Laska

Fennys Den College #3

by Crystel Greene

Laska Greyson goes to a party one single time and ends up with a kid and no mate. Gossip at Fennys Den College is raging. Laska couldn’t care less. The bookish omega is so guileless and focused on his studies he mostly doesn't even realize that people can be nasty or have hidden agendas. It’s his superpower and also his greatest weakness.

Toriên DaSilva, professor for Were Studies, is notorious for mercilessly enforcing college regulations. Everyone cowers before the authoritarian alpha with the permanent scowl. Everyone but the young Greyson omega with the baby, the brilliant test scores, and the dreamy eyes.

One night, Toriên catches Laska after curfew on campus in a downpour. Toriên decides to accompany the student to his dorm, purely for safety reasons. Laska needs a hot shower so he won’t catch pneumonia, and someone to tell him that. When Toriên does, Laska complies – and asks the professor to please watch the baby till he’s done. He seems to assume that Toriên can deal with a fussy six-months-old. And with the sight of Laska in a flimsy bathrobe.
It’s the beginning of a very particular relationship. Toriên finds he simply isn’t equipped to resist the pull of the gently anarchic beauty. Laska triggers all his protective instincts - and a couple more.
Old wounds mean he can’t ask Laska to be his mate. He’s damaged goods, and Laska deserves someone better. Someone younger too. To keep Laska safe from unwanted advances, Toriên makes him his official consort. It’s hard to keep himself from marking Laska, but the professor is determined not to ruin his lover’s prospects for a better future.
Until the alpha who took advantage of Laska and sired his kid turns up to claim him, invoking ancient law. Forcing Toriên to forget the rules, face his demons and desires, and fight for what’s his.

LASKA: A SINGLE DAD GAY ROMANCE is a non-shifter omegaverse gay romance and book 4 of the Fennys Den College Series.

Tags and tropes: hurt/comfort, age gap, size gap, sensory processing disorder, omega on the spectrum, student/professor, nasty ex, single dad, chosen family, 18plus. 88k words.
Trigger warnings: dub-con/consent obtained by deception (not between the leads), mention of suicide, bullying, on-scene assault.

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The Fennys Den College Series is a paranormal non-shifter omegaverse gay romance series about the Greyson brothers and their struggles to find love in a world under threat.

Genres: Fantasy, Omegaverse

248 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 19, 2021

About the author

Crystel loves cute guys - especially when there are two of them in a romance novel who are meant to be! And she likes it best when she can create their plights and fights herself. Her stories come with a product promise: no fade-outs when things get steamy or emotional, and an ending that will leave you smiling.
Crystel is a lawyer by training, a lover of pastry, and a believer in Happy Ever Afters. She lives in the Austrian Alps with her big, noisy family.

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Crystel Greene. MM romance. Sweet, star-crossed, and NC-17.

Reviews

[True Loveislovereview · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a couple!
Everybody thinks professor Toriên DaSilva is merciless, my goodness the opposite is true. Everybody thinks Laska is a fragile omega student ha! they are so wrong.

Laska is exceptional, he’s extremely intelligent, innocent, and honest, he can’t lie. The alpha who got Laska pregnant left and put Laska in a vulnerable position.
A single omega can be taken by the first alpha. Laska asks Toriên to take him as his consort so he’s safe.
Toriên has a traumatic past and will never mate, his beloved Laska as consort he can do.
They are happy, until the dirty alpha returns and wants to claim Laska and Rayn.

I found Laska so lovely, he’s so honest and kind, thinks other people are as he is.
Toriên was the best alpha around, honest and protective.
Besides the story about Laska and Toriên, there is a story about Laska’s work at Fennys Den College. It’s intriguing, stressful, and a good addition to the whole story.
The story had a great build-up, the author gave the reader some time to breathe, you could feel the tension building to a peek.
The story is told from the main character's point of view. There are some hurtful moments, but manageable. The alpha omega dynamic and the whole story was well pictured.

[Juniper · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really good at reminding you of how bleak the world these characters inhabit really is: social structures are archaic and treat omegas as possessions rather than people, while alphas abuse the agency that they see as their birthright. Weres live only 50 years at best, and they’re being hunted by unknown, but highly efficient, forces. Laska has only a few options, and almost none of them respect his intelligence, or his autonomy. I loved, as a character, how strong he was, and I hated how many people manipulated him because he’s an omega, and a not a neurotypical one at that. I think the characters in this story are brought to life beautifully, which is both a blessing and a curse, because there’s a lot of drama and pain headed their way. Is this a love story? Partially. It’s also a social commentary about a dystopian world inhabited by many people with views not too dissimilar from some held in the real world. Class hierarchies based on biology are, in fact, not the realm of fantasy at all, even if omega and alpha weres might be. There are lots of obstacles on the way to Laska and Toriên’s HEA, and they have to craft it by manipulating the laws of the society that governs them, but that just makes it more rewarding in the end.

This book is immersive, gut wrenching, and powerful, but it’s not an escape, and it’s not at all lighthearted. Would I recommend it? Absolutely, but I’d strongly suggest that readers make sure that they’re prepared for the content before going in.

*I received an ARC of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review

[GhostMMreader · Rating 4 out of 5]

This storyline starts off sooooooo slowly that I really didn’t know whether I would continue and finish it. But when the two men start to live together, the fact that they are the best match possible finally emerges. As a reader you can only root for Torien and Laska and hope that Torien will let the past go and allow himself and Laska to have a future despite the world that doesn’t understand and accept their personality and relationship. I have laughed more than once at Laska’s bluntness and lack of social filters.

There is little to almost no romance; the MCs are two scientists who make decisions first of all on the basis of facts. But at the end, their HEA is the result of strong feelings (anger and love) they can’t control.

This book adds many new pieces of information about the world of weres and vampires and I recommend to read the series in order because there is an underlying storyline that unfolds and becomes more and more intricate in each book.

[Ida Umphers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok, I have to officially state that I've finally succumbed to the teacher/student trope - at least for this book. I'm usually not a huge fan of the power dynamic problems in those stories, but Laska captivated me just like he did Torien and all I wanted was for them to be together forever as a family. The author also sold me on the attraction of Torien as the damaged, total alpha. I never felt like he was imposing things on Laska without consent. It reminded me of the days when I was ensnared by Mr. Rochester and Fitzwilliam Darcy and never had a qualm about them, lol. I laughed in places, my heart broke in places and when the time came for the showdown I was holding my breath. Read this, even if you normally don't do teacher/student.

[Lyndsay TC · Rating 4 out of 5]

Laska and Torien!

I really loved how patient Torien was with Laska and that he really understood him. Laska for his part, tried his best to understand the world around him and survive the best he could. He knew what he wanted and went after it as much as he could. Torien was pretty frustrating at times as he wouldn't admit his feelings and would have saved Laska a lot of pain. However everything worked out in the end for a perfect happily ever after. I'm so happy I picked up this series as I have really enjoyed it so far.

[Jenn (not Lily) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great neurodivergent MC along with the perfect older match for him. After the previous books in the series, it was wonderful to finally hear Toriên's voice here and his history. Rayn is adorable, and I'm looking forward to hopefully seeing him in both Shae and Sky's books, although there's definitely not many signs of Aryn and Trae with their children, so I might have to get used to disappointment.

[Li Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

wonderful

A really beautiful love story about a neurodiverse omega student and a packless alpha professor who fall in love slowly throughout the book. It’s a beautiful story too. Laska and Torian are two of my favourite characters in this series

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a little odd. Ok read.

[Lyn Tucci · Rating 5 out of 5]

A sweet but totally hot omega story

Sweet, innocent Laska, a sheltered young omega likes his older college professor who has feelings for him too but neither will tell the other. Laska is seduced by an unscrupulous alpha for money who uses and impregnates him then abandons him. Laska is a good father to his son and starts a relationship with his professor but is it the type of relationship they both want and what happens when the alpha that abandoned Laska comes back to claim him and the baby? It only gets even more intriguing from there. A great book. I didn't want to put it down but was in a hurry to pick it back up as soon as I could. I wish there were more to this particular story!

[Felicity · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since the beginning of the series and with each consecutive book the world building has been phenomenal. I would highly recommend reading them all in order. That being said I enjoyed this book especially how it depicted, the omega, Laska on the spectrum with sensory processing disorder. It truly endeared me to him and had me laughing out loud, as well as angry on his behalf throughout the book. The dynamics between Torien & Laska had a sweet flow and the development of their relationship was perfection. The book ends in an HEA but there is a thrilling subplot that I'm anxious to see how it progresses. I received a free copy of this book with no obligation to post a review.