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psydneigh's review
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Takes place a year after book 1. Love the untypical pack dynamics and seeing more of a male omega!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, and Stalking
cozyreader9752'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? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Gaslighting
shaykay's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Overall this wasn't a bad book. I couldn't help comparing it to the previous book in the series. In the last book, we are focused on Baby, Lola's best friend, and we even met Lola in that book. But it was just a faster pace, had more drama, and even a lot of action. In this book, we are dealing with more of the aftermath of what happened to Lola. We got a glimpse of what happened to Lola because she was stuck with the rival gang after Baby, and they tormented her due to find out that she wasn't a real omega. In this book, we are focused on Lola's trauma and how she deals with everything; it was rough to read at times. Plus, this was book 1 of 2, so it started many different things, but we got answers/closure in the next book. I did like the different types of relationships that we got to focus on because, so far, I've read so much about omegas and alphas. Still, we have yet to get that much emphasis on betas. I'm new to this sub-genre, so there might be tons out that I haven't read yet.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking
ana_withlovexox's review
4.0
tropes: why choose, romance, omegaverse, y familia encontrada.
Este libro tiene algún tipo de droga, porque no pude soltarlo desde el momento que empecé hasta el moment o en el que terminé. La manera de escribir de la autora es fácil de leer y te atrapa.
Creo que este libro es uno de los mejores why choose que he leído, además de que también toca temas interesantes dentro del universo del omegaverse, las inseguridades de los betas, lo peligroso que resulta ser un omega, y está necesidad de ser, valga la redundancia, necesitado.
Creo que Lola fue una buena protagonista para tocar este tema. Después de estar buscando la atención de los alfas tuvo una muy mala experiencia y ahora no confía en ellos, y siente que nadie va a amarla de verdad (por el hecho de que es una beta). Pero poco a poco Leo logra sacral de su cápsula y verla relacionarse con los alfas es divertido y bello.
Considero que las relaciones se desarrollaron de una manera orgánica, solo hay algunos momentos que me parecieron algo forzados, pero en general creo que las relaciones son buenas y creíbles. Obviamente en este libro hay las mejores escenas spicy que he leído, especialmente Lola con Rake y Leo en el teléfono (escena que recordaré para siempre).
Lo único que no es tan interesante en el libro es la trama relacionada con la revista de maquillaje y moda, no siento que sea tan interesante como lo demás que está pasando.
En conclusión, de verdad me encantó el libro. Lola, como se relaciona con los chicos, y las escenas spicy me tienen pegada al libro. No puedo esperar para el segundo y ver cómo todos protegen a Lola babe.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Stalking
rileyk's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Trafficking
proyearning's review
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
josiee19's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
tita_noir's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Well that was interesting.
I never really paid attention to the subgenre of 'Omegaverse' in erotica romance. What little I ever read about it just didn't feel like my cuppa. But I've liked Kathryn Moon's stuff. She is quite frankly the only author who has worked for me in the area of polyamory romance. She does the man harem thing really well.
And it isn't just all multiple sex all the time. She writes a good sex scene, but more importantly, she tells a good story. The plots are great and even more importantly, she takes the time to really create distinct characteristics among the man harem and she takes the time to create individual connections between the FMC and the each of the men. Probably why so many of her books are multivolume.
My only real complaint is that there is the tendency to make the FMC very much a 'not like other girls' character. A Mary Sue with a bit extra.
In this series we are in an AU where there are three kinds of people: Alphas, Omegas and Betas. These are not shapeshifters but people who have biological differences mainly centering around pheromones and an intricate role based social hierarchy. Packs are a found family group where you create a bond and the bond can be sexual or simply familial.
Alphas are the top of the food chain, they are the ones who create the bonds to form a pack and have a strong pheromone/scent that attracts people who want to be around them and bonded to them. Omegas are the sexual glue that hold the pack together. They tend to be very attractive and also have an irresistible pheromone/scent that attracts Alphas. Alphas strongly desire to bond Omegas.
And then there are Betas. They are the normies. Regular old humans, no pheromone/scent. They have no biological imperative to bond or be part of a pack like Alphas and Omegas, but it is a bit of a prestige/clout thing to be part of pack.
As this book begins we meet Lola who has quite a bit of damage. She acknowledges that all she wanted to do was to learn she was an Omega (apparently the onset happens sometime in puberty but can also happen later) and be bonded to an Alpha pack. Her BFF blossomed into an Omega and happily was accepted into a great pack and has everything Lola ever wanted. Lola was a bit jealous and in her desperation to find the same thing she let herself be manipulated by a criminal pack of Alphas who were also human traffickers.
That all ended on a night of extreme violence that ended in a shootout and a that evil pack decimated and most of the Alphas killed but Lola can only remember in flashes where she knows she was terrified tortured and raped. We get a fair amount of these flashes of Lola remembering that night and it is a seminal point in where she is when we first meet her.
She has been depressed and traumatized and staying with her cousin for an entire year until finally she is ready to join the world again. Now she avoids Alphas like the plague. Even being in proximity to one plummets her into an extreme panic attack. She will only ever have one night hook ups with Betas only and she even has a strained relationship with her Omega BFF whom she has kept at arms length for the past year.
The thrust of the book is of course, Lola's perception of Alphas and packs are skewed by her horrific experience. Also they fucked with her head so much she cant even trust her own instincts when she comes into proximity with a decent pack who evinces interest in her.
This first book has her slowly building a relationship with a Beta named Leo who is bonded to a powerful pack, one of the Alphas owns the media company of the fashion magazine she works for, and another is her direct boss. And then later she builds a second relationship with another member of the pack, Rakim, an Omega who is a model that she works with during fashion week.
I liked the slow progression of the relationships, how she met each member of the pack under different circumstances and built different relationships with each of them -- some more cordial and distant than others -- how they were very perceptive about her issues and tried to be respectful of her boundaries.
Beyond the relationship stuff we get a good amount of workplace drama and of course, the lone surviving evil Alpha who traumatized her rears his ugly head.
This was a great first book in the story. It laid the groundwork, created the background, introduced all the major players, put the major plot into motion and left enough story to tell in the final installment.
Oh yeah, there is a lot of smoking sex, mostly just between Lola and Leo and/or Rakim. But Matthieu -- the main Alpha of the pack-- the rich, urbane Frenchman -- comes in as a dark horse and wins her over a bit in the end. Matthieu was my favorite. (less)
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I never really paid attention to the subgenre of 'Omegaverse' in erotica romance. What little I ever read about it just didn't feel like my cuppa. But I've liked Kathryn Moon's stuff. She is quite frankly the only author who has worked for me in the area of polyamory romance. She does the man harem thing really well.
And it isn't just all multiple sex all the time. She writes a good sex scene, but more importantly, she tells a good story. The plots are great and even more importantly, she takes the time to really create distinct characteristics among the man harem and she takes the time to create individual connections between the FMC and the each of the men. Probably why so many of her books are multivolume.
My only real complaint is that there is the tendency to make the FMC very much a 'not like other girls' character. A Mary Sue with a bit extra.
In this series we are in an AU where there are three kinds of people: Alphas, Omegas and Betas. These are not shapeshifters but people who have biological differences mainly centering around pheromones and an intricate role based social hierarchy. Packs are a found family group where you create a bond and the bond can be sexual or simply familial.
Alphas are the top of the food chain, they are the ones who create the bonds to form a pack and have a strong pheromone/scent that attracts people who want to be around them and bonded to them. Omegas are the sexual glue that hold the pack together. They tend to be very attractive and also have an irresistible pheromone/scent that attracts Alphas. Alphas strongly desire to bond Omegas.
And then there are Betas. They are the normies. Regular old humans, no pheromone/scent. They have no biological imperative to bond or be part of a pack like Alphas and Omegas, but it is a bit of a prestige/clout thing to be part of pack.
As this book begins we meet Lola who has quite a bit of damage. She acknowledges that all she wanted to do was to learn she was an Omega (apparently the onset happens sometime in puberty but can also happen later) and be bonded to an Alpha pack. Her BFF blossomed into an Omega and happily was accepted into a great pack and has everything Lola ever wanted. Lola was a bit jealous and in her desperation to find the same thing she let herself be manipulated by a criminal pack of Alphas who were also human traffickers.
That all ended on a night of extreme violence that ended in a shootout and a that evil pack decimated and most of the Alphas killed but Lola can only remember in flashes where she knows she was terrified tortured and raped. We get a fair amount of these flashes of Lola remembering that night and it is a seminal point in where she is when we first meet her.
She has been depressed and traumatized and staying with her cousin for an entire year until finally she is ready to join the world again. Now she avoids Alphas like the plague. Even being in proximity to one plummets her into an extreme panic attack. She will only ever have one night hook ups with Betas only and she even has a strained relationship with her Omega BFF whom she has kept at arms length for the past year.
The thrust of the book is of course, Lola's perception of Alphas and packs are skewed by her horrific experience. Also they fucked with her head so much she cant even trust her own instincts when she comes into proximity with a decent pack who evinces interest in her.
This first book has her slowly building a relationship with a Beta named Leo who is bonded to a powerful pack, one of the Alphas owns the media company of the fashion magazine she works for, and another is her direct boss. And then later she builds a second relationship with another member of the pack, Rakim, an Omega who is a model that she works with during fashion week.
I liked the slow progression of the relationships, how she met each member of the pack under different circumstances and built different relationships with each of them -- some more cordial and distant than others -- how they were very perceptive about her issues and tried to be respectful of her boundaries.
Beyond the relationship stuff we get a good amount of workplace drama and of course, the lone surviving evil Alpha who traumatized her rears his ugly head.
This was a great first book in the story. It laid the groundwork, created the background, introduced all the major players, put the major plot into motion and left enough story to tell in the final installment.
Oh yeah, there is a lot of smoking sex, mostly just between Lola and Leo and/or Rakim. But Matthieu -- the main Alpha of the pack-- the rich, urbane Frenchman -- comes in as a dark horse and wins her over a bit in the end. Matthieu was my favorite. (less)
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Kidnapping
cait's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
zareena's review
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Super sexy omega verse read but with very fleshed out characters! Having Lola's story spread out over two full-length books really allowed room and time for her to develop relationships with each member of the pack individually and without feeling rushed. Lola's backstory is pretty upsetting, and I tended to skim over the (brief) flashbacks, which made the story feel especially dark compared to my normal reads - so please look at content warnings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence