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That Telling Moment
Stephen Huxley has spent twenty-five years building an identity separate from his identical twin brother better known as TheoTheO, the most subscribed male omega on OnlyFans. Armed with an M&S suit, and a two-year plan to get himself and his father out of their crumbling Barking flat, Stephen is determined to prove that a male omega can thrive in corporate law on merit alone.
He doesn't have time for workplace humiliation, a CEO who can't stop staring at him, or the quietly brilliant alpha he finds stimming in a server room after an embarrassing workplace incident involving slick scented candles.
David Ryland is Dabney's Director of Research, an alpha who speaks to billionaire CEOs like they're dim undergraduates. People aren't his area of expertise. Then a crying omega walks into his server room, and Ryland's brain files the encounter under "requires further investigation".
What begins as shared silence in a darkened server room becomes something neither man's risk assessment accounts for. Between Stephen's fight to survive a hostile workplace and Ryland's alarming descent into googling "optimal alpha behaviours for providing omega comfort without being controlling prat," an unlikely connection takes hold.
a sharp-tongued omega lawyer with a vomit-emoji rating system for the sleazy alphas that surround him, a neurodivergent alpha genius whose romantic repartee reads like a lab report, an OnlyFans twin who won't stay in his lane, and enough unresolved tension to short-circuit a server room.
He doesn't have time for workplace humiliation, a CEO who can't stop staring at him, or the quietly brilliant alpha he finds stimming in a server room after an embarrassing workplace incident involving slick scented candles.
David Ryland is Dabney's Director of Research, an alpha who speaks to billionaire CEOs like they're dim undergraduates. People aren't his area of expertise. Then a crying omega walks into his server room, and Ryland's brain files the encounter under "requires further investigation".
What begins as shared silence in a darkened server room becomes something neither man's risk assessment accounts for. Between Stephen's fight to survive a hostile workplace and Ryland's alarming descent into googling "optimal alpha behaviours for providing omega comfort without being controlling prat," an unlikely connection takes hold.
a sharp-tongued omega lawyer with a vomit-emoji rating system for the sleazy alphas that surround him, a neurodivergent alpha genius whose romantic repartee reads like a lab report, an OnlyFans twin who won't stay in his lane, and enough unresolved tension to short-circuit a server room.
384 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 22, 2026
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Marlowe Kent
5 books5 followersMarlowe Kent writes M/M romance from Melbourne, Australia, a city she's deeply in love with.
By day she works as a corporate IT product manager, which is as unglamorous as people imagine and then some. At least she can work from home most days, and the office snacks are top notch when she can't.
Writing is how she escapes it. Reading is how she escapes the writing when it's not going well. Reorganising her Obsidian vault for the fourteenth time and coding up a new dashboard is how she escapes both, while convincing herself it still counts as working on her books.
She lives with two gorgeous dogs who get more compliments than she does, and has strong feelings about Melbourne's cafés and the correct ratio of plot to filth.
Her favourite character so far is Barnaby from Below the Belt. Because he's such a horseboy.
By day she works as a corporate IT product manager, which is as unglamorous as people imagine and then some. At least she can work from home most days, and the office snacks are top notch when she can't.
Writing is how she escapes it. Reading is how she escapes the writing when it's not going well. Reorganising her Obsidian vault for the fourteenth time and coding up a new dashboard is how she escapes both, while convincing herself it still counts as working on her books.
She lives with two gorgeous dogs who get more compliments than she does, and has strong feelings about Melbourne's cafés and the correct ratio of plot to filth.
Her favourite character so far is Barnaby from Below the Belt. Because he's such a horseboy.
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April 30, 2026
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3.5 rounded up to 4)
What a strong debut from this author. This book was funny, warm, and surprisingly heartfelt, with a cast of characters that were easy to get attached to. Stephen was such an entertaining main character—sharp-tongued, ambitious, and determined to carve out an identity separate from his very chaotic twin. His inner commentary and general intolerance for nonsense made him especially fun to follow.
I also really enjoyed the neurodivergent representation through Ryland. His character felt endearing and distinct, and I loved how his awkward, hyper-analytical approach to romance contrasted with Stephen’s more emotionally guarded personality. Their relationship developed in a way that felt sweet and genuine, and the server room dynamic was honestly one of my favorite recurring settings.
That said, I do think the book could have benefited from tighter editing. At times, certain conflicts, internal monologues, and workplace tensions felt repetitive, and I found myself wishing the story had been trimmed by about 75–100 pages. A more concise edit would have made the pacing stronger and kept the momentum going, especially in the middle section where the narrative occasionally dragged.
Overall, though, this was a really enjoyable read with memorable characters, solid humor, and a romance that felt both tender and quirky. I’m definitely interested in seeing what this author writes next.
What a strong debut from this author. This book was funny, warm, and surprisingly heartfelt, with a cast of characters that were easy to get attached to. Stephen was such an entertaining main character—sharp-tongued, ambitious, and determined to carve out an identity separate from his very chaotic twin. His inner commentary and general intolerance for nonsense made him especially fun to follow.
I also really enjoyed the neurodivergent representation through Ryland. His character felt endearing and distinct, and I loved how his awkward, hyper-analytical approach to romance contrasted with Stephen’s more emotionally guarded personality. Their relationship developed in a way that felt sweet and genuine, and the server room dynamic was honestly one of my favorite recurring settings.
That said, I do think the book could have benefited from tighter editing. At times, certain conflicts, internal monologues, and workplace tensions felt repetitive, and I found myself wishing the story had been trimmed by about 75–100 pages. A more concise edit would have made the pacing stronger and kept the momentum going, especially in the middle section where the narrative occasionally dragged.
Overall, though, this was a really enjoyable read with memorable characters, solid humor, and a romance that felt both tender and quirky. I’m definitely interested in seeing what this author writes next.
April 23, 2026
Book satisfactory levels analysis:
Plot: 100% enjoyment level achieved.
Characters: 100% well developed, 100% on lovability scale.
Neurodivergent representation: 99.8% on point delivery.
Spice level: 🌶️🌶️ may very on personal
preference and spice experience.
Romance content: Slow built 70% yearning 100% of deliciousness, chemistry as powerful as C-O bond .
Wholesomeness feeling after reading : Similar by 95.8% to holding a puppy.
Rec? 1000% needs to be read by everybody immediately.
This book was like a hug on a chilly evening, comforting and warming! It was delightfuly sweet, real & touching.
I couldn't put it down from the moment I picked it up devouring it in a few hours.
The characters of Stephen & David were incredibly well written. David's neurodivergent was so well developed and represented his chapters were absolute delight, so funny, real and genuine. The family dynamic was so well developed such a good background for Stephen's character and motivation made him so real & relatable. The omegaverse was also very well done, tasteful yet very hot. The build of their relationship was so sweet, so natural. Their dialog so so funny I loled many many times, nothing felt forced or rushed, just the right amount of slow built and yearning, them falling in love felt so right and earned.
Plot: 100% enjoyment level achieved.
Characters: 100% well developed, 100% on lovability scale.
Neurodivergent representation: 99.8% on point delivery.
Spice level: 🌶️🌶️ may very on personal
preference and spice experience.
Romance content: Slow built 70% yearning 100% of deliciousness, chemistry as powerful as C-O bond .
Wholesomeness feeling after reading : Similar by 95.8% to holding a puppy.
Rec? 1000% needs to be read by everybody immediately.
This book was like a hug on a chilly evening, comforting and warming! It was delightfuly sweet, real & touching.
I couldn't put it down from the moment I picked it up devouring it in a few hours.
The characters of Stephen & David were incredibly well written. David's neurodivergent was so well developed and represented his chapters were absolute delight, so funny, real and genuine. The family dynamic was so well developed such a good background for Stephen's character and motivation made him so real & relatable. The omegaverse was also very well done, tasteful yet very hot. The build of their relationship was so sweet, so natural. Their dialog so so funny I loled many many times, nothing felt forced or rushed, just the right amount of slow built and yearning, them falling in love felt so right and earned.
May 24, 2026
More like 3.5 stars? But rounding down due to extreme frustration with many moments of Yes but so much WTF is happening I kept getting enraged. Overall, I’m glad I read it and recommend MM romance and omegaverse readers check it out. This is an entertaining workplace romance, for starters. And one MC’s twin also has a big part to play.
Note: this author is terrific with trigger warnings, including them both at the start of the book and ALSO at the start of chapters that contain potentially triggering moments, which I thought was brilliant and possibly helpful.
Stephen Huxley is a lawyer. And a twin. And a rare, unheard of omega male twin of an omega male father, Colin (cheers to Colin, best dad/parent ever! Loved him). Omega males are rare, and Colin's sons—hero Stephen and his twin—are the only known omega male identical twins in their vicinity/country.
And his twin is Lysander, known as TheoTheO on Onlyfans. Yeah, that creates most of the angst/conflict/issues in this book, apart from the ones created by…
Dr. David Ryland. Alpha. Who is mostly an incredibly likable neurodivergent sweetheart and head of research whose need to analyze/categorize/predict everything was supported by his wonderful intelligence and entertaining lack of filters or understanding of societal “norms,” creating much consternation and mirrors held up to faces for anyone unfortunate enough to be a poser or alpha dickhead. Uh. Jerk.
Stephen meets David in the server room after Stephen comes to work to find that someone has messed with his computer and made it open to his twin’s very first OnlyFans post, in which he lost his virginity on film and was knotted for the first time, thanks to his “boyfriend” and live-in business partner, Dane, an older alpha who has now been exploiting Lysander for about 6 years (I think he's exploiting him. That first post was illegal/exploitive for sure, no consent to post or even film, but then it’s never clear if Lysander winds up enjoying what he does/they do or is just going along with it??? I had so many questions…). Stephen is already on tenterhooks because he knows anyone who subscribes to his brother’s massively popular—the most popular omega—account will recognize him and wonder. Now he knows someone at work has. And he seeks out a quiet place to process/recover that turns out to also be a certain research head's sanctuary.
(Does he go to HR? No. No he does not. Because…honestly, I have no clue. Stephen is a wet noodle in some ways, characterized as “strong” while shown to be the passive, meek omega stereotype that got old fast, and I fast lost patience with his TSTL decisions, which included never documenting with HR or ANYONE any of the harassment he receives and I wanted to kick him. Apart from that, I really liked him. But ye gods, the TSTL had a scent of its own.)
Ryland and Stephen together are adorable and so fun to read on page. Their compatibility is obvious from day 1, but neither is sophisticated or suave and they bumble about, trying to ignore the attraction, until it rather explodes. And then they retreat. Terrific romantic tension and push-pull. Strong emotional and physical chemistry abounds, and that part is sheer joy to read! Read it for that. Stephen gets Ryland (he mostly calls him Ryland, more than David), gives him advice for stronger ways to socialize and talk to colleagues, which when they are both taken to an international conference where Ryland is presenting his work, makes Ryland so well received he’s like a different person. But Stephen still knows and watches out for him in social situations, understanding when Ryland has had enough of the crowd and needs to be isolated/alone.
Alone with Stephen. And then…their chemistry REALLY explodes into a moment of passion…then everything goes wrong. And Ryland actually acts out of character and retreats so much he hurts Stephen badly, which went against everything set up and shown about his strong, noble alpha instincts, and I was baffled by it. But. Okay. They are separated and go through mutual despair and such great pining and oh boy.
And then. Stephen realizes the source of the harassment at work, and it’s related to Lysander’s OnlyFans page, and when he calls his brother to get help, Lysander laughs it off in a moment that really said it all to me about him. And then inexplicably, Stephen goes home alone and decides, hey, I’m feeling creeped out now that I know about this…I better take this deserted alley shortcut to get home faster! 🙄🙄🧐🧐🧐🤨🤨🤨😱🫣😱🫣😱
Yeah. You can guess how that goes. The contrast of how he was feeling and the decision he made made ZERO sense. But, the events brought several things to a head, including his conflict with Lysander, who FINALLY gets his head out of his well-used ass (I don’t hate him, but, his clouded characterization left a LOT to be explained and desired), and also brought Ryland back in remorse and grovel and how TF do I make up for treating Stephen that way (when Stephen assumed the sex with him was so bad that Ryland just outright rejected him and didn’t want to talk again, ever)? Yeah Ryland had a lot to make up for, because his own assumptions were ridiculous, and the trauma he caused for Stephen even before Stephen was brutally attacked means he had much to make up for.
Luckily, that’s what he does. Analyzes, understands his mistakes, works overtime to figure out the optimal ways to apologize, grovel, hope Stephen will forgive, and maybe….maybe try again…
He was a seriously great alpha, despite the major mistake that didn’t make sense (bc he’d know exactly what a scared, insecure omega would need, and it was NOT what he did).
Anyway! The romance was strong and it could have been a 5 star read. But the issues that kept dumping out of the story and enraging me were equally strong, so… yeah. They are:
Characterization. Stephen is basically a virgin, okay, that worked (total sweetie, probably alarmed at what’s happening w his brother and doesn’t trust alphas, rightly so). Lysander is with this older alpha, who exploits him into creating a massively $$ sex channel, including having Lysander act with myriad other alphas and be knotted all the time, but, Lysander himself was so alien to anything I could understand and it’s never clear what’s going on with him. He…loved Dane? Thought he loved Dane? Did he enjoy getting fucked by every alpha under the sun that Dane set him up with? Was he bullied into it? Is this all supposed to be sex positive despite starting with the exploitive nature and grossness of posting his first time without his consent? Or is it negative? I had no understanding of Lysander’s position, state of mind, and his sudden turnaround after Stephen’s attack didn’t ring true at all. After years of knowing his father and brother questioned his choices and didn’t know if he was happy, just seeing Stephen and Ryland for 5 min was all it took to wake him the fuck up? What? And then Dane’s latest proposition to exploit Stephen’s trauma was all it took to finally wake him up about Dane? WHAT? It was just too fast and too easy for him to be Mr. Goodtime porn star and then oh, woe is me, what have I done, and I was SO CONFUSED about the sex work element.
And it isn’t even Lysander’s story, but he has a few POV chapters that offered no insight into how this work has impacted him at all, hence, he was alien to me and his POV didn’t help so why did we need it?
And they Ryland. He’s purported to have a lot of sexual experience, but, he’s this socially unaware, isolation seeking genius…who did he have all that experience with? How, when? And given he has it, how did he not know how to treat Stephen after their first time together? Baffling. Also, who are his family? Where’s he from? We learn NOTHING about his background AT ALL.
I’m thrilled to say there’s NO OP info at all for him or Stephen (who I think kissed people but never had sex before). So it felt completely safe for me on that front. But the lack of development of backstory for Ryland and anything insightful about Lysander really threw me out of the story a bit.
Essentially…it’s a strong alpha-omega office romance with a layered neurodivergent alpha. and an appealing smart lawyer omega. Together they are fantastic! Just…man I wish this had gone through more editing.
Totally unsatisfying: No dealing with Dane the exploiter. I imagine he’ll turn around and seduce some naïve new omega and continue his shitty ways. Great. And, there’s no indication of how Lysander was able to get shot of him, considering they had joint accounts and DANE RAN THE ONLYFANS PAGE so how TF did Lysander do…what he did???
For that matter, the person harassing Stephen…how TF did they get access to him/anything???
Baffling.
Anyway, mixed bag of terrific romance and a lot of not-thought-through elements.
You know what I’d love? A Colin romance! This dad was perfection. He had childhood trauma--SA’d at 13, had twins at 14, WONDERFUL parent, such a kind giving person…Marlowe Kent, PLEASE find this man happiness! I adored him. (I have zero interest in Lysander’s story. I don’t get him at all and this set him up poorly.) NO idea about his family/the twin's grandparents etc. If it's there it didn't stick. Some characters needed fleshing out...
HEA. Alpha-omega, knotting, heat possible but Stephen doesn’t have one. Workeplace romance. No OP action at all. OP drama from a stalking situation, attempted SA on page, interrupted. Totally safe for me. Recommended with a grain of please get this author more editorial help. They’re talented.
I own this ebook.
Update...YES! Colin's story is next! 😄💞
Note: this author is terrific with trigger warnings, including them both at the start of the book and ALSO at the start of chapters that contain potentially triggering moments, which I thought was brilliant and possibly helpful.
Stephen Huxley is a lawyer. And a twin. And a rare, unheard of omega male twin of an omega male father, Colin (cheers to Colin, best dad/parent ever! Loved him). Omega males are rare, and Colin's sons—hero Stephen and his twin—are the only known omega male identical twins in their vicinity/country.
And his twin is Lysander, known as TheoTheO on Onlyfans. Yeah, that creates most of the angst/conflict/issues in this book, apart from the ones created by…
Dr. David Ryland. Alpha. Who is mostly an incredibly likable neurodivergent sweetheart and head of research whose need to analyze/categorize/predict everything was supported by his wonderful intelligence and entertaining lack of filters or understanding of societal “norms,” creating much consternation and mirrors held up to faces for anyone unfortunate enough to be a poser or alpha dickhead. Uh. Jerk.
Stephen meets David in the server room after Stephen comes to work to find that someone has messed with his computer and made it open to his twin’s very first OnlyFans post, in which he lost his virginity on film and was knotted for the first time, thanks to his “boyfriend” and live-in business partner, Dane, an older alpha who has now been exploiting Lysander for about 6 years (I think he's exploiting him. That first post was illegal/exploitive for sure, no consent to post or even film, but then it’s never clear if Lysander winds up enjoying what he does/they do or is just going along with it??? I had so many questions…). Stephen is already on tenterhooks because he knows anyone who subscribes to his brother’s massively popular—the most popular omega—account will recognize him and wonder. Now he knows someone at work has. And he seeks out a quiet place to process/recover that turns out to also be a certain research head's sanctuary.
(Does he go to HR? No. No he does not. Because…honestly, I have no clue. Stephen is a wet noodle in some ways, characterized as “strong” while shown to be the passive, meek omega stereotype that got old fast, and I fast lost patience with his TSTL decisions, which included never documenting with HR or ANYONE any of the harassment he receives and I wanted to kick him. Apart from that, I really liked him. But ye gods, the TSTL had a scent of its own.)
Ryland and Stephen together are adorable and so fun to read on page. Their compatibility is obvious from day 1, but neither is sophisticated or suave and they bumble about, trying to ignore the attraction, until it rather explodes. And then they retreat. Terrific romantic tension and push-pull. Strong emotional and physical chemistry abounds, and that part is sheer joy to read! Read it for that. Stephen gets Ryland (he mostly calls him Ryland, more than David), gives him advice for stronger ways to socialize and talk to colleagues, which when they are both taken to an international conference where Ryland is presenting his work, makes Ryland so well received he’s like a different person. But Stephen still knows and watches out for him in social situations, understanding when Ryland has had enough of the crowd and needs to be isolated/alone.
Alone with Stephen. And then…their chemistry REALLY explodes into a moment of passion…then everything goes wrong. And Ryland actually acts out of character and retreats so much he hurts Stephen badly, which went against everything set up and shown about his strong, noble alpha instincts, and I was baffled by it. But. Okay. They are separated and go through mutual despair and such great pining and oh boy.
And then. Stephen realizes the source of the harassment at work, and it’s related to Lysander’s OnlyFans page, and when he calls his brother to get help, Lysander laughs it off in a moment that really said it all to me about him. And then inexplicably, Stephen goes home alone and decides, hey, I’m feeling creeped out now that I know about this…I better take this deserted alley shortcut to get home faster! 🙄🙄🧐🧐🧐🤨🤨🤨😱🫣😱🫣😱
Yeah. You can guess how that goes. The contrast of how he was feeling and the decision he made made ZERO sense. But, the events brought several things to a head, including his conflict with Lysander, who FINALLY gets his head out of his well-used ass (I don’t hate him, but, his clouded characterization left a LOT to be explained and desired), and also brought Ryland back in remorse and grovel and how TF do I make up for treating Stephen that way (when Stephen assumed the sex with him was so bad that Ryland just outright rejected him and didn’t want to talk again, ever)? Yeah Ryland had a lot to make up for, because his own assumptions were ridiculous, and the trauma he caused for Stephen even before Stephen was brutally attacked means he had much to make up for.
Luckily, that’s what he does. Analyzes, understands his mistakes, works overtime to figure out the optimal ways to apologize, grovel, hope Stephen will forgive, and maybe….maybe try again…
He was a seriously great alpha, despite the major mistake that didn’t make sense (bc he’d know exactly what a scared, insecure omega would need, and it was NOT what he did).
Anyway! The romance was strong and it could have been a 5 star read. But the issues that kept dumping out of the story and enraging me were equally strong, so… yeah. They are:
Characterization. Stephen is basically a virgin, okay, that worked (total sweetie, probably alarmed at what’s happening w his brother and doesn’t trust alphas, rightly so). Lysander is with this older alpha, who exploits him into creating a massively $$ sex channel, including having Lysander act with myriad other alphas and be knotted all the time, but, Lysander himself was so alien to anything I could understand and it’s never clear what’s going on with him. He…loved Dane? Thought he loved Dane? Did he enjoy getting fucked by every alpha under the sun that Dane set him up with? Was he bullied into it? Is this all supposed to be sex positive despite starting with the exploitive nature and grossness of posting his first time without his consent? Or is it negative? I had no understanding of Lysander’s position, state of mind, and his sudden turnaround after Stephen’s attack didn’t ring true at all. After years of knowing his father and brother questioned his choices and didn’t know if he was happy, just seeing Stephen and Ryland for 5 min was all it took to wake him the fuck up? What? And then Dane’s latest proposition to exploit Stephen’s trauma was all it took to finally wake him up about Dane? WHAT? It was just too fast and too easy for him to be Mr. Goodtime porn star and then oh, woe is me, what have I done, and I was SO CONFUSED about the sex work element.
And it isn’t even Lysander’s story, but he has a few POV chapters that offered no insight into how this work has impacted him at all, hence, he was alien to me and his POV didn’t help so why did we need it?
And they Ryland. He’s purported to have a lot of sexual experience, but, he’s this socially unaware, isolation seeking genius…who did he have all that experience with? How, when? And given he has it, how did he not know how to treat Stephen after their first time together? Baffling. Also, who are his family? Where’s he from? We learn NOTHING about his background AT ALL.
I’m thrilled to say there’s NO OP info at all for him or Stephen (who I think kissed people but never had sex before). So it felt completely safe for me on that front. But the lack of development of backstory for Ryland and anything insightful about Lysander really threw me out of the story a bit.
Essentially…it’s a strong alpha-omega office romance with a layered neurodivergent alpha. and an appealing smart lawyer omega. Together they are fantastic! Just…man I wish this had gone through more editing.
Totally unsatisfying: No dealing with Dane the exploiter. I imagine he’ll turn around and seduce some naïve new omega and continue his shitty ways. Great. And, there’s no indication of how Lysander was able to get shot of him, considering they had joint accounts and DANE RAN THE ONLYFANS PAGE so how TF did Lysander do…what he did???
For that matter, the person harassing Stephen…how TF did they get access to him/anything???
Baffling.
Anyway, mixed bag of terrific romance and a lot of not-thought-through elements.
You know what I’d love? A Colin romance! This dad was perfection. He had childhood trauma--SA’d at 13, had twins at 14, WONDERFUL parent, such a kind giving person…Marlowe Kent, PLEASE find this man happiness! I adored him. (I have zero interest in Lysander’s story. I don’t get him at all and this set him up poorly.) NO idea about his family/the twin's grandparents etc. If it's there it didn't stick. Some characters needed fleshing out...
HEA. Alpha-omega, knotting, heat possible but Stephen doesn’t have one. Workeplace romance. No OP action at all. OP drama from a stalking situation, attempted SA on page, interrupted. Totally safe for me. Recommended with a grain of please get this author more editorial help. They’re talented.
I own this ebook.
Update...YES! Colin's story is next! 😄💞
April 22, 2026
Stephen is determined to succeed in corporate law on his own merits, far from the shadow of his identical twin, a famous OnlyFans omega. But his new job brings humiliation, a CEO who won’t stop staring, and an unexpected connection with David Ryland — a brilliant, socially awkward alpha he finds stimming in a server room after a workplace mishap. Their quiet moments together grow into something neither planned, even as Stephen battles a hostile office and Ryland obsessively researches how to comfort an omega without overstepping. With a chaotic twin, a sharp‑tongued omega lawyer, and a neurodivergent alpha whose flirting sounds like lab notes, the tension between them is impossible to ignore.
The connection between Stephen and Ryland is the heart of this story — two men who meet in the unlikeliest way and end up helping each other grow in ways neither expected. I loved how they offered support and practical suggestions to one another, each filling gaps the other didn’t always realise he had. The emotional moments were beautifully written, and Ryland’s wonderfully inept but earnest attempts to learn — complete with research, statistics, and awkward logic — made him incredibly endearing. I also appreciated the storyline involving Stephen’s twin, and how he finally recognised the unhealthy situation he was in and took steps to change it. It added another layer of hope and healing to the book. A heartfelt, tender story that gave me both smiles and tears. This was an MM story with mature content set in the omegaverse.
*** Please note the trigger warnings and be kind to yourself ***
The connection between Stephen and Ryland is the heart of this story — two men who meet in the unlikeliest way and end up helping each other grow in ways neither expected. I loved how they offered support and practical suggestions to one another, each filling gaps the other didn’t always realise he had. The emotional moments were beautifully written, and Ryland’s wonderfully inept but earnest attempts to learn — complete with research, statistics, and awkward logic — made him incredibly endearing. I also appreciated the storyline involving Stephen’s twin, and how he finally recognised the unhealthy situation he was in and took steps to change it. It added another layer of hope and healing to the book. A heartfelt, tender story that gave me both smiles and tears. This was an MM story with mature content set in the omegaverse.
*** Please note the trigger warnings and be kind to yourself ***
May 24, 2026
In exchange for an honest review i got to read That Telling Moment by Marlowe Kent by the author.
I have read many great omegaverse stories but never one quite like this one, this story were fun, a little brutal but also how quite the unlikely relationship can be built on a sudden meeting in a server room and how workplace bullying can fast become toxic and mentally challenged.
But Stephen is determined to survive any challenge that is thrown at him at his new work place, even the sliding comments of the Alpha's that recognize him as the twin brother of Lysander also better known as TheotheO the most famously subscribed omega on OnlyFans. As everything just gets too much for him one day he finds himself in one of the server rooms as he breaks down under the pressure he gets from all the alphas and the comments as he walk past people. What he didn't see coming where that someone else also uses the server room to escape as well and that is the neurodivergent alpha genius David Ryland that is the walking Wikipedia that talks about facts and sicence at any opportunity and also is a walking catastrophe sometimes when he makes others cry by his way of communication.
This story had me laughing many times and also had all those fluffy feelings that comes when romance bloom between two characters, the world building and the side characters where really great and the family dynamic that were complicated as well were so great and i can't wait to read Colin's story in the second book!
Lastly I want Thank the author for letting me read the ARC Version of the story. This is deffently a story anyone that like Omegaverse should read!
I have read many great omegaverse stories but never one quite like this one, this story were fun, a little brutal but also how quite the unlikely relationship can be built on a sudden meeting in a server room and how workplace bullying can fast become toxic and mentally challenged.
But Stephen is determined to survive any challenge that is thrown at him at his new work place, even the sliding comments of the Alpha's that recognize him as the twin brother of Lysander also better known as TheotheO the most famously subscribed omega on OnlyFans. As everything just gets too much for him one day he finds himself in one of the server rooms as he breaks down under the pressure he gets from all the alphas and the comments as he walk past people. What he didn't see coming where that someone else also uses the server room to escape as well and that is the neurodivergent alpha genius David Ryland that is the walking Wikipedia that talks about facts and sicence at any opportunity and also is a walking catastrophe sometimes when he makes others cry by his way of communication.
This story had me laughing many times and also had all those fluffy feelings that comes when romance bloom between two characters, the world building and the side characters where really great and the family dynamic that were complicated as well were so great and i can't wait to read Colin's story in the second book!
Lastly I want Thank the author for letting me read the ARC Version of the story. This is deffently a story anyone that like Omegaverse should read!
May 20, 2026
Sweet and funny
I’m a sucker for a dry sense of humour and I love this about Marlowe Kent’s writing.
This wasn’t really the typical Alpha and Omega story and I really enjoyed the implications of the particular social structure as it was described and tackled in this book. Lysander’s storyline was something I really enjoyed, and so was Colin’s.
The main characters themselves weren’t as strongly built as I would have liked them to be, however. The beginning was great. I was absolutely hooked on the premise, the way they met, how they began getting closer and then smth broke along the line and didn’t quite work out. There was growth and development in theory but in practice both Stephen and David (no clue why Stephen never begins referring to his boyfriend/Alpha by anything other than his surname, but oh well) remained two-dimensional. David was defined by his neurodivergence and Stephen by the fact he was an omega with a twin who had an OF.
The book ended up rather repetitive and things I enjoyed initially lost their charm.
Still, it was an overall pleasant read and story. I’m looking forward to Colin and Sander’s stories.
I’m a sucker for a dry sense of humour and I love this about Marlowe Kent’s writing.
This wasn’t really the typical Alpha and Omega story and I really enjoyed the implications of the particular social structure as it was described and tackled in this book. Lysander’s storyline was something I really enjoyed, and so was Colin’s.
The main characters themselves weren’t as strongly built as I would have liked them to be, however. The beginning was great. I was absolutely hooked on the premise, the way they met, how they began getting closer and then smth broke along the line and didn’t quite work out. There was growth and development in theory but in practice both Stephen and David (no clue why Stephen never begins referring to his boyfriend/Alpha by anything other than his surname, but oh well) remained two-dimensional. David was defined by his neurodivergence and Stephen by the fact he was an omega with a twin who had an OF.
The book ended up rather repetitive and things I enjoyed initially lost their charm.
Still, it was an overall pleasant read and story. I’m looking forward to Colin and Sander’s stories.
April 23, 2026
The technical poetry I didn’t know I needed.
Rollercoaster of a ride weirdly. At first, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to keep up with the technical vocabulary and British sarcasm but not only did I fall right into the ABO world, helpful that I like shifter stories, but I also found myself like Stephen finding the tech, analyzing and science talk endearing. This was so good. Loved it.
Rollercoaster of a ride weirdly. At first, I wasn’t sure I’d be able to keep up with the technical vocabulary and British sarcasm but not only did I fall right into the ABO world, helpful that I like shifter stories, but I also found myself like Stephen finding the tech, analyzing and science talk endearing. This was so good. Loved it.
April 16, 2026
Beautiful
Wow this book was fabulous. Stephen and David's love was so sweet and wonderful. The growth and healing Stephen goes though was written wonderfully. I loved that we got Colin's and Lysander's perspectives. I would love to read Lysanders happy ending. This was the first time I've read Kent's books but I will definitely be checking out more.
Wow this book was fabulous. Stephen and David's love was so sweet and wonderful. The growth and healing Stephen goes though was written wonderfully. I loved that we got Colin's and Lysander's perspectives. I would love to read Lysanders happy ending. This was the first time I've read Kent's books but I will definitely be checking out more.
May 1, 2026
This was a new-to-me author, and I loved it. Both MMCs were fantastic, and the dialogue was funny and engaging and heartwarming in the way that they both seemed so perfect for each other. Will definitely read more by this author.
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