lilibetbombshell 's review for:

Toxic Revenge: Part One by Olivia Lewin

4.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Toxic Revenge is the first half of an omegaverse duology that’s part mafia, part motorcycle club, part criminal conspiracy, part scent-match sketchiness, and part “omega has a revenge agenda”. It’s a whole lot of tropes and microtropes to cram into one plot and it does show, here and there, but by and large it’s spicy and fun. 

When it comes to duologies, the first half has to do triple duty: the world building, characterizations, and place the most important building blocks for the story arc and romantic dynamics. This leaves the second half to do the heavy work carrying through with the plot, emotions, intimacy, and character growth. This first half has a lot to juggle and I think it does the best it can with the page length its given, but some elements did end up getting a bit of a lopsided treatment. 

You know what makes it all better? Spicy revenge. Spiteful, spicy revenge. I loved the spice scenes in this book. Olivia Lewin writes excellent omegaverse spice and I love how she decided to take the idea of “cheating the cheater” and ran with it with no regrets. It was salacious. It was hot. I was here for it. 

I was provided a copy of this title by the author. All thoughts, opinions, views, and ideas expressed herein are mine and mine alone. No compensation was offered or accepted in exchange for this review. Thank you.