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Whisked Away
by Enola M. Douglas
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
When I first saw a description of this book, I immediately added it to my TBR. This was months before I joined NetGalley and started leaning into review writing. Being accepted to review it as an ARC was an unexpected joy. And after completing it, I have to say reading it was worth all of the anticipation.
Whisked Away is my first foray into the Omegaverse, and it absolutely delivered. The story revolves around Reiyana, the newly-awakened Omega princess of Aethonia, one of the nine kingdoms of Issoirea. She despises the caste system in place in the world that now renders her future desires moot. Alphas are invited to a contest to prove their worth, at the end of which, she is to declare one of them her future husband. Her now-abandoned relationship with a Beta male, Castiel, grates, and she refuses to see any Alpha as anything but what she's known them to be her entire life: cruel, unrelenting, and violent men who do not care for the safety or choices an Omega may long for. When half-brother Alpha princes, Kaelendrin and Alarik, win the competition on a lark, everything changes. Reiya is almost immediately forced to confront the future she's wanted and the reality she's been given, and nothing of the world is what it seems.
I greatly enjoyed this one! While some elements that I've heard of in the Omegaverse aren't quite to my liking, this was a great introduction, as it reads like a standard romantasy with a sweeping backstory and intricate worldbuilding. It's clear there's so much more to unravel in the series, and I am very eager to discover what's coming next.
So many thanks to NetGalley and the Victory Editing NetGalley Co-Op for providing me with a digital ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!
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Whisked Away is my first foray into the Omegaverse, and it absolutely delivered. The story revolves around Reiyana, the newly-awakened Omega princess of Aethonia, one of the nine kingdoms of Issoirea. She despises the caste system in place in the world that now renders her future desires moot. Alphas are invited to a contest to prove their worth, at the end of which, she is to declare one of them her future husband. Her now-abandoned relationship with a Beta male, Castiel, grates, and she refuses to see any Alpha as anything but what she's known them to be her entire life: cruel, unrelenting, and violent men who do not care for the safety or choices an Omega may long for. When half-brother Alpha princes, Kaelendrin and Alarik, win the competition on a lark, everything changes. Reiya is almost immediately forced to confront the future she's wanted and the reality she's been given, and nothing of the world is what it seems.
I greatly enjoyed this one! While some elements that I've heard of in the Omegaverse aren't quite to my liking, this was a great introduction, as it reads like a standard romantasy with a sweeping backstory and intricate worldbuilding. It's clear there's so much more to unravel in the series, and I am very eager to discover what's coming next.
So many thanks to NetGalley and the Victory Editing NetGalley Co-Op for providing me with a digital ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review!
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