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Immune
It took four weeks for the virus to spread.
It took three months for the world to end as we knew it.
But it took two seconds for my world to shatter as I watched my brother leave and never return.
Six years is an awfully long time to be on your own, especially for an omega, but there's a safety in it when the world is overrun by the dead and deadly. You fight, you learn, you adapt. You survive or you don't. There's no in-between anymore.
It's live or die.
Kill or be killed.
There's no room for mercy, you can't afford to hesitate, and there's no such thing as good guys or bad guys. I mean, how can there be when there isn't a soul left on Earth who hasn't had to do the unthinkable to ensure survival?
Six years I have spent surviving, living alone, suffering through packless heats, moving from place to place, trusting no one or nothing.
Until I meet them.
I've lived through enough that there's nobody left that I could ever rely on. And yet, with no other choice, I'm forced to place my trust in four random Alpha's who are much smarter than they look. With very little options, food running scarce, and secrets that pose a risk to my safety, I can do nothing but take a leap into the unknown. But how much can I share with four strangers who are hiding their own demons? And how will I survive if they discover my own?
It took a year for me to realize the depravity humans could reach.
It took three years for me to learn all I needed to survive.
But it took one fatal mistake and a chance encounter for my world to explode into utter chaos.
And it only gets worse when I discover their hunt for the Immune.
It took three months for the world to end as we knew it.
But it took two seconds for my world to shatter as I watched my brother leave and never return.
Six years is an awfully long time to be on your own, especially for an omega, but there's a safety in it when the world is overrun by the dead and deadly. You fight, you learn, you adapt. You survive or you don't. There's no in-between anymore.
It's live or die.
Kill or be killed.
There's no room for mercy, you can't afford to hesitate, and there's no such thing as good guys or bad guys. I mean, how can there be when there isn't a soul left on Earth who hasn't had to do the unthinkable to ensure survival?
Six years I have spent surviving, living alone, suffering through packless heats, moving from place to place, trusting no one or nothing.
Until I meet them.
I've lived through enough that there's nobody left that I could ever rely on. And yet, with no other choice, I'm forced to place my trust in four random Alpha's who are much smarter than they look. With very little options, food running scarce, and secrets that pose a risk to my safety, I can do nothing but take a leap into the unknown. But how much can I share with four strangers who are hiding their own demons? And how will I survive if they discover my own?
It took a year for me to realize the depravity humans could reach.
It took three years for me to learn all I needed to survive.
But it took one fatal mistake and a chance encounter for my world to explode into utter chaos.
And it only gets worse when I discover their hunt for the Immune.
- GenresOmegaverseFantasy
913 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 31, 2026
About the author
J.J. Dean
21 books175 followersJJ resides in her very own land of fantasy created by many a daydream, reality often nothing more than an ancient myth. When she isn't lost inside her own head, she's buying one way tickets to procrastination station, where she stays watching Disney movies, reading amazing books by incredible authors, eating all the food she can get her hands on, and falling down the rabbit hole that is Pinterest, seeking inspiration for her next book. She occasionally adults when the need calls for it, where she looks after her babies, both with and without fur.
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August 8, 2026I’m going to have to come back to this. I don’t have the patience right now.
I liked the beginning. The constant introspection was entertaining while she was alone. Now that she’s met someone, there are just so. many. words.
For example, we have one tiny scene where she and a MMC run away from zombies. They’re in a house. They run up the stairs, across a roof, and go into another house. That’s it. It took 12 kindle pages. It was an entire chapter.
Earlier, there was a scene where the guy was running from zombies. She was inside a building. He was standing at a window, talking to her. It was a high pressure, stressful situation. I didn’t count the pages, but it was just endless. They were looking and thinking about each other, but didn’t make any progress in the scene. I gave up and fast forwarded.
I mean, I like the banter and the writing isn’t bad, but I can’t deal with all these words. I can’t skim because Alexa is reading it to me.
I appreciate that this is a standalone. There are way too few of those these days.
It’s definitely worth returning to.
I liked the beginning. The constant introspection was entertaining while she was alone. Now that she’s met someone, there are just so. many. words.
For example, we have one tiny scene where she and a MMC run away from zombies. They’re in a house. They run up the stairs, across a roof, and go into another house. That’s it. It took 12 kindle pages. It was an entire chapter.
Earlier, there was a scene where the guy was running from zombies. She was inside a building. He was standing at a window, talking to her. It was a high pressure, stressful situation. I didn’t count the pages, but it was just endless. They were looking and thinking about each other, but didn’t make any progress in the scene. I gave up and fast forwarded.
I mean, I like the banter and the writing isn’t bad, but I can’t deal with all these words. I can’t skim because Alexa is reading it to me.
I appreciate that this is a standalone. There are way too few of those these days.
It’s definitely worth returning to.
August 3, 2026
Who knew Rot could feel so refreshing?
Loved this.
Different enough to feel new and long enough to allow all the world and character building that many authors are skipping right past these days. (While also hitting all the familiar feels.)
I could smell the mold, hear the dripping blood, I could feel the tension. Some of the repetitive explanations in the beggining had me skimming some sentences BUT im so glad I didnt let it bother me, in the end it really cemented the character development and explains how 3 could have accepted a 4th without much external on page dialog between them. The FMC feels heavy and honest and the MMCs made me laugh out loud and sigh in frustration... everything I needed!! Id happily read another 900 page book with these characters.
Loved this.
Different enough to feel new and long enough to allow all the world and character building that many authors are skipping right past these days. (While also hitting all the familiar feels.)
I could smell the mold, hear the dripping blood, I could feel the tension. Some of the repetitive explanations in the beggining had me skimming some sentences BUT im so glad I didnt let it bother me, in the end it really cemented the character development and explains how 3 could have accepted a 4th without much external on page dialog between them. The FMC feels heavy and honest and the MMCs made me laugh out loud and sigh in frustration... everything I needed!! Id happily read another 900 page book with these characters.
August 4, 2026
excellent from beginning to end
I couldn’t put this book down. It has been awhile since I’ve been sucked into a book. The absolute best part? The fact that Dean didn’t break the book into multiples. Everything in ONE glorious book. When I bought the book, I didn’t notice the page count. Nowadays, I just expect the author to release a book that will end on a cliffhanger and then you have to wait MONTHS for the next one. Then by the end, you’ve purchased 5 or 6 books. I absolutely despise that. So, imagine my surprise when I received Immune and realized it was a 900 page book that is a COMPLETED story!!! Absolute bliss! Thank you J.J. Dean!
I couldn’t put this book down. It has been awhile since I’ve been sucked into a book. The absolute best part? The fact that Dean didn’t break the book into multiples. Everything in ONE glorious book. When I bought the book, I didn’t notice the page count. Nowadays, I just expect the author to release a book that will end on a cliffhanger and then you have to wait MONTHS for the next one. Then by the end, you’ve purchased 5 or 6 books. I absolutely despise that. So, imagine my surprise when I received Immune and realized it was a 900 page book that is a COMPLETED story!!! Absolute bliss! Thank you J.J. Dean!
August 6, 2026
4 stars for the world building. Otherwise it would fall closer to three stars for me.
It’s a beast of a standalone, great cast of characters.
Maybe it’s my fault but the witty banter was just a bit too much.
It’s a beast of a standalone, great cast of characters.
Maybe it’s my fault but the witty banter was just a bit too much.
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July 5, 2026🟢 This is a reverse harem 🟢
August 6, 2026
This book was enjoyable for the most part. It was much longer than I expected, but I didn't realize it was a standalone. I'd rather have a super-long book that wraps everything up by the end than another series to keep track of. The writing was good and the storyline was interesting.
The characters were also a plus (despite two of the guys being nearly interchangeable). I love a resourceful, but prickly FMC, and Dakota definitely was all that. I also appreciated how the characters developed over the course of the book.
I would recommend this book, but with a couple of qualifications:
1.) It's been six years since the apocolypse, yet all the houses and buildings have DECADES' worth of structural damage. Rot and decay simply doesn't happen that quickly. I assume the author's thought process was that without people around to do routine maintenance, everything would collapse. But as the owner of a house built in the fifties, things don't break like that. My roof was sixty years old and never once leaked, when a tornado ripped off some shingles. It probably could've lasted another 20 years otherwise. As long as water remains outside of the structure, after six years the floors are going to be fine, the furniture is going to be dusty, but fine, the walls will be fine. Canned goods would absolutely, be fine after six years. I would've guessed that a century had passed from all the damage desribed in the city.
2.) The "escape the city" storyline should've kept me riveted. I love that kind of stuff. But it started feeling very repetitive. Like it was the same scene over and over with only the locations changed: the group is on the move, one of the MMCs says or does something thoughtful, FMC gets pissed about it specifically because it was thoughtful, zombies show up and the subject is dropped so they can fight. Rinse. Repeat. And the thing is, I understood the FMCs thought process. She needs these men to live down to her expectations, so she has evidence to back up her lack of trust. If they're kind and thoughtful, if they say and do all the right things, she might end up trusting them. And misplaced trust could get her killed or caged. Especially with Alphas. So yeah, while her anger and beligerence make perfect sense for the context, the repitition made it annoying.
3.) The same goes for the dialogue. While their internal monologues differed, it was like there was one dialogue "voice" to go around for all the male characters to share. Like a single box of banter that they all pulled from (with Ewan getting more turns than the others). And instead of tossing the used lines, they kept dropping them back in the box for the next guy to recycle. At times, it felt like every exchange included one guy saying "noted".
The characters were also a plus (despite two of the guys being nearly interchangeable). I love a resourceful, but prickly FMC, and Dakota definitely was all that. I also appreciated how the characters developed over the course of the book.
I would recommend this book, but with a couple of qualifications:
1.) It's been six years since the apocolypse, yet all the houses and buildings have DECADES' worth of structural damage. Rot and decay simply doesn't happen that quickly. I assume the author's thought process was that without people around to do routine maintenance, everything would collapse. But as the owner of a house built in the fifties, things don't break like that. My roof was sixty years old and never once leaked, when a tornado ripped off some shingles. It probably could've lasted another 20 years otherwise. As long as water remains outside of the structure, after six years the floors are going to be fine, the furniture is going to be dusty, but fine, the walls will be fine. Canned goods would absolutely, be fine after six years. I would've guessed that a century had passed from all the damage desribed in the city.
2.) The "escape the city" storyline should've kept me riveted. I love that kind of stuff. But it started feeling very repetitive. Like it was the same scene over and over with only the locations changed: the group is on the move, one of the MMCs says or does something thoughtful, FMC gets pissed about it specifically because it was thoughtful, zombies show up and the subject is dropped so they can fight. Rinse. Repeat. And the thing is, I understood the FMCs thought process. She needs these men to live down to her expectations, so she has evidence to back up her lack of trust. If they're kind and thoughtful, if they say and do all the right things, she might end up trusting them. And misplaced trust could get her killed or caged. Especially with Alphas. So yeah, while her anger and beligerence make perfect sense for the context, the repitition made it annoying.
3.) The same goes for the dialogue. While their internal monologues differed, it was like there was one dialogue "voice" to go around for all the male characters to share. Like a single box of banter that they all pulled from (with Ewan getting more turns than the others). And instead of tossing the used lines, they kept dropping them back in the box for the next guy to recycle. At times, it felt like every exchange included one guy saying "noted".
August 9, 2026
Oh my God I cannot anymore with the sarcastic lines and cringe humor. Literally 95% of everything that FMC says (and every fourth sentence) is some sarcastic comment that's supposed to be funny but isn't. It is so bad it just takes me out of the story every time. & It's so frustrating because the author has all the other elements to make a great book. They are just trying way too hard to be quirky and funny. I got about 100 pages in before I just couldn't take it anymore.
August 10, 2026
Absolutely loved this. The witty banter was great! Very long and hit a bit of a snag at some places which made the book drag. Great characters and writing.
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