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A review by myhandmadehell
Baby & the Late Night Howlers by Kathryn Moon
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
This was my first Omegaverse book and I gotta say, I am not sold on Omegaverse after reading it. As someone who really, genuinely, truly needs to see chemistry and spark and emotional connection between characters before they have sex, a book in which the sex is not only fast (and copious) but *paramount*, even ahead of emotional connection, was not 100% for me. Despite the many, many, many sex scenes in this book, I struggled to get behind any degree of romanticism that may have been implied there. That’s just a me thing.
Early on, maybe the first 40% of the book or so, was a struggle for me, but this may have been more because of the motorcycle club aspect. I have a lot to say about the fact that men don’t typically have “appropriate” cultural and social spaces to develop and rely on emotional intimacy among each other, so I appreciate the concept of a motorcycle club for that reason. But the hyper-masculine posturing early in the book was really obnoxious.
However, by the end, I really loved, like, all of the characters. Baby’s relationship with each of her alphas (plus her beta, the wonderful Seth) was incredibly sweet as they grew closer. There were some I would have liked to see a lot more of - Mackenzie and Tornado come to mind immediately - but overall I felt it was pretty well balanced for a RH book featuring six love interests.
The real star of this show though was Baby. I absolutely adored her from the first page. She was smart, sharp, loving, a little bossy (but not in a bratty way), and funny. And also a total and complete badass! Like holy crap! She is so cool!
I probably won’t read more books in this series unless they come highly recommended, and again, Omegaverse is probably not for me, but this one only got more enjoyable as it went along.
Early on, maybe the first 40% of the book or so, was a struggle for me, but this may have been more because of the motorcycle club aspect. I have a lot to say about the fact that men don’t typically have “appropriate” cultural and social spaces to develop and rely on emotional intimacy among each other, so I appreciate the concept of a motorcycle club for that reason. But the hyper-masculine posturing early in the book was really obnoxious.
However, by the end, I really loved, like, all of the characters. Baby’s relationship with each of her alphas (plus her beta, the wonderful Seth) was incredibly sweet as they grew closer. There were some I would have liked to see a lot more of - Mackenzie and Tornado come to mind immediately - but overall I felt it was pretty well balanced for a RH book featuring six love interests.
The real star of this show though was Baby. I absolutely adored her from the first page. She was smart, sharp, loving, a little bossy (but not in a bratty way), and funny. And also a total and complete badass! Like holy crap! She is so cool!
I probably won’t read more books in this series unless they come highly recommended, and again, Omegaverse is probably not for me, but this one only got more enjoyable as it went along.