Edition Read: Audible audiobook edition
Started: January 7, 2021
Finished: January 8, 2021
Rating: ★★★★☆
The audiobook edition of this has been in my Audible library for I don't remember how long, and finally had the opportunity to give it a shot because it fit a task for one of my reading challenges, and I'm glad I did!
Most of my experience with omegaverse fiction is on the fanfiction side of it (since that is where omegaverse started), and there's a lot that the fanfiction side of omegaverse has that hasn't, for the most part, translated into the professional omegaverse fiction, but Amy Bellows encapsulated everything I love about omegaverse in this novella (basically: the characters aren't secret werewolves who shift when it comes to mating. The only difference between this world and our own is the alpha/beta/omega dynamics).
A lot of other reviewers balked at Rhett being such a softy of an alpha, but that was one of the things that endeared me to him (call me a romantic, I guess). I've never liked the overly demanding alphas (neither reading nor writing them), so Rhett was simply perfect. I also really enjoyed Isaac taking charge of his own sexuality and commenting on how he didn't play to the "normal" rules of being an omega (Okay, I like my both my alphas and my omegas not playing into stereotypes of their dynamics, thinking on it.)
The only reason this is getting four stars instead of five is for the audiobook narration. It felt like the narrator was phoning it in a lot of the time, and while there were points where I felt like he could embrace Isaac's thoughts and motives, for the most part he felt not articulate enough for a story where the POV character is a poet by profession.
I do recommend the book, but I recommend getting it on eBook (it's free with Kindle Unlimited, after all!)
Started: January 7, 2021
Finished: January 8, 2021
Rating: ★★★★☆
The audiobook edition of this has been in my Audible library for I don't remember how long, and finally had the opportunity to give it a shot because it fit a task for one of my reading challenges, and I'm glad I did!
Most of my experience with omegaverse fiction is on the fanfiction side of it (since that is where omegaverse started), and there's a lot that the fanfiction side of omegaverse has that hasn't, for the most part, translated into the professional omegaverse fiction, but Amy Bellows encapsulated everything I love about omegaverse in this novella (basically: the characters aren't secret werewolves who shift when it comes to mating. The only difference between this world and our own is the alpha/beta/omega dynamics).
A lot of other reviewers balked at Rhett being such a softy of an alpha, but that was one of the things that endeared me to him (call me a romantic, I guess). I've never liked the overly demanding alphas (neither reading nor writing them), so Rhett was simply perfect. I also really enjoyed Isaac taking charge of his own sexuality and commenting on how he didn't play to the "normal" rules of being an omega (Okay, I like my both my alphas and my omegas not playing into stereotypes of their dynamics, thinking on it.)
The only reason this is getting four stars instead of five is for the audiobook narration. It felt like the narrator was phoning it in a lot of the time, and while there were points where I felt like he could embrace Isaac's thoughts and motives, for the most part he felt not articulate enough for a story where the POV character is a poet by profession.
I do recommend the book, but I recommend getting it on eBook (it's free with Kindle Unlimited, after all!)