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The Alpha/Omega Verse #3
Alpha's Redemption
Tondreau has spent the last four years helping raise Cadajen's terminally ill daughter, Linea. Though not mates, they've carved out a happy life with each other. It all comes crashing down when Linea's health takes a turn for the worst. Together, they must face the hardest decision of their lives. Will it tear them apart? And can Tondreau put aside his fears and be the Alpha Cadajen needs him to be?
59 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 26, 2016
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D.C. Juris
62 books55 followersAn out and proud bisexual transgender man, DC Juris moved to New York State in 2001 for a real-life romance. By day he is a mild-mannered office manager, by night a passionate writer of all types of romance. He lives in Upstate New York with his husband, two dogs, four cats, and a menagerie of Halloween props just creepy enough to keep people guessing about his sanity. Which is just the way he likes it. Still hopelessly single when it comes to the woman in his life, DC will gladly entertain offers, or applications for the position.
When he's not writing down what his characters tell him, DC can be found surfing the internet for random research (DC would like to remind everyone that porn *is* research for him!), killing things on his Xbox, reading, or taking pictures of the world around him.
When he's not writing down what his characters tell him, DC can be found surfing the internet for random research (DC would like to remind everyone that porn *is* research for him!), killing things on his Xbox, reading, or taking pictures of the world around him.
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February 21, 2017
4.5 hearts
Holy shit that book hurt like a mother fucker! It was also ridiculously sweet and heartwarming, but my God I looked ridiculous while reading it!
First off this can’t really be read as a stand alone. You might be able to make your way through it, but it will be a bit confusing. This couple are completely different characters than from previous books, but the alien species aren’t described as full in this book and you will be a little lost with some of the terms.
This book deals with one very heavy issue and I will be giving away spoilers in this review, so if you don’t want to know what happens step away!
So let's start with Cadajen, who is an Alien (they’re humanoid but very very alien, as in blue glowing skin and hairless) and an omega. He has a terminally ill 4 year old daughter, Linea, who is at the last stages of her life. Tondreau, (another very Alien humanoid of a different species, he has scales) is an Alpha and friend of Cadajen, he’s been with Cadajen since the birth of his daughter and has helped raise and care for her.
For reasons I won't reveal in this review Tondreau feels he is unable to mate with Cadajen, so they’ve been tiptoeing around the fact they act as mates and are madly in love, but are not in fact mated. Their HEA is perfection and well deserved!
Ok onto the heavy stuff, Cadajen and Tondreau have to go through the process of euthanizing Linea when her condition worsens…. yes, now you see why I was an ugly mess!!! This is beautifully written, which was terrible in this instance because it made every feeling and every ounce of pain seem more real.
Ahhh just reading those quotes has me teared up again.
Everyone knows I’m not a fan of ‘the sad’ or ‘the angst’ in my books, but this gets such a high rating because it is more than that. Cadajen and Tondreau do get their own beautiful HEA and there is just so much love in this book, even the sad moments were only sad because of the love.
Definitely recommend, but only with tissues and if you can handle the heavy content.
Holy shit that book hurt like a mother fucker! It was also ridiculously sweet and heartwarming, but my God I looked ridiculous while reading it!
First off this can’t really be read as a stand alone. You might be able to make your way through it, but it will be a bit confusing. This couple are completely different characters than from previous books, but the alien species aren’t described as full in this book and you will be a little lost with some of the terms.
This book deals with one very heavy issue and I will be giving away spoilers in this review, so if you don’t want to know what happens step away!
So let's start with Cadajen, who is an Alien (they’re humanoid but very very alien, as in blue glowing skin and hairless) and an omega. He has a terminally ill 4 year old daughter, Linea, who is at the last stages of her life. Tondreau, (another very Alien humanoid of a different species, he has scales) is an Alpha and friend of Cadajen, he’s been with Cadajen since the birth of his daughter and has helped raise and care for her.
For reasons I won't reveal in this review Tondreau feels he is unable to mate with Cadajen, so they’ve been tiptoeing around the fact they act as mates and are madly in love, but are not in fact mated. Their HEA is perfection and well deserved!
Ok onto the heavy stuff, Cadajen and Tondreau have to go through the process of euthanizing Linea when her condition worsens…. yes, now you see why I was an ugly mess!!! This is beautifully written, which was terrible in this instance because it made every feeling and every ounce of pain seem more real.
They both looked down at Linea when the healer had finished. “We love you, baby girl,” Cadajen murmured. “We love you so much. It’s not because we don’t want you anymore. We just don’t want you to hurt.”
Tondreau squeezed his leg. “She knows.”
Ahhh just reading those quotes has me teared up again.
Everyone knows I’m not a fan of ‘the sad’ or ‘the angst’ in my books, but this gets such a high rating because it is more than that. Cadajen and Tondreau do get their own beautiful HEA and there is just so much love in this book, even the sad moments were only sad because of the love.
Definitely recommend, but only with tissues and if you can handle the heavy content.
October 31, 2017
A gravelly ill child as a novel approach to alternative mm romance
3.5 stars rounded up for a completely novel (for me) story idea
The story did not particularly engage me, but the plot lines and topics covered were like nothing else I have read in this genre. Much of the book dealt with a gravely ill child, and the trials and tribulations of an unmated couple caring for her. That was interesting enough (and devastatingly sad at times), but the aftermath was just as novel and compelling to me.
I really liked the change of pace in an "HEA" (for the couple) romance where the emotional and personal satisfaction involves a somewhat different (and perhaps, compared to some expectations), subdued/limited approach to sex, where specific physical deeds pale so incredibly much when stacked against a deeply felt love.
3.5 stars rounded up for a completely novel (for me) story idea
The story did not particularly engage me, but the plot lines and topics covered were like nothing else I have read in this genre. Much of the book dealt with a gravely ill child, and the trials and tribulations of an unmated couple caring for her. That was interesting enough (and devastatingly sad at times), but the aftermath was just as novel and compelling to me.
I really liked the change of pace in an "HEA" (for the couple) romance where the emotional and personal satisfaction involves a somewhat different (and perhaps, compared to some expectations), subdued/limited approach to sex, where specific physical deeds pale so incredibly much when stacked against a deeply felt love.
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