I think I read somewhere that this was originally a serial and you can sort of tell now and again: repeated ideas and some themes expressed very explicitly.

(Despite the fact that a talking dog joke could easily outstay its welcome)īecause I’m me, of course not everything totally worked for me. This isn’t a case of instant attraction-props for making him genuinely alien, not just a Star Trek alien with funny horns or whatever-but it soon becomes apparent that they bring out the best in each other, and I was genuinely rooting for them. She’s strong and bold in a none in-your-face way, and he’s allowed to be gentle and kind and sensitive, and all the things that romance hero’s often aren’t. The keyword here is *accidentally* as both Zylar and Beryl are genuinely good, if slightly damaged, people who haven’t especially managed to find their place in their society.īoth Beryl and Zylar are immensely likeable characters. It takes real skill not to let a batshit premise overwhelm the actual story you’re telling-and while Strange Love is unabashedly a romp (it has talking dog for heaven’s sake), it takes itself and its characters exactly seriously enough.īeryl, a hot mess of a human from contemporary earth (along with her dog, Snaps) is accidentally abducted by an alien being called Zylar and whisked back to his own planet to partake in a ritual after which she will become his life partner.

Strange love ann aguirre