A review by magnafeana
Late Bloomer by Morgan Hawes

3.0

Le sigh.

I’m fine.

This book wasn’t.

But I’m fine.

Let’s start at the top and work our way down.

SUMMARY

In a non-shifter-but-mpreg-possible contemporary modern world similar to ours, we meet MALCOLM a spoiled nepobaby in his 30s who abused drugs in both regular hard drugs to cope with his smothering, plastique lifestyle and endoytype drugs to force his inner omega to take a backseat. Consciously fake in all that he does, he can’t fake it anymore when he’s forced off suppressants and must figure out how to navigate being an omega, especially now that his bachelorhood has an expiration date and his estrus has a countdown. And the perfect way to do that is through his VP, VINCENT.



Unless…?



VINCENT is a man who wrestles with his past because his present is painful. An Alpha who uses soaps to be an “accountant in spirit” beta, he’s known to be average, curmudgeonly, but still a damn good VP who is the grump to Malcom’s fake sunshine routine. And yet, for as much as he and Malcom grow close through their verbal sparring, Vincent still closely remembers his beta ex-fiancée Lacey and the toxic love they shared. But perhaps, in all of his waffling, he can find a semblance of peace.

Unless…?

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Essentially, this book is a bit too long for its britches.

Let’s do it like the zombies do and break (it) down.