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Unhinged Alphas

Lenore Rosewood

3.84 AVERAGE

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Talk about cliffhanger

This series has a new and novel take on omegaverse society.
Feral alphas and omegas ..lab expierments, this series has all the darkness and twists and turns that hooks you in..
Loved this series and im dying to read more..
dark emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious tense medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book is the second installment of this series and follows the Feral Omega.

unhinged Alphas  picks up right where book 1 ended. Ivy has just finished her heat (after attempting to flee, getting injured, then saved by Wraith) all while navigating a very dangerous mission. 

As the book progresses,  Ivy continues to battle with her longterm desire to be free from the confines of her designation and the oppressive abuse she’s endured, while longterm her budding attachment for the pack. She forms and strengthens a bond with Wraith, shocking everyone who questioned Wraith’s ability to protective Ivy from what they perceive is uncontrollable violence from someone deemed more monster than human. (This attachment didn’t surprise me given Wraith’s role in saving Ivy during book 1).  The Pack alphas also begin to realize their desire to claim Ivy as their own, each member longing for her in their own ways.

The author does a decent job differentiating the multiple POv of the ghost pack characters-Wraith being the most distinct voice. We also learn a little bit more about their backgrounds and how they became a pack. Some of this info was exposed through internal dialogue and some through conversations with Ivy. I am not as convinced that Ivy’s shifting attachment is enough to convince me for her to change entire life plans (imo). There needed to be a  more interaction with the pack for me to see that happen because for a significant part of the book  Ivy was withdrawn and kept her distance from the pack, partially to reduce/ignore the budding interest in the pack. 

I struggled with what felt like a shift in inter pack dynamics that were not as evident in book Feral Omega. While they work and fight tighter as a pack, they mostly just exist and tolerate one another. There’s a clear lack of trust among most of the pack and a lot of tension that increases as they learn more about the Council’s dirty handlings and as their attachment to Ivy deepens. I guess the post apocalyptic dystopian edge of this book makes pack’a
Bond less solid. 

Pack members resent Thane and his somewhat overbearing leadership style, years of acquiescence to his father through the council in ways that blind Thane to the reality of the war.  Most of the pack see  Wraith as little more than a monstrous animal to be put down. Plague is portrayed as uptight, germaphobic, condescending, and arrogant presence who oozes superiority but we don’t get much insight into how he joined the pack. Valek is the psychopathic, serial killer sadist whose loyalty the pack members question (there was no inkling of this in the first book).  Whiskey is, the cheeky, jokester who uses alcohol and humor to deflect from his own struggles. 

The plot, to me, got wild and over the top at the end. It feels like the last 8-9 chapters were a sharp shift
Valek’s drugging Whiskey, abducting Ivy, the proceeding fight on the train  between Wraith and Valek (that feels like it’s a scene out of James Bond or something) , capturing by Vrissians to 
from the primary driving plot as the pack focuses on uncovering more secrets about Omega treatment and whose in behind a sophisticated human trafficking black market. 

I really enjoyed this book. It’s a page turner and kept me on the edge of my seat. The author balances being plot driven with being character driven.  Sometimes the writing can get overly morbid,  disdainful, and overly self-indulgent that gets to be more redundant than enduring.  

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No