Human Omega: Trapped in the Alien Jungle (Pykh Book 2) Kindle Edition

Carter has no idea what is happening when he is captured by the enemy, on the enemy planet.Pykh and Siel are already in a cage together and have been for a while. Carter is much smaller than thier species so they feel the need to protect him at any cost.Carter hasn't figured out how to communicate with his cage mates verbally so he does his best to communicate in other ways. The planet he is on is very cold and the only way he can keep warm is by being in the arms of his cage mates. Through this intimate contact the three of them become very close.Will they ever be free if the enemy? Will the three ever find happiness? Come read this very intricate story with amazing characters and top notch world building.I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.

Book two takes up where book one ended. Carter, Siel and Pykh have escaped and are still on the run, and have to trek through the "jungle" toward an old military outpost that Siel hopes will still be manned. Carter really likes his two alien protectors, and is starting to think of them as his boyfriends. But the alien invaders who enslaved them are still hunting them, and Carter gets sick, and when other people find them, things get complicated really fast -- and Carter still can't communicate with them.The writing is very good, and very enjoyable, but it badly needed a competent editor, or at least a few proofreaders. The text is worse than book one when it comes to misspelled words, orphaned words, even sentences that end abruptly in the middle of words, missing punctuation etc. It's annoying, when the writing is otherwise so good. The narration is first person present tense, and switches between the three main characters (adding a fourth toward the end), and this works well.The aliens and their culture, as told from Pykh's and Siel's POV, continue to impress -- these guys aren't just humans with strange skin colour, they are different enough from us to make the sci-fi element real and interesting, and not just nominal, while still similar to us for the romance and sex to work. The different POVs are excellent at portraying alien culture without clunky infodumps. Both Pykh and Siel are complex, well-rounded characters that are likeable and interesting, without veering into romance stereotypes. It's very plausible for a gay human man to be taken in by their kindness and acceptance (and solicitous behaviour), and their easy and open sexuality. Alone on a foreign planet, with no other humans around, it's not strange for him to relax and let go of some of his Space Marines macho culture.Sadly, the fact that the three spend weeks together without managing to learn *a single word* of each other's language, with communication failures that are just plain (and uncharacteristically) stupid, brings the plausibility down. At the very end, when (***SPOILER WARNING***) Carter gets to use his engineering skills to build a translation device which makes the aliens' language intelligible to him, it's never explained how *they* can understand *him*, since they don't have the implant in their brains. If the chip is telling him how to make the correct language sounds, and this is physiologically possible for a human speech apparatus, then he should have been able to produce them all along. (***SPOILER END***)Also, they are moving through a "jungle" that is seemingly empty of any animal life (except for a few insects), which strikes me as rather unbelievable. It's more of a dense forest than an actual jungle, but it should still have more fauna to be plausible.The flora is described either in generic terms, or as specifically non-terrestrial, except for a few weird slip-ups, like "lemon".It's also increasingly obvious that in this book series, "omega" isn't a metaphor for "submissive and sex crazy", like in the shifter romance Omegaverse, but instead just plain "female", which leads to some confusion. For some reason, the people on this planet only have male gender (and obviously male sexual equipment), but a good portion of them (though obviously less than half) can still get pregnant and carry children, and these are not called "women", but "omegas", and it's never clear why this is, or why everyone immediately pegs Carter as "omega", even when they become intimately familiar with his body. It's also baffling to me why they would have male pronouns and masculine-coded words, if they have no actual females (omegas get the same pronouns as everyone else). "Omega" is treated as a mix between a title and a social class, where omegas are to be coddled and deferred to and obeyed in all things (except being treated as equals, apparently). It does make interesting parallels with how women are treated in the real world, but I wish there would have been more info on exactly how this works, and what exactly it is about Carter that makes everyone assume that he is "female", despite also noticing that he is very obviously a different (and alien) species, but perhaps this will be explained in the next book, if there is one. The story does end on a bit of an emotional cliffhanger, and quite a few loose ends still dangling.Still, if you can tolerate the lack of editing and the occasional lack of plausibility, this is a well-written sci-fi interspecies romance with likeable MCs.

Great continuation of a lovely world. Love how the plot developed, how the characters were put in situations, poor guys. Can't wait for next installment.

Omg omg omg omg. I really really need a next book. You can't leave me hanging like this! Although I really loved book 1 book 2 is so amazing and loved it so much. I don't even read all that much sci-fi but I was looking for something like Grown Men by Damon Suede and this series was suggested. I snapped the first book up and immediately one clicked book 2 with audio. I love the world in this book and the characters. I love how the Omega is not some weak little thing but a strong and solid solider that can hold his own. 5 stars and I will be looking for book 3. Bc if there's not a book 3 I think I might cry.

Just like with the first book, I highly enjoyed their story and how it progressed. The world building is amazing and character development is very believable. I love the humor tossed in with all the chaos these characters experience and how you can feel their emotions especially when the scenes/moments are intense. It's nice to see their successes and to see them grow closer, having some questions.My only complaint is I wish the spicy scenes were quite as vague. Like there's plenty of details starting out but then when it's more of a guessing game of game of what's happening or what they're feeling other than vague clues that almost paint a clear picture. It's all tastefully written but the... finishing moment isn't really there which is a bit of a disappointment after the buildup in the beginning. It's like the middle and end bits of the act are skimmed over.Overall I enjoyed the book and plan to finish reading this series and possibly other books written by this author. Recommend for 18+ for mature content

I know this is just the beginning of the story and it’s a set up for what’s to come. I do like having the aspect of a relationship where no one can understand each other. I like how this was executed! I can’t wait to read the next one, but I will say that this is very slow for such a short book.

It’s book two so if you’re interested you’ll read book one then move on this one. Which is even better than the first one. And without giving any spoilers the way Carter figures out a “weapon” to make the others listen to him mad me laugh until I cried.

This is probably the 3rd go around for me reading these books. Figured I should give some stars finally. I very much love this series. I like the world building. Even explaining HOW there is enough of a computer to make a translation box. Just here to give some love!

Humor, romance, fight scenes, great universe building, truly interesting personal relationships and just some really fun writing! I’ve spent a good chunk of Covid getting back to reading and I’ve been tackling a lot of omega verse, alien romance, vampire romance, mafia and biker books and I’m not really big on MMM, MM or even all that keen on MFM, The writing in this series is truly page turning and I have a great interest in the characters and seeing how this all resolves. You should really give this series a chance and you won’t be disappointed! Great work to the author add a really engrossing read.

I really love this series the whole world building is incredible and the characters feel realistic. There culture and way of thinking explained without being word vomited at. We learn with the character. Also love the communication issues that takes time to solve. I really need this author to finish thos series. I've read these 3 books so many times already!

Eine spannenden und sehr originelle Geschichte. Kann Band 3 kaum erwarten!!!!

The first book needed few more pages, and I think Eileen supplied them in this book, there is more world and character building, which I love. also LORE!!!!! She definitely tightened up her writing in this book and it makes for an entertaining and gripping story. I definitely didn’t expect the story to go this way at all, however I know if I feel the urge to highlight and remember certain details that means I’m fully engaged in the story. Like I said in the first book, this has the makings of a great series and I’m glad I continued, because Eileen has come through for us. The second book usually makes or breaks a series for me, so I’m excited to read the next 2 books!!!

Ich liebe diese Buch Serie sie ist lustig und hat genug romance und es ist wundervoll und durchdacht aufgebaut. Aber ich bin auch sehr enttäuscht weil ich seit knapp 4 Jahren auf den 4. Teil warten muss und mir langsam nicht mehr sicher bin ob es noch kommt. Deswegen nur 3 sterne.