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A Kiss to Heal by Roxy Collins
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is officially the best Omegaverse Book I have ever read and I have read many.
⚜ rating: 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟
⚜Genre: Omegaverse Romance
⚜Theme: RH Academy Romance
⚜Targeted audience: Adults
⚜Characters: Jane, Travis, Drew, Avery, Law, Luke, Levi
⚜Representation: LGBTQ+
⚜Pace: Medium
⚜TW: violence, bullying
⚜ tropes: Hidden identity, Gender Swap, touch her/him and die, Who did this to you, forced proximity, found family, Why choose, Alpha/Omega
⚜ POV: Multiple first person but mostly from Jane's POV
⚜ spice: 1.5 🌶 (it's more like a half-closed/ half-opened door
⚜standalone: no
⚜Ending: cliffhanger
⚜Book read: ARC via Kindle (available on KU)
Jane is a healer Omega. She believes in her profession. Until a healing goes wrong, and she becomes an enemy of the state. Judged and sentenced to die on the war front, she assumes her life is over. But instead, she is smuggled into the most dangerous dorm on campus.
The only way to survive is to become one of the students of Bleak House: the notorious traitors' sons who are hated and feared by everyone else in the school: Travis Wake, the surly fighter; Lawrence Michaelson III, a playboy lord and legacy; the Locke twins, as different as night and day; and Cutter – the military secret haunting the attic.
Not only she has to find a way to act like a man as Jack and deal with a bully while trying to fall for her five misfits (or six???), she uncovers the truth behind the devastating, fifty-year war.
I have loved everything about this book
The writing was excellent. With a touch of humor, the seriousness of the situation is not overshadowed by spice and smut. The author lets the course of the plot take its natural path.
"My lips quirk up, but as I head back to my soulless apartment, I have to wonder… Who’s the real prisoner here? The traitor or the heir?
"A girl dressed as a boy pretending to be a girl"
The storyline was clear
and the characters were very intriguing, each with their heartbreaking backstory.
I especially fell in love with Jane. She is not like the omegas we read in other books, you know, the ones where they are submissive and fall immediately for the lure of the Alphas. She is strong-willed and quick on her feet. She is also compassionate.
She quickly becomes "the healer" figuratively of their souls
"You have a way of patching us back together even when you're not trying to"
The magic system was nothing I have seen in an Omegaverse. Jane heals through "the healing kiss", an act, if lost control can suck the power of a person. She can also have a form of manipulation over a person with her kiss. But Jane is a very moral character and she is very careful with how she uses her power.
There is another power with one of the men, but I am not going to spoil it. Enjoy the suspense.
The plot is not just centered around the romance. There are political schemes and conspiracies.
My favorite moment was on P:222 "when she sees the Alpha she thinks he hates her badly injured and her first words are "who did this to you, Manson" 😍😍😍
That is why I love ARC reading.
I get to discover gems like this book😍😍😍😍😍😍
⚜ rating: 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟
⚜Genre: Omegaverse Romance
⚜Theme: RH Academy Romance
⚜Targeted audience: Adults
⚜Characters: Jane, Travis, Drew, Avery, Law, Luke, Levi
⚜Representation: LGBTQ+
⚜Pace: Medium
⚜TW: violence, bullying
⚜ tropes: Hidden identity, Gender Swap, touch her/him and die, Who did this to you, forced proximity, found family, Why choose, Alpha/Omega
⚜ POV: Multiple first person but mostly from Jane's POV
⚜ spice: 1.5 🌶 (it's more like a half-closed/ half-opened door
⚜standalone: no
⚜Ending: cliffhanger
⚜Book read: ARC via Kindle (available on KU)
Jane is a healer Omega. She believes in her profession. Until a healing goes wrong, and she becomes an enemy of the state. Judged and sentenced to die on the war front, she assumes her life is over. But instead, she is smuggled into the most dangerous dorm on campus.
The only way to survive is to become one of the students of Bleak House: the notorious traitors' sons who are hated and feared by everyone else in the school: Travis Wake, the surly fighter; Lawrence Michaelson III, a playboy lord and legacy; the Locke twins, as different as night and day; and Cutter – the military secret haunting the attic.
Not only she has to find a way to act like a man as Jack and deal with a bully while trying to fall for her five misfits (or six???), she uncovers the truth behind the devastating, fifty-year war.
I have loved everything about this book
The writing was excellent. With a touch of humor, the seriousness of the situation is not overshadowed by spice and smut. The author lets the course of the plot take its natural path.
"My lips quirk up, but as I head back to my soulless apartment, I have to wonder… Who’s the real prisoner here? The traitor or the heir?
"A girl dressed as a boy pretending to be a girl"
The storyline was clear
and the characters were very intriguing, each with their heartbreaking backstory.
I especially fell in love with Jane. She is not like the omegas we read in other books, you know, the ones where they are submissive and fall immediately for the lure of the Alphas. She is strong-willed and quick on her feet. She is also compassionate.
She quickly becomes "the healer" figuratively of their souls
"You have a way of patching us back together even when you're not trying to"
The magic system was nothing I have seen in an Omegaverse. Jane heals through "the healing kiss", an act, if lost control can suck the power of a person. She can also have a form of manipulation over a person with her kiss. But Jane is a very moral character and she is very careful with how she uses her power.
There is another power with one of the men, but I am not going to spoil it. Enjoy the suspense.
The plot is not just centered around the romance. There are political schemes and conspiracies.
My favorite moment was on P:222 "when she sees the Alpha she thinks he hates her badly injured and her first words are "who did this to you, Manson" 😍😍😍
That is why I love ARC reading.
I get to discover gems like this book😍😍😍😍😍😍