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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is a dark omegaverse story that has emotionally rough start, a happy ending, and a long journey in-between. Check those trigger warnings! Omega Wren has to rediscover herself after years of not being free and at another’s mercy. After a fateful auction, she finds herself at the mercy of an established pack. Not knowing her place is tormenting her, but she pushes through. The pack's omega helps her deal with everything, and the three alphas are learning how to make her feel safe. Accepting Wren into Pack Mohan is easier said than done, as they face challenges left and right. It all works out in the end, and we get closure across the board. I loved seeing Wren take charge, and revenge never looked so sweet. Her alphas know how to court her, and playing Peen Picasso with their enemies was a great highlight of the journey. Wren is all about their particular brand of crazy, and we stan a good connection between partners. Speaking of connection, those spicy scenes were top-notch! I loved the dynamic of the pack and the teamwork. Good job, everyone! There was so much effort being put into healthy relationships and boundaries, and focusing on consent. This was my first story from this author, but after that hint at a next story with Wren's brother, this will not be my last!
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Good spicy read if you are into very morally grey MC's, into Omegaverse, and can handle lots of sexual abuse and triggers scenes. I needed something that didn't make me think too much while dealing with a very high fatigue few days. I read all three in this series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail
dark
emotional
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 30%. Hold on because I have to rant.
Harley has been held captive and abused by a pedophile since she was 10 years old. Sold by her parents, she spends 10 years in hell until she grows too mature for her abuser's taste and is auctioned off. She is bought by the omega of a pack who is, coincidentally, there looking for her on behalf of her brother (plot hole 1).
They don't recognize her, which isn't a surprise. All feel an unexplained draw to her but despite having gone to the auction to save an abused omega and ending up with one, they treat her callously and quickly kick her out. They don't even drive her into town. She is told to walk from their house in the middle of nowhere (plot hole 2)
Surprise, surprise, that doesn't go well. Harley goes into her first heat, in the middle of a forest, during a rainstorm, and is lost for three days while the pack tries to find her. Their omega Flynn and their own guilt makes them search for her almost immediately after sending her off. I guess they didn't expect she would take them seriously and actually leave when they told her to go?
She's in a messed up state and nearly dead. Of course they feel awful but primarily because 1) she is the woman they were looking for and 2) she is one of the Alpha's fated mate. She recovers quickly and goes from nonverbal at the beginning to now fairly talkative and even capable of getting aroused despite the traumatic heat and prior abuse. Not to mention her previous admissions to suicidality and a doctor saying she would be real messed up for a while.
The whole pack act like them just saying they are trust worthy and being kind should fix her and one week later, she is smiling and playful. 30% in and Harley has already been betrayed, rescued, miraculously improved, and the guys barely grovel. I can't imagine what the remaining 70% could possibly entail since it seems the whole story is already wrapped up
Harley has been held captive and abused by a pedophile since she was 10 years old. Sold by her parents, she spends 10 years in hell until she grows too mature for her abuser's taste and is auctioned off. She is bought by the omega of a pack who is, coincidentally, there looking for her on behalf of her brother (plot hole 1).
They don't recognize her, which isn't a surprise. All feel an unexplained draw to her but despite having gone to the auction to save an abused omega and ending up with one, they treat her callously and quickly kick her out. They don't even drive her into town. She is told to walk from their house in the middle of nowhere (plot hole 2)
Surprise, surprise, that doesn't go well. Harley goes into her first heat, in the middle of a forest, during a rainstorm, and is lost for three days while the pack tries to find her. Their omega Flynn and their own guilt makes them search for her almost immediately after sending her off. I guess they didn't expect she would take them seriously and actually leave when they told her to go?
She's in a messed up state and nearly dead. Of course they feel awful but primarily because 1) she is the woman they were looking for and 2) she is one of the Alpha's fated mate. She recovers quickly and goes from nonverbal at the beginning to now fairly talkative and even capable of getting aroused despite the traumatic heat and prior abuse. Not to mention her previous admissions to suicidality and a doctor saying she would be real messed up for a while.
The whole pack act like them just saying they are trust worthy and being kind should fix her and one week later, she is smiling and playful. 30% in and Harley has already been betrayed, rescued, miraculously improved, and the guys barely grovel. I can't imagine what the remaining 70% could possibly entail since it seems the whole story is already wrapped up
dark
emotional
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
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was looking for some really good hurt /comfort and while this provided a decent amount of that (especially between Flynn and Wren) it was just too hard to look past the typos and wonky writing. And while the trigger warnings were accurate i somehow still wasn’t prepared for how graphic some of it got 🙃
There’s so many issues I wanna talk about but at this point ive already purged half of them from my brain. A few big ones are -
1) what in the actual heck was Shaw’s problem with her name being Wren?!?! Like YOUR MATES NAME IS AMBROSE!?! And you’re gonna hate on the name Wren?? Make it make sense
2) was it just me or did this author make the dismembering and SA scenes more graphic than the consensual spicy scenes?
3) two of the main characters were assaulted (on page and in detail) and then very quickly seemed to ease right back into things. It just didn’t flow for me.
4) speaking of flow… the writing (specifically dialogue and internal monologues) they did NOT flow. The wording felt so off for me.
There’s so many issues I wanna talk about but at this point ive already purged half of them from my brain. A few big ones are -
1) what in the actual heck was Shaw’s problem with her name being Wren?!?! Like YOUR MATES NAME IS AMBROSE!?! And you’re gonna hate on the name Wren?? Make it make sense
2) was it just me or did this author make the dismembering and SA scenes more graphic than the consensual spicy scenes?
3) two of the main characters were assaulted (on page and in detail) and then very quickly seemed to ease right back into things. It just didn’t flow for me.
4) speaking of flow… the writing (specifically dialogue and internal monologues) they did NOT flow. The wording felt so off for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Murder
If I make it all the way through a book I don’t generally give it less than 3 stars BUT, while I did finish it, there were a lot of things about this book that just did not work. The story wasn’t original so take that for what it is. So many OV books have similar themes so you just have to accept that with this genre. With that said, these were some issues I had with the book itself.
There needed to be a little more editing a proof-reading.
HOW ON EARTH does a 10 year old get kidnapped and abused for a decade and just come out mostly well adjusted. Her trauma was barely addressed. And one has to assume she had no contact with the outside world or education. Like at one point she mentioned someone reminded her of old black and white Hollywood movies. I’m sorry what?? She knew too much and adapted to society too fast for someone who went through THAT. I know this is fiction but that was not authentic at all.
The book repeatedly mentions that Flynn gets whatever he wants. Yet, he wanted Wren badly enough to spend 2 MILLION dollars on her but the alphas treat her like garbage just completely disregarding Flynn’s feelings. Also, I really liked Flynn but he just LET them throw her in the basement so he could get f*cked. Yeah, no.
The grovel DID NOT match the crime. The alphas fucked up left and right and there was absolutely no groveling on their part. After what they did, the grovel was NEEDED. I can’t stand when FMCs just let it go scent match or not. There was no real emotion from that experience from anyone.
Shaw absolutely did not act like a scent match alpha whose omega was abused and he threw out. The depth of their newly found relationship was non-existent. He growled at a doctor - woohoo. Other than that, he really didn’t give a shit if he was with her or not. He was not with her through her nightmares. She killed her abuser and was unconscious but he was just so nonchalant about it - taking care of Flynn instead. He’s her scent match for F*ck sake. He should have been on the verge of going feral.
What happened to Flynn pissed me off and was so unnecessary - then to top it all off it was just ignored after. No discussion of how that impacted him or how Wren killing Trey impacted her. Just done and never to be discussed again. Like in what world is that not a highly traumatic experience for both of them that should be explored.
Jasper was looking for Wren for years. Then, they have what couldn’t be more than a 30 min conversation in their entryway and then, that’s it, no more conversation. Just done until they need his help. And absolutely no introduction of her other brothers. Like really.
The fact that Wren very distinctly said she didn’t want to have a heat again but it was just ignored. No discussion at all. Ambrose was wildly manipulative by refusing to bond her outside of a heat.
The torture scenes were unnecessarily long and descriptive. It was boring.
Half the time, I couldn’t tell Shaw, Ambrose or Everest apart. It’s never good when you have to constantly try to remember whose POV you are reading.
Other unimportant inconsistency’s like Flynn staying he didn’t like peanut butter sandwiches but then is totally down for a peanut and banana sandwich.
There were other things that I noted along that way that just made the book feel very amateurish in itself plot, characterizations and development.
I don’t want to discourage people from reading it but, also, know there are better books out there that are very similar in theme.
There needed to be a little more editing a proof-reading.
HOW ON EARTH does a 10 year old get kidnapped and abused for a decade and just come out mostly well adjusted. Her trauma was barely addressed. And one has to assume she had no contact with the outside world or education. Like at one point she mentioned someone reminded her of old black and white Hollywood movies. I’m sorry what?? She knew too much and adapted to society too fast for someone who went through THAT. I know this is fiction but that was not authentic at all.
The book repeatedly mentions that Flynn gets whatever he wants. Yet, he wanted Wren badly enough to spend 2 MILLION dollars on her but the alphas treat her like garbage just completely disregarding Flynn’s feelings. Also, I really liked Flynn but he just LET them throw her in the basement so he could get f*cked. Yeah, no.
The grovel DID NOT match the crime. The alphas fucked up left and right and there was absolutely no groveling on their part. After what they did, the grovel was NEEDED. I can’t stand when FMCs just let it go scent match or not. There was no real emotion from that experience from anyone.
Shaw absolutely did not act like a scent match alpha whose omega was abused and he threw out. The depth of their newly found relationship was non-existent. He growled at a doctor - woohoo. Other than that, he really didn’t give a shit if he was with her or not. He was not with her through her nightmares. She killed her abuser and was unconscious but he was just so nonchalant about it - taking care of Flynn instead. He’s her scent match for F*ck sake. He should have been on the verge of going feral.
What happened to Flynn pissed me off and was so unnecessary - then to top it all off it was just ignored after. No discussion of how that impacted him or how Wren killing Trey impacted her. Just done and never to be discussed again. Like in what world is that not a highly traumatic experience for both of them that should be explored.
Jasper was looking for Wren for years. Then, they have what couldn’t be more than a 30 min conversation in their entryway and then, that’s it, no more conversation. Just done until they need his help. And absolutely no introduction of her other brothers. Like really.
The fact that Wren very distinctly said she didn’t want to have a heat again but it was just ignored. No discussion at all. Ambrose was wildly manipulative by refusing to bond her outside of a heat.
The torture scenes were unnecessarily long and descriptive. It was boring.
Half the time, I couldn’t tell Shaw, Ambrose or Everest apart. It’s never good when you have to constantly try to remember whose POV you are reading.
Other unimportant inconsistency’s like Flynn staying he didn’t like peanut butter sandwiches but then is totally down for a peanut and banana sandwich.
There were other things that I noted along that way that just made the book feel very amateurish in itself plot, characterizations and development.
I don’t want to discourage people from reading it but, also, know there are better books out there that are very similar in theme.