Well...I waited until the last minute with an ARC again...my bad? Here's Fae Quin's "I'm Not Your Pet." Its the second novel a multi-author series called Extra! Extraterrestrial.
["With the way things are going, alien abduction doesn’t sound all that terrible.
Hugo
I’m not saying I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the three years I’ve spent in captivity on a pleasure planet, shaking my money-maker for intergalactic patrons… but, I mean, it hasn’t been all bad. The jelly donuts were a perk. And granted, I didn’t really know what I was signing up for when I agreed to be purchased by the sexy pink shark-man, but things seem to be looking up. Even though we don’t speak each other’s languages, he seems pretty nice—if his sharp-toothed smiles and gentle touches are anything to go by. If only I could get my hands on a translator device so I could ask him what exactly his intentions are. I truly hope I’m not just a pet!
Roark
The moment I set eyes on my fluffy-haired, spotted, little huu-man, sitting so sad in his glass prison, I knew I needed to free him, to make him mine. To rid him of this godawful planet and show him a life outside of gilded cages. But as captain of a space voyager, my missions are dangerous and it will be difficult to keep my small mate safe. He’s so full of life and excitement and curiosity, but he’s also fragile and soft. He must be protected at all costs. And no matter how badly my hearts ache to claim him, I worry if maybe a life with me would just be a different sort of prison."]
Again with the communication thing...and the cultural differences thing...and the self doubt thing. A lot of things (emotional turmoil--major plot points) could have been avoided. However (!), proving that love is boundless and not conformed to language/culture/species is a strong point (and the communication thing is an overall trope to the series so..).
These two, unlike the first novel, were smitten and in like from the very beginning. There were a few bumps, but they figured it out (and it brought them closer together). They communicated the best the could and got to know each other. They fell in love probably before lust (don’t get me wrong, lust was definitely there).
I was THIS close to crying, but I made it out okay.
Also, here to big pink shark daddies ;)
Trigger Warnings: Abduction, slavery (before), sexual Slavery (before), space strip clubs/pleasure houses, peeking inside underwear while sleeping (consensual..mostly), prostitution, humans treated as property, human auctions, nonconsensual body mods (side character), human experimentation (side character), magical medicine, childhood parental neglect, violence/murder, and more.
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