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kaylawiththebookproblem's review
4.5
After finishing Heat Haven, I knew I needed more from these two so I dove into Vera and the Vegas V. Has a little bit of a different dynamic but it does have the same amazing writing and swoony characters that Heat Haven did. I truly adore Vera’s character and I love how she grows throughout the book! Love the Vegas V and all they stand for too! This book has non-binary representation which I think should be in more books and these two authors really did it justice. I’m really looking forward to part 2 and the HEA for this group!
zabeishumanish's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
This scratched the itch of Omega falling head over heals for a group of very different, loving Alphas. But everything about the story was weak. Characters are established, but inconsistent. This was particularly evident with Vera early on in the book. For someone with so much fear of Alphas and so close minded, she never would have opened up to Gus the way she did within the first 10 pages of meeting them. The story is weak, but the romance is cute.
bestla9900's review
BAHAHAHAHA I have never dnfed a book so fast. The writing is so bad, and I’m usually nice in my reviews, but this is bad. I got 8% into the book and lost my mind when a guy says “I’ve never seen you here before, or are you new in town?” ITS LAS VEGAS! Does this guy assume that everyone in Vegas has been to that club before, and that he knows every single person in Vegas? The story is just jumping around, very shallow, and completely ridiculous and nothing has even happened yet.
morgandawn's review
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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? No
4.0
happenstance's review
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
The best thing I can say about this book is that it tried. It really really tried. I think this is a debut effort? In which case, I think the potential is definitely there but not quite achieved in this book.
I was pretty thrilled to see nb representation, but the pronoun speech felt off and awkward somehow (also, in general you don't need to include "preferred" when sharing pronouns - your pronouns are your pronouns, end of story). And Vera's whole 'woe is me' schtick after fucking up - I guess that's common enough, but how about we normalize *not* doing that? That would be cool.
The characterizations of Vera and the gang feel unbalanced and rushed, while the writing style felt stilted and unnatural. There was so much telling and explaining and exposition shoehorned in at the oddest points, it took me right out of the story and I started skipping just to get to the end - only to be cliffhangered. Not that I guess it matters, because I'm pretty sure I know where this is all heading (although I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised).
I was pretty thrilled to see nb representation, but the pronoun speech felt off and awkward somehow (also, in general you don't need to include "preferred" when sharing pronouns - your pronouns are your pronouns, end of story). And Vera's whole 'woe is me' schtick after fucking up - I guess that's common enough, but how about we normalize *not* doing that? That would be cool.
The characterizations of Vera and the gang feel unbalanced and rushed, while the writing style felt stilted and unnatural. There was so much telling and explaining and exposition shoehorned in at the oddest points, it took me right out of the story and I started skipping just to get to the end - only to be cliffhangered. Not that I guess it matters, because I'm pretty sure I know where this is all heading (although I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised).
fae__'s review
3.0
This is a very sweet omegaverse story. I liked how distinct each of the alphas were and the LGBTQ rep.
It lost a couple of stars for being a bit clunky in places. I would have loved if Vera’s journey from being afraid of alphas and relationships was more organic/didn’t happen immediately.
Regardless, I’ll be reading the next one!
It lost a couple of stars for being a bit clunky in places. I would have loved if Vera’s journey from being afraid of alphas and relationships was more organic/didn’t happen immediately.
Regardless, I’ll be reading the next one!