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jamsu's review against another edition
2.0
This book was not for me. I usually love when heroes are possessive and call heroines theirs but it annoyed me every time "Roth" did that. I found it pretty ridiculous that he had to learn to trust her before telling out heroine anything, even his own name. Especially after the 'big' reveal.
Kyrie life is not full of party. She has been struggling since her father died but suddenly she's getting checks and some of them even including messages from mystery guy.
Kyrie life is not full of party. She has been struggling since her father died but suddenly she's getting checks and some of them even including messages from mystery guy.
plantqueen14's review against another edition
2.0
Sooooo, I got this for free thanks to a link from SBC. It had mind blowing sex scenes, but I have to agree with pretty much every other review on here. It had a pretty weak story. The whole reason for our illustrious heroine to be in the situation with her new main squeeze was just kinda out there and a little ridiculous. This dude is down right creepy. Seriously. But, she got great sex so who cares. The writing was fine, I was not annoyed at all with the style. It was easy to read fast. It did keep me to attention, but at the same time did very little for me. What a strange book...
raffaem's review against another edition
3.0
I expected more from this book based on the plot description. It sounded like the promise of a unique storyline mixed with my favorite type of sexy billionaire. It pulled me in right away but turned into a series of sex scenes and a pretty obvious secret reveal.
kath12's review against another edition
2.0
So I didn't even finish this book, I got to chapter 3 and just gave up. I was really sad because the build up to this book was so awesome. The synopsis and the cover got me(only reason for the 2 stars). But when I started reading it, well I had to check and make sure that I had the right book. It started out pretty good, like I was really excited to see how this played out but a few pages in and it lost me. The chick stuttered so much I really thought that was a speech problem for her, it drove me nuts. I couldn't hold on to the story and the characters so I just had to quit. Yes ladies and gentlemen I am a big fat quitter! Maybe one day I will pick this up again and try to read it but as for now, off to the archives you go my little ebook.
sohare1981's review against another edition
4.0
This is the second time I’ve read Alpha by Jasinda Wilder. I remember really loving the book the first time around but well it’s hard for me to say this with all honesty. The main love interest Roth, really irritated me. He seemed overly cocky/arrogant…and it really annoyed the heck out of me this time around. He says how much he loves Kyrie, but then in the same breath reminds her that he owns her. He tells her Steven was basically a sadist and abused women and he, Roth, didn’t want a BDSM relationship, yet he ties her hands at one point, and then several times smacks her butt (a lot) and makes her beg him for sex. He says he wont force her to do anything, then in one scene they’re at a traffic light and he forces her to take off her underwear and makes her come while some stranger in a van next to them watches, when she clearly told him she did not want that. (He ignored her and kept going).
He tells her he is in love with her, but again in the same breath tells her he owns her. He says she can leave whenever she wants but holds the fact, she will be basically destitute, her mother would no longer get the care she really needs, her brother wouldn’t be able to afford college any ore…and she would probably end up stripping or going into prostitution and he would demand that she repay him, the money she’d never be able to make in her lifetime. But yes, she could leave whenever she wanted. The first time I read this, I wasn’t familiar with any of Jasinda’s work and I thought the sex scenes were hot…but now I’ve read all of the Big Girls Do it series, and am half way through the black room series, and read Stripped and well the sex seems to be very clinical after all those other books. Though I still like this book a lot more than I did fifty shades of grey, and I think it delivered what I wanted fifty shades to give me (but failed).
But I don’t know about four stars…Roth was very, very annoying to me. I wish you could give half stars…I’d be happy with 3 and half. Since I can’t, I think I’ll go ahead and give it four.
He tells her he is in love with her, but again in the same breath tells her he owns her. He says she can leave whenever she wants but holds the fact, she will be basically destitute, her mother would no longer get the care she really needs, her brother wouldn’t be able to afford college any ore…and she would probably end up stripping or going into prostitution and he would demand that she repay him, the money she’d never be able to make in her lifetime. But yes, she could leave whenever she wanted. The first time I read this, I wasn’t familiar with any of Jasinda’s work and I thought the sex scenes were hot…but now I’ve read all of the Big Girls Do it series, and am half way through the black room series, and read Stripped and well the sex seems to be very clinical after all those other books. Though I still like this book a lot more than I did fifty shades of grey, and I think it delivered what I wanted fifty shades to give me (but failed).
But I don’t know about four stars…Roth was very, very annoying to me. I wish you could give half stars…I’d be happy with 3 and half. Since I can’t, I think I’ll go ahead and give it four.
mnboyer's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this and was so excited to find Jasinda Wilder in a sea of otherwise "bleh" erotic romance novelists.
The plot follows the "billionaire falls for a regular, broke ass girl" story line, which actually is NOT my favorite because it paints a world where people that are into erotic sex have to be set up on a power dynamic. Is there not a man out there who isn't a billionaire that knows how to show a lady a good time in bed? Ya'll can argue this later. But...a broke girl begins getting checks from an anonymous source, 120,000$ in total, and then a knock on her door happens 12 months in and she's wisked away to be "owned" by someone. The :"owning" and "buying" of a woman bothers me a bit...so half a star disappeared here.
But eventually we end up with some steamy, steamy scenes that are worth a solid 4 stars.
I just wish that this book pulled away from some of the cliches and weirdness. You cannot really "buy" a woman and to do so STILL bothers me. You're like well if you do not want to be my sex submissive then I guess I want my $120,000 (which I know you don't have nor could ever get) back so choices choices. *cringe* And later we find out there's some MURDER that has taken place and we're supposed to think "Well, sure, he's a murderer but think about the orgasms!" Yeah. Let's step away from the creepy dark ledges people.
The plot follows the "billionaire falls for a regular, broke ass girl" story line, which actually is NOT my favorite because it paints a world where people that are into erotic sex have to be set up on a power dynamic. Is there not a man out there who isn't a billionaire that knows how to show a lady a good time in bed? Ya'll can argue this later. But...a broke girl begins getting checks from an anonymous source, 120,000$ in total, and then a knock on her door happens 12 months in and she's wisked away to be "owned" by someone. The :"owning" and "buying" of a woman bothers me a bit...so half a star disappeared here.
But eventually we end up with some steamy, steamy scenes that are worth a solid 4 stars.
I just wish that this book pulled away from some of the cliches and weirdness. You cannot really "buy" a woman and to do so STILL bothers me. You're like well if you do not want to be my sex submissive then I guess I want my $120,000 (which I know you don't have nor could ever get) back so choices choices. *cringe* And later we find out there's some MURDER that has taken place and we're supposed to think "Well, sure, he's a murderer but think about the orgasms!" Yeah. Let's step away from the creepy dark ledges people.
yesididbringabook's review against another edition
3.0
I've read this before, but I don't know why I didn't put it in Goodreads. It's hot. It's got a decent storyline. I'd recommend for a steamy read.
brothman's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.75
piper9004's review against another edition
1.0
Garbage. Absolute garbage. There are so many things wrong with this story, but I'm not in the mood to write a full review. Maybe I'll write one at a later date. I just wish I had DNF this book earlier on like some other readers.