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The Pack's Chosen Omega
I spent a decade becoming the perfect omega. Then my pack decided perfect still wasn't enough.
I thought my life was straight out of a fairy tale once.
Filled with big dreams,
I left my small town and worked myself to the bone.
That's when they swept me off my feet.
My scent matches, my Prince Charmings.
Suddenly, I had everything I'd ever dreamed of.
Three powerful alphas, older and stronger. My fated mates. A happily ever after.
They marked and claimed me without giving me a chance to protest.
Drunk on their scents and promises of forever, I
believed them when they said their possessiveness was love.
I gave them everything.
My heart, my body, my voice.
Piece by piece, they molded me into what they wanted until I became unrecognizable.
A controlled, isolated and obedient shell of myself.
And still, they want more.
One omega isn't enough. I
'm not enough.
They expect me to sit and watch while they replace me
with someone younger, newer, shinier.
Our bond's become a leash, one I can't escape.
Their bird cage is the only home I've known for the last decade, and I can't find my way out after they've spent years clipping my wings.
Yet there's another pack that reaches out a hand and tries to save me.
Sebastian, Nico, Jason and Evan want to show me love that isn't a form of control. They want to show me freedom.
But as an omega, I can't break the bonds holding me back.
And my scent matches have never let go of what belongs to them.
"The Pack's Chosen Omega" is a why choose/reverse harem (MFMMM) romance, meaning the FMC has multiple love interests.
This non-shifter omegaverse slow burn romance ends in a well deserved HEA and is a standalone.
This book contains open door spice scenes and themes readers may find dark. Please check the content warnings prior to reading.
I thought my life was straight out of a fairy tale once.
Filled with big dreams,
I left my small town and worked myself to the bone.
That's when they swept me off my feet.
My scent matches, my Prince Charmings.
Suddenly, I had everything I'd ever dreamed of.
Three powerful alphas, older and stronger. My fated mates. A happily ever after.
They marked and claimed me without giving me a chance to protest.
Drunk on their scents and promises of forever, I
believed them when they said their possessiveness was love.
I gave them everything.
My heart, my body, my voice.
Piece by piece, they molded me into what they wanted until I became unrecognizable.
A controlled, isolated and obedient shell of myself.
And still, they want more.
One omega isn't enough. I
'm not enough.
They expect me to sit and watch while they replace me
with someone younger, newer, shinier.
Our bond's become a leash, one I can't escape.
Their bird cage is the only home I've known for the last decade, and I can't find my way out after they've spent years clipping my wings.
Yet there's another pack that reaches out a hand and tries to save me.
Sebastian, Nico, Jason and Evan want to show me love that isn't a form of control. They want to show me freedom.
But as an omega, I can't break the bonds holding me back.
And my scent matches have never let go of what belongs to them.
"The Pack's Chosen Omega" is a why choose/reverse harem (MFMMM) romance, meaning the FMC has multiple love interests.
This non-shifter omegaverse slow burn romance ends in a well deserved HEA and is a standalone.
This book contains open door spice scenes and themes readers may find dark. Please check the content warnings prior to reading.
418 pages, Paperback
Published June 14, 2026
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Mia Mallie
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July 4, 2026
This author just read the Tormented Omega duet by Mary Magdalyn and thought 'that's a great idea let me steal it'. Let me tell you the similarities just from the 80% I've read so far:
-Omega spent years in a controlling pack, no outside friends, can't do anything or go anywhere
- they decide to bring a new omega without consulting the heroine
-All the attention goes to the OW, heroine gets 'punished' for shit she didn't do and the OW is a snake bitch causing drama
-Heroine meets new pack and stays with them for a while
-Old pack trying to get her back
-Omega welfare is involved
-Heroine spends heat with new pack
Let me tell you the difference:
-Character names and places
-Insta love with new pack
.......
Need I say more? This doesn't even take into account the bad relationship building, writing, and insta love. If you want something better and well written I would suggest the Tormented Omega duet. ✌🏼
-Omega spent years in a controlling pack, no outside friends, can't do anything or go anywhere
- they decide to bring a new omega without consulting the heroine
-All the attention goes to the OW, heroine gets 'punished' for shit she didn't do and the OW is a snake bitch causing drama
-Heroine meets new pack and stays with them for a while
-Old pack trying to get her back
-Omega welfare is involved
-Heroine spends heat with new pack
Let me tell you the difference:
-Character names and places
-Insta love with new pack
.......
Need I say more? This doesn't even take into account the bad relationship building, writing, and insta love. If you want something better and well written I would suggest the Tormented Omega duet. ✌🏼
June 16, 2026
Overall-⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice - slow burn 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️1/2
I was gifted an ARC copy by the author via bookbub and was not paid for this review.
This is a good book. A really good book.
It's well-written, with clear, consistent worldbuilding, a great premise, a believable FL that I connected with, believable, distinct antagonists, and a pack hunky yet distinct MLs.
But it is much, much much more than just a good book.
This book does something that I think is SO important - empowering real world women through omegaverse as a (admittedly smut-laced) metaphor to learn the techniques and language of abusers. It's vaccinating women against them. This book is a tool of empowerment and of safety. This matters more than plot, more than characterisation or grammar or subtext or all the frippery we like to throw around in reviews.
There are lots of books that show women escaping abusive relationships, which are wonderful. There are far fewer that show the fairy tale at the beginning, and how the little shards of self doubt are seeded.
The first four chapters show the subtle red flags that are so easy to fall for, and her justifying ignoring them. I think the author must have done some serious research on this, as she captured both the classic and obvious, as well as the much more subtle. And she showed both active and passive abuser red flags, as well as neglect red flags and bystander red flags. And they beautifully captured the internality of the abuse victim, questioning their own sanity, writing off their gut instincts with excuses, and the slow erosion of self that follows.
Every teenage girl needs to read a book like this. It doesn't have to be exactly this book - but a book with a similar approach. But there are just so few that accurately document the slippery slope abusive relationships can take, packaged in a way to slip under the radar and make you feel like you're just reading a good book.
This book is stealth feminist praxis in an Omegaverse suit. (Or dress.)
I don't want to say that the hardest part about abuse for the victims is when you aren't sure whether you're being abused. It wouldn't be accurate - abuse comes in so many different forms and flavours. Some abuse is obvious. Others, less so. This book shows just one of a myriad of the answers to the possible questions of “but why didn't she leave?”
But having your beliefs twisted in a way that leaves you unsure as to whether you are being abused, or whether you genuinely don't deserve more than what you are getting and you're being unreasonable for asking, and you risk being rejected by the only people who would even consider ever accepting you if you do - now that is a state of play that can make a person unable to escape their abusers. It's insidious. And the way they use the rules of omegaverse to make the entire book a metaphor for real world examples of this is fantastic. This book might just be enough to strip back the blindfold for some people before it's too late.
It also shows how a biologically driven power imbalance - in this world, omegas can't break bonds. Alphas can - can lead to horrific domestic emotional, financial, mental and coercive abuse. Much like how women being able to give birth leads to similar abuses in the real world, and parallels in legal systems that are still in effect in the world, like how Hasidic Jewish women cannot initiate divorce.
Most gut-churning of all for me is how it uses OV as a metaphor for the real world laws that mean women need a court order or written permission from their abusers to have life saving medical treatment (not gonna comment further on this…). Or how doctors can just ignore a woman's agency - and her file - and discharge her into the hands of her abusers.
I see this book as a vaccine. It takes so many gendered abuse techniques, reframes them through an OV designation lens, and just… shows them to the reader. It shows the reader that soul mates aren't always what they are cracked up to be. It shows the subtle erosion of identity, of the walking on eggshells, of the slow, insidious isolation. Ever so gently.
And it shows the paths out. The little lifelines our FL was thrown and didn't notice or actively pushed away, the warning signs that things are being internalized - enough to, hopefully, make at least one reader think, hang on is that what I'm doing? The video calls where they make themselves look ok. Never actively banned from having friends, but subtly discouraged. Always being tracked, even though they have a credit card - that their abuser can see every transaction on.
This is the book I will be recommending to friends when I'm worried about the guy they are dating.
And it shows her finally reclaiming her own agency and leaving her abusers. I will admit, I would have found the ending more satisfying with slightly less violence, and if she had a little more agency after being cast out by her old pack, but it was good to see her finally reclaim her identity.
Plot engine wise, this has a lot in common with Mary Magdalene’s Tormented Omega duet. An omega in an existing pack has a second omega brought in. But unlike Tormented Omega, where (at the start of the first book at least) I felt like it was a difficult situation, a scent match being found for a pack when they already had an omega, when they had been clear from the offset that they wanted a scent match, this book has the scent match and the bond already. The pack want to add a second omega, even though they already had a scent match. This is such a deviation from the the conventions of the genre that the reader - if they are OV literate - immediately sits up and pays attention, making the little signs of abuse stand out from the offset. It rejects the standard OV rhetoric that biology trumps all, in a different way that the Tormented Omega duet did, but no less interesting.
Is it a perfect book? No. It's well written, sure, but it's, uh, loooong. REALLY long. Way, way longer than most OV. I don't have the exact word count, but if it comes in at under 120k words, I would be surprised. Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that doing so would make it lose its power as a teaching tool, it could justify having been split into 2 books. I do think leaving it as 1 is the right call, though.
Smut lovers may get a little impatient with the first half of the book.
I loved how her new pack helped her rebuild her own agency, and showed just how hard it can be to escape from abusers and stay out of their clutches, but I wish there could have been more habitualized friction during her period of restoring her identity, maybe some sense of frustration from the MLs of how long it can take to heal.
The overlap in plot engine with the Tormented Omega duet means that if you struggled with that book, this may not be an easy read. It's hard not to compare this book to the duet - the first pack and the other omega are also a bit more black-and-white villains rather than antagonists, the eventual level of abuse is slightly less blatant in this novel, and there is a lot less moral complexity about the situation. But both use OV as metaphor to show how the systems are set up to trap women in relationships with abusers and shine a spotlight on how precarious women’s situation can be because of a couple of quirks of biology.
And I'm gonna level with you, I think it would be fair to say an even stricter editor could have made it even better. There is a little repetition of a few emotional beats, even if I can get behind of the idea of having the different flavours of similar abusive patterns left in there to show it as a teaching tool. And I'm not sure I really understood the complete rationale of the MLs moving from attraction and concern to falling in love - although this is slow burn, the jump from attraction and care to love skipped a couple of steps for me.
And, I'll be honest, I got a bit lost for a moment with who was doing what and how bodies would bend that way in the final pack heat scene. I think this just shows how hard writing whychoose can be!!
But never the less - this is a book with believable characters and good writing that does something more than just tell a story. It's a book that actively protects real women in the real world by using OV as a metaphor - and In a form that their abusers and exploiters won't notice. And in a form where women who have been brainwashed or haven't been given the right access to information can be nudged towards a better understanding of what to watch out for without realising we are being nudged, and feels just like reading a good book. That alone makes it worth 5*.
Spice - slow burn 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️1/2
I was gifted an ARC copy by the author via bookbub and was not paid for this review.
This is a good book. A really good book.
It's well-written, with clear, consistent worldbuilding, a great premise, a believable FL that I connected with, believable, distinct antagonists, and a pack hunky yet distinct MLs.
But it is much, much much more than just a good book.
This book does something that I think is SO important - empowering real world women through omegaverse as a (admittedly smut-laced) metaphor to learn the techniques and language of abusers. It's vaccinating women against them. This book is a tool of empowerment and of safety. This matters more than plot, more than characterisation or grammar or subtext or all the frippery we like to throw around in reviews.
There are lots of books that show women escaping abusive relationships, which are wonderful. There are far fewer that show the fairy tale at the beginning, and how the little shards of self doubt are seeded.
The first four chapters show the subtle red flags that are so easy to fall for, and her justifying ignoring them. I think the author must have done some serious research on this, as she captured both the classic and obvious, as well as the much more subtle. And she showed both active and passive abuser red flags, as well as neglect red flags and bystander red flags. And they beautifully captured the internality of the abuse victim, questioning their own sanity, writing off their gut instincts with excuses, and the slow erosion of self that follows.
Every teenage girl needs to read a book like this. It doesn't have to be exactly this book - but a book with a similar approach. But there are just so few that accurately document the slippery slope abusive relationships can take, packaged in a way to slip under the radar and make you feel like you're just reading a good book.
This book is stealth feminist praxis in an Omegaverse suit. (Or dress.)
I don't want to say that the hardest part about abuse for the victims is when you aren't sure whether you're being abused. It wouldn't be accurate - abuse comes in so many different forms and flavours. Some abuse is obvious. Others, less so. This book shows just one of a myriad of the answers to the possible questions of “but why didn't she leave?”
But having your beliefs twisted in a way that leaves you unsure as to whether you are being abused, or whether you genuinely don't deserve more than what you are getting and you're being unreasonable for asking, and you risk being rejected by the only people who would even consider ever accepting you if you do - now that is a state of play that can make a person unable to escape their abusers. It's insidious. And the way they use the rules of omegaverse to make the entire book a metaphor for real world examples of this is fantastic. This book might just be enough to strip back the blindfold for some people before it's too late.
It also shows how a biologically driven power imbalance - in this world, omegas can't break bonds. Alphas can - can lead to horrific domestic emotional, financial, mental and coercive abuse. Much like how women being able to give birth leads to similar abuses in the real world, and parallels in legal systems that are still in effect in the world, like how Hasidic Jewish women cannot initiate divorce.
Most gut-churning of all for me is how it uses OV as a metaphor for the real world laws that mean women need a court order or written permission from their abusers to have life saving medical treatment (not gonna comment further on this…). Or how doctors can just ignore a woman's agency - and her file - and discharge her into the hands of her abusers.
I see this book as a vaccine. It takes so many gendered abuse techniques, reframes them through an OV designation lens, and just… shows them to the reader. It shows the reader that soul mates aren't always what they are cracked up to be. It shows the subtle erosion of identity, of the walking on eggshells, of the slow, insidious isolation. Ever so gently.
And it shows the paths out. The little lifelines our FL was thrown and didn't notice or actively pushed away, the warning signs that things are being internalized - enough to, hopefully, make at least one reader think, hang on is that what I'm doing? The video calls where they make themselves look ok. Never actively banned from having friends, but subtly discouraged. Always being tracked, even though they have a credit card - that their abuser can see every transaction on.
This is the book I will be recommending to friends when I'm worried about the guy they are dating.
And it shows her finally reclaiming her own agency and leaving her abusers. I will admit, I would have found the ending more satisfying with slightly less violence, and if she had a little more agency after being cast out by her old pack, but it was good to see her finally reclaim her identity.
Plot engine wise, this has a lot in common with Mary Magdalene’s Tormented Omega duet. An omega in an existing pack has a second omega brought in. But unlike Tormented Omega, where (at the start of the first book at least) I felt like it was a difficult situation, a scent match being found for a pack when they already had an omega, when they had been clear from the offset that they wanted a scent match, this book has the scent match and the bond already. The pack want to add a second omega, even though they already had a scent match. This is such a deviation from the the conventions of the genre that the reader - if they are OV literate - immediately sits up and pays attention, making the little signs of abuse stand out from the offset. It rejects the standard OV rhetoric that biology trumps all, in a different way that the Tormented Omega duet did, but no less interesting.
Is it a perfect book? No. It's well written, sure, but it's, uh, loooong. REALLY long. Way, way longer than most OV. I don't have the exact word count, but if it comes in at under 120k words, I would be surprised. Honestly, if it weren't for the fact that doing so would make it lose its power as a teaching tool, it could justify having been split into 2 books. I do think leaving it as 1 is the right call, though.
Smut lovers may get a little impatient with the first half of the book.
I loved how her new pack helped her rebuild her own agency, and showed just how hard it can be to escape from abusers and stay out of their clutches, but I wish there could have been more habitualized friction during her period of restoring her identity, maybe some sense of frustration from the MLs of how long it can take to heal.
The overlap in plot engine with the Tormented Omega duet means that if you struggled with that book, this may not be an easy read. It's hard not to compare this book to the duet - the first pack and the other omega are also a bit more black-and-white villains rather than antagonists, the eventual level of abuse is slightly less blatant in this novel, and there is a lot less moral complexity about the situation. But both use OV as metaphor to show how the systems are set up to trap women in relationships with abusers and shine a spotlight on how precarious women’s situation can be because of a couple of quirks of biology.
And I'm gonna level with you, I think it would be fair to say an even stricter editor could have made it even better. There is a little repetition of a few emotional beats, even if I can get behind of the idea of having the different flavours of similar abusive patterns left in there to show it as a teaching tool. And I'm not sure I really understood the complete rationale of the MLs moving from attraction and concern to falling in love - although this is slow burn, the jump from attraction and care to love skipped a couple of steps for me.
And, I'll be honest, I got a bit lost for a moment with who was doing what and how bodies would bend that way in the final pack heat scene. I think this just shows how hard writing whychoose can be!!
But never the less - this is a book with believable characters and good writing that does something more than just tell a story. It's a book that actively protects real women in the real world by using OV as a metaphor - and In a form that their abusers and exploiters won't notice. And in a form where women who have been brainwashed or haven't been given the right access to information can be nudged towards a better understanding of what to watch out for without realising we are being nudged, and feels just like reading a good book. That alone makes it worth 5*.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 27, 2026
This was everything I wanted the Tormented Omega duet to be, but because it was insanely similar down to some even small details, I couldn’t give it five stars. It was really wild just how close the stories are
June 25, 2026
Have I just found a hidden Gem? Or a copy cat Tormented Omega... We shall See!
Update 6.27:
Ummm so the answer is... kinda a little of both...kinda neither?! I'll give it 3.5 stars but maybe I'll round up to 4 since it was fast paced and kinda punchy.
Let me start by saying had I not read Tormented Omega first, and had such a deep emotional response to it, I think I would have been able to enjoy this book a lot more (or maybe just very differently) than I did.
As it stands, I think its a pretty good mid level omegaverse, which is honestly quite a rare thing to find in the genre. In my experience reading this genre, you are either (a) desperately scraping the bottom of the barrel with AI slop garbage, or poorly written mass produced human garbage, or (b) reading an emotional masterpiece, a book that will re-write your DNA, fundamentally change you as a human being, and make you forget other books exist.
I'm just realizing...maybe this is just gambling. Maybe I have a problem...
Anyways...
This book was really decent! I can't say that it blew me away or re-calibrated my brain chemistry, but it was pretty well written and I had a fun time with it.
It was very similar in concept to Tormented Omega, but with with one massive caveat.
One of the big things I praised Tormented Omega for was its ability to develop interesting and compelling "fuck-ups" rather than villains. You were really able to empathize and understand with the FMC's "Original Pack" who were, rather unintentionally, tormenting their omega (per the title).
This book on the other hand, we just straight up had evil villains. There was nothing redeemable about these men, and they were even referred to as gnats, or rat-looking by the "good pack". There was no reason to like them, and so I just didn't. The effect of this is that it ended up making the FMC's POV sort of feel like traumaporn, and it made it harder to empathize with her as well for getting stuck in a pack with such godawful men. I will say the explanation (she was young new to town and taken advantage of) did a lot of heavy lifting here, but it still felt like the book lost a lot of emotional depth. But again, its fun to hate the villains. So it's not necessarily a bad thing, its just a very, very different type of book than what Tormented Omega delivered.
Oh, but one more thing:
There are two things about this book that I really, actually didn't like:
(1) The prologues were written terribly. It almost feels like they were written in a rush, or by an entirely different person. When I started reading the book and was reading through them I was really about to rage quit and write this book off as regurgitated AI slop, but I feel really lucky that decided to give it a chance and just skip straight to chapter 1. Writing in the rest of the book is much, much better than the prologues so my advice is just skip them all together.
(2) This is more a common trend I'm noticing in Omegaverse-land where authors are giving less and less description of the MMCs. At first I was kinda into it, (and I still am if it's done well). I liked that the vague descriptions really let you picture unique people in your head that were formed entirely on their character traits as you see them expressed through their dialogue and actions. But guys: we've gone WAY too far with this.
The pack Arianna ended up with, when they were first introduced, were given ZERO descriptors. And frankly, their names are just not different enough, and they don't behave or talk differently enough to distinguish them on these qualities alone. I was SO confused almost all the way through the book until I could remember that Evan is the sporty one, Sebastian is the tech heir, Jason is the lawyer and Nico is the guy who cooks and falls for grifty health trends (which tbh is a very cute character trait).
I mixed up Jason, Evan, and Nico's characters for more than half of the book, it was so frustrating. I'm not sure we even got all their hair and eye colors. Two of them have blue eyes, one of them green and there's at least one blonde in there, and two with dark hair but I swear to god I can't tell you who is who because by the time we got those descriptions I was so confused it didn't really matter. Usually I can also differentiate them by scents (because, Omegaverse), but again, same thing. It was introduced way too late in the book for it to be a useful identifier.
Seriously, I like the ambiguity. Imagining people is fun, but I need something to go off here so I can tell these humans apart. Don't even get me started on Arianna's original pack. I have NO clue what these dudes look like besides having pinched faces and a bit of gray hair.
Update 6.27:
Ummm so the answer is... kinda a little of both...kinda neither?! I'll give it 3.5 stars but maybe I'll round up to 4 since it was fast paced and kinda punchy.
Let me start by saying had I not read Tormented Omega first, and had such a deep emotional response to it, I think I would have been able to enjoy this book a lot more (or maybe just very differently) than I did.
As it stands, I think its a pretty good mid level omegaverse, which is honestly quite a rare thing to find in the genre. In my experience reading this genre, you are either (a) desperately scraping the bottom of the barrel with AI slop garbage, or poorly written mass produced human garbage, or (b) reading an emotional masterpiece, a book that will re-write your DNA, fundamentally change you as a human being, and make you forget other books exist.
I'm just realizing...maybe this is just gambling. Maybe I have a problem...
Anyways...
This book was really decent! I can't say that it blew me away or re-calibrated my brain chemistry, but it was pretty well written and I had a fun time with it.
It was very similar in concept to Tormented Omega, but with with one massive caveat.
One of the big things I praised Tormented Omega for was its ability to develop interesting and compelling "fuck-ups" rather than villains. You were really able to empathize and understand with the FMC's "Original Pack" who were, rather unintentionally, tormenting their omega (per the title).
This book on the other hand, we just straight up had evil villains. There was nothing redeemable about these men, and they were even referred to as gnats, or rat-looking by the "good pack". There was no reason to like them, and so I just didn't. The effect of this is that it ended up making the FMC's POV sort of feel like traumaporn, and it made it harder to empathize with her as well for getting stuck in a pack with such godawful men. I will say the explanation (she was young new to town and taken advantage of) did a lot of heavy lifting here, but it still felt like the book lost a lot of emotional depth. But again, its fun to hate the villains. So it's not necessarily a bad thing, its just a very, very different type of book than what Tormented Omega delivered.
Oh, but one more thing:
There are two things about this book that I really, actually didn't like:
(1) The prologues were written terribly. It almost feels like they were written in a rush, or by an entirely different person. When I started reading the book and was reading through them I was really about to rage quit and write this book off as regurgitated AI slop, but I feel really lucky that decided to give it a chance and just skip straight to chapter 1. Writing in the rest of the book is much, much better than the prologues so my advice is just skip them all together.
(2) This is more a common trend I'm noticing in Omegaverse-land where authors are giving less and less description of the MMCs. At first I was kinda into it, (and I still am if it's done well). I liked that the vague descriptions really let you picture unique people in your head that were formed entirely on their character traits as you see them expressed through their dialogue and actions. But guys: we've gone WAY too far with this.
The pack Arianna ended up with, when they were first introduced, were given ZERO descriptors. And frankly, their names are just not different enough, and they don't behave or talk differently enough to distinguish them on these qualities alone. I was SO confused almost all the way through the book until I could remember that Evan is the sporty one, Sebastian is the tech heir, Jason is the lawyer and Nico is the guy who cooks and falls for grifty health trends (which tbh is a very cute character trait).
I mixed up Jason, Evan, and Nico's characters for more than half of the book, it was so frustrating. I'm not sure we even got all their hair and eye colors. Two of them have blue eyes, one of them green and there's at least one blonde in there, and two with dark hair but I swear to god I can't tell you who is who because by the time we got those descriptions I was so confused it didn't really matter. Usually I can also differentiate them by scents (because, Omegaverse), but again, same thing. It was introduced way too late in the book for it to be a useful identifier.
Seriously, I like the ambiguity. Imagining people is fun, but I need something to go off here so I can tell these humans apart. Don't even get me started on Arianna's original pack. I have NO clue what these dudes look like besides having pinched faces and a bit of gray hair.
June 15, 2026
Stayed awake past my bedtime to finish this. If you like reading angst books this ones for you. My stomach hurt from how stressed i was, was worried a pit was going to form.
Words are not enought to express my feelings towards Ariana’s heartbreak. I wanted to slap and beat some characters. But do not fred she gets her hea.
Job well done. Feelings were felt. Tears were shed. Couldnt say i wasnt smiling towards the end either. Love it give me more.
Words are not enought to express my feelings towards Ariana’s heartbreak. I wanted to slap and beat some characters. But do not fred she gets her hea.
Job well done. Feelings were felt. Tears were shed. Couldnt say i wasnt smiling towards the end either. Love it give me more.
July 15, 2026
Undeniably similar set-up and dynamics to Claimed Omega, but it didn't really bother me since it still felt like enough of its own thing. (And it came out very shortly afterwards?) I liked that it also explores biology vs. fate and the way abuse works so insiduously on its victims as well as secondary abusers.
I'd definitely give another book by this author a shot. Though hopefully the author looks at the market before publication in the future.
I'd definitely give another book by this author a shot. Though hopefully the author looks at the market before publication in the future.
June 25, 2026
Missing red flags to becoming property and finally being chosen
First off congratulations to Mia on her first book being published. This was such a great story line. I have not read an Omegaverse like this wheat and I enjoyed it. 4.5⭐
First off please do not stop reading in the prologue. It is written in a way that helps you understand where Ariana was and how she got there.
I loved how this book took the scent match and made it something that didn't automatically mean blissful for eternity. Those men were absolutely awful and they thought that their money and the next shiny object would solve any issues that came up.
Ariana was so young and naive so what should have just been a simple heat with partners turned into a bonding she never got to choose. They weaponized being scent matches. Every question or disagreement was then turned around to be way less because "we're scent matches".
Only one of the men from her scent matched pack actually seemed to care about her. He was just to big of a coward to stand up to the pack lead. My heart absolutely broke for Ariana when they just casually dropped that they were adding another Omega. They never cared about Ariana but she couldn't leave because of the bond.
I absolutely adored the guys who saw her sad and immediately wanted to make it better. The cute little meet ups became her lifeline. I loved the guys showing up when she asked them to join her on the day she was supposed to celebrate her birthday. This was really the biggest turning point.
I loved seeing how everything was handled with the bond sickness and taking down her awful former pack. Seeing her being shown how an Omega should be treated was beautiful. She had been brainwashed by her scent matches and I loved seeing her come out of her shell.
I will say though that I did get tired of people only being described by their scent so much. Everyone has names but scent became more who they were than name. Scents were overused in the story to a point it got distracting for me. This was my biggest issue and why this is not a 5⭐.
I'm excited to see what is next from Mia.
First off congratulations to Mia on her first book being published. This was such a great story line. I have not read an Omegaverse like this wheat and I enjoyed it. 4.5⭐
First off please do not stop reading in the prologue. It is written in a way that helps you understand where Ariana was and how she got there.
I loved how this book took the scent match and made it something that didn't automatically mean blissful for eternity. Those men were absolutely awful and they thought that their money and the next shiny object would solve any issues that came up.
Ariana was so young and naive so what should have just been a simple heat with partners turned into a bonding she never got to choose. They weaponized being scent matches. Every question or disagreement was then turned around to be way less because "we're scent matches".
Only one of the men from her scent matched pack actually seemed to care about her. He was just to big of a coward to stand up to the pack lead. My heart absolutely broke for Ariana when they just casually dropped that they were adding another Omega. They never cared about Ariana but she couldn't leave because of the bond.
I absolutely adored the guys who saw her sad and immediately wanted to make it better. The cute little meet ups became her lifeline. I loved the guys showing up when she asked them to join her on the day she was supposed to celebrate her birthday. This was really the biggest turning point.
I loved seeing how everything was handled with the bond sickness and taking down her awful former pack. Seeing her being shown how an Omega should be treated was beautiful. She had been brainwashed by her scent matches and I loved seeing her come out of her shell.
I will say though that I did get tired of people only being described by their scent so much. Everyone has names but scent became more who they were than name. Scents were overused in the story to a point it got distracting for me. This was my biggest issue and why this is not a 5⭐.
I'm excited to see what is next from Mia.
June 15, 2026
ALL THE FEELS!
I love a good written book that gives me all the feels. For me, a 5 ⭐️ book had to consist of good writing, easy to extinguish characters, and all the feels. It doesn't have to have this big elaborate magic system or even a lot of world building. I just want a book to make me feel.
This book gave me all of that and more. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I will Definitely read future books by this author. It was so well written, im obsessed.
I cried, I laughed, and sat in shock for a second at a couple points, i was even ready to throw my kindle across the room quite a few times. This book has put me in a book slump lol
Sometimes its hard, as a writer, to create distinguished characters when there are so many in a book. Clear enough to know whos who, but Mia nailed it!
10/10 for characters!
10/10 for spice!
10/10 for the devastating feelings this book has conjured up inside me!
Highly recommend this amazing, spicy, devastating omegaverse book.
*warning. Usually I dont like OWD (other woman drama) but this one was super good. She was a clear antagonist. I hate when the other woman is too sweet and innocent when they are meant to be an antagonist. Mia got Amy just right!
I love a good written book that gives me all the feels. For me, a 5 ⭐️ book had to consist of good writing, easy to extinguish characters, and all the feels. It doesn't have to have this big elaborate magic system or even a lot of world building. I just want a book to make me feel.
This book gave me all of that and more. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I will Definitely read future books by this author. It was so well written, im obsessed.
I cried, I laughed, and sat in shock for a second at a couple points, i was even ready to throw my kindle across the room quite a few times. This book has put me in a book slump lol
Sometimes its hard, as a writer, to create distinguished characters when there are so many in a book. Clear enough to know whos who, but Mia nailed it!
10/10 for characters!
10/10 for spice!
10/10 for the devastating feelings this book has conjured up inside me!
Highly recommend this amazing, spicy, devastating omegaverse book.
*warning. Usually I dont like OWD (other woman drama) but this one was super good. She was a clear antagonist. I hate when the other woman is too sweet and innocent when they are meant to be an antagonist. Mia got Amy just right!
July 1, 2026
I thought this was a pretty good book. I love an omegaverse with some bully/reject tropes added in. The author made my heart hurt. Which, koodos for making me feel, not all books can and do. Unfortunately, I don’t like it to hurt for over 50% of the book. So much time was spent on keeping the FMC down, that the MMC’s didn’t get enough background, in my opinion. Told from multiple POV, the MMCs were in a pack, but their dynamic was kinda confusing to me. The dialogue between them didn’t really flow enough to make it work. The author switches a lot from referencing them by name and then saying…the blonde one. Like the omega’s instincts are in charge. Overall, I’m glad I read it and would read future books by this author.
June 26, 2026
I liked this one a lot but it was a painful road to get to the HEA. glad to see her old pack get their just desserts and for the FMC to find true love with her new pack.
June 26, 2026
Absolutely loved this debut novel. It deals with such complex emotions, and Ariana’s journey of wanting to start over but being trapped hit’s hard on the heart. I loved her growth throughout the book.
June 24, 2026
Mated without consent. Controlled. Made to feel lesser. Then, she was disrespected and devalued in the most hurtful way by her own pack. Ariana had her own dreams, but once part of her scent-matched pack, she tried her best to be the perfect Omega and make them happy. She gave them everything. Her loyalty, love, freedom, and happiness. She believed they were all happy for 10 years. They controlled her, molded her, isolated her, and minimized her. She deserved better. The bond became her cage. It still wasn't enough for them. Then one day, another pack saw her; really saw her. They wanted her. She didn't need to prove anything to them; she made them happy just by being herself. She belongs to others, but they are determined to help her gain her freedom and find her happiness again.
This is my favorite type of story. I love the abused Omega trope. One that is well-written leaves me shaken. I love it when I feel strongly about characters, whether it's love, hate, or disgust. I love getting so caught up in the character's pain and suffering that I can't let it go. I want the pack that hurt her to pay, and for the Omega to find her happily ever after. This book gave me EVERYTHING! I was on edge; I couldn't put the book down; I read until the wee hours, and when I finished, I obsessed over the story for days. It was perfect for me.
The trauma and abuse were so well-written. For anyone who has been in a relationship like Ariana was, they (me) can attest how well-done it was. The later abuse was obvious cruelty, but I was more impressed with the subtle abuse. It was realistic - isolating, undermining, gaslighting, controlling, minimizing feelings, weaponizing incompetence, and conditional love. You lose "privileges" little by little; you don't even notice, and it becomes your new norm. You are made smaller and think of the other person, not yourself. Never yourself. You truly believe you are happy until you are removed from the situation. Either the author put in her time researching, which I respect, or she's lived this type of relationship, which I sympathize with, but kudos on the representation.
I enjoy a book that makes me feel, and this one filled me with angst, anger, fear, pain, and finally relief and happiness. Ariana, Jason, Evan, Nico, and Sebastian had to put in the work to get Ariana past her trauma. Again, recovery didn't happen over one page. Karma hit her original pack, and I got my revenge. Most importantly, I got my happy ending. I was so satisfied with every part of this book and look forward to reading more by this author in the future.
This is my favorite type of story. I love the abused Omega trope. One that is well-written leaves me shaken. I love it when I feel strongly about characters, whether it's love, hate, or disgust. I love getting so caught up in the character's pain and suffering that I can't let it go. I want the pack that hurt her to pay, and for the Omega to find her happily ever after. This book gave me EVERYTHING! I was on edge; I couldn't put the book down; I read until the wee hours, and when I finished, I obsessed over the story for days. It was perfect for me.
The trauma and abuse were so well-written. For anyone who has been in a relationship like Ariana was, they (me) can attest how well-done it was. The later abuse was obvious cruelty, but I was more impressed with the subtle abuse. It was realistic - isolating, undermining, gaslighting, controlling, minimizing feelings, weaponizing incompetence, and conditional love. You lose "privileges" little by little; you don't even notice, and it becomes your new norm. You are made smaller and think of the other person, not yourself. Never yourself. You truly believe you are happy until you are removed from the situation. Either the author put in her time researching, which I respect, or she's lived this type of relationship, which I sympathize with, but kudos on the representation.
I enjoy a book that makes me feel, and this one filled me with angst, anger, fear, pain, and finally relief and happiness. Ariana, Jason, Evan, Nico, and Sebastian had to put in the work to get Ariana past her trauma. Again, recovery didn't happen over one page. Karma hit her original pack, and I got my revenge. Most importantly, I got my happy ending. I was so satisfied with every part of this book and look forward to reading more by this author in the future.
July 11, 2026
It’s very similar to Tormented Omega by Mary Magdalyn in all its upsetting, addictive glory.
It’s almost a bit better, emotionally, because we get POVs from people who give us hope in the forming future.
I don’t think I could go through that original story again and almost had to quit this one from the traumatic similarities.
I did not like the heat. At all.
She’s not supposed to be a doll or thing to be manipulated or used anymore, but that’s exactly what she was. And not! in a fun way.
They should be taking care of her, not demanding she take care of them.
She was into it, but she’s also pretty screwed up.
This cannot be the best case scenario.
Let her enjoy it! Don’t force her to think about technique, of all things! Don’t push her head!!
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me!!!
I genuinely hated it.
After the life she’s had and with the knowledge of her previously abusive submission, it was abrupt and upsetting for them to do things like spitting into her mouth without warning and easing into places despite her complaints of pain.
And then she’s like no that was good because they were still there in the morning and also brought me breakfast.
Get up. I beg of you.
Performing connection while suppressing boundary expression? That’s fawning, girl.
The latter half of the book also depleted in writing quality. Sentences hinged on a rhythmic cadence of gerunds.
“Leaning forward, I … Getting up, I… Squatting down, I …”
All in the same paragraph.
Drove me nuts.
Quite literally, out of nowhere, she’s taught self defense. Like, it hadn’t even been a conversation before then.
So, guess we have some hand to hand combat in our future?
Have some subtlety, man.
The men weren’t distinctive at all.
I can only recall Nico off the top of my head.
They began to blur together in personality and I couldn’t care less about a single one of these people by the end.
It’s almost a bit better, emotionally, because we get POVs from people who give us hope in the forming future.
I don’t think I could go through that original story again and almost had to quit this one from the traumatic similarities.
I did not like the heat. At all.
She’s not supposed to be a doll or thing to be manipulated or used anymore, but that’s exactly what she was. And not! in a fun way.
They should be taking care of her, not demanding she take care of them.
She was into it, but she’s also pretty screwed up.
This cannot be the best case scenario.
Let her enjoy it! Don’t force her to think about technique, of all things! Don’t push her head!!
Put that thing back where it came from or so help me!!!
I genuinely hated it.
After the life she’s had and with the knowledge of her previously abusive submission, it was abrupt and upsetting for them to do things like spitting into her mouth without warning and easing into places despite her complaints of pain.
And then she’s like no that was good because they were still there in the morning and also brought me breakfast.
Get up. I beg of you.
Performing connection while suppressing boundary expression? That’s fawning, girl.
The latter half of the book also depleted in writing quality. Sentences hinged on a rhythmic cadence of gerunds.
“Leaning forward, I … Getting up, I… Squatting down, I …”
All in the same paragraph.
Drove me nuts.
Quite literally, out of nowhere, she’s taught self defense. Like, it hadn’t even been a conversation before then.
So, guess we have some hand to hand combat in our future?
Have some subtlety, man.
The men weren’t distinctive at all.
I can only recall Nico off the top of my head.
They began to blur together in personality and I couldn’t care less about a single one of these people by the end.
June 29, 2026
I don't even know where to start with this book. I started reading this book about 9pm and I stayed up way into the early morning hours to get as much read as I could. Then, I couldn’t wait to wake up so I could finish it. I cannot believe this is a debut book by Mia Mallie. What a FANTASTIC book. I was completely blown away by this story.
It was so hard to read Ariana going through what she did with Ian, Liam and Cole, but in the best way. I could feel how much she gave them, how little they gave back and how much they demanded from her. She became someone she didn’t even recognise to earn their love after being told she had to try better. I felt every bit of that pain through every word. Mia Mallie’s writing took me inside Ariana’s slow destruction of self confidence and her sense of self. It was so real that it hurt.
When Sebastian, Nico, Jason and Evan came along, my heart rejoiced. They were everything. I loved how individual they all were but how in sync their pack was. They connected with Ariana when she had no one to turn to and it was beautiful to read. I loved that for Ariana and wanted more and more and more.
I loved cheering along as Ariana healed and gained strength and confidence in herself. She started out so young and unsure, and then became someone who didn’t know her own worth. I loved how free she became with Pack Coates, finally being loved for who she was.
This book was slow burn (done right), with angst, heartache, suffering, sweetness and a little bit of spice. This author has made me deeply connected and invested in these characters right from the very first page.
I loved that Ariana, Sebastian, Nico, Jason and Evan got their HEA and I was so happy that Ian, Liam and Cole got what they deserved. If I could rate this book 10 out of 10, I would.
It was so hard to read Ariana going through what she did with Ian, Liam and Cole, but in the best way. I could feel how much she gave them, how little they gave back and how much they demanded from her. She became someone she didn’t even recognise to earn their love after being told she had to try better. I felt every bit of that pain through every word. Mia Mallie’s writing took me inside Ariana’s slow destruction of self confidence and her sense of self. It was so real that it hurt.
When Sebastian, Nico, Jason and Evan came along, my heart rejoiced. They were everything. I loved how individual they all were but how in sync their pack was. They connected with Ariana when she had no one to turn to and it was beautiful to read. I loved that for Ariana and wanted more and more and more.
I loved cheering along as Ariana healed and gained strength and confidence in herself. She started out so young and unsure, and then became someone who didn’t know her own worth. I loved how free she became with Pack Coates, finally being loved for who she was.
This book was slow burn (done right), with angst, heartache, suffering, sweetness and a little bit of spice. This author has made me deeply connected and invested in these characters right from the very first page.
I loved that Ariana, Sebastian, Nico, Jason and Evan got their HEA and I was so happy that Ian, Liam and Cole got what they deserved. If I could rate this book 10 out of 10, I would.
June 23, 2026
⭐️ 4.5
I thoroughly enjoyed "The Pack's Chosen Omega"and found it difficult to put down. The story is well-paced, emotionally engaging, and the relationships felt genuine enough that I remained invested from beginning to end.
My only hesitation in giving it five stars comes from the expectations I had going into the book. Based on the title, premise, and world-building, I assumed this would be a wolf shifter romance. The story includes pack dynamics, alphas, betas, omegas, scent marking, nesting, and knotting—all elements commonly associated with shifter romances—yet there are no actual shifters. While this wasn't necessarily a negative, it did take some adjustment on my part and left me feeling slightly disconnected from the world at first.
What I liked most was how the book handled the FMC's trauma. There is definitely a "love helps heal" vibe to the story, but it never felt like the author were trying to pretend years of trauma and conditioning could be magically fixed overnight. The FMC struggles, second-guesses herself, and has a lot of inner turmoil throughout the book. Her growth felt earned.
I also appreciated that the MMCs weren't just possessive billionaire love interests. They actively encouraged her to make her own choices, shared their own experiences, and helped her work through things rather than simply rescuing her. It gave the relationships more depth than I was expecting.
Overall, this was a compelling reverse harem romance with strong emotional themes, enjoyable character development, and a satisfying HEA. As Mia Mallies debut novel, it was an engaging and emotionally tumultuous read that I would happily recommend to readers who enjoy omegaverse-inspired romances.
I thoroughly enjoyed "The Pack's Chosen Omega"and found it difficult to put down. The story is well-paced, emotionally engaging, and the relationships felt genuine enough that I remained invested from beginning to end.
My only hesitation in giving it five stars comes from the expectations I had going into the book. Based on the title, premise, and world-building, I assumed this would be a wolf shifter romance. The story includes pack dynamics, alphas, betas, omegas, scent marking, nesting, and knotting—all elements commonly associated with shifter romances—yet there are no actual shifters. While this wasn't necessarily a negative, it did take some adjustment on my part and left me feeling slightly disconnected from the world at first.
What I liked most was how the book handled the FMC's trauma. There is definitely a "love helps heal" vibe to the story, but it never felt like the author were trying to pretend years of trauma and conditioning could be magically fixed overnight. The FMC struggles, second-guesses herself, and has a lot of inner turmoil throughout the book. Her growth felt earned.
I also appreciated that the MMCs weren't just possessive billionaire love interests. They actively encouraged her to make her own choices, shared their own experiences, and helped her work through things rather than simply rescuing her. It gave the relationships more depth than I was expecting.
Overall, this was a compelling reverse harem romance with strong emotional themes, enjoyable character development, and a satisfying HEA. As Mia Mallies debut novel, it was an engaging and emotionally tumultuous read that I would happily recommend to readers who enjoy omegaverse-inspired romances.
June 23, 2026
Received an Advanced Reader Copy from the author.
First, please read the TWs before diving into this book. There are so many emotions that you go through in this book. Ariana finds herself alone in a new city and meets her scentmatches right away. Things move very fast from there. There are some red flags from the get go but they are so subtle that unless you are familiar with this type of behavior you’d miss them.
As time passes she finds herself in a gilded cage 10 years later. At this point the red flags are mor blatantly obvious, however she has been conditioned to see it as normal behavior. Her original pack views her as a doll, the amount of emotional trauma is so overwhelming that simple kindness is shocking to her.
Then we have Amy the female antagonist that is added to the original pack. Her manipulative personality really makes you want to scream at times. It also adds to the already blatant red flags from the original pack.
And suddenly we get Jason, Evan, Nico and Sebastian. The four of them are perfect examples of gentlemanly behavior. The way the can tell right away that something is wrong with her shows how perceptive they are. It was very admirable how they went into the mission to help her without any ulterior motives. Yes they end up falling for her, is a romance after all. This pack slowly brings her back to life and helps her see that she is worthy of being treated like a human being.
The karma that befell the old pack at the end was hilarious and well deserved.
I also enjoyed how even while she was becoming more confident her struggles still showed from time to time, this made the story more realistic and relatable.
A very well written story! Totally recommend!
First, please read the TWs before diving into this book. There are so many emotions that you go through in this book. Ariana finds herself alone in a new city and meets her scentmatches right away. Things move very fast from there. There are some red flags from the get go but they are so subtle that unless you are familiar with this type of behavior you’d miss them.
As time passes she finds herself in a gilded cage 10 years later. At this point the red flags are mor blatantly obvious, however she has been conditioned to see it as normal behavior. Her original pack views her as a doll, the amount of emotional trauma is so overwhelming that simple kindness is shocking to her.
Then we have Amy the female antagonist that is added to the original pack. Her manipulative personality really makes you want to scream at times. It also adds to the already blatant red flags from the original pack.
And suddenly we get Jason, Evan, Nico and Sebastian. The four of them are perfect examples of gentlemanly behavior. The way the can tell right away that something is wrong with her shows how perceptive they are. It was very admirable how they went into the mission to help her without any ulterior motives. Yes they end up falling for her, is a romance after all. This pack slowly brings her back to life and helps her see that she is worthy of being treated like a human being.
The karma that befell the old pack at the end was hilarious and well deserved.
I also enjoyed how even while she was becoming more confident her struggles still showed from time to time, this made the story more realistic and relatable.
A very well written story! Totally recommend!
June 30, 2026
This is quite good, and yes it’s similar to Tormented Omega, but had enough differences to make it interesting.
The basic concept is the same: The FMC is an Omega with an established pack; the pack decides to bring in another Omega; there are setting related reasons why she’s stuck; some White Knights come along and befriend and save her. There are also a few really similar plot points, like the rival Omega is sneaky and a bit evil, and the FMC spends time with the White Knights during the rival’s heat.
But… in this one the FMC is the scent match. Her established pack is long-term abusive, and doesn’t have any redeeming characteristics. The relationship with the White Knights progresses at a believable pace. The resolution is also a bit more action packed.
Since I’ve ended up comparing the two, Tormented Omega did slow burn angst really well in the first book, but became long winded as a duo. This book wraps up a story in one book and never has a boring moment.
Why not 5 stars? I don’t mind at all that it’s got a similar set up to another book, and I enjoyed both. But the MMC’s in this book was very generic. I couldn’t really tell them apart. At this moment, 5 minutes after finishing the book, I don’t even recall if there were three or four. There was the rich one, the fun student guy, the lawyer… oh yeah and the one who randomly was in the mafia. So four. I think? Unless two of those were the same person.
Same with the established pack. There was Ian the bad leader guy, and then two generics. One smelled like apples. He was often referred to as “the apple scented alpha” like even the author forgot his name.
The basic concept is the same: The FMC is an Omega with an established pack; the pack decides to bring in another Omega; there are setting related reasons why she’s stuck; some White Knights come along and befriend and save her. There are also a few really similar plot points, like the rival Omega is sneaky and a bit evil, and the FMC spends time with the White Knights during the rival’s heat.
But… in this one the FMC is the scent match. Her established pack is long-term abusive, and doesn’t have any redeeming characteristics. The relationship with the White Knights progresses at a believable pace. The resolution is also a bit more action packed.
Since I’ve ended up comparing the two, Tormented Omega did slow burn angst really well in the first book, but became long winded as a duo. This book wraps up a story in one book and never has a boring moment.
Why not 5 stars? I don’t mind at all that it’s got a similar set up to another book, and I enjoyed both. But the MMC’s in this book was very generic. I couldn’t really tell them apart. At this moment, 5 minutes after finishing the book, I don’t even recall if there were three or four. There was the rich one, the fun student guy, the lawyer… oh yeah and the one who randomly was in the mafia. So four. I think? Unless two of those were the same person.
Same with the established pack. There was Ian the bad leader guy, and then two generics. One smelled like apples. He was often referred to as “the apple scented alpha” like even the author forgot his name.
June 21, 2026
The Pack’s Chosen Omega is a standalone dark omegaverse romance in the Chosen Omegas series. I received an advance review copy and my thoughts are my own. Thank you to the author for my eArc.
Tropes and themes include:
✨Why choose (mfmmm)
✨Omega escaping a bad situation
✨Slowburn
✨They fall first (& hard)
✨Hurt/comfort
✨Touch her and die
✨Yearning
✨Scent matches
✨Billionaire established pack
✨They love to spoil her
✨Emotionally abusive pack (not love interest)
✨Multi, first person POV
Rating: 4/5 Stars 3/5 Flames
Nicknames: Pretty Girl, Bunny, Sweetheart
The Lovely: I loved the development and journey of the FMC as she experienced emotional (and really mental) abuse and came to learn it wasn’t okay for her first pack to treat her that way. I experienced so many feels, especially those aimed at her first pack and those for the FMC.
The Mundane: The timing/pacing felt off to me. The prologues, which cover the first 8% of the story, are told as a sort of look back where the FMC describes what happens to herself rather than showing the reader. Then, the FMC is primarily with the first pack for over 50% of the book and it felt like to me there wasn’t enough time for the FMC to develop deep relationships with the second pack.
Recommendation: As I’ve been trying to add more non-romantasy ARCs to my lineup. I saw this in the IMOE group and wanted to support a debut author. And then I read this in one day because I had to see the FMC beep. If you’re in the mood for an angsty dark omegaverse with all the caregiving, I think you might like this book.
Tropes and themes include:
✨Why choose (mfmmm)
✨Omega escaping a bad situation
✨Slowburn
✨They fall first (& hard)
✨Hurt/comfort
✨Touch her and die
✨Yearning
✨Scent matches
✨Billionaire established pack
✨They love to spoil her
✨Emotionally abusive pack (not love interest)
✨Multi, first person POV
Rating: 4/5 Stars 3/5 Flames
Nicknames: Pretty Girl, Bunny, Sweetheart
The Lovely: I loved the development and journey of the FMC as she experienced emotional (and really mental) abuse and came to learn it wasn’t okay for her first pack to treat her that way. I experienced so many feels, especially those aimed at her first pack and those for the FMC.
The Mundane: The timing/pacing felt off to me. The prologues, which cover the first 8% of the story, are told as a sort of look back where the FMC describes what happens to herself rather than showing the reader. Then, the FMC is primarily with the first pack for over 50% of the book and it felt like to me there wasn’t enough time for the FMC to develop deep relationships with the second pack.
Recommendation: As I’ve been trying to add more non-romantasy ARCs to my lineup. I saw this in the IMOE group and wanted to support a debut author. And then I read this in one day because I had to see the FMC beep. If you’re in the mood for an angsty dark omegaverse with all the caregiving, I think you might like this book.
June 20, 2026
I really enjoyed The Pack's Chosen Omega. Mia Mallie delivers an emotional omegaverse story that explores trauma, abuse, and healing in a way that kept me invested from beginning to end. Ariana's circumstances with her scent-matched pack were heartbreaking, and watching the dysfunction and control within those relationships slowly unravel made for a compelling and at times -frustrating read. (In a good way! I like when a book makes me feel things. In this case - it was the right emotion for this story to really make it feel believable to me)
I'm not always a fan of other woman drama or stories with other woman drama, but it genuinely worked in this book. The arrival of another omega was the catalyst that brought years of unhealthy dynamics to a head, exposing the cracks in the foundation of Ariana's scent-matched pack. Without that element, this would have been a very different story, and it served an important purpose in driving both the plot and character development forward.
What stood out most to me was how the story highlighted the complexity of leaving an abusive situation. It's difficult enough in our own world, but adding the bonds of fated mates and scent matches creates another layer of emotional and psychological entanglement. Ariana's journey toward reclaiming herself and finding genuine care and support was ultimately what made this a satisfying read for me. Definitely one to check out if you enjoy emotional, healing focused omegaverse stories.
I'm not always a fan of other woman drama or stories with other woman drama, but it genuinely worked in this book. The arrival of another omega was the catalyst that brought years of unhealthy dynamics to a head, exposing the cracks in the foundation of Ariana's scent-matched pack. Without that element, this would have been a very different story, and it served an important purpose in driving both the plot and character development forward.
What stood out most to me was how the story highlighted the complexity of leaving an abusive situation. It's difficult enough in our own world, but adding the bonds of fated mates and scent matches creates another layer of emotional and psychological entanglement. Ariana's journey toward reclaiming herself and finding genuine care and support was ultimately what made this a satisfying read for me. Definitely one to check out if you enjoy emotional, healing focused omegaverse stories.
June 21, 2026
The Pack's Chosen Omega by Mia Mallie
Thank you for my e-arc copy of this book for my honest review. 💖
Ariana is only 18 years old when she meets her scent matched pack. They are older and richer and day all the right things. During her first heat they are bonded. Fast forward 10 years and she is the perfect omega. She does everything they ask and, if her smile doesn't reach her eyes, she knows she's at least with her fated mates. Until they bring in another omega anyway.
She also has a chance encounter with another pack when she's walking in the park and thier dog gets away. Pack Coates later comes to dinner for a business meeting with her pack and they are surprised to see the same omega from the park. Something just doesn't sit right with them after the dinner though.
Honestly, this book was 5 stars. It was well written and the emotions I felt while reading it were right at the surface. That said, I went in fully blind and SO MUCH of Ariana's story mirrors things that i experienced in a past relationship that I should never have read it. I had to push through in one sitting because I knew if I stopped that i wouldn't be able to pick it back up. Your mental health matters. If you've experienced spousal manipulation, controlling behavior, verbal and emotional ab*se then i strongly encourage you to go in with eyes wide open.
I may have had to wake my husband at 2am to thank him for helping me escape my past situation and falling in love with me in the process.
Thank you for my e-arc copy of this book for my honest review. 💖
Ariana is only 18 years old when she meets her scent matched pack. They are older and richer and day all the right things. During her first heat they are bonded. Fast forward 10 years and she is the perfect omega. She does everything they ask and, if her smile doesn't reach her eyes, she knows she's at least with her fated mates. Until they bring in another omega anyway.
She also has a chance encounter with another pack when she's walking in the park and thier dog gets away. Pack Coates later comes to dinner for a business meeting with her pack and they are surprised to see the same omega from the park. Something just doesn't sit right with them after the dinner though.
Honestly, this book was 5 stars. It was well written and the emotions I felt while reading it were right at the surface. That said, I went in fully blind and SO MUCH of Ariana's story mirrors things that i experienced in a past relationship that I should never have read it. I had to push through in one sitting because I knew if I stopped that i wouldn't be able to pick it back up. Your mental health matters. If you've experienced spousal manipulation, controlling behavior, verbal and emotional ab*se then i strongly encourage you to go in with eyes wide open.
I may have had to wake my husband at 2am to thank him for helping me escape my past situation and falling in love with me in the process.
June 26, 2026
::::: Some Spoilers Ahead ::::::
To say I loved this book is an understatement. I’m so grateful to be an ARC and one of the first to read. I took my time because at times it felt like Mia (our brilliant author) knew all of my fears and wants and wrote this book. I have NEVER connected with a character more than Ariana. Ari is me and I am Ari. I’ve been there before.
It’s healing in a way reading about this woman who is so wonderful and sweet be treated like she’s nothing. Replaceable. I never exasperated so much in my life at the book. I truly never wanted to throw my kindle across the room so much in my life man. EVERY-TIME one of the Hale Men spoke especially Liam or Cole I rolled my eyes so far back my head I was seeing stars lol
I’m not gonna lie though, the triggers were triggering. But I was warned and the great thing is Mia didn’t rush us to read it so I didn’t feel pressured which was wonderful and gave me the space to truly chew on and devour this work of art.
I will reread one day soon and I will buy a physical copy for my personal Legacy Library because it deserves to be there.
I CANNOT wait for more books from Mia… I wonder about Amy tho. Could a short 1.5 novel on her. A quick run down of her interactions w the Hales, especially when they found out they weren’t the Daddy lol HOWEVER, I do need a sequel and if not maaaaann another Omegaverse Book please!!! ♥️
To say I loved this book is an understatement. I’m so grateful to be an ARC and one of the first to read. I took my time because at times it felt like Mia (our brilliant author) knew all of my fears and wants and wrote this book. I have NEVER connected with a character more than Ariana. Ari is me and I am Ari. I’ve been there before.
It’s healing in a way reading about this woman who is so wonderful and sweet be treated like she’s nothing. Replaceable. I never exasperated so much in my life at the book. I truly never wanted to throw my kindle across the room so much in my life man. EVERY-TIME one of the Hale Men spoke especially Liam or Cole I rolled my eyes so far back my head I was seeing stars lol
I’m not gonna lie though, the triggers were triggering. But I was warned and the great thing is Mia didn’t rush us to read it so I didn’t feel pressured which was wonderful and gave me the space to truly chew on and devour this work of art.
I will reread one day soon and I will buy a physical copy for my personal Legacy Library because it deserves to be there.
I CANNOT wait for more books from Mia… I wonder about Amy tho. Could a short 1.5 novel on her. A quick run down of her interactions w the Hales, especially when they found out they weren’t the Daddy lol HOWEVER, I do need a sequel and if not maaaaann another Omegaverse Book please!!! ♥️
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 15, 2026
That was an emotionally turbulent read, I couldn’t put it down because I had to know it would be okay in the end, but I almost felt I needed to take a break halfway as my anxiety and heartache overwhelmed me. That tells you it was a good read, not happy for a lot, but good anyway, and take solace in the fact there is a HEA and it is a stand alone, not a series 😎.
This is the author’s debut novel, and as such I was amazed at how it engaged me and that my level of investment in the main character’s wellbeing was so intense - to me that speaks to a well written book. I struggled at the start with a sense of it being not fully fleshed out in the initial chapters, but then I saw that the direction it was heading was more about the pack that chooses her, over the one she is with initially. I still feel it could be fleshed out a bit more as I will admit to being uncertain during the first 10% or so, not feeling I was connecting or engaging, but I always give a book a fair chance and I am glad I did.
I don’t want to spoil anything, but go into this knowing it is an omegaverse, but it is on the dark side, still with the joy of finding real love with a pack, but the journey is rough getting there, but I promise some sweet karma eventually. If you enjoy omegaverse, triumph over adversity, alphas that adore their omega, and a little bit of spice, then I recommend you give this debut novel a go!
This is the author’s debut novel, and as such I was amazed at how it engaged me and that my level of investment in the main character’s wellbeing was so intense - to me that speaks to a well written book. I struggled at the start with a sense of it being not fully fleshed out in the initial chapters, but then I saw that the direction it was heading was more about the pack that chooses her, over the one she is with initially. I still feel it could be fleshed out a bit more as I will admit to being uncertain during the first 10% or so, not feeling I was connecting or engaging, but I always give a book a fair chance and I am glad I did.
I don’t want to spoil anything, but go into this knowing it is an omegaverse, but it is on the dark side, still with the joy of finding real love with a pack, but the journey is rough getting there, but I promise some sweet karma eventually. If you enjoy omegaverse, triumph over adversity, alphas that adore their omega, and a little bit of spice, then I recommend you give this debut novel a go!
June 15, 2026
4.5⭐️
What an incredible read! This debut by Mia Mallie takes a unique spin on Omegaverse and the trauma that unfolds when your scent match/matches are abusive.
This story centers on Ariana and how her life unfolds when she stumbles upon her scent matches at the naive and tender age of 18. Much older and deviously conniving, this pack of alphas use her designation and blossoming adulthood to mold her into their perfect omega. For 10 years, Ariana shrinks herself to fit this mold and what once was a gilded cage now feels an ever tightening leash. When Pack Hale delivers the news that they are brining another omega into the home, the consequences have irreparable effects.
Ariana’s journey is as heartbreaking as it is redemptive. Her conditioning is unwaveringly tender and the patient care under the protective arm of Pack Coates is deeply impactful. This is a beautiful story of healing and how transformative unconditional love can be.
I cannot recommend this new author enough and I implore you to take a chance on The Pack’s Chosen Omega. You will not be disappointed! As always, please check content warnings.
What an incredible read! This debut by Mia Mallie takes a unique spin on Omegaverse and the trauma that unfolds when your scent match/matches are abusive.
This story centers on Ariana and how her life unfolds when she stumbles upon her scent matches at the naive and tender age of 18. Much older and deviously conniving, this pack of alphas use her designation and blossoming adulthood to mold her into their perfect omega. For 10 years, Ariana shrinks herself to fit this mold and what once was a gilded cage now feels an ever tightening leash. When Pack Hale delivers the news that they are brining another omega into the home, the consequences have irreparable effects.
Ariana’s journey is as heartbreaking as it is redemptive. Her conditioning is unwaveringly tender and the patient care under the protective arm of Pack Coates is deeply impactful. This is a beautiful story of healing and how transformative unconditional love can be.
I cannot recommend this new author enough and I implore you to take a chance on The Pack’s Chosen Omega. You will not be disappointed! As always, please check content warnings.
June 15, 2026
Liam, Cole and Ian are abusive scent matches who should go take a long walk off a short pier. I have very strong feelings of dislike for these pack members. They constantly make Ari feel like she is not good enough, even though she is better than anyone of them deserve. Liam, Cole and Ian are the perfect example of Red Flags. I feel so bad for Ari and the scent matches that she got stuck with.
The Coates Pack are all Green Flags. They can see right away that there is something wrong with Ari and her pack. But instead of acting like Alpha's and bulldozing their way through the issue, they take the time to show Ari what a real pack feels like. They are there for her as friends first, a safe haven second, and finally as a loving pack.
I loved being able to read about the Coates pack and how protective they were about Ari right from the beginning. This book had me scowling at the Hale Pack and smiling and swooning at the Coates Pack. This was such a great read.
This was my first Mia Mallie read and I can definitely say, I will be back for more.
The Coates Pack are all Green Flags. They can see right away that there is something wrong with Ari and her pack. But instead of acting like Alpha's and bulldozing their way through the issue, they take the time to show Ari what a real pack feels like. They are there for her as friends first, a safe haven second, and finally as a loving pack.
I loved being able to read about the Coates pack and how protective they were about Ari right from the beginning. This book had me scowling at the Hale Pack and smiling and swooning at the Coates Pack. This was such a great read.
This was my first Mia Mallie read and I can definitely say, I will be back for more.
June 17, 2026
Ohh, my goodness. This book is page-turner from start to finish. It starts off with Ariana, coming to the big city and as a 18-year-old, with dreams.
And hopes she works hard. And who does she run into? But the three men that make her whole life just seem perfect, of course.They are older rich, so it's everything that she thought she wanted
Of course everyone knows what we think we want. And what we get, don't always end up the right way, and this is the story of how Ariana and the 3 men that she started out with, I just end up in a place that is not comfortable. They end up with OWD there's spice. There's rebellion, there is a pack of men that come in afterwards with Nico Jace. Definitely.In sebastian who come to meet her due to a little meet cute.In the park, and it just spirals out of control and into love from there period
This is my first time reading this author and she has an amazing ability to kind of draw you into this whole story.And you are sad, you kind of giggle at some of the spots and how sweet it ends up with ariana and her men, it's just perfection
And hopes she works hard. And who does she run into? But the three men that make her whole life just seem perfect, of course.They are older rich, so it's everything that she thought she wanted
Of course everyone knows what we think we want. And what we get, don't always end up the right way, and this is the story of how Ariana and the 3 men that she started out with, I just end up in a place that is not comfortable. They end up with OWD there's spice. There's rebellion, there is a pack of men that come in afterwards with Nico Jace. Definitely.In sebastian who come to meet her due to a little meet cute.In the park, and it just spirals out of control and into love from there period
This is my first time reading this author and she has an amazing ability to kind of draw you into this whole story.And you are sad, you kind of giggle at some of the spots and how sweet it ends up with ariana and her men, it's just perfection
June 26, 2026
The Pack's Chosen Omega was such an emotional and rewarding read. I absolutely loved this story, but readers should definitely check the trigger warnings before diving in. The first half is especially difficult emotionally, with significant verbal abuse and several situations that are specific to the challenges and power dynamics often found in omegaverse stories. My heart broke for the FMC more than once.
That said, the payoff is so worth it. The FMC is incredibly sweet, resilient, and easy to root for, and watching her journey unfold had me completely invested. The MMCs were wonderful as well, each bringing something unique to the pack dynamic and making me fall in love with them as the story progressed. I appreciated how the relationships developed and how much growth the characters experienced throughout the book.
If you enjoy emotional omegaverse romances with a strong, lovable heroine, caring pack dynamics, and a story that takes you from heartbreak to healing, I highly recommend giving The Pack's Chosen Omega a chance.
That said, the payoff is so worth it. The FMC is incredibly sweet, resilient, and easy to root for, and watching her journey unfold had me completely invested. The MMCs were wonderful as well, each bringing something unique to the pack dynamic and making me fall in love with them as the story progressed. I appreciated how the relationships developed and how much growth the characters experienced throughout the book.
If you enjoy emotional omegaverse romances with a strong, lovable heroine, caring pack dynamics, and a story that takes you from heartbreak to healing, I highly recommend giving The Pack's Chosen Omega a chance.
June 27, 2026
🔗2026 IG Listened to...
🔗2026 TT Listened to...
⚫️ Series: -
⚫️ Omegaverse
⚫️ Reverse harem / OAAA(O)
⚫️ Pace: medium
🚨 Make sure to read the trigger warnings
📚 Ebook: I recieved this ebook as an ARC. Thank you very much for this oppertunity Mia Mallie!
⚫️ (Micro)tropes: scent matches, betrayel, cruel mmc's, rich mmc's, second omega, heats and knots, pregnancy,
second chances.
⚫️ If you love the books 'Pack darling' and 'Tormented omega', you wil love this book as well. The fmc found her scent matches, so all must be well, right...? ...Wrong!!
The downward spiral is real, until the fmc meets some alpha's from another pack. They're trying to help, but is the fmc able to accept it? You wil find out in de second half of the book.
🔗2026 TT Listened to...
⚫️ Series: -
⚫️ Omegaverse
⚫️ Reverse harem / OAAA(O)
⚫️ Pace: medium
🚨 Make sure to read the trigger warnings
📚 Ebook: I recieved this ebook as an ARC. Thank you very much for this oppertunity Mia Mallie!
⚫️ (Micro)tropes: scent matches, betrayel, cruel mmc's, rich mmc's, second omega, heats and knots, pregnancy,
second chances.
⚫️ If you love the books 'Pack darling' and 'Tormented omega', you wil love this book as well. The fmc found her scent matches, so all must be well, right...? ...Wrong!!
The downward spiral is real, until the fmc meets some alpha's from another pack. They're trying to help, but is the fmc able to accept it? You wil find out in de second half of the book.
July 7, 2026
This was the perfect amount of omg-wtf and everything else in between! Arianna didn’t deserve all she was being dealt and I’m a glad the Coates pack found her before it was too late! The Hale pack KNEW better and tried to get away with it! Karma dealt with them especially with the news of Amy! UUGGHHHH AMY! Safe to say i hated her! From the beginning of the book you can pick up the emotional and mental abuse of the Hale pack towards Arianna. I didn’t enjoy it one bit but her saving grace was taking those walks in the park and finding her true pack! What really perturbed me was (this may be a spoiler but idk). Amy said that the umbrella smelled really good and she wanted it in her nest and the hale pack didn’t react to her saying that. They just dog piled onto Arianna! I’m glad that baby wasn’t theirs! ANYWAY! Arianna got her happy ending and the family she’s always dreamed of with patient and attending alphas that aren’t taking her innocence for granted! My girl has a big heart and I’m glad she found a pack that appreciates it!
July 20, 2026
I really wanted to like this more. If you loved Tortured Omega by Mary Magdalyn then you would probably like this but it's definitely not as good.
The main story beats are all there and good enough but it all feels a bit rushed. I liked seeing the start of Arianna's relationship with the OG pack. Seeing how easy it can be to be beat down into someone else's version of you was an interesting start. The problem is that all the men in the OG pack have no real motivation for their behaviour that we can see. And the HEA pack are so indistinguishable for each other that they are essentially all the same one man.
It does feel like there needed a bigger final event that pushed Arianna over the line cause while what happened was a bit dramatic it wasn't enough to really up the stakes. I think for the whole book I just wanted more. The relationship with the HEA was too fast and easy, I think she would have more ingrained trauma for what she had experienced for ten years.
So all in all, goodish but not great and I wish it was more.
The main story beats are all there and good enough but it all feels a bit rushed. I liked seeing the start of Arianna's relationship with the OG pack. Seeing how easy it can be to be beat down into someone else's version of you was an interesting start. The problem is that all the men in the OG pack have no real motivation for their behaviour that we can see. And the HEA pack are so indistinguishable for each other that they are essentially all the same one man.
It does feel like there needed a bigger final event that pushed Arianna over the line cause while what happened was a bit dramatic it wasn't enough to really up the stakes. I think for the whole book I just wanted more. The relationship with the HEA was too fast and easy, I think she would have more ingrained trauma for what she had experienced for ten years.
So all in all, goodish but not great and I wish it was more.
June 16, 2026
Wow! Just wow! What a incredible read. I couldn't put it down. I couldn't sleep until I finished it. It such a beautiful and traumatic story about Ariana and her life.
18 year old Ariana finds her scent mates while working in a coffee shop. They date each other really quick and her first heat doesn't need much time to develop.
She is really strong at the beginning and tries really hard to let the relationship grow slow but her scent matches want it different. During her heat they bond her and she is in a really "happy" relationship with her alphas.
After ten years in, she doesn't speak much anymore and is super careful around her alphas. They talk her down a lot of the time. At one point they casually drop that they get a 2nd omega and everything changes.
This book ist such a good read. It's so good written you are just sad throughout the beginning. But when she meets 4 men she will learn how much she is missing.
I wish I could read it again for the first time!
Really great!!
18 year old Ariana finds her scent mates while working in a coffee shop. They date each other really quick and her first heat doesn't need much time to develop.
She is really strong at the beginning and tries really hard to let the relationship grow slow but her scent matches want it different. During her heat they bond her and she is in a really "happy" relationship with her alphas.
After ten years in, she doesn't speak much anymore and is super careful around her alphas. They talk her down a lot of the time. At one point they casually drop that they get a 2nd omega and everything changes.
This book ist such a good read. It's so good written you are just sad throughout the beginning. But when she meets 4 men she will learn how much she is missing.
I wish I could read it again for the first time!
Really great!!
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