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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dnf at 50% ish. There is no conflict. Everything is perfectly fine and good. And honestly I really enjoyed the low key/low stakes of it all and it was written pretty well, I just got bored.
The top ⭐️⭐️ review has said it and I’m in agreement.
This entire book felt like bait for anyone who likes a headstrong FMC.
FMC is weak. Yes, she is abused by her mother and her sister doesn’t do much about that outside of verbal chastisement and not listening to her sister’s wants and needs.
The pack at least diversified MMCs. But there were too many coincidences for me to feel like this is natural and organic.
One of the MMCs is an artist and has paintings from a ~mysterious~ artist. And then the FMC in her monologue launches how she’s that ~mysterious~ artist.
Wow.
Such great storytelling.
Not to mention, like all books, proper prep for any-non-vanilla sex is out of the question. We have maybe a few conversations? Maybe? But hygiene? While we don’t need to see all the hygiene routines characters go through, if MCs are fucking in the dirt…yeah, we need some added information about hygiene.
FMC ends up hearing something out of context, which breaks her fragile mindset, and she runs off. She’s smart and not that smart about getting away. She leaves her phone but goes to the park she always runs at. I was hoping she actually left-left. As in, she’s so fed up that she leaves.
For example, it would’ve been interesting if, she as an artist, was proposed to opening her own exhibit/gallery for a limited run time just to test the waters. And this would happen in some other distant city. FMC is hesitant about revealing her identity. But when the FMC breaks from everyone around her allegedly being against her and only wanting her sister, she could agree to the gallery, leave behind her phone, and leave everyone in the dust. And no, no one knows that she’s the ~mysterious~ artist, only that she likes their work.
From there, the one alpha finds her at the gallery, since he remembers how she liked the artist. She confesses she IS the artist. The alpha convinces her to meet the others. A conversation happens. The sister is there, but the FMC finally confesses that being a twin is suffocating with a serious case of identity crisis and while she loves her sister, she needs time apart. Sister tries to talk about the mother but the FMC says she needs time away. Maybe a brief conversation but the FMC essentially says she will consider her mother as such when she’s earned it.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
We didn’t get that. FMC nearly drowns in a river. Wakes up in a hospital. Everyone overwhelms her. No one talks about how the FMC needs some time to decompress and work through her issues. Mother is forgiven. Happily ever after
🫠
Could’ve been a great book. But sadly, it felt mismarketed and like a total misdirect
This entire book felt like bait for anyone who likes a headstrong FMC.
FMC is weak. Yes, she is abused by her mother and her sister doesn’t do much about that outside of verbal chastisement and not listening to her sister’s wants and needs.
The pack at least diversified MMCs. But there were too many coincidences for me to feel like this is natural and organic.
One of the MMCs is an artist and has paintings from a ~mysterious~ artist. And then the FMC in her monologue launches how she’s that ~mysterious~ artist.
Wow.
Such great storytelling.
Not to mention, like all books, proper prep for any-non-vanilla sex is out of the question. We have maybe a few conversations? Maybe? But hygiene? While we don’t need to see all the hygiene routines characters go through, if MCs are fucking in the dirt…yeah, we need some added information about hygiene.
FMC ends up hearing something out of context, which breaks her fragile mindset, and she runs off. She’s smart and not that smart about getting away. She leaves her phone but goes to the park she always runs at. I was hoping she actually left-left. As in, she’s so fed up that she leaves.
For example, it would’ve been interesting if, she as an artist, was proposed to opening her own exhibit/gallery for a limited run time just to test the waters. And this would happen in some other distant city. FMC is hesitant about revealing her identity. But when the FMC breaks from everyone around her allegedly being against her and only wanting her sister, she could agree to the gallery, leave behind her phone, and leave everyone in the dust. And no, no one knows that she’s the ~mysterious~ artist, only that she likes their work.
From there, the one alpha finds her at the gallery, since he remembers how she liked the artist. She confesses she IS the artist. The alpha convinces her to meet the others. A conversation happens. The sister is there, but the FMC finally confesses that being a twin is suffocating with a serious case of identity crisis and while she loves her sister, she needs time apart. Sister tries to talk about the mother but the FMC says she needs time away. Maybe a brief conversation but the FMC essentially says she will consider her mother as such when she’s earned it.
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
We didn’t get that. FMC nearly drowns in a river. Wakes up in a hospital. Everyone overwhelms her. No one talks about how the FMC needs some time to decompress and work through her issues. Mother is forgiven. Happily ever after
🫠
Could’ve been a great book. But sadly, it felt mismarketed and like a total misdirect
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
sad
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
I don't really want to start my review this way but... Esme has a twin called Eva. When they were young (kids) they were asked for a modelling thing. Eva loved it and continued, and Esme didn't so she stopped. Sounds very simple. Eva became a star and everyone surrounding her had to play along with what the agency wanted. Eva had to have this innocent image and you can of course do that by making her innocent, but what works even better is if the twin (Esme) is a bit edgier to really be able to see that contrast. It doesn't matter that Esme (and Eva) might not like that style. And that's just the beginning. Esme's life was basically playing that side character in your favourite show.
The start of the book portrays this very well with Esme meeting yet another pack that didn't even bother to read her middle name, only wanting her because her sister is unavailable. Plus the edgier twin sounds a lot more fun, especially since you can pretend that she is actually the innocent one.
Before I started reading this book I already had a few fears/expectations. I really thought that we were all going to hate Eva, but that is not the case. She is so sweet and always trying to help and trying to be a buffer between Esme and their mom.
I was also afraid that Esme's insecurities would be repeated throughout the entire book and that it would start to annoy me (has happened before), but that was also not the case. It feels very natural, not to often or when it happens it's not over-analysed.
The guys are very sweet, but I do feel like I couldn't keep all of them apart. It started out really clear with the explanation of what everyone did at work, but after that most of them kind of mushed together in my head. Except for their smells, those were very distinctive; strawberries, campfire and earth, fresh grass and lemonade, sugar and vanilla.
Something else that wasn't really for me is the attention to all the details when they were decorating. Exactly describing what colour pillows, the colour of furniture and the images on them etc. But honestly that's easy to read past.
All in all I liked the book. It was sweet, but with a lot of smut (not as much as you would expect though from a omegaverse)
The start of the book portrays this very well with Esme meeting yet another pack that didn't even bother to read her middle name, only wanting her because her sister is unavailable. Plus the edgier twin sounds a lot more fun, especially since you can pretend that she is actually the innocent one.
Before I started reading this book I already had a few fears/expectations. I really thought that we were all going to hate Eva, but that is not the case. She is so sweet and always trying to help and trying to be a buffer between Esme and their mom.
I was also afraid that Esme's insecurities would be repeated throughout the entire book and that it would start to annoy me (has happened before), but that was also not the case. It feels very natural, not to often or when it happens it's not over-analysed.
The guys are very sweet, but I do feel like I couldn't keep all of them apart. It started out really clear with the explanation of what everyone did at work, but after that most of them kind of mushed together in my head. Except for their smells, those were very distinctive; strawberries, campfire and earth, fresh grass and lemonade, sugar and vanilla.
Something else that wasn't really for me is the attention to all the details when they were decorating. Exactly describing what colour pillows, the colour of furniture and the images on them etc. But honestly that's easy to read past.
All in all I liked the book. It was sweet, but with a lot of smut (not as much as you would expect though from a omegaverse)
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes