ragnelle 's review for:

The Omega Objection by G.L. Carriger

4.0

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What an absolutely delightful novel. The best way I could describe it is: simple almost mystery plot (who is Isaac and why is he afraid of werewolves), well explanation of how the world works, lovely D/s story with some subspace mentions (my favorite!), angst and some hurt comfort.

I adore books that take their time to make sure that the rules of the world they are set in are coherent, and this one definitely delivered. While I do not read a lot of shifters romances, I have read enough to be surprised when the book addressed pack dynamics: how the alpha role works and how much power they have, how it feels to be in a pack and to find your role in it. I also find it quite funny that for most of the book Isaac refers to his wolf as a separate entity. This happens a lot in shifters stories,

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but here it is then revealed that it is a pretty strange thing to do, and probably due to the fact that Isaac was never bitten and accepted by a pack

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The book also had angst for everyone! Isaac is running from werewolves and fighting himself, trapped between wanting to be a part of something (pack but also the place where he lives, the people he helps) and the fear of being

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captured again because he is an omega, which here simply means the "pack role", not the omegaverse one

. And Tank was instead this amazingly kind character whose self esteem was basically under his shoes. He considered himself the grunt of the pack, as the one with the lowest rank, and this adds some interesting extra angst when Tank finds out

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Isaac is an omega

, but without dragging it for too long. There is no miscommunication, after all, and what Tank says Isaac believes and viceversa.

I also adored the d/s aspect. The sex scenes? Chef kiss. Loved them. Tank being absolutely subservient and wanting to be used, and Isaac feeling the responsability and need to dominate? A+. I wish there had been even more scene sof Isaac defending Tank in front of his pack, but I adored the few ones peppered around.

And the plot, as I said, it is almost a mystery, but pretty simple too. Everything gets resolved: Who is Isaac? Why is he running? Will he join the San Andreas pack? And the attention to Isaac's consent was much needed (and appreciated, by me).

The only thing I did not enjoy is that a lot of scenes felt a bit cheesy. It was okay, I am sure it is my low tolerance for extreme sweetness. A lot of these scenes were the pack scenes, where the dialogue made me sometimes roll my eyes for the cheesiness, but also because I only wanted Tank and Isaac. I am honestly tempted to continue reading the series so I can get a few more glimpses of Tank and Isaac, which for me is a rare occurrence.