I can’t believe we’re here at the end of the story of how all the kids in the Raines Pack found their Happily Ever Afters. Six books, six wonderful stories. Well, seven, if you count Bethany’s novella (I do, for sure).
If you’re a fan of strong omega FMCs, then you’re going to love Selene, the neighborhood guardian who makes sure everyone has what they need, is taken care of, and is protected from the gangs and other predators that try and screw with those she considers hers. Selene is the definition of, “if you want a job done right, you got to do it yourself” combined with, “f*ck around and find out”. The first leaves her perpetually exhausted, while the second one results in her being perpetually filled with rage. Honestly? Same, girl.
The tone of Cost of Courting isn’t as dark as the previous book, Drown My Sorrow, even if the content is (btw, a lot of TW/CW with this one, see Tea’s website for more info). All of the Raines books have a “gray romance” vibe to them, where the content tends to be darker and the characters tend to be more morally ambiguous than most omegaverse novels, and CoC is no exception: these characters have lived rough lives in a rough place and have had to see and experience things no one should have to at a young age. But where Drown My Sorrow was full of grief and deep-seated emotional trauma, CoC is full of deep-seated resentment, feminine rage, protective energy, vengeance, violent tendencies, internalized negative feelings of self-worth, blazing doubt, blatant mistrust, and feral anger. The chemistry crackles and burns every time Selene and Pack Dread butt heads.
The enigma that is Bailey Raines is woven into this book like a delicious, leather-clad puzzle and I love it. Bailey’s always been a bit lost, wandering in at the end of almost every Raines story like a cameo that became more and more essential. In this book he’s one of the stars and we find out so much more about him. It completes the book and the series so well. 4⭐️
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