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Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs

6 reviews

frostrose's review

dark emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual violence

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Trigger warnings for -

off scene implications of the main character being gang assaulted and raped by some of the men in her pack before the events of the novella take place

Alpha and Omega is a short story by Patricia Briggs, it's the first story in her "Alpha & Omega" series about wolf shifters. This story is chronologically book number 0.5 in the "Alpha & Omega" series.

I really wanted to like this story, I have an issue with the harsh treatment Ana was forced to go through before the events of this book. Ana and Charles are very cute together. I'll suspend my disbelief and accept that they fell for each other very quickly because

they're fated mates

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I also wanted to pay attention and make sure that the author wasn't being insensitive in any way while writing an Indigenous man character (Charles). 

There is no spice in this novella. The two main characters talk about sex but there's no spice anywhere to be found, heads up. 

Overall I enjoyed this novella, but I knocked a few stars off because

I hated Leos justification of allowing Ana to be raped by several male members of the pack so he could appease his fucking wife. That part of the story was shit.

 

2 stars out of 5
⭐️⭐️

I listened to this audiobook for free on Libbyapp.com

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

zinlizzie's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

hayzey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

brennaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love this universe, but its reliance on Native characters and lore is... 😬 because afaik the author is not Indigenous.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cultural appropriation

sidhewitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Audiobook Review.

Quick and enjoyable read. Vital if you plan to read Cry Wolf. Check content warnings!

This is OG Omegaverse, but don't go in expecting smut. It's literally just urban fantasy with werewolves who are divided into Alphas and Omegas. 

The narrator was excellent. One of the rare male narrators I've listened to who did great with the female POV character. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

Misogyny from secondary characters. There is both on-page physical fighting and gun violence, as well as mention of it, but nothing more graphic than brief description.
Rape, Murder, Kidnapping:

Anna, the main character, has been raped by her pack members while others stood by and let it happen or enabled it. This all happens before the events of the book, and you do not hear about it in detail. Only that it happened. Kidnapping and murder are also prior to the events of the book. Mentions only.