MsRHReviewer's Reviews > Omega Phoenix: Claimed

Enjoying the story, though the writing itself could use improvement

As I mentioned in the header, I'm enjoying the story itself. It's about one of the rarest Shifter types of all - a Phoenix - who also happens to be an omega. In a world where Omegas have practically no rights, this could mean a jackpot to whoever got her hands on her, even her parents. She takes suppressants so that no one knows she's a shifter at all and can pass as a human, living in the human world and working an everyday job at a café.

She gets invited to a party by a couple of Alphas who want to help her out financially, but she refuses their charity. So, they offer to pay her to come with them. This also means they won't have to talk to people they won't want to, so it seems like a win-win. At the party, however, her suppressants wear off a bit, and the two Alphas who invited her, as well as two others she knows, get a whiff of her and realize she's their mate. They take her away from the party so no one else can scent her, but someone takes photos of them leaving and post it to the news, accusing the Alphas of sneaking away with an unknown omega. Eventually her parents come forward and start to play it in their favour, claiming they had no idea where she had been the entire time (a lie), that she had been kidnapped, she had an arranged alpha mate already (another lie), and now the world is out to get them. All the Phoenix wants to do is live her own life, but that's impossible now.

A couple of the guys (Zack in particular) are a bit annoying. He and Spence are notorious playboys. Meanwhile, the Phoenix hasn't even had a first kiss by the time the story begins. When her heat hits, they all take her without any thought. If even one had maybe saved himself and gone first (despite their instincts riding them), it may have been nicer, but this wasn't the case. If they find out by the next book that it was her first time and they grovel hard for taking her the way they did, I'll approve. If it's not even touched on, I'll be pretty disappointed. Why bother mentioning the first kiss and stuff at that point at all, then?

Also, the writing itself: The author seems to be a fan of repeating herself. To press a point home, she repeats sentences. If you read the book, you'll know what I mean. It's fine if done a couple of times, maybe, but not nearly every chapter. It gets annoying.

If these books were available on KU, I'd keep reading. It's still a good story, and I enjoyed it overall. However, after looking at reviews and noticing that the books have to be purchased and are NOT available on KU, I think I'm going to pass on finishing this series.