is sure to be a hit for all sci-fi romance readers'

Ruling Sikthand (Clecanian 7) by Victoria Aveline -review

Ruling Sikthand is the 7th book in Victoria Aveline's adult CLECANIAN sci-fi,fantasy romance series. This is Sophia and Sikthand's story lin

[r-reads]

I really enjoyed the writing in the Clecanian book series and honestly I 100% recommend y’all to read it! I personally read them all and in chronological order but you can totally read them as standalones. Here is how I would rate them:

1. Using Fejo - currently the last book out, but I think I’ve enjoyed it the most. I do love cocky bastard characters and I like the dynamic between the main two characters. The ending is a bit rushed imo, but I just loved the characters too much to care hh.

2. Choosing Theo - this is the first book in the series and again, I do like my men brooding and grumpy. The characters have amazing chemistry and I think it’s a really good first book that just made me want to read more.

3. Freeing Luka - this was sweet and soft and just very lovely. They basically find out they’re soulmates at the beginning of the book, but they decide to take is slow.

4. Tempting Auzed - I wasn’t really invested in this story, but the writing is still great. It’s like fwb to lovers with lots of angst.

5. Saving Verakko - I absolutely adore the female character and she is so badass, but I don’t fuck with the miscommunication trope so eh

[lightsbookreviews]

Releasing Maladek, Victoria Aveline

[lightsbookreviews]

Resisting Maxu, Victoria Aveline