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Jaded Omegas #4
Knot Your Forever
Losing your mate is said to be one of the most painful experiences an omega can face, I now know how true that is.
Now I have to face a world without Everett. He was my best friend, my mate, and my alpha.
It didn’t take long before I decided that it was too hard to keep going. I just have one last piece of unfinished business… meeting his twin, Lake, a year after Everett’s passing to read the letters he left us.
Only Lake isn’t alone. His pack is worried about his sudden silence and crashes our reunion.
Riven, Micah, and Drew all want to keep their packmate from drowning in his pain. But then something happens none of us expect… we aren’t just strangers, but pack.
Now we’re facing the ghost of Everett together and the guys want to help me move on, but I’m not so sure I can. I’ve already lost one mate and I’m terrified to let myself love again.
Am I strong enough to embrace my new forever or will my grief claim me first?
This is a standalone in the Jaded Omega Series. There will be topics such as grief, losing a mate, moving on, thoughts of su!c!de, and past trauma. This is a pack that will find their healing journey together against all odds. Most of the heavy emotions are in the beginning of the book, the pack healing is a larger portion.
Now I have to face a world without Everett. He was my best friend, my mate, and my alpha.
It didn’t take long before I decided that it was too hard to keep going. I just have one last piece of unfinished business… meeting his twin, Lake, a year after Everett’s passing to read the letters he left us.
Only Lake isn’t alone. His pack is worried about his sudden silence and crashes our reunion.
Riven, Micah, and Drew all want to keep their packmate from drowning in his pain. But then something happens none of us expect… we aren’t just strangers, but pack.
Now we’re facing the ghost of Everett together and the guys want to help me move on, but I’m not so sure I can. I’ve already lost one mate and I’m terrified to let myself love again.
Am I strong enough to embrace my new forever or will my grief claim me first?
This is a standalone in the Jaded Omega Series. There will be topics such as grief, losing a mate, moving on, thoughts of su!c!de, and past trauma. This is a pack that will find their healing journey together against all odds. Most of the heavy emotions are in the beginning of the book, the pack healing is a larger portion.
280 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 15, 2023
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Jarica James
134 books680 followersJarica is an American author. She prefers writing paranormal and fantasy books. When she isn't writing she is playing her xbox with her husband and fellow nerd. She has two crazy boys who make writing a challenge, but one she gladly accepts.
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December 14, 2023
This book has completely wrecked me. I have never cried so much over a book. I have never ugly sobbed so much that my parents became concerned. They thought I was grieving a real person. But this book tore through my heart strings, I was slow mending throughout the book. My heart was with Shaye. And with Lake, they both had a lot to go through. They both bonded over their shared loss. And along that way, Shaye met Lake’s pack. And they worked together on being a pack, being that shoulder to cry on. This was both a heart wrenching story and a beautiful one. I don’t think I can recommend this enough. Jarica James’ omegaverse stories are truly some of my favorites.
March 2, 2024
fuck the 5 stages of grief. this book put me through 9. I was sobbing all night. 5 ⭐️.
my heart was shattered and repaired all within a couple of hours. I've been through grief, and goddamn this hit hard. I loved it.
my heart was shattered and repaired all within a couple of hours. I've been through grief, and goddamn this hit hard. I loved it.
March 20, 2024
I am putting this all in while it’s fresh.
This books feels like it was trying to do the same thing as another omegaverse WC book where the FL is pregnant and loses her mates, but she meets her mate’s twin brother “Lake” and his pack.
And this book fails miserably.
For all the grief and angst promised, it was interesting to me how nothing was left to imagination. The narration goes to great lengths to explain out everything in awkwardly done dialogue. There’s little internal monologue for me to relate to this allegedly “grief” and “angst”.
If a book is going to be about emotions, it’d be nice if the book allowed the emotions to breathe instead of cramming down your throat so much dialogue that you forget who’s speaking. Not to mention, this grieving FL is another eye-rolling, sasseigh, feisteigh FMC, and there’s an Alpha who just screams at her to breathe and be calm and somehow that works.
Because mates, amirite? 🤷🏾♀️
DNFed. Waste of time. If I want a book to show me grief and loss without telling me it through oodles of bad dialogue, I’ll go through my past reads 👋🏾
This books feels like it was trying to do the same thing as another omegaverse WC book where the FL is pregnant and loses her mates, but she meets her mate’s twin brother “Lake” and his pack.
And this book fails miserably.
For all the grief and angst promised, it was interesting to me how nothing was left to imagination. The narration goes to great lengths to explain out everything in awkwardly done dialogue. There’s little internal monologue for me to relate to this allegedly “grief” and “angst”.
If a book is going to be about emotions, it’d be nice if the book allowed the emotions to breathe instead of cramming down your throat so much dialogue that you forget who’s speaking. Not to mention, this grieving FL is another eye-rolling, sasseigh, feisteigh FMC, and there’s an Alpha who just screams at her to breathe and be calm and somehow that works.
Because mates, amirite? 🤷🏾♀️
DNFed. Waste of time. If I want a book to show me grief and loss without telling me it through oodles of bad dialogue, I’ll go through my past reads 👋🏾
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June 29, 2025
2.5 stars. Wasn't bad and did make me cry as I've recently lost someone very important in my life. But it just didn't feel like a great story. In some ways, she moved on to the new pack quickly. Yet it didn't have a lot of conflict resolution. Just my take.
April 23, 2024
For all the build up for this journey it sorta fell flat and boring.
December 17, 2023
Knot Your Forever is the fourth book in the Jaded Omegas series and is one heck of an emotional read. Jarica James ripped my heart out with this one! It has a fantastic storyline and fabulous characters and I would highly recommend it. I have to forewarn you though, you will not be able to put it down once you pick it up!
December 27, 2023
So far, I would say this one was my favorite in this series. Though, the topic is heavy, for me, it had the most depth and best build up than the other books. And it had so many emotions.
I did cry while reading this. Mostly for the first half of the book. Grief and the death of characters are generally an emotional topic. I never lost someone, who was really close to me. Sure, I had death in the family, and it is sad. But it were always family members I barely knew or was never truly close to over the years. Of course, I was sad for them, that they had to die. But I mostly cried, because family members, who are close to me, cried, because they were close to the ones, who died. I couldn't see them suffer and wanted to console them.
And with books, it's emotional. It's kinda the same thing. I'm connected to the characters and I cry because they suffer, and I listen in to their grief and heartfelt words. Especially, when the dying person is so present. We see Everett in many instances. I felt devastated for him and for Shaye. For their will never be a future. For Lake losing his other half, his twin.
So, I cried a lot. Because for the version of a book, I will never get to read. I would have loved to see a story with Everett. But I know it will never be.
Sure, there are still time jumps and all. It's face paced. But I really felt the story and in the end it was a bittersweet story. We know Everett is gone, but he left behind the memories and kinda lived on in the things that were important to him and the people, who knew him.
So, it ended on a positive note for me. And I had to give this book 5 stars.
I did cry while reading this. Mostly for the first half of the book. Grief and the death of characters are generally an emotional topic. I never lost someone, who was really close to me. Sure, I had death in the family, and it is sad. But it were always family members I barely knew or was never truly close to over the years. Of course, I was sad for them, that they had to die. But I mostly cried, because family members, who are close to me, cried, because they were close to the ones, who died. I couldn't see them suffer and wanted to console them.
And with books, it's emotional. It's kinda the same thing. I'm connected to the characters and I cry because they suffer, and I listen in to their grief and heartfelt words. Especially, when the dying person is so present. We see Everett in many instances. I felt devastated for him and for Shaye. For their will never be a future. For Lake losing his other half, his twin.
So, I cried a lot. Because for the version of a book, I will never get to read. I would have loved to see a story with Everett. But I know it will never be.
Sure, there are still time jumps and all. It's face paced. But I really felt the story and in the end it was a bittersweet story. We know Everett is gone, but he left behind the memories and kinda lived on in the things that were important to him and the people, who knew him.
So, it ended on a positive note for me. And I had to give this book 5 stars.
February 5, 2024
I’ve never cried so much
Ok, here’s the thing… this book is outside of my wheelhouse. I would’ve never read this book on my own without it being the next book in a series of stand-alones that has aspects I enjoyed. I really liked the previous books with the crazy Love stories and stalkers. I’m a comedy and horror fan. I like zombies and dark romance. But…this series is just cozy enough to be a palate cleanser.
I hate too much angst and drama that doesn’t include good communication and willful stubbornness, however this book was so good. It’s about loss and healing. It’s about moving past pain and growth of character. It really should have been made into a series on its own though. Learning more about the guys backgrounds and whatnot but for the single book it was, it really made you think.
I avoid tear jerkers usually because I’m a really empathetic person. I feel others embarrassment, happiness, pain, etc. This book hurt and I cried reading the letters and whatnot.
All that to say that if I, the person who avoids drama and loss like the plague, made it past the first chapter then you know this book is good. I literally couldn’t put it down. I fell asleep with my phone clutched in my little paw and when I woke up in the morning I continued on until I finished. Now it’s time for breakfast and to find some crazy dark romance that’ll help me move past this.
Good luck! Read at your own risk!!!! 😭
Ok, here’s the thing… this book is outside of my wheelhouse. I would’ve never read this book on my own without it being the next book in a series of stand-alones that has aspects I enjoyed. I really liked the previous books with the crazy Love stories and stalkers. I’m a comedy and horror fan. I like zombies and dark romance. But…this series is just cozy enough to be a palate cleanser.
I hate too much angst and drama that doesn’t include good communication and willful stubbornness, however this book was so good. It’s about loss and healing. It’s about moving past pain and growth of character. It really should have been made into a series on its own though. Learning more about the guys backgrounds and whatnot but for the single book it was, it really made you think.
I avoid tear jerkers usually because I’m a really empathetic person. I feel others embarrassment, happiness, pain, etc. This book hurt and I cried reading the letters and whatnot.
All that to say that if I, the person who avoids drama and loss like the plague, made it past the first chapter then you know this book is good. I literally couldn’t put it down. I fell asleep with my phone clutched in my little paw and when I woke up in the morning I continued on until I finished. Now it’s time for breakfast and to find some crazy dark romance that’ll help me move past this.
Good luck! Read at your own risk!!!! 😭
October 2, 2025
Wow. I wasn't expecting to love this book as much as I did. Within the first 10 pages, I was sobbing. My heart was breaking for what the characters were going through. What follows was a hard but fulfilling journey of healing.
When Shaye lost her bonded mate to cancer, she was dispondent. She just started going through the motions of living each day. As the one year anniversary was getting closer, Shaye had decided she wanted to join her mate in the hereafter. It was too painful to live without him. The universe had other plans for her, and before she could make the final decision put the rest of her fated mates in her path. Everett, her deceased mate, had left her with a final gift. A scavenger hunt of sorts, to be played with his twin brother, Lake, who was also struggling without his other half. This allows her and her mates to learn more about each other, grow as a pack, and heal.
There were scenes further in the book that made me sob, but I loved the compassion and understanding the characters provided each other. The overall character growth and healing aspects were beautiful. The things Lake did to make sure Everett was not forgotten as they moved forward together were heartwarming.
The author did a really good job balancing sensitive topics with compassion and hope.
When Shaye lost her bonded mate to cancer, she was dispondent. She just started going through the motions of living each day. As the one year anniversary was getting closer, Shaye had decided she wanted to join her mate in the hereafter. It was too painful to live without him. The universe had other plans for her, and before she could make the final decision put the rest of her fated mates in her path. Everett, her deceased mate, had left her with a final gift. A scavenger hunt of sorts, to be played with his twin brother, Lake, who was also struggling without his other half. This allows her and her mates to learn more about each other, grow as a pack, and heal.
There were scenes further in the book that made me sob, but I loved the compassion and understanding the characters provided each other. The overall character growth and healing aspects were beautiful. The things Lake did to make sure Everett was not forgotten as they moved forward together were heartwarming.
The author did a really good job balancing sensitive topics with compassion and hope.
November 18, 2025
This whole thing felt really...idk, disjointed? One of the alphas could have been cut entirely because there was really no place for him and he didnt have any purpose to the story, nor much of a personality. Both the heat scene and the biting/bonding scene felt like they were thrown in there out of obligation, like an omegaverse checklist, and they didnt really mesh well with the surrounding story. I really liked the concept of this book but the follow through fell flat for me. It was supposed to be an emotional healing journey but it really felt like she just went from being traumatized to healed with no in between. But my most hated bit of this book was how the characters constantly knew things that had me like...how would they know that?! Like she's sitting in her car with a pill bottle and instead of wondering what she's doing there or perhaps assuming she needs to take some kind of medication, everybody immediately and correctly assumes that she had planned to use those pills to off herself. And having the characters say things like, "This was the first time I'd ever seen him do xyz so this is a powerful moment," but like...they've known each other for all of 3 days. Similarly, making commentary on someone's personality and, "I love how he always does xyz for me," when AGAIN, THEY BARELY KNOW EACH OTHER. Anyways, I finished this book and I should've just DNF'd it.
June 17, 2024
Rating- 4
Heat-2.5
Tropes- sweet omegaverse, MFMMM, grieving, friends to lovers
Knot Your Forever was so much deeper than I expected. I went into it looking for a fluffy, sweet omegaverse. What I got was a touching journey on grief and moving on after the death of a partner. I can count on one hand the books that made me actually cry tears, and this is one of them.
Shaye and Everett discover they were mates as teens. They were each other’s first love and expect to be together forever. Tragedy unfortunately gets in the way when Everett died of cancer. Shaye is drowning in her grief. That is until Everett himself sends her on a journey to let go of him and embrace life, including his twin brother and his pack, and Everett participates in each step.
The story is more about acceptance of death and the ability to keep living than it is about Shaye falling in love with the new pack. As far as that is concerned, it relies heavily on scent matches. The guys are immediately all in because she is their fated mate. She never questions whether they should be the ones she moves on with. She is questioning whether she should move at all.
Heat-2.5
Tropes- sweet omegaverse, MFMMM, grieving, friends to lovers
Knot Your Forever was so much deeper than I expected. I went into it looking for a fluffy, sweet omegaverse. What I got was a touching journey on grief and moving on after the death of a partner. I can count on one hand the books that made me actually cry tears, and this is one of them.
Shaye and Everett discover they were mates as teens. They were each other’s first love and expect to be together forever. Tragedy unfortunately gets in the way when Everett died of cancer. Shaye is drowning in her grief. That is until Everett himself sends her on a journey to let go of him and embrace life, including his twin brother and his pack, and Everett participates in each step.
The story is more about acceptance of death and the ability to keep living than it is about Shaye falling in love with the new pack. As far as that is concerned, it relies heavily on scent matches. The guys are immediately all in because she is their fated mate. She never questions whether they should be the ones she moves on with. She is questioning whether she should move at all.
December 10, 2023
I rarely cry while reading a book, but this story had the teers rolling down my cheeks multiple times. "Knot Your Forever" is an emotional standalone, where mourning and trying to find a way to continue life throughout the heartbreak are at its center. I could feel the emotions through the pages; they were so beautifully written, and in a truly respectful way. A big part of this story is about healing, and finding love again, but even those scenes led to teers...
I believe "Knot Your Forever" is my favorite book in this series so far. I loved how present the person they lost was throughout the story, how respectful all these characters were about the past, and how they all came together. There isn't a whole lot of character building in this story, but I didn't miss it for once, because it's clear that wasn't the main point of the storyline in this one. It's about mourning, healing, and how every person has to take their own road to find a reason to live again. And there's real beauty in that...
I believe "Knot Your Forever" is my favorite book in this series so far. I loved how present the person they lost was throughout the story, how respectful all these characters were about the past, and how they all came together. There isn't a whole lot of character building in this story, but I didn't miss it for once, because it's clear that wasn't the main point of the storyline in this one. It's about mourning, healing, and how every person has to take their own road to find a reason to live again. And there's real beauty in that...
April 27, 2024
It's been a long time since a book made me feel so many different emotions it felt like I was sobbing every 5 minutes. This was the book version of p.s. I love you for me, except instead of letters being delivered, it was videos to take you on this adventure of healing from pain and finding love again. My heart shattered when she lost Everett. I've lost a lot, but never someone I loved that felt like a soulmate. In the end I was so happy she got her happy ending but she had over a year to work through her emotions and I'm still stuck on the it's so unfair she lost him not only that but poor lake that was his twin his other half literally and the things he sacrificed to make his brothers final moments the best he could my god. I wanna read this all over for the first time again and I just finished it.
October 17, 2024
This book hit me in the feels from the first pages! A slow burn, dealing with loss stand-alone OV romance.
The way this book explained the feelings of grief and loss of such deep love in the first half was heart-wrenching, it had me tearing up. It was largely from the POV of the FMC, she was written very well and we got to delve deeply into her.
There were far less chapters from the POVs of the MMCs, but that seems to be the trend in this author’s writing. We get the general backstories of the MMCs with more of an expecting to deepen the knowledge of each other over time since it’s pretty much an insta love relationship that forms.
This wasn’t the character story I thought we’d get in this book, but it was great nonetheless! I’m sure I’ll be delving into the universe again with the next book in the series. Hopefully we’ll get Kat’s story soon!
The way this book explained the feelings of grief and loss of such deep love in the first half was heart-wrenching, it had me tearing up. It was largely from the POV of the FMC, she was written very well and we got to delve deeply into her.
There were far less chapters from the POVs of the MMCs, but that seems to be the trend in this author’s writing. We get the general backstories of the MMCs with more of an expecting to deepen the knowledge of each other over time since it’s pretty much an insta love relationship that forms.
This wasn’t the character story I thought we’d get in this book, but it was great nonetheless! I’m sure I’ll be delving into the universe again with the next book in the series. Hopefully we’ll get Kat’s story soon!
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May 28, 2025🎧Audiobook Review🎧
📚 Knot Your Forever by Jarica James
🎤 Narrated by Ava Flynn & Soren Grey
Tropes:
Omegaverse
Small Town
Fated Mates
Moving On After Grief/Loss
Pack Who Would Do Anything For Her
Ratings:
🎤🎤🎤🎤
🌶️🌶️.5
Review:
Geez chapter 2 already crying, I cried thought out this whole book. I’m not sure why it hit so hard but I couldn’t get over it. It completely wreck me, Honestly I don’t know how to rate this book, I loved it but I also hate it, in the best way. My mood through out this book was just sad, emotional, heartbroken. When there was a happy moment there was a sad right after so it was a wash.
Now I’m not saying it was bad because it wasn’t, it was while written. I loved the characters! It was just so sad. If you want to cry and be completely wreck this is the right book for you.
📚 Knot Your Forever by Jarica James
🎤 Narrated by Ava Flynn & Soren Grey
Tropes:
Omegaverse
Small Town
Fated Mates
Moving On After Grief/Loss
Pack Who Would Do Anything For Her
Ratings:
🎤🎤🎤🎤
🌶️🌶️.5
Review:
Geez chapter 2 already crying, I cried thought out this whole book. I’m not sure why it hit so hard but I couldn’t get over it. It completely wreck me, Honestly I don’t know how to rate this book, I loved it but I also hate it, in the best way. My mood through out this book was just sad, emotional, heartbroken. When there was a happy moment there was a sad right after so it was a wash.
Now I’m not saying it was bad because it wasn’t, it was while written. I loved the characters! It was just so sad. If you want to cry and be completely wreck this is the right book for you.
December 19, 2023
Beautiful emotional read
This is a beautiful work about Shaye and Lake’s grief journey after losing her mate and Lake’s twin. The character development was phenomenal, the entire pack each had their own baggage just like everyone in real life. The chemistry and bonding happened just as it needed to. I enjoyed Everett’s plan throughout the story, it was creative and a refreshing take on moving forward.
I am not going to lie, I cried throughout this whole book. Especially the beginning. Jarica’s words were so moving, I could feel the emotions in every page. This book will stay with me for a long time. Thank you for sharing this beautiful tale of love and self discovery after loss.
This is a beautiful work about Shaye and Lake’s grief journey after losing her mate and Lake’s twin. The character development was phenomenal, the entire pack each had their own baggage just like everyone in real life. The chemistry and bonding happened just as it needed to. I enjoyed Everett’s plan throughout the story, it was creative and a refreshing take on moving forward.
I am not going to lie, I cried throughout this whole book. Especially the beginning. Jarica’s words were so moving, I could feel the emotions in every page. This book will stay with me for a long time. Thank you for sharing this beautiful tale of love and self discovery after loss.
December 19, 2023
Prepare to ugly cry…
…cause I sure as hell did!!
Nothing like a book about tragic untimely deaths to remind you that you that you make an excellent leaky faucet.
While this was beautifully written, and was deeply sorrowful for a good portion, it didn’t stay stifling in its grief the whole way through. I couldn’t read a whole series of books with the same plot though, my poor heart couldn’t handle it. I think that it fits in well with the other books in the Jaded Omega series, and doesn’t rely on the same stalker/abusive/obsessive/whatever ex trope, but on the death of a fated mate due to terminal cancer, and the effects it has on those close to them. Looking forward to the next book in the series, and hopefully Kat’s too!
…cause I sure as hell did!!
Nothing like a book about tragic untimely deaths to remind you that you that you make an excellent leaky faucet.
While this was beautifully written, and was deeply sorrowful for a good portion, it didn’t stay stifling in its grief the whole way through. I couldn’t read a whole series of books with the same plot though, my poor heart couldn’t handle it. I think that it fits in well with the other books in the Jaded Omega series, and doesn’t rely on the same stalker/abusive/obsessive/whatever ex trope, but on the death of a fated mate due to terminal cancer, and the effects it has on those close to them. Looking forward to the next book in the series, and hopefully Kat’s too!
July 5, 2025
So so good!
I inhaled this book! I read the first few books in the series in 3 days and read this book in one sitting.
To say it made me cry would be an understatement. I cried at the beginning, I cried in the middle, I cried at the end, and honestly, it was so heartbreaking I had to put my kindle down because I needed to get more tissues.
That said, it wasn’t all sad! This was a new FMC to the town but I loved that we got to see Micah’s happily ever after. I’ve loved him since we met him in Ellie’s book. The book was a fun adventure, and outside of the sadness, a very cozy book.
This book dealt with a lot of grief and much heavier topics than the other books in the series so far, but it was my favorite of the series to this point. Can’t wait for the next book!
I inhaled this book! I read the first few books in the series in 3 days and read this book in one sitting.
To say it made me cry would be an understatement. I cried at the beginning, I cried in the middle, I cried at the end, and honestly, it was so heartbreaking I had to put my kindle down because I needed to get more tissues.
That said, it wasn’t all sad! This was a new FMC to the town but I loved that we got to see Micah’s happily ever after. I’ve loved him since we met him in Ellie’s book. The book was a fun adventure, and outside of the sadness, a very cozy book.
This book dealt with a lot of grief and much heavier topics than the other books in the series so far, but it was my favorite of the series to this point. Can’t wait for the next book!
August 21, 2025
Faith and hope
I got to say this book would be a great book for anyone dealing with loss. I know this might not have been the purpose, but wow.
I found myself very crying throughout this book. Its very sad but filled with hope and faith. It takes you throughout the loss of soul mate, and most can connect to this. You also go through the loss of a brother. Thru wind up on two different paths, but they are brought back together by the person the lost. They had to go different ways to become who they were ment to become. This also would bring in new people. We are all needn't to travel different path, but with faith and hope we can come back.
Warning is that there is loss, trauma, suicide and found family.
I got to say this book would be a great book for anyone dealing with loss. I know this might not have been the purpose, but wow.
I found myself very crying throughout this book. Its very sad but filled with hope and faith. It takes you throughout the loss of soul mate, and most can connect to this. You also go through the loss of a brother. Thru wind up on two different paths, but they are brought back together by the person the lost. They had to go different ways to become who they were ment to become. This also would bring in new people. We are all needn't to travel different path, but with faith and hope we can come back.
Warning is that there is loss, trauma, suicide and found family.
October 15, 2025
When an author can have me bawling within the first three chapters, you know it’s a five-star read.
When Shaye lost Everett so young, I honestly didn’t think she’d make it through. Seeing her come back a year later to talk to Lake(ev Twin) and discovering he was her mate, along with his pack Micah, Drew, and Riven, completely broke and healed me all at once.
Riven was hands down my favorite. He refused to let Shaye lose herself to grief, even while carrying his own pain. And Everett… even from beyond, he found a way to bring Lake and Shaye back together. His love, his creation, and his passion for those he left behind were so beautifully written.
💔 This story is emotional, raw, and full of love that transcends everything.
Please, please, please read this book.
When Shaye lost Everett so young, I honestly didn’t think she’d make it through. Seeing her come back a year later to talk to Lake(ev Twin) and discovering he was her mate, along with his pack Micah, Drew, and Riven, completely broke and healed me all at once.
Riven was hands down my favorite. He refused to let Shaye lose herself to grief, even while carrying his own pain. And Everett… even from beyond, he found a way to bring Lake and Shaye back together. His love, his creation, and his passion for those he left behind were so beautifully written.
💔 This story is emotional, raw, and full of love that transcends everything.
Please, please, please read this book.
December 15, 2023
This book is a very emotional addition to the series. It’s hard not to grieve with Shaye as she tries to cope after the loss of her mate. I was equally broken by Lake, her mate’s twin. The loss reverberates throughout the book, but it becomes a bittersweet thing. You can tell how much Everett cared about them and wanted them to feel his love even after his passing. It is this all-encompassing love that allows Shaye the space and time to heal and to bond. It also lets Shaye form connections with Lake’s pack. If you don’t mind a read that will tug on your heartstrings, this is definitely one worth investing your time in.
December 16, 2023
Wonderfully Emotional Omegaverse Romance!
Oh this book had be crying almost out the gate and was just so beautifully emotional through out. It’s a story about lost love, second chances, mourning and grief, finding meaning and love, and just being vulnerable through the pain. Such a wonderful story. I found myself welling up with emotion several times through the book both from sadness and happiness. Even though he was gone early in the book, Everett managed to touch my heart as well as the rest of the characters. I really love the world Ms James has created in Lockwood. Le sigh.
Please read trigger warnings and then enjoy.
5/5 ⭐️
2/5 🌶️
Oh this book had be crying almost out the gate and was just so beautifully emotional through out. It’s a story about lost love, second chances, mourning and grief, finding meaning and love, and just being vulnerable through the pain. Such a wonderful story. I found myself welling up with emotion several times through the book both from sadness and happiness. Even though he was gone early in the book, Everett managed to touch my heart as well as the rest of the characters. I really love the world Ms James has created in Lockwood. Le sigh.
Please read trigger warnings and then enjoy.
5/5 ⭐️
2/5 🌶️
December 23, 2023
loved it! just don’t ignore the tigger warnings
I loved this book! - spoilers ahead—-
Losing someone you love is hard, especially when they die young, it just doesn’t seem fair. Reading the loss of her first mate was heartbreaking, especially as I married a twin and can only imagine that loss.
As someone who has been fighting cancer this past year, this really hit home with me. The grief, and healing and working your way through a loss. I ugly cried through a good portion of this book, in the best way possible though. So if you don’t want to go down the emotional road, I would recommend passing on this book and take the trigger warning to heart.
I loved this book! - spoilers ahead—-
Losing someone you love is hard, especially when they die young, it just doesn’t seem fair. Reading the loss of her first mate was heartbreaking, especially as I married a twin and can only imagine that loss.
As someone who has been fighting cancer this past year, this really hit home with me. The grief, and healing and working your way through a loss. I ugly cried through a good portion of this book, in the best way possible though. So if you don’t want to go down the emotional road, I would recommend passing on this book and take the trigger warning to heart.
September 10, 2024
Mostly amazing
The emotions had me in tears for a good deal in the book.
There were just a lot of clunky parts. Idk how else to explain that. Dialogue we could have been shown rather than told, ya know?
Then, surprisingly, I was kind of over a lot of it by the time her heat and the first spicy scene heat. I love spice, but the scene just before it started with the randomly mean lady for no reason. Then a lot of spice was fir into that last little bit of book.
I would have preferred a few more scenes at the beginning of Everrett with both Shaye and Lake to show that bond, rather than drawing out so many parts later on.
Still a recommendable book if you need a good cry.
The emotions had me in tears for a good deal in the book.
There were just a lot of clunky parts. Idk how else to explain that. Dialogue we could have been shown rather than told, ya know?
Then, surprisingly, I was kind of over a lot of it by the time her heat and the first spicy scene heat. I love spice, but the scene just before it started with the randomly mean lady for no reason. Then a lot of spice was fir into that last little bit of book.
I would have preferred a few more scenes at the beginning of Everrett with both Shaye and Lake to show that bond, rather than drawing out so many parts later on.
Still a recommendable book if you need a good cry.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 26, 2025
Loved
I adored the uniqueness of this plot, it was sad and heartwarming all in one, it will be one that will stay with me. It follows Shaye and her grief through losing her Alpha and his own touch on getting her and his Twin through it. Unbeknownst to Shaye his Twin her is her mate. This is a beautiful story to read and Shaye not only has Lake the Twin of her mate but the rest of his pack too. River, Micha and Drew are everything they all need together. There is some Multi Pov but its mainly Shaye. Heat Knots. Then eventually bites and Pregnancy. HEA This story is heavily healing for all.
I adored the uniqueness of this plot, it was sad and heartwarming all in one, it will be one that will stay with me. It follows Shaye and her grief through losing her Alpha and his own touch on getting her and his Twin through it. Unbeknownst to Shaye his Twin her is her mate. This is a beautiful story to read and Shaye not only has Lake the Twin of her mate but the rest of his pack too. River, Micha and Drew are everything they all need together. There is some Multi Pov but its mainly Shaye. Heat Knots. Then eventually bites and Pregnancy. HEA This story is heavily healing for all.
December 16, 2023
Emotional Rollercoaster
I am not sure what to say about this book. I am not sure I was ready to dive into this emotional whiplash of a story. Little bit darker than what I am used to reading from Jarica James. I cried a lot as the characters grew to learn and adapt with their new normal instead of warm and fuzzies as many of the “lost mate” books this had a note of bittersweetness to it. It was a complex unique story that I really did enjoy. I definitely recommend this book, this story was beautiful.
I am not sure what to say about this book. I am not sure I was ready to dive into this emotional whiplash of a story. Little bit darker than what I am used to reading from Jarica James. I cried a lot as the characters grew to learn and adapt with their new normal instead of warm and fuzzies as many of the “lost mate” books this had a note of bittersweetness to it. It was a complex unique story that I really did enjoy. I definitely recommend this book, this story was beautiful.
December 21, 2023
Strings
This was just WOW!! I felt like the strings on a guitar being broken in one huge snap. Still there flapping but never whole and never able to feel anything but a cold darkness until four new strings appear and one by one put me back together again. I literally cried this whole book like I was the one going through the heart shatter to slowly being brought back.
You did an amazing job on this book and I could feel all the tears, blood, and sweat put into this story!!
This was just WOW!! I felt like the strings on a guitar being broken in one huge snap. Still there flapping but never whole and never able to feel anything but a cold darkness until four new strings appear and one by one put me back together again. I literally cried this whole book like I was the one going through the heart shatter to slowly being brought back.
You did an amazing job on this book and I could feel all the tears, blood, and sweat put into this story!!
December 24, 2023
Heart wrenching in the best way
This is going to pull your heart strings. The content warning and the blurb prepared me, but damn I i was still legit ugly crying 66% of the way thru. If you're looking for something light, this isn't it. If you're looking for a good story, or a cathartic cry, read it! Some stories like this get way too dark and become a DNF (did not finish) but this was done in a way that you could always see the light at the end of the tunnel and have hope. So well done cannot wait to see what this author does next!!
This is going to pull your heart strings. The content warning and the blurb prepared me, but damn I i was still legit ugly crying 66% of the way thru. If you're looking for something light, this isn't it. If you're looking for a good story, or a cathartic cry, read it! Some stories like this get way too dark and become a DNF (did not finish) but this was done in a way that you could always see the light at the end of the tunnel and have hope. So well done cannot wait to see what this author does next!!
June 25, 2025
DNF - 58%
I don't usually rate a DNF book more than two star... but it's not just the book that made me dnf... it's me.
I was not prepared for the amount of emotions this book would give me. The grief is so raw and so well written. I will probably try to read it again in the future.
That being said... I do think there was a bit of the other stuff that was too drawn out.. Everything OUTSIDE of the grief was just kind of flat... Which maybe that was the point? But as the read I went back and forth between crying and being bored which was in itself a rollercoaster...
I don't usually rate a DNF book more than two star... but it's not just the book that made me dnf... it's me.
I was not prepared for the amount of emotions this book would give me. The grief is so raw and so well written. I will probably try to read it again in the future.
That being said... I do think there was a bit of the other stuff that was too drawn out.. Everything OUTSIDE of the grief was just kind of flat... Which maybe that was the point? But as the read I went back and forth between crying and being bored which was in itself a rollercoaster...
December 15, 2023
Let me just preface this with the disclaimer that Knot Your Forever is an extremely emotional addition to the Jaded Omegas series but is most definitely worth the read. This standalone made me cry so deeply as Shaye and Lake navigate a heavy loss. James did a fantastic job letting these characters learn to breathe again while also being respectful to everything that happened up to this point. I have loved this series and am so excited to see what else James will write for us in the future!
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