Jump to ratings and reviews
Rate this book
Rate this book
I'm an omega used as scent bait for feral alphas fighting in underground deathmatches.

I was told I’m an omega without a heat—a lie.
The truth? My heats were medically suppressed, and now I’ve been sold as a secret weapon in a brutal underground where feral alphas are pitted against each other in fights to the death. When the Omega Crimes Bureau raids the ring, my dream of having love with a real pack seems within reach, but freedom is never that simple.
I won’t leave my feral alphas behind, and what sane pack would accept living with two violent killers?

This is an non-shifting omegaverse standalone featuring an abused FMC finding love with a pack of alpha men where she doesn't have to choose and neither do they. Includes an established MM relationship. Content includes dub con, abuse/harassment, superheats, emergency heat intervention, miss-matched pack, found family, violence, betrayal, dom/sub relationship, thought of self harm.

535 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 18, 2024

2011 people are currently reading
1829 people want to read

About the author

Sierra Knoxly

17 books145 followers
https://www.amazon.com/author/sierrak...

Sierra Knoxly lives a double life. By day she is a reserved mom of young children where adventure means a walk to the park or trip to the pool. Once night falls and the cherubs are tucked into bed, Sierra dons armour (and amor) and rides a dragon into battle. She rains chaos down on her characters like an avenging angel of old and shoots their hearts with cupid's bow.

Sierra writes fantasy polyam romances with bi-sexual characters and plenty of MM. She started out thinking she was writing reverse harem, but couldn’t resist all the tasty possibilities between an intimate group of people.

Her love of mythical beasts and magic began at a young age. She once had an imaginary unicorn friend. Her gentle nature and fiery imagination leads to all around fictional steam. She lives with a mild fear that one day she'll get a knock at the door from the authorities come to ask about her questionable browser history.
When not writing or momming, Sierra loves bringing plants home to die and reading a reverse harem novel under a warm blanket.

Ratings & Reviews

What do you think?
Rate this book

Friends & Following

Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!

Community Reviews

5 stars
2,312 (37%)
4 stars
1,929 (31%)
3 stars
1,294 (21%)
2 stars
454 (7%)
1 star
159 (2%)
Displaying 1 - 30 of 508 reviews
654 reviews22 followers
March 21, 2024
I don't usually give one star to a book I finished but there is just so much work needed on this one. And I regret finishing it hoping for it to get better, because it only got worse.

Spoilers ahead!

Honestly, towards the second half of the book I was starting to think it was going to be a duet. This definitely felt more like Colt and Luka's story. The rest of the harem or poly relationship just felt like extras that weren't really necessary.

We get soo many hot bdsm scenes with Colt and Luka. But as soon as the omega comes the sex scenes with her are off page, super short, or just not that hot compared to what we get in the first half.

The omega is so one dimensional. There are some scenes where she comes off kind of stunted, as she should be due to her trauma. But then there are others where she is just so freaking bland.

The sex with the feral alphas came off super uncomfortable. Like they don't even know what sex is. They can't give consent and gives a gross childlike vibe. I would have loved to see more of their maturity or at least like make it so they have GONE feral but then can come back to themselves? That way it doesn't feel like characters are having sex with infants?

When Luka goes live with Rose on a sex website without her knowing and she ends up completely okay with it? She doesn't know any better and Colt definitely should have stuck to his guns a bit more.

When they finally get Grom? was it? There was no explanation as to how he even found them and it just felt kinda anti-climatic since up to that point he was spotted at a grocery store.. and that's it?

I literally forgot about Kye because he was just like a supporting character in my mind. He didn't add anything to the relationship and the drama with his Dad ended up being filler. Then he ends up being in a relationship with the guys that seems so forced. Like the chemistry just wasn't there for me.

What even was the point of Liam? I felt like he was just added to just have more people involved...
Profile Image for Paige.
262 reviews1 follower
March 31, 2024
2.5/5.

This book is UNHINGED. It's definitely on the darker side, though I wouldn't call it a dark romance despite the main theme of trafficking and trauma. This book also primarily focuses on the MM relationships, both existing and new, which is fine for an OV novel but a little unexpected and kind of over the top, even for an OV.

What I liked:
- The first 30% of the book, I was hooked! Seeing the FMC's abuse on the page, and that of her two feral alphas... Engaging and so sad.
- The MMCs were pretty distinctive characters, but their involvement in the romantic side of things encountered a few issues (see below).

What I didn't like:
- There were far too many men--Rose (the FMC) and SIX alphas (Colt the pack leader, Luka his damaged sub, Kye the cellist fallen from grace, Zane the fighter, Uno the killer, and Liam the odd man out). That's just way too many characters to really feel any sort of attachment to any of them, even if they have distinctive roles in the pack. Liam felt especially shoe-horned in there at the end.
- When it came to the alphas' relationship with Rose, it definitely felt very insta-lust and not terribly romantic. There wasn't a ton of courting, and that's a missed opportunity considering how sheltered the FMC was at the beginning of the book.
- There were no chapters written from the POV of the feral alphas, Zane and Uno, but those would've been the most interesting ones by far. What is it like for them to acclimate to a civilized society? Is Rose the gentle hand that brings them back to sanity? The book is called Feral Alphas, and though it's alluded that being feral is akin to being packless and alone, the book really should've focused more on the relationships between Rose and her actually feral pit-fighting alphas. In fact, I'd have loved to read a whole book just about the three of them.
Profile Image for Jane.
Author 1 book20 followers
March 21, 2024
tbh this ended up falling a bit flat for me. i really liked the first 50% or so. but then so much stuff happened so quickly. also… oddly rose didn’t seem like the main character. it almost seemed like the pack was centered around luca or colt NOT rose. i didn’t like that. and so much relationship development was rushed in the last 25%. like liam and rose had NO TIME TOGETHER AT ALL. we saw like one conversation between them. liam only wanted cole and luca.

it just seemed in the last 25% the focus shifted away from rose. i feel like we lost hearing about HER journey. also my fav characters were def zane and uno and i wish we got way more of them.

i really liked the premise of this but it just seemed to fall flat.
Profile Image for Niki {Still a Widow but reading more}.
811 reviews347 followers
May 18, 2024
Fucked up Tarzans meet bamboozled Jane!!

4.5 stars rounded up

So, let me start this by saying this was my first book by this author and I really liked it. I loved the premise. An omega, Rose, who has been held hostage and groomed since a baby by an illegal omega selling ring unbeknownst to her, gets sold to an illegal alpha fighting ring so her heat perfume will rile the alphas making these fight harder.

This is my crack!! I loved Rose's excitement and innocence finally seeing the world and interacting with those around her. Like freaking out the first time going on an elevator or her first trip to the grocery store. Those are the same aspects I love about Syfy romance, where the heroines are thrust into new worlds and experiences. Rose was sweet and caring. Desperately wanting to find her alphas and have a family. Above all, Rose wanted to love and be loved.

The Alphas couldn't have been more different, and I really dug them. I loved their different personalities and what they brought to the pack. Colt is the alpha pack leader, an Omega Bureau agent. Luka is a former gang enforcer Colt saved and rehabilitated, who now lives as Colt's submissive. Kye, a famous cellist who lives on the other side of the country has been fighting with his father to holdout for his scent-matched omega. Then there is Mufasa and Scar, the feral alpha fighters who were raised from little boys to be "dogs" and killing machines. The have never even been taught to talk, and they tried to fight and kill anyone stupid enough to get close.

These feral alphas were like Tarzan on steroids. Again, they brought that aspect I love of SFR and Monster romance where you have vicious dominant heroes that need to be tamed and don't know/conform to societal rules. It even had a language barrier which is another little trope gem I love.

This is dark, which I love. I really liked the storyline and got sucked in really quick. I enjoyed everyone coming together, trying to do everything they could to make the pack work. There were highs, sweet moments, and lows too. There was also spicy heat up the whazoo, without becoming too much or repetitive as some RHs do, trying to get everyone in and included.

So, with all that being said here is my slight issue. As the guys are all together as time is progressing some start having feelings and becoming sexual together as well. Colt and Luka were in a relationship from the get-go already. Rose was fine with it and open to everything. I have no problem with that, but my preference is even in a RH there should be exclusivity between the group only. I don't like random hook-ups or casual friends with benefits on the side. I also prefer the omega to be the center of the pack.

Here, towards the end it comes out that another guy outside the pack with no interest in Rose has a crush on one of the other guys. It at the end and two of the pack alphas start having a relationship with this other guy. One: The book ended almost right after this happened and then it jumped to a year later Epilogue. I actually felt it would have worked better if this had been split into two books (maybe ended book one after Rose matches to the ferals) so there would have been more relationship building and bringing this new guy into the pack. Two: With the way it stood where two of the alphas were dating/sleeping with this other alpha who wasn't interested in Rose or being with all of the pack together it was just a skosh too polyamorous for me. Rose didn't mind, but like I said I like my omegas to be the center of the pack. So again, that's just my preference and personal tastes.

On the whole, I really liked it. It wasn't like any other OV RH I've read this year. The sex wasn't too drawn out or overly repetitive like so many RHs. There was lots of action and lots of drama and I just ate it up. The next one looks even more crazy with another omega rescued as she tries to find her alphas. I can't wait for it.
Profile Image for Mikky.
986 reviews284 followers
dnf
January 19, 2026
DNF At 23%

IDK what's going so wrong, but it's like I suddenly can't pick a book I'll actually like. I swear I'm trying my best guys!

This started off good but it slowly devolved into too many MMC POV's that I did not care for. They really added nothing to the story. It felt like a huge waste of time. The story from the FMC's POV was interesting, but that also lost steam too. This didn't really do it for me. So I'll leave it here.
Profile Image for Emms-hiatus(ish).
1,204 reviews66 followers
April 21, 2024
One word- messy. This book is just all over the place. Also note that the female omega and the feral alphas are not the main characters. This is really a MM book with the main focus on two male alphas, their story and then adding in other characters. The sex scenes with the feral alphas are uncomfortable af. These are men who can’t speak, have no concept of basic human interaction, are more like “dogs” or animals than people.
Profile Image for nanoreadsxo.
805 reviews8 followers
March 28, 2024
They should’ve just make Luka as the omega here because damn this book is all about him and colt, the real omega and other alphas is a side character. Just couldn’t care about these characters fr, I give up after 60%
173 reviews2 followers
April 13, 2024
hated this

I think my highlights and notes speak for themselves, but I’ll highlight the general complaints I have.

This is not Rose the omega’s story, this is Luka’s story. And Luka should have been an omega not an alpha for all his whines and anxieties. He behaves like an omega, it is beyond unbelievable that he was such a bada$$ in the past. Rose and the 2 ferals are nearly irrelevant to the story and dear lord I wish they weren’t in it.

I did not feel good reading about the ferals during their intimate scenes (both where they were forced to observe and ones where they were coerced into participating).

Speak of terrible icky feelings Luka and his filming of an unknowing Rose during an intimate act was unforgivable, I already hated the lack of consent in this book BUT that was too far. He did it all for money, while living in a dead incredibly famous composers house, full of expensive antiques, and previously unpublished works of music…but yeah dirt poor because Luka and Colt are too stupid to even open their eyes. Even after Kye tells them of the treasure they possess STILL nothing just shrugs and so what. You are barely able to feed yourselves because you don’t have money but yeah no this response to finding out you could sell this “junk” for thousands gets a shrug and snide comments about it making good kindling.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
186 reviews6 followers
March 21, 2024
SPOILERS…just couldn’t finish

Colt, Luka, and Zane are the only reason I made it as far as I did into this book. And then Luka ruined it at about 80% and I stopped. At this point, Luka betrayed Rose and Colt for a really stupid reason, and Liam is the biggest waste of space ever. I was confused for the longest time about his pov, why we were reading it, but I guess he’s in love with Colt and has been for years. He has a funny way of showing it. I never understood Kye, either. There was just no attachment to his character at all, he always felt out of place. So yeah, 80%, her two feral alphas are still feral, there’s been no improvement with Scar, I hate Liam so much, they’re financial situation is even worse, and Rose is kind of this one dimensional character. She’s an omega, she loves her dogs, and that’s all we know. The ending could not possibly justify how most of the book is them NOT being a pack. I do not recommend this book.
Profile Image for Julia.
523 reviews9 followers
March 26, 2024
i have no idea how to describe this book. there are moments of it that i really love. most notably liam and his crush, and kye and luka's mutual growing affections. rose is a fine character, but she doesn't really have a lot to offer to the story. i like that she wants to facilitate the pack and wants to really make sure that everyone is comfortable and getting along, but in terms of her development as a person, she doesn't really show anything?

colt is a hard character for me, because on the one hand, i realize that being the pack alpha as well as a cop is incredibly demanding, and that's also not even counting his role and responsibility that he took on in regards to luka. on the other hand, colt's power trip thing nearly ruins everything and really seems to be completely out of character for him. the entire time we're given to understand that he's a little surly, but generally communicative, as well as completely in love with luka. and it's just not believable that after 14 years of a happily committed relationship, that he has so little trust and faith in luka that he throws him out of the house without so much as a conversation.

but the part of this book that really makes me uncomfortable is the feral alphas. uno and zane have such potential to be incredible characters, and i wish we got to see more of them. they don't even get chapters from their perspective, which really does make it feel like these men are pets and not people. which then makes the sex scenes feel incredibly uncomfortable. it feels as though the pack is taking advantage of their instincts, because none of these men have the ability to give consent in a meaningful or fully informed way. and there's almost no mention of actively trying to rehabilitate them??

rose sits on the floor and plays uno with them, and they give them baths and food, but i just...wish there were more time dedicated to...i dunno, like reading to them, teaching them the alphabet, teaching them to read, teaching them about emotions and emotional responses??? granted, at the end of the book, in the epilogue, you do learn that they are progressing in their rehabilitation process, which is great. but at the same time, there's so much time in the main narrative that could be repurposed for that use.
Profile Image for Jess | jadecanread.
1,301 reviews191 followers
June 30, 2024
This was a little different from other OVs I've read (in a good way) and pretty entertaining.

Some small tidbits that really slapped: omega sniffing through scent samples to find her matches at the omega center, a caring Dom ("did you drink water today?" type of Dom), cam creator, feral alphas, and primal tendencies. The way the beginning is pretty dark before getting a touch lighter.

Main gripes: Feral alphas being called dogs--I understand it in the context of the fighting rings, but the way they're treated later on in the book was....not ideal. The name she chooses for one of the feral alphas-excuse me, what? LMAO. There's a lot going on at once in here, so it may come off as *too much*. The ending wasn't exactly what I wanted but I'm still satisfied in the end.

Overall, I still really liked this one and I'm looking forward to reading more by this author!
Profile Image for Naiomi Cox.
403 reviews32 followers
June 18, 2025
Loved, loved, loved this one. Omegaverse at its finest.

Found family, enemies to lovers, age gap, dom/sub, work complications, what’s not to love.

The twists in this book kept me hooked right to the end. I so need more in this universe from Sierra.
Profile Image for Kay H.
807 reviews67 followers
did-not-finish
August 17, 2025
DNF at 65%. Spoilers ahead.

Really not liking comparing the feral alpha to dogs, knowing that there would certainly be intimate scenes with them. Also don't know why the book is called Feral Alphas where the feral Alphas seem like a minor subplot. Don't know why if money is such an issue if there's a garage filled with antiques and treasures. Don't know why the book is focused on Luka and Colt's relationship when it is supposed to be focused on Rose. Don't like that Rose feels like she has the personality of a wet paper bag, bordering on childlike, making the intimate scenes feel icky. Don't feel like any of these personalities would actually mesh in a pack at all. Don't like that Luka was a rehab patient of Colt's and everyone praises that they are in a pack relationship now. Is no one concerned that this might be a bit of an issue? Especially with the dom/sub elements? Imbalance of power? Counsellor/patient? Just me? Okay cool.
Profile Image for N.
64 reviews10 followers
December 18, 2025
I enjoyed this spicy omegaverse romance. The main female character, Rose, has some struggles and is a fighter. She goes through a rough time. Getting her pack (Colt, Luka, Kye, and others) sounds like a major trial.
Profile Image for Kris Pittman.
Author 3 books27 followers
May 4, 2024
Lacking in some areas for me.

I waffled back and forth on the star rating for this review. I liked the book plenty but as more of a shallow read than anything else. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of deep subject matters touched on in this book but touched is about all it feels like. Each obstacle any of them faced is overcame and brushed aside a little too easily for it to be truly fulfilling for me.

***Things below may branch on the spoilery side.***

First, our omega and her stay in the clinic is a blink. Same with her stay in the underground fighting organization. Both fairly uneventful. Though both of these things color her character for remainder of the book. The bad guys were lukewarm, at best. I hate to say that a FMC should suffer more but...

The feral alphas, of the which the title comes from, barely play a role in the storyline. No chapters from their POV and often definitely felt more like pets or toddlers which made some parts of the story a smidge difficult to swallow.

Now, what bothers me most is that this whole story could have done without the ferals or the omega, honestly. And given that the book was named after the ferals and marketed as an omega romance...
The entire depth of this story was wrapped in Colt, Luka, and their relationship. Which isn't bad. I actually very much loved them both. Their relationship was beautiful and complex - which, I think, made it hard for Rose to really stand out without a personality of her own. She was a cardboard prop.

Kye was probably the least interesting, sadly. And Liam would have been better left as just a really good friend for the pack or work rival.

As an aside; this is definitely poly and not true RH, which, again, if fine by me when done right. One of my very favorite series is poly. Lots more MM than anything else. And I love MM, but wish it was evened out some.

It seemed like this book didn't know what it was and I didn't know what it was. It was enjoyable enough that I finished reading it though. Felt like a collection of slice-of-life scenes that someone waved some more compelling plot over but never really committed to.
58 reviews2 followers
April 2, 2024
TLDR be aware going in that the story likely isn’t going to be what you think it is. I really liked the beginning of the book, and I think it has a target audience who will enjoy it. I was just disappointed it wasn’t about Rose and the feral alphas.

Without any spoilers, Rose isn’t the actual main character of the book - Colt is. Rose doesn’t change much, if at all, from beginning to end of the book. There is no growth of her character, no flaws overcome, no lessons learned or new skills developed. Colt and Luka both experience specific moments of learning and growth, however, and are clearly the main relationship in the book. Which is fine if that’s what you were looking for, and like I said I’m sure there are a lot of people who will connect with their journey and the representation they offer.

But if you’re interested in the feral alphas, their re-introduction to society, their backstory and any chance to get attached to them, you won’t find it. Rose is almost impossible to connect to because she’s more of a prop than an actual character. If you’re interested in the story for either of those two reasons, you’ll like the first 50% of the book and then find the second half flops. It just made me sad because I was so invested in the feral alpha story!! There was so much to be explored there!!
Profile Image for Nicketa Fox.
277 reviews1 follower
May 18, 2024
a lot of MM

So I went into the book thinking it was an omega verse - and it is… but it isn’t. There was more MM than anything else, and only a handful of MF/MFM. Otherwise it was literally just MM and that’s it. There was also a lot of Sub/Dom and I wasn’t expecting the extent.
Which I’m personally not into. I liked the idea of the ferals and stuck with it though. I would say I skipped a good 1-2:4 of the book because there was so much MM, and again I’m not into that. I don’t mind it in RH books, but I not as the main smut.
I did love Rosie and her ferals. Her sweetness and how everything was new to her.
I liked Luka but also got a little miffed that were alluded to all this terrible stuff he’s done and got NO back story. I spent most of the time expecting him to turn omega because everyone - EVERYONE!! - has a crush on him and essentially just want to bang him. Actually I lie. One of the ferals only wants Rose, the other wants everyone? I dunno.
I liked Liam also but didn’t see the point in him because he has nothing to do with Rose other than taking a statement and then otherwise just has a crush on Colt and then thats it so his chapters could have been used to give us back story on Luka.


Ultimately this was a good book. The story was different, and not what I expected going into it. But good and nothing really negative to put out there :)
Profile Image for Annelie.
690 reviews25 followers
April 3, 2024
Uncertain ⭐⭐⭐3.5⭐⭐⭐

I'm not sure how I felt after reading this book...🤨 Sure there was a HEA but it didn't really feel like that in fact.
This book didn't really follow the classic trop of OV. The guys weren't rich, only two formed the pack at the beginning and were in a D/S kind of relationship living the lifestyle (not only in the bedroom but in everyday life). Then, the others giys didn't really interested me, especially Liam who was either completely socially inadequate or the most stupid guy I've read about.
The concept of feral alpha, and their rehabilitation was original. I like the idea of them having the possibility to find their mate.
This book wasn't bad but for me, some elements didn't click together. The dynamics between some characters didn't feel right, sounded a bit fake or forced.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Clary.
554 reviews
March 19, 2024
Talk about thinking outside the box! This book was truly an amazing omegaverse story with a very different concept that I had yet to see. The plot was original and innovating. The characters were well developed and likable. You couldn't help but to root for the characters. The relationship development between Rose, Colt, Luka, Kye, and the ferals, and the relationship development between the men themselves was masterfully portrayed. The feelings this story evoked were a thing of beauty. It was witty, action packed, provocative, and suspenseful. The steamy scenes were top notch, but the story itself was just incredible. Honestly one of my top 3 omegaverse reads ever. Cannot recommend enough.
10 reviews1 follower
April 25, 2024
I’m disappointed

Honestly I want to def this book so badly but I really like the story so I pushed through. The author did give a warning that the was going to be M/M which I was totally fine with it happens often when reading omega verse. But OMG if I had to guess this book is literally about 80% M/M spicy scenes. Which really frustrates me because I was looking forward to F/M scenes but the were lacking. Like I said super disappointed if you want to write a gay story then go for but don’t sit there add a couple of scenes with the FMC and say this book is a MMFMMM when it’s more of a MMMMMMF
Profile Image for Crazydutchbooklady.
271 reviews14 followers
September 10, 2024
I’ve read many books about the omegaverse but this was a complete new angle for me.

I started off darker then I expected. I couldn’t stop reading and was surprised by the length of this book.
It wasn’t dreadful long at all and I could’ve even had some more reading time exploring some more of the characters personalities and growing relationships.

The only minor I have is no pov from the “dogs”. I would’ve liked to know how their minds worked.
Thinking about it I wouldn’t mind reading a book about just the Feral men and their story with HEA.

I’ll definitely be keeping my eyes out for more from this author. It was such a pleasant surprise being so original.
640 reviews
January 10, 2025
3.5 stars

I have such mixed feelings on this one !

On one hand, this story had the best world-building and detail I've ever read in RH omegaverse. The writing was seriously good. The story pulled me in so quickly and kept me engrossed throughout despite my misgivings, so hats off to a quality author.

On the other hand, the negative reviews definitely have some substance to them. I'm personally not a poly reader (I know that RH is technically polyam but it's a very specific subset) and I prefer my RH romance to fall within female-centric lines as that's the fantasy of my lived experience.

This book went against all that by deliberately fleshing out the male leads and their love story (good) to the detriment of developing the female lead and her own very essential character growth (bad).

Look, the best example of this I have is the simple fact that Rose says yes to almost everything her alphas do or say as long as they are with her. She never asks for anything more than that or expresses an interest in much beyond sex and their presence.

That's not normal behaviour for any woman, let alone one who's been through what Rose has. It's clear trauma bonding and dependency.

Where was the ongoing therapy as she adjusted to the outside world? I would have loved to see Rose develop a sense of who she truly was now she was in a safe environment and not just fitting into whatever idea her alphas had for her (I'm not getting into the cam sex scene because that well and truly crossed a line).

Perhaps the reason for this comes from the fact we never actually see any other omegas apart from Rose. We get a brief glimpse of the other captives post-rescue, and we're aware of how celebrity omegas are viewed on TV, but there is no middle ground of what's normal for omegas in this AU.

Rose never visits this AU's equivalent of a Nested store, never goes back to the omega center for the wellbeing and pampering she so desperately deserves, never builds any on-page friendships with other omegas. This is a crucial element that's missing from her story.

Granted, some of these gaps are due to her alphas being broke and dumb (as one reviewer mentioned, I can't unsee the stupidity of them sitting on a famous composer's antiques for a decade) and I understand that the focus is on helping her ferals but again, that's the point. Getting actual help for Rose isn't prioritised.

In this universe, it's basically just accepted that being physically close with her alphas is the cure for anything going wrong with her (e.g. if she's upset, just give her a knot) which is pretty icky and also incredibly convenient for the alphas.

Sadly, the men around her, Luka, Colt, Liam and Kye, all have far more developed love stories with each other than they do with Rose. With her, the bulk of their relationship is sexual. Even Kye, who is written mostly as an afterthought in the pack, eventually ends up romantically connected with Colt and Luka.

I don't have a problem with MM, but I strongly dislike narratives that centre and elevate male relationships and then reduce the MF romance to a side piece (or fail to introduce FF ones as a concept at all). That reads as misogynistic in my view.

It doesn't matter that Rose herself is happy with this arrangement as there is a clear power imbalance between her and the pack leader, Colt (a male to female one, an alpha to omega one and a police officer to trafficking victim).

While Colt does a great job of protecting her from further physical and emotional harm, he is not thoughtful enough when it comes to his own pack dynamic. He literally only explains about his total power exchange relationship with Luka barely minutes before she meets him for the first time - using 50 shades as reference material.

That is wildddd. Even in the BDSM community, TPE with a housebound partner is considered more on the extreme side of lifestyles explored, so his lack of prep is insane.

He never even considers that she might not be comfortable with his lover taking up 50% of her scent match's time and attention or that a lot of kinky and non-kinky people wouldn't be comfortable suddenly being exposed to a master/slave 24/7 play dynamic in their small home.

That scene with Kye where they get caught doing it on the table and didn't seem to care whether he's into that or not was so rude and disrespectful. I wasn't keen on Kye in general as his character isn't written as lovingly as the main two, but I felt bad for him here.

It's a shame because out of the non-feral alphas, I think Kye had the most potential for some truly romantic scenes with Rose, but the author wrote it so that he was the most "beta" of the alphas and less attractive. Compare how rarely Kye's physical appearance is mentioned positively and you'll start to see where I'm coming from. For a rare POC character in romance, and an ever rarer Black male in an RH, that was unequivocally disappointing.

I'm not going to get into how much Colt and Luka's romance dominated the story as others have pointed this out already, but I will say that there was a clear imbalance. When counting their POVs, we see that Kye has 7 POV chapters, Liam had 3, Colt has 11 and Luka 15. Colt and Luka's combined exceed Rose's 22 chapters. The ferals get nil.

Despite this book's flaws, the world building and the characters have stayed in my mind days after reading, so while I can't ignore the unsatisfactory MF romance, I'm happy to leave things at 3.5 stars as a nod to how incredibly well-written it was.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Profile Image for Kaza.
811 reviews36 followers
July 3, 2024
It was disappointing. It had a lot of potential.

I really enjoyed the beginning but the storyline didn't focus on the main character enough. The author should have spent more time exploring the Alpha fights and the feral Alphas in general and less on the other lives being lived by the Alphas. Especially the relationships Colt and Luka had with each other and the other men. I have nothing against MM relationships but not when it takes from the main story. It really felt like it was Colt and Luka's story.

The blurb and title were very misleading. I kept reading this book hoping to see more of the feral Alpha's but I was disappointed with the limited and superficial attempt made by the author. Especially Uno. His character was barely explored.
Profile Image for Samantha.
434 reviews5 followers
June 10, 2024
This was recommended by an author I follow, and I’m glad I picked it up. This book is an omegaverse why choose romance. Some omega stories are more RH, but this was truly why choose and that made it so much better! I loved the relationships all the main characters had with one another.

The feral alphas was a very different concept. I was worried that they would feel too much like pets or animals, making romantic elements weird. But somehow it struck a nice balance and made them fit well with the story. The angst at one point was heart wrenching, and I was worried about how it could possibly resolve, but they pulled through and had their HEA.
Profile Image for Amanda Gard.
492 reviews14 followers
March 19, 2024
Absolutely loved it!!

I was completely snared by the blurb before the book was released. I preordered it so quick and was thrilled when it showed up on my Kindle. I devoured the story. I did not know or realize this was Ms. Knoxly's first OV. I'm pretty new to the genre myself, and I loved the OV world created here. The characters had great depth, and it was hard not to love them and the family they formed. Thank you Ms. Knoxly, for the friggin awesome world and the fantastic story!!!!
Profile Image for Kara.
216 reviews2 followers
March 19, 2024
Summary - Everyone deserves a second chance

Oh where to even begin! I loved this book so much, it has so much heart, hope, sadness, trauma, down on your luck, second chances and don’t let me forget Heat…lots of heat and spice! This Omegaverse goes into Feral Alphas and the wrongs people can do to others. I don’t want to spoil it for you but trust me you need to read this, I hated for it to end. This is polyamorous so swords will be crossing.
Profile Image for Sarah.
429 reviews1 follower
May 4, 2024
I did not know what to rate this. I really liked the first half and thought it was interesting but then it really fell apart for me the second half. Too many characters started getting thrown in the mix and there was not enough building of genuine connections between any of them other than sex.

I honestly couldn’t care less about Kye’s POV or why he was in the pack. Don’t even get me started on Liam who came in literally at the 90% mark and had NO relationship with Rose at all- literally the book ends with them having basically zero interaction.

The whole second half of the book barely focused on Rose and she sort of became a secondary character to Luka and Colt whose POVs we got excessively more of. I did actually really like Luka and Colt together but I wish Roses growth (which was there any? I’m not sure there was because we don’t see her get to do really anything) took a backseat to their story.

Also the feral alphas were interesting the whole first half of the book. I was wondering where this was going and how they’d be integrated. But we don’t ever get an inside look into their heads which would have really added so much to this book.

I really wanted to see more of the pack be settled and growing with each other with meaningful relationships forming between them. And to be honest we get a very very slight glimpse of the whole pack together and what they could be then literally in the epilogue Liam gets thrown in with no relationship to the literal omega in the pack??? Idk it definitely left things to be desired.
Profile Image for Ines.
1,345 reviews48 followers
March 20, 2024
I’ve read everything this author has written so far, and still she manages to surprise me every single time. “Feral Alphas” is her first omegaverse, written as a standalone, and I’m sincerely hoping her muses will beg her to write more omegaverse novels in the future!

This book has everything you might expect from the omegaverse genre, and still it manages to throw all the rules upside down. I’ve read a lot of RH omegaverses, and I’ve never read anything like this. This book is the perfect mix between dark and sweet, with a gripping storyline and lots of spice to warm you up. I absolutely love the feral alphas, and the attention Rose gives them through their rehabilitation. The way they met, how they all learn together and how all these characters grow together as a pack; it was truly beautiful.

There’s a lot of MM in this standalone, with an established relationship between two men at the start. It never bothered me, this author likes poly romances so I know to expect them, but it might be important to know before you jump in. I believe these men have a very beautiful relationship, and it was awesome to watch them open it up from the start for Rose, and the other men.
I definitely recommend this standalone to everyone who loves omegaverse novels; just make sure if you have any triggers to check the warnings at the start.
64 reviews1 follower
March 19, 2024
What a read!

This is my first book from this author. I pre-ordered it when my sister sent me the blurb. I was super excited about a new omega verse book where it wasn't just the omega who was treated as a victim but alphas as well. The whole feral alpha idea was amazing and I loved it. I fell for the freak alphas as well as Rose's regular alphas.

*spoilers ahead*





When they raided the compound and Colt saved Rose in was like awww, it was such a sweet moment. But I was also worried about Mirada aka Zane as he's later known because he had just been dragged off after protecting Rose. Once she was safe I was like what about the alphas. I was worried about them as well. I was so happy the author saved them as well as the omega's from that omega smuggling compound. I got super excited there was a male omega there as well. I hope maybe the author will be writing a book about him and some of the other omega's and maybe the feral alphas from Rose, Uno and Zanes kennel as well. I absolutely recommend this book. I couldn't put it down. The smexy scenes the action, wondering if they would succeed with the ferals. Also when she had the super heat and she yelled for Zane I was like oh yesss!! I hope for more of this world from this author.
Displaying 1 - 30 of 508 reviews

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get help and learn more about the design.