Melanie

This started in a way but took a really fast turn at one point and while I'm one to generally enjoy when people don't dwell on past mistakes and trauma, this just got weird really fast. Everything was traumatic at first and in the space of one discussion, everything changed and things were mostly peachy....

I mean, forgiveness is key yaddi yadda but still whiplash isn't a great look. It's too bad because Sam Hall is a mostly solid writer. She just took shortcuts in this.

I loved this sfm. Even more than Priceless. I love this universe, I loooove this flawed aspect of omegaverse in which people actually feel like beings with flaws. I mean, are the male heroes still so sweet your teeth ache? Heck yes. But there's a vulnerability to Devyn Sinclair's female heroine that is just so raw you are rooting for the teeth aching. Like, “be sweet and make that girl the happiest girl in the world”. Also, those boys are sweet but they are also EXTREMELY DELICIOUS (and dirty, fans)

The writing is solid, the pacing impeccable, the characters touching and the relationships meaningful. Just give me book 3 right now, thank you very much.

I really enjoyed this debut novel by Lexie Quinn. I thought that while she took upon some universal omegaverse themes, she added a few spins to them. I really enjoyed that we got to see some resistance towards bonding, as well as various relationship growth. I like my omegaverse but sometimes I wish there was more of a conflict between nature and culture and Lexie Quinn handled that beautifully. 

The writing was fluid and the story moved seamlessly so I'm looking forward to the next book in L. Quinn's calendar.

First things first, the writing's decent. It's not poetry and the story doesn't lend itself to it but considering the main themes, the author does sell her story. 

Now, this was darker than I'm used to. Ultimately it's a sex fest between really fucked up characters that get off on all things weird, painful and scary so you know... if that doesn't tell you what you need to know before diving in...

I went into this because of the cover. I mean, wowza.... the whole thing was really steamy but I'm not sure the whole ‘best friend's dad' worked because of how short the book was. It lacked some depth and considering the amount of space the smut occupied on the pages, it was hard to connect with the characters and their feelings.

I'm not going to expand energy on writing reviews for each book of this series. 

Basically, this is kind of like a guilty pleasure : so short there's no depth to it, almost always ridiculous basis for storyline, always a male hero that's far gone for a woman's curves. 

The entire thing is ridiculous, pretty much one dimensional with a writing that isn't strong enough to pull off the cheese. Yet, I keep coming back. If that isn't saying something....

This was not an uninteresting read. But considering the series is discontinued, I will not give the second book a try (yeah, I'm annoying like that). However if you get into it as a standalone, this is more than fine. There's a bit of disbelief surrounding Lev's character but it still works as a whole.

It's hard talking about this book without spoiling it. I guessed the “twist” halfway through the book (it's not hard to see it coming honestly) and I had inklings all the way from the first pages so I read this with that idea in mind. I don't know if it changes your experience of the characters. I'm mentioning this because like other J.T. Geissinger's books, things are not black or white. But saying they are shades of gray isn't quite true either. For me, it's about bad people doing good stuff and good people doing terrible things. When they're terrible, they're terrible and my main gripe with her books is that the forgiveness is sometimes a bit too easy to obtain. It's not so much the case here because there's a lot of groveling done but honestly, I owe it to the FMC to be strong, enjoyable and hilarious. Even when she's down, she's a force to be reckoned with. I loved that about Emery. 

The heat is still there (Geissinger writes GREAT heat) and if you're into dysfunctionnal almost but not quite toxic relationship, you'll find your happiness within these pages.

A worthy follow up to Beautifully Cruel. I prefered the overall storyline of the first installment but liked the relationship between Killian and Juliet very much. I find that J.T. Geissinger writes good female characters that are not afraid to stand up for themselves despite some maddening circumstances at times.

I enjoyed this book (J.T. Geissinger is a new author for me) but it wasn't what I expected. While I really appreciated the twists and turns it took, I also expected something darker based on the title and summary. Honestly, Liam sent cinnamon roll vibes all throughout and while I'm not complaining, it made some things that happen harder to grasp. Because he does some seriously shady stuff (like pretty much kidnapping the FMC) but since he's also clearly so gone over her that everything he does could be construed as romantic, it irks me a little. 
I have a high tolerance for bullshit actions in books because I know my value and I know what I'd do if I, or someone else, were to go through stuff like that in real life. So i don't mind the fantasy of a little kidnapping, of a slight dubcon/noncon, but it's harder to enjoy when the lines are clearly blurred like here and I always worry for suggestible audiences. It's both a dark and very light hearted book and it makes rooting for the MMC feel like a slight betrayal towards my own gender.

However, Truvy was quite amazing. The first few pages of the book do not do justice to her character that start shining after that. She's a riot and she makes this whole book and Liam delightful thanks to her humour. 

Overall, it's a mixed bag of feeling. The tension between the characters is piping hot and J.T. Geissinger sure knows how to play on it. She's right up there for me with Tessa Bailey when it comes to hot factor. And while there are issues, it's still a seriously enjoyable read.

Not going to lie, I'm not used to dark romances, but I found this to be totally my jam. Though, this was a bit too short and it didn't allow for the proper development. Everything was a bit too glossed over and I wanted to see Ember's transformation to be something magnificent but either time/page constraint, or the writing, did not allow for that. 

Most of the men could also have been really interesting but again, they were not properly given the time for the reader to actively care for them and overall, there was not enough finesse for the ambiance of the book to shine through.

I'd say that it was a decent read, with an incredible potential, and that, at least, it opened my eyes to the power of dark romance. I enjoyed how twisted and bloody everyone was. I wish I could rate it +4 but alas, the pacing and character development, while there, was not strong enough in my opinion.

I'm enjoying Tana Rose's omega series much more than her Pantheon one. That said, while there were some aspects of this story that I liked even more than her first installement, there were things that made me drop the rating. First of all, there came a point in the story where it felt like an entire chapter had not been proofread at all. I don't mind the occasional typos. I know they come with the territory of independent publishing, but this became almost unbereable. Fortunately, while there are smallish typos all the way throughout the book, the main horror show lasts for a few pages before stopping. I was about to dnf when I realized that the writing was somewhat polished again. 

In terms of storytelling, this was a really interesting take on the whole ‘fated mates' and what happens when you're confronted with a choice. I found most characters to have an interesting basis but they mostly felt underdevelopped as well, especially Luca, who despite being the catalyst for a lot of things, did not feel like a strong presence at all. Maddox was terribly maddening and the overall lack/problem of communication was irritating at times. Sadie's first encounter with Swift was one of the hottest meeting I've ever read despite there not being anything sexual happening and Swift was almost my favourite character (it's saying a lot because I'm generally very ambivalent towards the morally dubious cray cray character in those types of books).

The relationships between the male heroes was also disappointing. There were mentions of intimacy between them all but apart from two characters that had obviously something going on, there never were any scenes depicting that intimacy.

All in all, it was a strong idea with lots of potential but with a poorer execution than for the first book. I'm still very interested in reading Sorrel's story though.

I had high hopes for this despite DNFing Tana Rose's Pantheon series. I enjoyed her writing so I hoped that her omegaverse would please me more and it did. I find her writing to be enjoyable and her storytelling fairly seamless. She has a great way with emotions and for letting characters shine despite their hardships. 

All in all, this was a really good first book with loveable characters.

I totally will read the first installement of this series but when I read the synopsis for this, I had to get it. I've read a few books with plus size heroines but none hit quite like this one. Ocean's struggles felt so real and yet she was so hopeful. I also enjoyed the male characters. Of course, they were way too much but I mean, that's pretty much the par with omegaverse's alphas so I'm used to it. 

I like Devyn Sinclair's style. She has great balance and does not create drama that's as ridiculous as other storytellers. All in all, a good omegaverse book.

I've liked this installment almost as much as the previous one. I fell really hard for Charli (ex tomboy here so I know how that feels) but really stayed for Grant. Once again, I feel like Roni Loren has a way for creating spicy sexy stories that have a lot of heart and in which the development of the characters is still the priority.

I enjoyed this installment way more than the first one. I really enjoy Roni Loren's general storytelling. Even when characters have big secrets, things come out naturally. There's no awkward monologue about things done in the past, as if people rehashed constantly things. I find her way of unraveling things to be much more natural. I found the sex to be much more interesting in this book and loved all the relationships developped between the three characters. Everyone had their time and it just felt really balanced. I'm pretty in love with Andre so it's hard moving on to the next book, but I'll just have to endure.

 My first forray into Nalini Singh. It's hard for me to explain why I was so touched by Sascha and Lucas story. Upon rereading it, I can safely say that's it's nothing exceptional in terms of heat. However, the premise was what made it work. The world building N. Singh created allowed for the reader to actively care about Sascha. Who doesn't care about the fate of a woman who thinks she's going completely mad while she's just experiencing some first class emotions (and I mean, Lucas is a bit of a hunk, so you know, those hormones don't help...). Overall, it's a first great book. It sets the world without going overboard (and things get expanded in future books) so everything makes sense but you're not left with brain freeze from the overload.  
 In the great scheme of things, the timeline of the book is ridiculously short, so it's all incredibly insta and should make me (and you) mad but the pacing of the story and the attention to details make the story all seem to spread over more time. The general world building is fantastic and the parcels of information are just well spread out in the story.

 I think, Lucas lacked some meat on his character. He does have a very sad backstory which both define him and doesn't (he doesn't let it completely control him) which I appreciated but Sascha was so much of the central piece to everything that he seemed almost the addition for a great pairing rather than his own person. Considering he's the alpha of his pack, there were interactions that were interesting but did not get explore enough. 

Right, so this is going to be a bit harsh so let's start with the positive : as a frequent reader of omegaverse, this had a somewhat new take on the omega world. While omegas are often victims of trauma in other books, the entire premise of the book with an institute for “broken omegas”, the science behind their rehabilitation, the “types” of pack that would ask for them was intriguing.  Unfortunately, the good stops there. The universe built and the interactions between alphas and omegas are presented as fairly dark (no cinnamon rolls in here) and that's where the book fails : it fails in its tone, in its depth and in its writing. Everything remains too superficial to gain any perspective. Considering the traumatized heroine, the almost brutish alpha ways are a bit of a turn off because these books definitely try to toe the line of sweet and dark omegaverse. Unfortunately, when you get so many dark elements in your stories (past events, characters....), you just have to go for it. As it is, the book reads untrue and ridiculous. 

Also, I don't know how much of it is voluntary, but massive nope to the idea that her heroine does not need massive therapy (well, she doesn't imply that she doesn't need it, just that she understands that everyone heals in their own way and yaddi yadda). And while I can agree that people in real life could steer clear of therapy (I met a few) and that everyone has their coping mechanism, I wish books would blur the lines of reality/suggestion on that topic. 

I liked this as much as the first installement so I daresay that Ember L. Nicole is going on my watchlist. I appreciated the slow burn (very slow burn), some characters do not even kiss for like 400 pages but if you're in this for the natural development of a relationship that does not try to take away from traumatic events, then this is for you. As far as sweet omegaverse goes, this one is right at the top, along the likes of Kathryn Moon. 

I don't think I've ever checked ‘it's complicated' that much for another book. Honestly, this is just too short to be a “good” book. Things happen super fast and unless you're really into bdsm and have read other books, don't start with that one, because there are aspects that might turn off a reader (eg. crawling and the leash) if you have no inkling of bdsm lifestyle and the whole power exchange thing. Overall, the premise behind the characters is interesting, the characters ARE interesting but there is so little time to develop them that it gets lost in the sex scenes and while the sex scenes are also a conduct for character development, it just falls short anyway.

The writing was solid and everything else was too. So overall, it's an author I'm looking forward to discover more of. But I'll probably stick to her longer works to see if the weaknesses in characters development is due to the shortness of the book or something else.

 Look here, I liked this way less than Sydney and Allie (but again, these two are ultimate cinnamon rolls goals and it was hard to top that). In favor of Sierra Cassidy, she writes with diversity in mind and her characters, even if cinnamon rolls at heart, also have flaws and fears that make them feel very real. That said, and while I'm a HUGE fan of long ass books with slow burn and little action, this was almost too long and I can't quite believe I'm saying this. Knowing there's a second book of this mush terrifies me a little.  

I really loved this. It was slow and totally amazing. You have an author that is not afraid to pile on pages (I am sure some people would complain that it's too long) but I, for one, LOVE that an heroine has time to heal, is surrounded by loveable heroes who are total cinnamon rolls. I love that the spice develops slowly and naturally over the course of the book. I was not bored once and would not have wished for not one different thing. 

I am eager to see what comes next for this author.

I don't know how many times I teared up reading this and yet I kept going. I'm the least religious person you can find but this was so touching and powerful. I know this love story borders stockholm syndrome (or is totally it?) but I was just in awe. It was gorgeous and subtle and the dilemna both characters go through was just magnificent. I'm honestly sad that I won't be able to read this for the first time ever again.

First, let me preface by saying that NOTHING happens in this book and I really mean NOTHING happens. This is solely about two people meeting, discovering and falling in love. And you know what ? It's GLORIOUS. They're total snowflakes that are so adorable your teeth will grind. You do need to be in that kind of mood, but you know what ? I just wanted easy and cute and I got it in spades.

I really appreciated how this novella didn't make light of the tough questions regarding marriage, fidelity and drifting apart. Once again, the bdsm aspect is really light so don't go into these books looking for Joey W. Hill or Cherise Sinclair, but you can stay for precious fragile human relationships that need nurtering and work. I enjoyed reading about marriage on the brink of failure and thought it was done with a lot of respect for all the characters involved.