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Omega Phoenix: Claimed (Her Shifter Harem’s Babies, #1)
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In the majority of omegaverse/shifter why-choose PNRs I’ve read, the mates know each other beforehand (or at least some of them do, as in this case where we have two pairs of mates for the FMC), often instinctively knowing they’re going to be paired to the same mate one day, and are pretty comfortable with the concept of “being pack” as it were. Not the case for this book; in this world, multiple fated mates are unheard of. The MMCs have a lot of aggression/jealousy issues to work through. Too much hitting each other and growling drives me nuts, but I know some people love the possessive thing… I’d just rather live in a world where my mate wants me to be happy no matter who I’m with, where it’s a turn-on for him to watch me with my other mates, and he doesn’t feel the need to punch the ones I love. 🤷🏻♀️
In most of these PNR novels, the mate bond, once claimed/consummated/whatever, is sacrosanct, and can’t be invalidated by law—again, not the case in this one, where apparently the parents’ choice of mate takes legal precedent over the omega’s desires (unsurprisingly) and the one to claim her first (more unusual) and the omega’s fated mate (unheard of).
This book has FMC meeting her mates while disguised as a human, beingg forced to reveal the truth to them, (view spoiler) while her controlling parents (view spoiler) that is obviously going to get worse before it gets better. I was so stressed out for them! (view spoiler)
I like a more realistic character arc, where everyone is able to separate themselves from their instincts/hormones and fall in love for who they are as people, not just because mates or scents or whatever. A lot more character development and getting to know one another has to happen for these five before I’ll be satisfied with their HEA, but hey, that’s why it’s a series, right? Only one MMC drops the L word, and it’s the most impulsive and girl-crazy one of them, so that checks out. None of them have their stuff 100% together, all of them have some form of possessiveness, hang-ups, and/or phobias that need to be dealt with. And I think the author is kinda self-aware on that front, or at least this book was good enough that I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt.
The prose needs work. The author thinks that the correct possessive plural for Max is Max’ [sic] and there’s an annoying tendency to repeat sentences or phrases that just needs to be toned down a bit.
In most of these PNR novels, the mate bond, once claimed/consummated/whatever, is sacrosanct, and can’t be invalidated by law—again, not the case in this one, where apparently the parents’ choice of mate takes legal precedent over the omega’s desires (unsurprisingly) and the one to claim her first (more unusual) and the omega’s fated mate (unheard of).
This book has FMC meeting her mates while disguised as a human, beingg forced to reveal the truth to them, (view spoiler) while her controlling parents (view spoiler) that is obviously going to get worse before it gets better. I was so stressed out for them! (view spoiler)
I like a more realistic character arc, where everyone is able to separate themselves from their instincts/hormones and fall in love for who they are as people, not just because mates or scents or whatever. A lot more character development and getting to know one another has to happen for these five before I’ll be satisfied with their HEA, but hey, that’s why it’s a series, right? Only one MMC drops the L word, and it’s the most impulsive and girl-crazy one of them, so that checks out. None of them have their stuff 100% together, all of them have some form of possessiveness, hang-ups, and/or phobias that need to be dealt with. And I think the author is kinda self-aware on that front, or at least this book was good enough that I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt.
The prose needs work. The author thinks that the correct possessive plural for Max is Max’ [sic] and there’s an annoying tendency to repeat sentences or phrases that just needs to be toned down a bit.
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