This was just okay.. I’ve read and loved better alien romances, like from Zoey Draven and Ruby Dixon. I felt zero connection from and to the characters.

Thank you NetGalley for the ebook arc. A cute nerdy romcom where an alien obsessed woman goes to a space con and meets up with other people in her online chat group only to find out one person is an actual alien. They slowly fall for each other and he trust her by showing her his true form, and tells her that he was originally here on vacation but was left stranded on earth.
After learning he has no where to go he moves in with her, but it outs a strain on her relationship with her family.

I love Ann Aguirre’s Strange Love, my first introduction to alien romance, so I was excited to get into her newest book. ​​I Think I'm in Love with an Alien has a sweet and unique premise, and I liked that it was basically an (online) friends to lovers story, but I’m not sure if anything can top that first book I read from Aguirre.

Not much to say except that the couple is cute, I liked that Seeker in particular really felt like an alien that had been stranded on Earth for a bit and adopted somewhat to humans, and Jennette felt rootable and I empathized in particular with her feeling isolated from other people until she meets the right group who share a common interest with her.

The biggest flaw for me was the pacing and how slow this book felt. I think because Aguirre wasn’t just building the relationship between Jennette and Seeker, but between the friend group, it went back and forth too much. The chat group transcripts in particular became a bit annoying and got in the way of the story later on, and the will-Seeker-stay-or-go, which is the biggest reason for the two not being able to admit they love each other, didn’t feel like an actual threat to their relationship.

Overall, I enjoyed this book but it’s definitely not the Aguirre alien romance I’d recommend to anybody. Strange Love, you will have my heart forever.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for an ARC in exchange for my honest review!

This review will be published on my blog (clearsummers.wordpress.com) and Goodreads on June 3, 2025.

The major thing I really enjoyed about this is that it is an alien book set on Earth which isn't something that is super common.

I really love the concept more than the execution I think. The pacing was very uneven. Most of the stuff around the convention was very boring and I have no clue why Jen needed to get sexually harassed as it added nothing to the story and the way it was handled in the story itself was very strange. I guess there could be conventions that are for a week, but it seems like a very long one for such a small town.

The group chat mechanic was fun in the beginning, but most of the conversations there were way too long.

I think the goal of this book was to be "cozy" so there wasn't a lot of conflict, but that just slowed everything down and made it boring. Each time it looked like there could be an interesting conflict it was either let go of or instantly negated.

As a found family story it was cute, but the romance felt a tad underdeveloped which is a huge bummer because I loved the Ace representation.

I picked this up because I really liked Strange Love, so this was a disappointment. It was a cute book, just not great.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for this ARC!

Thank you Sourcebooks Casablanca & NetGalley for the chance to read this ARC!

I read 'Strange Love' by Ann Aguirre a few years ago & was honestly shocked how much I loved it, so when I saw this book available on NetGalley, I was PUMPED.

Alas, in a word this was "okay". I didn't feel connected to any of the characters & the romance was tepid as all hell (I think the word we're looking for here might just be "friendship"). The plot felt like it was building to nothing (both in & outside the romance). The sex scene at (GENUINELY) the 99% mark had me just -_-

I could've dealt with less scenes at the con (the scene with the sleazy actor didn't really contribute to anything) & WAAAAAY less of the group chat (fewer of these on page would've had more impact, I think).

I'm interested to know where Poppy & Ravik stand after this book; felt like there was so much hinting!

All my complaining aside, it was a fine book; it just had the potential to be so much better.

3.25⭐

This was cute and has a lot of potential, but could probably use a pretty thorough edit.

'I Think I'm In Love With An Alien' is about a group of friends who met on an alien-focused forum, their initial meeting at Space-Con, and what follows. Specifically, it focuses on Jen and Tam (Seeker). Jen is a human who loves everything to do with space, and Tam is an alien who has been trapped on Earth for that last year because of a tourism mishap.

This was a pretty easy read. The relationship was kind of adorable, and I especially liked the second half of the book, when Space-Con was over and the focus was on what kind of life they might have.
The first half of the book seemed to drag, as so many unnecessary descriptions and mundane details were included. (Why did the hotel printing out everything matter when it wasn't a plot point later on? Why did I need to know the entire layout of her hotel room?)
There were also some missteps with the plot/characters that bothered me:
• First, Tam is supposed to be extremely smart (smart enough to be talking about writing research papers), but thinks the human calendar/time system is arbitrary. It makes sense that he'd believe something different would be better, but not that it was just totally made up with no rhyme or reason, and it made me question how bright he really was since that's something he could have found an answer to with an ounce of research.
• Second, the sexual harassment at the convention....I truly cannot picture a worker caring enough that the famous person gets thrown out without video evidence or something just as damning backing it up. It's a nice idea, but too unrealistic, even for alien romance.

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I was a little iffy about this book based on the title, but the description of Galaxy Quest meets Roswell sold me on it. Actually I would say it is more Galaxy Quest meets Resident Alien (the TV show, as I have not read the source materials.

The story was well told, with all the sci-fi nerdy details in all the right places. The shifting POV between the central characters was effective and the group chat/private chat chapters helped fill in the gaps.

The concern I had was that this story would get way too spicy with space spunk in all the wrong places, but telling the requisite love scenes from the other person's POV toned down the spice and kept if from turning into 50 Shades of Grays (and if you get that joke, this book if for you).

Another wonderful love story from Ann Aguirre. Similar to the Galactic Love books, a human and an alien learn to love each other.
The characters are a fun and diverse group, and I feel privileged to read their story early.

Cute, lots of chatting, lots of teen angst and thoughts. Lonely girl falls for online friend who is a real alien, no spoiler there, it's in the blurb - pretty simple, although should have some warnings for real teens, or anyone for that matter, not to meet strangers from chats in isolated situations or away from home, it won't always have a HEA.

A bit more procedural than Aguirre’s other alien romance books, but it leaves room for the small details of alien world building and characterization.

Good critique of capitalism.

My complaints:
Blaming sexual harassment and assault on “chemical dependencies” is wildly bigoted. Name the person as a sexual predator, but don’t vilify or moralize substance use. Disabled people in chronic pain need access to medications to help them. Disabled people have nothing to do with people that are sexual predators. Leave disabled people alone. Stop creating stigma and barriers around harm reduction and medical care. Stop assigning moral value to substance use.