Seduced by the Stryxian

Stryxian Alien Warriors, Book 6

By: Ella Blake

Narrated by: Elle Sonali, Zachary Johnson

Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

Mazak is a weary cyborg mercenary about to settle his debt to a deadly trade lord. He is furious when one last job is demanded of him—to deliver a captive human female with an encrypted message inscribed on her arm to a dangerous space station before the message fades from her skin.

It should be straightforward, but Mazak’s outdated cyborg systems are malfunctioning, making him vulnerable. To make matters worse, the female lights a fire in both of Mazak’s synthetic hearts—something he did not think possible since becoming part machine.

Cora Fleming curses every choice she made that landed her at the mercy of an alien trade lord. So much for a harmless adventure after a sheltered life. Now she’s been handed off to a gorgeous cyborg who holds his feelings close and his secrets closer. They are in a race against time to win their freedom, but deciphering the message on her arm changes everything…as does their deepening bond.

This is book six of the Stryxian Alien Warrior series but can be enjoyed as a standalone with no cliffhangers and no cheating. The author writes what she loves, so there is always consent and always a happy ending.

©2021 Ella Blake (P)2022 Podium Audio

Another good one from this alien romance series!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 🖤💙❤️💚
Heat/Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙
World building: 🌏🌍🌎🌍🌏
Character development: 🙂🥰☺️😂
Narrator(s): 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration type: Dual Narration

The heroine: Marzak - he is a Stryxian cyborg. He helped kill the Vanyi overlord Sleer and take down his network of mercenaries. Though he is also a mercenary. He has been working for Agar, a crime boss that runs a dangerous space outpost. Agar has been holding Marzak’s sister in stasis, who had been undergoing a change to cyborg when the war with the Mortt’a ended. He just finished his last job for Agar and was going to get his sister back and a large payment so he could finish her transition.

The Hero: Cora - she was a human woman, who formerly was in service to the UEA (United Earth Alliance). She had been in the lottery for women to travel to Stryxia to try to find mates, though she never found one. She met a Stryxian called Bartok who was a merchant who traveled the galaxy, and they got along well so she decided to travel with him for adventure. Though when they were on a dangerous space outpost, Bartok was killed, and she was taken by the squid-like leader Agar.

The Story: Agar didn’t want to let his best mercenary go, so he kept Marzak’s sister and forced him to do one more job for him. He had to take a message to another very dangerous outpost and deliver it to a merchant there. It turns out that the message was inside Cora, and would dissolve in 4 days, so they had to make it to the outpost and have the message on her arm decoded before it dissolved in her blood. If he was able to do that, Agar would unfreeze Marzak’s accounts, and give him his sister.

This book was another from this series that was different than all the rest. I liked the fact that Marzak was a cyborg, and he thought that no human female would want him since cyborgs were looked down on in Stryxian society. These two were good together and they started bonding before they got to the station. There was plenty of action and adventure including the fact that they couldn’t let Agar get what he wanted from the Merchant whom he sent the message to, and there was plenty of risk because Cora was a human and every other alien species seemed to want human females for one thing or another.

This audiobook was told in dual points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Elle Sonali and Zachary Johnson. Zachary has a nice deep voice which matches Marzak well. He has a good tempo for an alien, a bit stiff and formal, which is what I think an alien male would sound like. Elle Sonali has a nice voice and sounds very natural. You can’t tell she is reading.

Pretty enjoyable

I liked the storyline and narrators for this book. The characters were likable and non-abrasive. I could relate to feeling like an outcast or different and this made it more real. Made me say Awww 🥰 at the end.

Sexy Alien Romance

I hated to see this series end. I listened to the Audible editions of all six books and was not disappointed. The storylines kept me listening late into the night. The voice actors were perfect for the characters. I will be looking for more books by Ms. Blake.

Hopes this hekps

Loved it. not all the books have same enemy. each is an adventure of it own.

Very Entertaining

I loved the male narrator's performance. He truly made me feel his words and the vast emotions associated within the action and love scene. I look forward to discovering other works by this author! 10 out of 10.