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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-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:
Complicated
What are responsibilities again? Because this book made me forget all of them!! I could not put this book down.. endless chapters of pure raw interest... this book was everything that I wanted to read in an OMV.
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a torture roller coaster. Ok so the pace of the story is medium to slow but it’s a page turner because there is so much going on. The romance, the rejection , the bond, and the MC. Also because quite frankly Talia is stupid. You might empathize with her but I think her family failed her epically by turning her into the person she is. Like I can’t off the top of my head think of a single good decision from her, so prepare to be frustrated enough to want to tap out. But here’s the kicker YOU CAN’T cause you are invested, ok. You get little tiny bits of information, just enough to keep you hooked. Because this is a train wreck of Talia’s making just waiting to happen and you aren’t getting off this ride babe! And that cliffhanger *sputters*…I’m half way tempted to press charges against Ms. Lewin, but I think the more reasonable course of action is to dive into her back catalogue so goddess save by TBR. The writing is good, the story is a touch chaotic but not in a hard to follow way, the one thing I needed was a little less day to day with Talia and and little more time with the pack to get to know them and to spend less time listening Talia rationalize her foolery!
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
I really loved this book! Talia is such a strong omega to put herself through everything she did. But I also wish she had just pulled the plug and called it a day so that she could avoid that pain! I also love our Alphas. They are truly protective, even if their version of protection is to stay away from our FMC. And Conrad is just adorable. I love every little thing about him! I can’t wait to see what happens next in the next book!
This book was my first from Olivia Lewin, and it will not be my last. Holy helllls I loved it. Tension, spice, drama, cliffhanger that had me shrieking. Yep, has it all. Can we fast forward to the second part of this story pretty please?!
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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:
Yes
Firstly, thank you so much to the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Secondly, I’m honestly mad that I didn’t take the “ends in a cliffhanger” seriously enough, because I am practically feral (pun intended) for book two!!
What do you do when you walk in on your scent match cheating with another omega? Obviously go somewhere to drink your sorrows away. But what do you do if the dive bar you end up in has three gorgeous alphas appearing to make sure you don’t get into trouble while you drink? And they happen to be in a motorcycle club?
Talia is about to find out. Half ER nurse, half mafia princess, Talia has a lot of decisions to make about both her scent match and the three alphas she can’t get out of her mind.
The spice was spicing, the tension in the plot was thick, and I’m equally desperate to find out what the heck happens next in the story as I am to read more of Talia and the pack!
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Toxic Revenge is the first half of an omegaverse duology that’s part mafia, part motorcycle club, part criminal conspiracy, part scent-match sketchiness, and part “omega has a revenge agenda”. It’s a whole lot of tropes and microtropes to cram into one plot and it does show, here and there, but by and large it’s spicy and fun.
When it comes to duologies, the first half has to do triple duty: the world building, characterizations, and place the most important building blocks for the story arc and romantic dynamics. This leaves the second half to do the heavy work carrying through with the plot, emotions, intimacy, and character growth. This first half has a lot to juggle and I think it does the best it can with the page length its given, but some elements did end up getting a bit of a lopsided treatment.
You know what makes it all better? Spicy revenge. Spiteful, spicy revenge. I loved the spice scenes in this book. Olivia Lewin writes excellent omegaverse spice and I love how she decided to take the idea of “cheating the cheater” and ran with it with no regrets. It was salacious. It was hot. I was here for it.
I was provided a copy of this title by the author. All thoughts, opinions, views, and ideas expressed herein are mine and mine alone. No compensation was offered or accepted in exchange for this review. Thank you.