Not too bad…
Missy is a late blooming Omega. Her entire family are Betas so when she presented as an Omega it was a shock. She, and her family live in the worst part of the city and are very poor…a lot to do with her lazy, morally corrupt indifferent father, and her prostitute mother who sells drugs on the side. Her oldest sister Trinity went missing years ago (presumably sold to trafficker) and once she returned home she was NEVER THE SAME!
**SPOILERS**
Missy is beyond desperate! She has two evil heinous packs nipping at her heels, but pack Samuels is desperately insisting and trying to claim Missy as their Omega to abuse and breed. She’s horrified and her younger sisters have been threatened, so she knows only one place to turn to - Pack Raptor, composed of 3 Alphas named Dorian, Lucas, and Seb. These are powerful wealthy Alphas who had grown up in the dump neighborhood she did, and had even spent time with her sister Trinity. Missy had always had a crush on Dorian, but he barely ever paid her any attention. As the years went by she followed their incredible rise through the influential ranks, first leaving the “ghetto” they all lived in, and then “remaking” themselves into successful business men
Missy approaches Dorian, the de facto leader of the three Alphas and pretty much begs him to give her a chance…she’ll play as if she’s their “perfect Omega” keeping all the simpering women off of them, if they help to protect her family. Initially Dorian doesn’t agree…but feeling guilt over what happened to Trinity, Missy’s sister (who had been missing for years and physically and emotionally abused) he eventually agrees as long as both parties sign a contract that states some iron clad rules as well as an expiration date on their charade.
So Missy signs the contract, moves into the Alphas luxurious place, and they even move her family to a very nice house, which her nasty ungrateful parents don’t even thank Missy…and still try to MILK the situation telling her to get them MORE! They’re despicable human beings!!
As Missy comes to terms with living with the three Alphas (who are also all lovers) she finds herself increasingly drawn to, magnetized by all 3 of them. Lucas is the most flirtatious, but she’s able to match him wit by wit. Seb is the dark, dangerous one that everyone fears…EXCEPT for Missy who really likes his sharp edges and broody personality! She finds his presence makes her feel protected. Damian, he’s a tough one. He spends A LOT OF THE BOOK being mean or indifferent toward Missy, and hurting and humiliating her by flirting with other women even though they’ve told everyone that she’s THEIR OMEGA, to even being helpful and flirtatious with Missy’s messed up sister, Trinity. It leaves Missy feeling very hurt, humiliated and confused. But she doesn’t let his sourness ruin her, she grows closer to Lucas and Seb and eventually she BONDS with the sweet (most often time lover to Dorian) in a steamy scene where they have sex, knot, and exchange claiming bite marks.
From there on it changes a bit. Seb no longer holds back his feelings for Missy now that she’s bonded Lucas, and wants the same, he’s fallen in love with her sweetness, selflessness, integrity and her rare ability to REALLY SEE WHO HE IS INSIDE WITHOUT FEAR OR JUDGMENT!!! What holds him back is his loyalty to Dorian and Dorian’s insistence that she IS NOT their Omega, just a fake contracted one. And that (no matter what he feels for her) he has no intention of bringing an Omega into the pack and ruin the dynamic he has with Lucas and Seb, not just the physical dynamic either.
Missy learns after awhile that one of the main reasons Dorian is so closed off and driven is because he grew up in her poor neighborhood and was kidnapped, abused physically and emotionally and while he was a captive met the guys he learned to love (all suffering similar treatment, Seb and Lucas). Once they were free the spent the next decade finding and putting together as much evidence as they could on the heinous human traffickers who were stealing KIDS off the street, keeping some as their sexual play toys, and selling/auctioning the rest to rich scumbags who would truly BREAK THEM DOWN and kill their spirit! Dorian is pissed because he’s sooo close to ending the trafficking operation and stopping the heinous kidnapping and torturous acts…but then this stubborn, feisty, beautiful, won’t take no for an answer, Omega busts into his life and his pack mates lives and turns his world upside down.
**OPINIONS/THOUGHTS** just my opinions, remember…you have every right to disagree with me, lol. But I write these reviews with the hopes they give you more information on the books (to help you decide to read or not to read). Even the “bad reviews” I write aren’t with any intention of “bashing” the author…again they are compiled with my opinions and thought. With that in mind, I do hope you enjoy my reviews, and if they help…EVEN BETTER ☺️
So I enjoyed this book, I gave it 3 stars instead of 4 or 5 for a few reasons. As much as I enjoyed Missy’s character her feistiness and spunky attitude which isn’t usually the case with Omegas, especially high society ones…I thought at times she really let things go that she shouldn’t have. Like the dimmer where Dorian completely and utterly humiliated her and was ALL OVER the nasty Mayors daughter in FRONT OF MISSY - even going so far as to push Missy away and let the other girl lean, touch, hug and snuggle him…well that was just awful seriously awful. And his explanation to Missy was just lame (felt like a complete ex use to me) heck he didn’t even FEEL BAD ABOUT HIS ACTIONS, just mildly irritated that his lovers Lucas and Sen were upset with him. Nooooo…Missy should’ve given him complete H-E-L-L!!!! And Dorian should’ve groveled like
H-E-L-L as well! I didn’t like for how long Dorian spent being an emotional robot with no empathy and capability to feel love, shame, guilt etc.!!!
The sinister trafficking plot (considering it took the pack 10 years to track and get evidence) was actually a real let down. It’s ALSO WAAAAAAY to predictable!! By the time they key players of the trafficking ring are found, and subdued, we like already know who the evil men in charge are, and their equally evil clients…especially the pack that obsessed with getting Missy as their omega. The whole “dramatic conclusion” isn’t terribly dramatic. And although it has a few twist, it’s otherwise easy to figure out what’s to come and how the book is going to conclude. IN ADDITION THERE IS NO NO NO WAY I’D HAVE LEFT MISSY’S PSRENTS alive, breathing or at least beaten the heck over their treatment of their daughter ESPECIALLY since Missy DID EVERYTHING, heck she was raising her sisters AND PROVIFING FOR/taking care of her two seriously rotten parental units. Also, the epilogue was just kinda….mehhh. Missy married her Pack goes on her honeymoon. We get ONE MEASLY LINE ABOUT HOW TRINITY NOW LOOKS GOOD/ and that Missy clearly forgave her. And the corruption/conspiracies, and general classicism was neatly tied up in like less than one whole page! The book had been detailed, and then just didn’t conclude…well, and made the details seem irrelevant.
In conclusion, if you have free time, maybe on vacation give this book a chance. Otherwise it’s not really one of the ABO stories that are so good you want to purchase it. IMO. Happy reading!