bunnerz 's review for:

Protector's Promise by Sarah Blue

2.0

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I liked the idea of a romantic M/F Alpha/Omega relationship rather than the typical reverse-harem omegaverse, but the writing and pacing of the story did not live up to expectations. The story was full of telling rather than showing, and so much minutae of the FMC omega Cami's superstar musician life could have been condensed. It got rather repetitive to follow along each of her shows after the alpha Smith was hired as her bodyguard, and the details didn't add much to the story.

The manager Garth was introduced as an asshole from the beginning, and nothing changed by the end of the book. Cami and Smith's relationship behavior and POV opinions got more and more juvenile as the story went on - e.g. phrases like "yeet myself out the window", calling people around them "bitches" and "douches," and dropping more and more f-bombs in their verbal dialogue.

The insta-love and

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spontaneous bonding

between the two came out of nowhere, and so did the details of Cami's kinks for her heat like

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degradation

??? This was especially surprising considering how hurt and offended she had been in the beginning when Smith had mentioned she was being an annoying Omega, which is much tamer than calling someone

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a slut

, even if it mostly during intimate times. Cami didn't even ask for Smith's first name until he had already

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impulsively mate bonded her

.

After the two had

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bonded at around 64%

, it just became a porn-fest that I skimmed through with a mostly unsurprising ending, which is the reason for my 2-star rating. While I had enjoyed a short story by the writer in the omegaverse anthology [b:Knot Over You|60809254|Knot Over You A Charity Anthology|M.J. Marstens|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1649902047l/60809254._SY75_.jpg|95891805] and most of their co-writing in Vera and the Vegas V series, I don't think I'm interested in any further books in this Heat Haven Omegaverse series. For those interested, the next book will be following Smith's omega sister Kelsey.
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Ratings - abandoned series:
#1 Heat Haven: ★★★★☆
#2 Omega's Obsession: ★★★☆☆
#3 Protector's Promise (this book): ★★☆☆☆