[b:Brides Of The Kindred box Set; Volume One|22425651|Brides of the Kindred Box Set Volume One (Brides of the Kindred #1-4)|Evangeline Anderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1421279268s/22425651.jpg|41846313] by [a:Evangeline Anderson|240840|Evangeline Anderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1236196830p2/240840.jpg]
Genres; Adult, Erotica, Romance, Sci-fi, Suspense
3.8 Combined Stars Averaged

Book #1 [b:Claimed|10439221|Claimed (Brides of the Kindred, #1)|Evangeline Anderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327942833s/10439221.jpg|15343817]
4.5 Stars

I loved this book.

It started out quick, hard and fast. The story was engrossing and set up intriguing. The writing was great, so it flowed really well & kept your attention. There were some really intense moments. The romance (of course) & the sex scenes, for the most part, were captivating.

A few places got a bit to wordy. Words that could have been used to up the intensity factor in the 'scary' sections. Also, there was a section towards the end that just seemed to happen WAY to quickly.
If I could talk to Evangeline Anderson I would tell her to get rid of the 'Wordy' sections & give the frightening sections the same intensity as the sex. After all, both parts make your heart beat faster and your gut clench. And isn't that what a great story is all about?

Book #2 [b:Hunted|11273356|Hunted (Brides of the Kindred, #2)|Evangeline Anderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327942952s/11273356.jpg|16200376]
3.5 Stars

The world of the Brides of the Kindred is erotic and passionate. Filled with sensuality and eroticism. You will definitely feel their emotions. The worlds they come from are enticing and remarkable.

My problems with Hunted is the areas of mental dialogue. They are to repetitive and happen to often in the story. I also noticed towards the end of the story editing problems. There are also times the writing becomes a bit to puerile.

Book #3 [b:Sought|11995467|Sought (Brides of the Kindred, #3)|Evangeline Anderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327942957s/11995467.jpg|16959626]
3.5 stars.

I hoped it would be at least 4 stars. Unfortunately, Sought has even more of the same problems that has followed this series so far.

I have to say I love the concept of the series & there are great erotic scenes that are really steamy. But.......I have 2 major problems with the stories.

#1 The repetitiveness! Whole pages that are not necessary to the story. They detract from it in an extensive way. These monotonous sections should have been used to increase the risky and dangerous situations the characters find themselves in. But those are rushed and have unconvincing miraculous endings.

#2 The immature and absurd way the females behave. Way to much crying and 'squeeing'! That is a word from the book, which seems to mean a high pitched squeal.

This series could have been breathtaking, but books #2 & #3 have been mediocre.


Book #4 [b:Found|12891829|Found (Brides of the Kindred, #4)|Evangeline Anderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327943006s/12891829.jpg|18045675]
3.75 Stars

"Found" is much better than book 3, but I have issues with the amount of editing problems that Ms. Anderson has not taken care of. These include numerous spelling errors and words in the wrong place.

I also have trouble with some of the 'sci-fi' aspects in her world build. Some of these elements are intriguing and show off Ms. Anderson's imagination. Others are just flat out ridiculous. They tend to be a bit like
'Alice in Wonderland' on an acid trip.

Then there is her insistence on inserting inane information and conversations. This leads me to one of my biggest problems with these stories.
The amount of insipid conversations DURING the 'Love' scenes. They take away from the passion and fluidity of the moment.

The story of Lauren and Xairn is much more adult than the last two books. Lauren is a very independent and confident woman.
Their relationship is much more erotic and complicated. As characters, they are both well defined and I enjoyed their adventure together. ( )

Thoroughly enjoyed this sci-fi romance series. ( )

I ran across this series on a blog that I follow. I can’t remember who the blogger was, but she had a really good review about these books. At that time, book 17 hadn’t been published. The review intrigued me, and I wanted to give them a try. The first 4 books came as a box-set, so I went ahead and bought it. Now, I’m hooked. This is definitely one of my guilty pleasure series, and I will be reading the rest, one-by-one. You can buy the whole set, but that’s a lot of money to fork out all at once.

Claimed introduces us to the Kindred Warriors, who they are, and why the are mostly a male species. The only way they can repopulate is by claiming females of the different worlds they contract with. Olivia happens to be one such female, and she fights the bonding tooth and nail. She doesn’t want to leave her new career and twin sister, Sophia.

The Kindred Warriors are huge, powerful males. There are three types: Beast Kindred, Blood Kindred, and Twin Kindred. Each type has their own mating/bonding rituals. They are very sexual animals, but they also worship and protect the females they bond for life with.

Baird is a Beast Kindred, and as he tries explaining to Olivia what’s involved in the bonding ritual, she wants no part of it. The breeding organ of a Beast Kindred can be overwhelming for a small, human female. Kindred Warriors also love talking dirty, and aren’t afraid of telling you what they’re going to do to you. That part gets a little repetitive, but that’s their nature, so I can forgive them.

The story is very well-written with the fighting back and forth between Olivia and Baird, as she tries resisting his mating scent and the bonding. The characters are well-established and I couldn’t help but fall in love with both of them, hoping they would finally find each other.

My favorite part of this book was when Olivia went to visit a friend who was mated to Twin Kindred’s and she ended up in the unmated area of the ship. Baird hadn’t been able to scent mark her yet, so she was open prey to any unmated male that wanted to claim her.

Hunted is the story of Olivia’s twin sister, Sophia and Baird’s brother, Sylvan. The attraction between these two started in the first book, but they fought it as Sylvan was dealing with a previous failed bonding, and had sworn to never claim another bride, and Sophia had a fear of needles and vampires. See, for a Blood Kindred to bond, and implant their seed, they need to bite you. I would have to agree with Sophia’s take on this. I hate needles myself. YUCK!

This book goes into more detail about the AllFather and the Scourge and why they are mortal enemies of the Kindred. The AllFather had a prophecy about a girl with a mark on her chest, and he thinks that girl is Sophia. She could be the restart of their race, by breeding with her and siring new offspring. Unfortunately, there aren’t that many true Scourges left. I think it’s only the AllFather and his son.

While running from the AllFather, Sophia and Sylvan crash land in a remote area on Earth. There, they must hide from the AllFather’s beasts, and the only way to do that is by marking Sophia with his scent. There’s a lot more sexual tension between these two than there was between Baird ad Olivia.

Sophia is the weaker of the twins, but she rises to the challenge. I think I like her character better than Olivia’s. One thing I noticed, her name was spelled several ways, Sophia or Sophie. I’m not sure if that was the Kindred way of saying her name or not. My favorite scene is the book was while they were in the cabin. It was pretty hot.

Out of the four books I’ve read so far, Sought is my second favorite. I really identified with Kat as I’m also a curvy, plus-sized gal, and I would love having two studs lusting over me.

Kat, Deep, and Lock were introduced in the second book. See how the author does that. Each story gets more detailed with characters, and world building. The story line behind these books is plotted very well. It just keeps you wanting to read the next one to see what happens with the new characters that the previous book ends with.

This was a longer book, as the characters had to travel over several different planets, looking for the cure to save Kat. I loved the light and dark twins of Lock and Deep. I favored Deep the most. I felt their anguish as they tried reconciling their differences with themselves and Kat. Out of the three different mating bonds of the Kindred Warriors, this is the one I would opt for. I would love having two males fawning over me. Sigh.

As with each book, the animosity between the characters drive the story forward, as well as the sexual tension. The Twin Kindred requires the mating of both brothers at the same time with their female. Pretty kinky, and hot. The best scenes were when Lock, Deep, and Kat mind-melded to search for Sophia and then Lauren. But this also caused their problems.

Found is my favorite of the four books. I felt very deeply for Xairn in the last book, and I couldn’t wait to see how he overcame his father, and the rising brutal lust that was part of his DNA. I’m not into BDSM, so that part of the book didn’t really do much for me, but it was all the evil and horror he endured at the AllFather’s hands that endeared him to me. And Lauren was a great buffer to his hurt soul, though she also suffered at the AllFather’s hands.

We travel off world with this book too, and once again are introduced too a wide range of alien life forms and ideals. Trying to escape his father, Xairn takes them to a planet where they can change their DNA signature. I agree with Lauren, I preferred Xairn when he looked like a Scourge instead of a human. That’s what made him unique.

Once they got back to Earth, I thought the pace slowed down too much. The see-sawing back and forth between should Xairn relent to his feelings, or should he keep trying to hold himself under control was a bit much.

I do have to say, each book could’ve done with a bit of polishing in the proofreading department.

If you love hot, steamy books, with a terrific science-fiction, paranormal storyline, you have to read this series. I give the box-set 5 feathers ( )