Another page turner, full of myths, lore, romance, music, and revenge. I’ve been a huge fan of the Mercy and Alpha & Omega books for over five years, and this latest installment didn’t disappoint. This book came out at midnight, and I read the entire thing. So if you’re sensitive to those topics, brace yourself.īut the thing is I can’t hug my son, cry on my fianc, or bug my therapist, because it’s 6am. I wish I’d known that before reading right now I need to hug my son, cry on my fianc, and talk to my therapist for about four hours. This book deals heavily and repeatedly with r*pe, s*xual assault, gaslighting, and forced pregnancy. If I could say the one most important thing about this book, it’s a massive, MASSIVE trigger warning. Review #2 Alpha and Omega audiobook in series Alpha and Omega BUT, with two meh books in a row, I’m starting to think it’s time for me to quit this series. Yes, this does tie up some loose ends with Leah’s backstory/injured wolf who’s with Mercy now + ends with an exciting tease for the next book. But in this book, I just got a sense of redux with other villains - the quest into the woods was similar to their fight against Asil’s witch in #2, the creepy god was similar to the river demon Mercy fought in River Marked & the rapist theme has come up with the changeling in Silver Borne (I think that was the one) and Fair Game. One of the things I’ve liked a lot about this world is the creepy/scary vibe that never goes too far into dark horror/keep-me-up-at-night territory. There were two issues for me: (1) the author has already explored the plotline of the evil rapist demigod in different iterations in other books in this world, and (2) there were lots of plot tangents, especially in the beginning, that didn’t seem to go anywhere or add to my overall understanding of the characters or their world. Unfortunately, like the last Mercy story, this book felt forced. After the last so-so Mercy installment, I was looking forward to this book.

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