I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming is a fun sci-fi romance and the first book in the Cosmic Chaos series (3.25/5 stars)

I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming is a fun sci-fi romance and the first book in the Cosmic Chaos series.

I absolutely loved the zany fun of the author’s Mead Mishaps series, so I JUMPED on the chance to read this one early. Just like her previous series, Lemming includes content guidance at the beginning of the book, which I really appreciate.

In this installment, we follow Dory, who has nearly received her PhD in wildlife biology. She’s filming two groups of meerkats fighting for dominance when she’s nearly mauled by a lion–but gets slurped up into a tractor beam instead. Finding herself in an alien spaceship, she understandably freaks out.

This series definitely has the same zaniness as the Mead Mishaps series. I loved all of the dinosaurs in this book, especially the Gru (the pink one-armed T-rex on the cover). Toto the lion was fabulous and he ranked up there as one of my favorite characters.

There’s also a ton of steamy scenes just like her previous series, so if that’s not your bag, I’m not sure you’d get on much with her work. This is the first book I’ve read from her where there are a total of three people in the relationship, which was fun to read. I enjoyed watching Sol and Lok begrudgingly accept each other. Their alien race is hooved and they have tails that have the ability to provide suction, which was interesting alien physiology I haven’t read before.

I like science fiction, but I’ll forever be moreso a fantasy girlie. Overall I didn’t love this one as much as I loved Mead Mishaps BUT I’m excited to delve further into this world in the following books of the series and meet the other women who were abducted by aliens and dropped onto a strangely terraformed world! The first book in a new series, especially sci-fi series, have a lot of groundwork to cover and I think that could be why this one felt a little extra on the fever dream meter for me.

If you’re looking for a bit of silly sci-fi fun with a bunch of steamy scenes between an OT3 you should absolutely pick this up.

Tropes in this book include: forced proximity, only one bed, OT3, knotting

CW: dubious consent (love serum), hostage situations, violence

I received a complimentary review copy from Berkley Romance and NetGalley. All opinions contained herein are my own.

The Cosmic Chaos series includes:

• I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com

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