Omega War of the Alphas

SM Reine — 2015

Ten years ago, Deirdre Tombs died. When she was reborn the next day, Deirdre had become a shapeshifter who can’t shift shapes. Nobody knows what animal she’s supposed to be. She’s definitely not a werewolf. The Alpha, Rylie Gresham, can’t force her to transform like other members of her pack. Now Deirdre is considered an omega, the weakest shapeshifter in the pack—a vulnerable position when Everton Stark demands tribute from Rylie. He wants to be the dominant Alpha. The only Alpha. And he plans to make her pack submit whether they want to or not. Stark can make every shapeshifter obey him by force of will alone. Every shapeshifter except Deirdre. The shifter who can’t shift is the only hope for Rylie to win the war against Stark. It will take everything Deirdre has to survive undercover in his den. But can an omega’s will be stronger than that of a charismatic, deadly Alpha like Everton Stark?

Reviews

Sarah Escorsa@shrimpy

Mar 8, 2022

➽ Fact #1: I'm still waiting for Reine to write a series/standalone/whatever as gloriously awesome as Descent was. I'm in no hurry, but I'm not getting any younger, either. So please get to it, Sara. ➽ Fact #2: Deirdre has not reached kick-ass heroine status yet, but potential there is. It would help if she was 30 instead of 20, but she isn't, so it doesn't. ➽ Fact #3: Woe is Me Pity Party Gage (WisMPPG™) is annoying as hell. A character can be royally fished up without whining and feeling sorry for him/herself/themselves/itself/whatever 24/7. Just ask Pippa DaCosta. ➽ Fact #4: Rylie Gresham, you're just as freakingly self-righteous in this story as you were in Ascension. And I still don't like you. At all. I wish Elise Kavanagh had chopped you to little pieces and fed your remains to her demon buddies when she had the chance. Please die. ➽ Fact #5: blood and gore, yay! Blood and gore, yay! That's the Awesome SM Reine Way (ASMRW™)! ➽ Fact #6: the romantic bullshit and insta-attraction/lust/love/whatever crap thing is irritating as hell. And makes me want to kill fluffy bunnies. It's a good thing Reine is evil and spoiler spoiler spoiler. It's what saved the book from a lower rating. Hallelujah to our Lord Shrimp and stuff. ➽ Fact #7: will I bother reading book 2 in this series? Maybe. Not sure. We shall see. Or not. » And the moral of this Gripping Non-Review (GNR™) is: Omega isn't very bad. But Omega isn't very good, either. It has a juvenile feel that is definitely not up to Reine's usual standard. Want to read Pure, Undiluted Reine Awesomeness (UPRA™)? Read Descent. The first three instalment in the series are available as a free bundle on Amazon. You have no excuse and stuff. You are quite welcome. And stuff.