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Bad Alpha
by Kathryn Moon
True Rating: 3.5 Stars
I was absolutely captivated by the idea of a feral, rogue, alpha female assassin. When Kathryn Moon announced this new title for the Sweetverse, I was all a-twitter, because all those things are huge button-pushers for me. And, true to form, those aspects of our FMC, Eve, were definitely some of the best parts of “Bad Alpha” for me. The other brightest spots were taken up by her initial mark: the wily con-man omega, Adam, who is sweet as sugar one second and slippery as olive oil the next. The pair of them are the two strongest characters in the book with the strongest moments and they’re what kept me reading and invested in what I was reading.
Look, Kathryn Moon is one of my favorite romance authors. I have yet to read a bad book from her. So, just because I gave this book 3.5 stars (a lower-than-usual rating for me when it comes to her books) doesn’t mean this book is bad. It just means I didn’t have as much fun reading it as I did her other books, or even other Sweetverse books. The issue, for me, was with the other three alpha males in the book: Rory, Jamie, and Garrett. I didn’t connect with Jamie at all, Garrett felt like he was just there as a juxtaposition to Eve and that left his character lacking in further dimension… but I enjoyed Rory a good deal. I wish we’d only gotten more of Rory. Heck, I think that if this book had been split into two parts like “Lola and the Millionaires” was, I might have liked all three alpha males better, because so much time in this book had to be given over to the (deservedly so) complicated, emotional, sensitive, and time-consuming plot line that the relationships didn’t feel like they could grow more organically, we didn’t get to know everyone very well, and there could’ve been more spice. (Yes, I said it. I got to the meat and potatoes: I would’ve liked more spice and more detailed spice and I said what I said). So, this book is 506 pages, but I feel like it should’ve been a longer story and split into two shorter books.
But what we do get of Eve, I absolutely adore. She truly is like a feral cat, an abandoned puppy, a child raised by wolves… but then kind-of crossed with training in the Red Room with Natasha Romanoff, if that makes sense? She knows how to play at being human, but to actually sustain that mask of humanity on a consistent basis? Yeah, no. But watching her observe, listen, feel, learn, and then try to do the same? That’s absolutely some of the best stuff. And Adam’s wiles, determination, grit, and drive make him so much more than a needy omega trope. And I love how he and Eve compliment each other that way.
I really think if I’d gotten to know the other three alpha males better I’d be rating this right up there with Moon’s other Sweetverse books, but I just couldn’t. But it was a fun time.
I was absolutely captivated by the idea of a feral, rogue, alpha female assassin. When Kathryn Moon announced this new title for the Sweetverse, I was all a-twitter, because all those things are huge button-pushers for me. And, true to form, those aspects of our FMC, Eve, were definitely some of the best parts of “Bad Alpha” for me. The other brightest spots were taken up by her initial mark: the wily con-man omega, Adam, who is sweet as sugar one second and slippery as olive oil the next. The pair of them are the two strongest characters in the book with the strongest moments and they’re what kept me reading and invested in what I was reading.
Look, Kathryn Moon is one of my favorite romance authors. I have yet to read a bad book from her. So, just because I gave this book 3.5 stars (a lower-than-usual rating for me when it comes to her books) doesn’t mean this book is bad. It just means I didn’t have as much fun reading it as I did her other books, or even other Sweetverse books. The issue, for me, was with the other three alpha males in the book: Rory, Jamie, and Garrett. I didn’t connect with Jamie at all, Garrett felt like he was just there as a juxtaposition to Eve and that left his character lacking in further dimension… but I enjoyed Rory a good deal. I wish we’d only gotten more of Rory. Heck, I think that if this book had been split into two parts like “Lola and the Millionaires” was, I might have liked all three alpha males better, because so much time in this book had to be given over to the (deservedly so) complicated, emotional, sensitive, and time-consuming plot line that the relationships didn’t feel like they could grow more organically, we didn’t get to know everyone very well, and there could’ve been more spice. (Yes, I said it. I got to the meat and potatoes: I would’ve liked more spice and more detailed spice and I said what I said). So, this book is 506 pages, but I feel like it should’ve been a longer story and split into two shorter books.
But what we do get of Eve, I absolutely adore. She truly is like a feral cat, an abandoned puppy, a child raised by wolves… but then kind-of crossed with training in the Red Room with Natasha Romanoff, if that makes sense? She knows how to play at being human, but to actually sustain that mask of humanity on a consistent basis? Yeah, no. But watching her observe, listen, feel, learn, and then try to do the same? That’s absolutely some of the best stuff. And Adam’s wiles, determination, grit, and drive make him so much more than a needy omega trope. And I love how he and Eve compliment each other that way.
I really think if I’d gotten to know the other three alpha males better I’d be rating this right up there with Moon’s other Sweetverse books, but I just couldn’t. But it was a fun time.