GRR Reviews Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind by Karen Kelley

Close Encounters of the Sexy Kind is a scifi romance that basically had an alien girl (who's so human...) coming to Earth to enjoy sex. While the concept was corny, the execution was rom-com / sit-com (fish out of water). I'd give it a higher rating if the characters actually make sense.

To recap, Mala from planet Nerak is tired of holograms and not even her fully functional companion unit can distract her enough. She wanted to visit Earth, and meet a real Earthling... and find out if "sheriff" is really as good with pleasuring females as he is in the videos (wait, they beam porn into space?). So she took a ship and took off... and crash-landed on Earth near a small town in Texas... and stumbled into Sheriff Mason McKinley. Mason already heard the news about supposedly UFO crash, and three reporters from a national rag are in town chasing bogus stories. He was checking out the alleged UFO report when he rescued Mala, and Mason does NOT believe in aliens and UFOs. Mala found Mason to be exactly what she had hoped to find... a virile strong man... but sensing the mood, she neglects to mention she's from Nerak... She just needs a few days to explore the planet and the features of one sexy sheriff... As long as the Elders on Nerak don't send someone after her...

While funny, the plot makes no sense.

SPOILER ALERT

YES SPOILERS!

When Mala's companion unit (android) arrived in a 2nd ship, her companion unit ended up romancing a female here on Earth. Why? And since when do three reporters resort to kidnapping the sheriff and Mala trying to get a scoop on the alien story? Why? How the heck did they transport the spaceship away from the original site anyway? Hello? And I'm not even going to get into how Nerak females are PERFECTLY indistinguishable from human females... That no one could tell the difference...  Argh. It could have been much better!

Category: Science Fiction / Comedy

Primary Plot: Female alien (who's practically human) landed on earth looking for sex, found adventure and sex with sexy sheriff

Tropes: different worlds, fling to a thing, fish out of water, kidnapping, law enforcement, conspiracy

Overall Rating: 3/5