The cover of this book is STUNNING😍 .  I loved the premise of black women being abducted by alien forces to repopulate their planet. But after they get abducted and land on the planet of Rakesh , I felt the book get stagnant. All of the enticing plot gets lost. There’s a side quest and arguing about whether the girls should stay or return to Earth.  But there is no baby-making and no bride proposal until the very end. Also all the women abducted were black, but we don’t get an explanation as to why. They may as well have been white/Asian/Latina/etc. 

Then there’s the Alien-King subplot. So much focus on Abrax’s kingsly duties  , we’re robbed of a good slow-build between him and Estelle. The two fall in love almost instantly. It gets boring quick and the erotic scenes don’t  “hit” as a result. Plus I just personally found Abrax to be dull in general and his mannerisms felt more “human” than “alien”. What kind of alien says “dripped out” and performs oral sex like an expert despite never having been with or interacted with a female? LOL.

I think if the author stuck to the initial premise , cut out some unnecessary parts and made this book longer that’d do it  justice. Still have lots of questions but I guess that’s what a book series is made for.