The Naga Outcast’s Unwanted Mate by Robin O’Connor
Serpents of Serant #1

Scapegoated, sentenced to death, abandoned by her family…but…ends up on an alien planet saved by a huge alien snake-man that knows that this woman is his fated mate – now to convince her.

What I liked:
* Vera: stronger than she realized, survivor, willing to take a chance, leery of Zathar but definitely won over by him before the end of the story
* Zathar: outcast, Naga, half-man+half-snake, good friend, strong, resourceful, knows what he wants and he wants Vera
* The development of the relationship between Vera and Zathar
* Meeting characters that will play parts in the rest of the series – human and Naga
* The world building and character descriptions-development
* Thinking about what Serant must have been like in the past and wondering what happened to cause the decline of the planet and its inhabitants
* Charlie and Mox arriving at the end
* Wondering if the three that were cut off from the rest will be found and join the group AND if others will ultimately choose to follow Zathar’s outcasts instead of staying in the clans of their origin
* Looking forward to what will happen next

What I didn’t like:
* Who and what I was meant not to like
* Thinking about what must have happened on earth to create the situation that those in stasis pods found themselves in throughout this series

Did I like this book? Yes
Would I read more in this series? Yes

Thank you to the author and StoryOrigin for the ARC – This is my honest review.

4-5 Stars ( )