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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I may just be dumb, but I had the hardest time keeping track of all the different lords and how everyone knew each other. It felt chaotic and the character development just wasn't there for me.
emotional
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
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
Very impressive first book, especially among the ABO trope which tends to be so problematic and badly written.
I really really loved it, the only but is that at the end it dragged so long in miscommunication...
Still, it's a solid 4.5, and very well researched when it comes to speech.
I really really loved it, the only but is that at the end it dragged so long in miscommunication...
Still, it's a solid 4.5, and very well researched when it comes to speech.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
I have read most of the published corpus of m/f omegaverse books, and this debut offering is a wonderful example of genre romance which hits the expected tropes, whilst also adding a new and refreshing twist. I'd been hoping for a while that somebody would start writing omegaverse versions of some classic reads, and Quincy certainly delivered.
Omega's Gambit opens with the famous lines from Twelfth Night, the Shakespeare play on which it is based, but from that point on, the writing takes a delightfully modern bent on regency romance. It's not a purely historically accurate use of language, rather, the writing conveys the emotional accuracy of regency romance. I would compare the effect to the music choices in the film A Knight's Tale, or the costuming in the recent Bridgerton series. The author moves away from strict adherence to history in favour of sharing the spirit of the era.
As far as the omegaverse aspect, I would say this falls more into the 'sweetverse' side of the genre. The characters' relationship is enthusiastically consensual, and there is no more inherent violence in this AU than in 'real' history. Perhaps less- the society is not patriarchal, nor is it heteronormative. There is a power split along alpha-omega lines, which serves as a substitute for the more traditional male/female power dynamics in regency romance. However, the best tropes of omegaverse are all present, accounted for, and spicy- knotting, nesting, heats and bites.
If you're a fan of Austen's complex characters, Shakespeare's plots, and extremely hot omegaverse, absolutely get in on this book! Am very much looking forward to what I assume will be future books following the remaining sisters.
Omega's Gambit opens with the famous lines from Twelfth Night, the Shakespeare play on which it is based, but from that point on, the writing takes a delightfully modern bent on regency romance. It's not a purely historically accurate use of language, rather, the writing conveys the emotional accuracy of regency romance. I would compare the effect to the music choices in the film A Knight's Tale, or the costuming in the recent Bridgerton series. The author moves away from strict adherence to history in favour of sharing the spirit of the era.
As far as the omegaverse aspect, I would say this falls more into the 'sweetverse' side of the genre. The characters' relationship is enthusiastically consensual, and there is no more inherent violence in this AU than in 'real' history. Perhaps less- the society is not patriarchal, nor is it heteronormative. There is a power split along alpha-omega lines, which serves as a substitute for the more traditional male/female power dynamics in regency romance. However, the best tropes of omegaverse are all present, accounted for, and spicy- knotting, nesting, heats and bites.
If you're a fan of Austen's complex characters, Shakespeare's plots, and extremely hot omegaverse, absolutely get in on this book! Am very much looking forward to what I assume will be future books following the remaining sisters.
dark
emotional
slow-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:
Yes