This is a totally new genre for me and I was, and yes, still, a little apprehensive about it. However, despite the actions of this hero, I enjoyed thiThis is a totally new genre for me and I was, and yes, still, a little apprehensive about it. However, despite the actions of this hero, I enjoyed this story and I’m curious to see what happens next. As many reviewers have shared, Shepherd does something at the end of this book that is quite unforgiving for many readers, myself included. But somewhere in the back of my mind I want it to be not exactly as it seems. I do enjoy a bit of a twist in the books I read and I’m hoping that I will find this to be the case in this situation. I know it’s bad, I know there’s got to be some truth to what he did, but I’m a hopeless romantic and I know that Shepherd’s actions speak of more than what is on the surface.
So, I’m going to move forward into the next book although some of what I’ve read about this genre scares me at what might happen in the future. While there is much that I don’t think I’d like at all about Omegaverse, I do love the all alpha hero and if I find that twist and if this series ends up with a HEA, I’ll count it a win. I’m nervous, but I’m moving onward. Eek!
POV – mostly heroine but sometimes we get just a tiny bit of the hero although there is no distinction between the two which is a bit confusing Safe (view spoiler)[it appears that the hero has sex with ow after forcing the h into the bathroom – this is the twist I’m hoping for as the ow seems malicious and I’m hoping there is an explanation as to what happened (hide spoiler)] Triggers (view spoiler)[dubious consent (hide spoiler)] ...more
I love this book so much! Sam and Hunter were so perfect together. While Sam’s insecurity regarding Hunter’s feelings provides some angst, I’d Reread:
I love this book so much! Sam and Hunter were so perfect together. While Sam’s insecurity regarding Hunter’s feelings provides some angst, I’d forgotten that this author writes Hunter in such a way that it was obvious he was struggling with the relationship as well. This time around, I was much more aware of the angst added due to him. Knowing how this ends did help to ramp up my emotions more this time around, overall, feeling much more angsty than my initial read.
Original Review:
Sam has always been the good girl, the perfect girl, the smart girl. When her grandfather continues to pressure her into marrying, and an old school friend needs help after being released from prison, she takes her first rebellious step. For one year, Sam and Hunter will be married. He will have a job with her grandfather’s company as well as a place to live and she will have a practice husband. Unfortunately, one of Hunter’s conditions is that she learn to take risks and open herself up to life. Easy, right?
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Poor Sam. She was just so caught up in her method of staying safe, never rocking the boat or trying new things. Hunter has quite the challenge on his hands to pull her from her sedate lifestyle but her desire to experience hot sex is an enjoyable endeavor. I hurt for her inability to step out of the world she lived in and loved Hunter for pushing her limits although never running roughshod over her in the process.
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Hunter was so kind and gentle and so very determined to be and do whatever was necessary to fulfill his side of the marriage bargain. I worried that he might lose himself in the process. However, it was his own past that held him captive. Without his point of view I was completely clueless regarding his true issues and emotions. Was he all in or just abiding by the outline he and Sam had set at the onset of their arrangement?
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This was a great read, written in clean precise prose that never gave way to repetition or unnecessary details and introspection which resulted in a fast pace. The characters were so real and their conflict completely human. Despite Sam’s love of fiction she was living a new life, not that of a fairy tale, but one that consisted of all the pain and joy that could be expected in such a relationship. I loved watching this couple as they struggled together and independently.
The steam level is relatively high, the secondary characters mostly consisting of the heroine’s family, two which have their own stories. I would’ve liked to have seen what the future held for Hunter in regards to his own past issues but the epilogue was otherwise absolutely perfect.
Overall, an extremely enjoyable read and one I’d especially recommend to those who like a hero who rides the line between alpha and beta.
Heroine POV Safe (view spoiler)[no ow/om drama; this couple knew each other in high school and both had crushes but the h never knew that the H liked her; they both go on to other relationships; H is not shown to be a womanizer and due to prison has been celibate (hide spoiler)] Triggers (view spoiler)[no apparent triggers (hide spoiler)]...more
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