Once there were boundaries…but now that their chains are broken, these alphas refused to be contained.
The remote country home was supposed to be her refuge—the one place Sarah Watson could escape the constant stress of the hectic beta world. That’s why her grandmother had left it to her.
But when Sarah arrives for her first vacation in years, she finds that her beloved childhood hideaway has been invaded by someone—something—else.
An alpha…one far from the Boundaryland territory where he belongs.
Newly escaped from a hellhole prison where he’d been subjected to brutal experimentation, Archer has found the first real peace in years in this isolated mountain haven. But he’ll be damned before he gives it up to some powerless beta woman. As far as he’s concerned, this land is his to claim as his own…and so is she.
ARCHER is the second book in The Unchained Omegaverse, a hot new ABO romance series featuring knotting, heats, and possession. Wear gloves, cause this sh*t is hot.
Ever since she was little, Callie Rhodes' imagination has been landing her in trouble. From daydreaming about far off worlds in class, to escaping into the made up stories of her mind in the meeting room, she's been creating tales to take her away from the real world for as long as she can remember. Now she lives among the tall trees of Northern California, and has found a way to make a living off her fantasies.
I don't think I've ever liked one of the Boundarylands alphas LESS than I like Archer. All the other Boundarylands alphas seemed to have a sense of justice & a moral code that Archer seems to be lacking. He's a mean, thieving, intolerant bully who called the owner of the home he was illegally squatting in a "trespasser" & he justified trying to kill her, imprison, & constantly threatening her. He didn't seem to use his alpha strength and abilities for much good he mostly used them to intimidate & behave in an entitled & imperious fashion. What's more none of the other alphas seemed as gung ho to kill or beat women. I found myself wonder if Archer put his hands on women BEFORE he became an alpha, b/c he was so comfortable threatening them. I really, really hated him throughout the entire book & it didn't change once. I really don't want to see or read much about Archer in the future, although from the direction the series is going we might. Ugh.
'Tú... me recordaste lo que era vivir, no sólo sobrevivir'.
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Archer de Callie Rhodes Serie The unchained omegaverse libro 2
Argumento:
Antes había límites... pero ahora que se han roto sus cadenas, estas alfas se niegan a ser contenidos.
La remota casa de campo debía ser su refugio, el único lugar en el que Sarah Watson podía escapar del constante estrés del agitado mundo beta.
Por eso su abuela se la había dejado.
Pero cuando Sarah llega para su primer viaje en años, se encuentra con que su querido escondite de la infancia ha sido invadido por alguien, por algo más.
Un alfa... uno alejado del territorio de Boundaryland al que pertenece.
Recién escapado de una prisión infernal donde había sido sometido a brutales experimentos, Archer ha encontrado la primera paz real en años en este aislado refugio de montaña.
Pero no se atreverá a cederlo a una mujer beta sin poderes. Por lo que a él respecta, esta tierra es suya para reclamarla como propia... y ella también.
Mí humilde opinión:
Segunda entrega de The unchained omegaverse, esta vuelta de página que sigue los pasos de alfas que escaparon de las torturas de un laboratorio militar oculto.
Aunque no tenía ese toque de acción que tienen los otros libros de la serie lo disfruté igualmente. Quedó en una lectura rápida para la tarde.
Este fue un de enemigos a amantes súper intenso porque Archer odia a los betas y no confía en ellos, entonces llega de la nada Sarah, una beta que solo quiere volver a empezar de nuevo y justamente en la cabaña donde se ha mudado él. La cabaña legalmente es de Sarah herencia de su abuela pero como alfa a él no le importa, toma lo que quiere, esto era frustrante porque era la casa de ella y no podía sacarlo de la propiedad!!! Por momentos no me gustaba la forma de ser de Archer, tuve que recordar siempre de dónde venía él y lo que sufrió cautivo cuando se las tomaba con Sarah.
Archer tenían una química que fue simplemente WOW cuando estaban juntos, mucha pasión salvaje justo ahí.
Pensamiento aparte...
Quién en su sano juicio bailaría bajo la lluvia con rayos cayendo en el cielo? Sarah era una soñadora pero que haga esto quedó como muy raro y tonto. No vi el punto.
Mayormente disfruté de la lectura y los personajes pero extrañé que sucediera algo más aquí. Sentí que se estancó el hilo que lleva la serie con la persecución de los alfas por el gobierno.
Can this really be considered Omegaverse? I mean...is Sarah even an omega?
After reading the Boundrylands series, I'm not sure that I'm liking this series as well. So far dorment omegas doesn't seem to be a thing. These alphas can turn regular betas into omegas by sleeping with them... But its not a noticeable transition like in the previous series.
Archer was really hard to like in the book, because he was basically in the wrong for this whole book. I'm hoping this series gets better.
Dnf @ 25%. Yeah, this one was too much. I like some real freaky sh*t, but even I can’t buy her conflicting feelings of attraction to him when he’d just locked her in the cellar so she can recover from a concussion and be able to fight for her life—because killing her when she was down was “dishonorable”. Gtfo with that bs
So this book wasn’t bad…. But it also wasn’t good??
Objectively speaking, it needed another editor or read through. There was a number of mistakes that could have been avoided.
I didn’t mind the book over all but there were some things I couldn’t ignore.
Archer may be one of the most confusing alphas to date. I tried to be sympathetic, knowing his childhood and the torture he faced at the hands of betas. Anyone would come out of that jaded, mistrustful, and angry. However, his reasoning made absolutely zero fucking sense. Like yeah, I understand why he had these mindsets but that doesn’t mean they weren’t frustrating. His idea of taking what he wanted was clearly influenced by his childhood and kidnapping, but him thinking the home was his because he decided it was, was incredibly childish thinking. So was him being angry that Sarah shot at him and yet feeling justified in wanting to murder her. He thought she deserved to be killed for coming on to her own land and then defending herself when a giant man comes raging at her. He sure convinced himself it was okay to murder in cold blood but how dare she want to harm him in that process. Again, a thought process I’ve seen in many children (sans the murder).
And then, he throws her in a cellar…. After being imprisoned for 8 years himself. Honestly even his thought process behind not killing Sarah while she was unconscious made no sense. It’s not like it would be a fair fight when she’s conscious dude.
Honestly this whole story made me think of an iconic jake peralta line:
“Cool motive, still murder.”
And even more confusing? Sarah’s acceptance of these behaviors. I didn’t have a problem with her compassion towards his life up until that point; I felt it too. But that doesn’t mean I would wanna jump in the sack with someone with a childish outlook that feels it’s okay to be an ass because he can just bully his way out of the situation ( honestly the hypocrisy is real. How did he not see the correlation between him taking what he wants through force and betas taking what they want through force?).
And also, girl, this man threatened to kill you and it wasn’t death by orgasm. Leave the man alone.
My second gripe is the constant repetition in the characters inner thoughts. They monologued about the same thing over and over again. It’s like the author played a game of how many different ways can I say the same thing?
My third gripe is how fast it went from ‘I hate you’ to ‘you’re mine and I need to make out with you right now.’ Archer’s sudden claim on Sarah came out of left field in my opinion. I know someone could argue that he was fighting an attraction to her and that’s true but his inner monologue was basically, ‘she’s hot but nothing can happen with her because she’s a beta and I hate all betas. They’re all deceitful, lying, torturous bastards on a power trip.’
I would have liked to see acceptance of Sarah and their connection BEFORE he kissed her and not after. Would’ve made that claiming moment more believable.
I know the alphas are dicks but this guy was downright abusive. He gave her a concussion, he manhandled her & gave her bruises. There is nothing sexy about a bully. Males should use their superior strength to protect, never to harm
Sarah hat jahrelang in einem Rechtsstreit mit ihren Eltern um das von ihrer Oma vererbte Haus gekämpft und schlussendlich gewonnen. Mit allen möglichen Kindheitserinnerung und all ihrem Hab und Gut im Gepäck macht sie sich nun auf die Reise in die Wildnis der Berge und in ihre Vergangenheit, um schöne Erinnerungen aufleben zu lassen und ein neues Leben zu beginnen. Die Enge der Stadt war noch nie wirklich etwas für sie und so freut sie sich auf die Geborgenheit der ihr so vertrauten Umgebung. Als sie allerdings beim Haus ihrer Oma ankommt, ist alles ganz anders, als sie erwartet hatte. Zu ihrer Überraschung wirkt das Haus bewohnt und der aus dem Haus tretende Alpha ist wohl der beste Beweis dafür. Doch Sarah hat nicht so lange für das Haus ihrer Oma und die damit verbundenen Erinnerungen gekämpft, um sich jetzt unterkriegen zu lassen. Nicht mal von einem Alpha. Archer in seiner Rolle als großer und mürrischer Alpha, der nach all dem Erlebten und seiner Flucht aus dem Labor nur nach Ruhe und Frieden sucht, ist hier in dieser Story das perfekten Gegenstück zu Sarah’s sonniger und positiver Art. Jeder der beiden ist fest dazu entschlossen das Haus für sich zu beanspruchen und keiner ist in seiner Sturheit bereit auch nur einen Schritt auf den anderen zuzugehen. Beide Charaktere sind wahnsinnig einnehmen und auch, wenn die Art der beiden oft etwas zu überspitzt dargestellt wurde, Archer zu ablehnend und in sich gekehrt, Sarah zu sonnig und positiv, haben sie am Ende das Bild gemeinsam rund gemacht. Ich mochte die Geschichte, speziell auch mit Sarah’s Hintergrund und den tollen Erinnerungen an die Großeltern. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn ihre Freundin Darlene in einem der nächsten Bücher die Rolle einer Gefährtin übernehmen würde, aber das ist wohl eher Wunschdenken von meiner Seite. Auch mit dem zweiten Band der Unchained OV Reihe hat mich die Autorin abgeholt und ich bin schon gespannt, ob sie dieses Niveau weiterhin halten kann.
Although I love the writer, I was not happy with Archer however I can understand his position.
Archer like the others that have fled the facility, is lost in a world he had yet to fully understand. Archer was stuck at a developmental stage of that in between the boy and man. When he came into his nature, he was stuck there..although his body grew his mind didn't. He was stagnant and arrested at 17/18 yoa. Archer eventually realized that his attachment to Sarah and in in his inner dialogue tried to understand what was happening to him.
Sarah was stuck in mind warp of her own..she loved the idealistic place of her youth and fought hard to claim it until she came upon a squatter (Archer), Without really knowing anything about him or his nature but the propaganda being pushed, she fought for what was already hers...the land.
Archer had to grow on ya and by the end of the book he had done just that...grown on me...and Sarah. Sarah realized that she had information that he did not and it took a lot of conniving, coercing and little "play" to figure out what was happening and how they could resolve it...the larger part of the story is how will they fix the lies the propaganda is spreading in the coming books.
The Unchained Omegaverse series is a spin off of the Boundarylands series which does most of the world building in this America with A-B-O natures. In this series, it's not just touch that can turn reveal a Beta's true nature as that of an Omega but bonding can apparently turn any Beta into an Omega. In this novel, Sarah has fought long and hard against her own family to get her inheritance, her grandmother's house. She has wonderful memories of her grandparents in that house and the adventures she had in the natural landscape. However, when she gets there, escaped Alpha Archer has claimed the house for his own. I did not like Archer at all. He was rude, a thief really and talked about killing Sarah a lot, in his head and out loud to Sarah. He was mean and didn't really care for Sarah when she got hurt. They did end up bonding but I really felt like it was against his will.
The same as the last one, but that's fine with me...
📚 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲: Omegaverse romance
📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Sarah is moving back to her grandmother's house deep in the Ozarks. But when she arrives, the house has already been occupied by a rogue alpha named Archer who claims it as his.
🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I feel like this book could have been a 4 with maybe 30 more pages. But honestly it was good enough.
I'm still using these as filler and in-between reads. And they're perfect that way... mindless and easy to read. But the enemies-to-lovers in this one lacked a good transition point. It wad cold to hot without much in between.
Again same criticism of book one. They're billed as spicy but hardly hit the mark. I'll probably keep reading when I need something but not expecting high marks.
Love this series. Love the hot Alphas and their omegas that don't take non of their sh*t. This series is hot and very entertaining, I would recommend anyone that read romance books and like hot and very protective males and sassy women who love them ,should read this series, will not disappoint.
I love this series! If you like men that are Men and strong women that don't take non of their sh*t you will love this series too. I have recommended this series to all my book reading friends and I am recommending this series to all that love their romance books filled with Hot men that can take care of their own then this series is for you and did I mention the Alphas are Hot.
Like the rest, you can count on this series to deliver. While this is only the second in this particular series, it follows the Boundarland series which was great.
I enjoy the give and take in this new series that occurs before the omega change occurs. It gives the couple some time to get to know each other. There also doesn’t seem to be a bite requirement here. Regardless. This is a great Omegaverse strong.
This was so good. I did not want to put it down. Read the whole book in a few hours. Archer didn’t trust any Betas especially after been locked up eight years and tortured by them. Then Sarah comes along and tries to change his mind. I am so looking forward to the next book in this series. Good read indeed.
I loved this book. These guys are all wild as oats as my gmtr always said! Archer so far is the most damaged of them all but Sarah was his equal in every way possible. It took a while for her to figure out what his problem was but Sarah didn't give up on him. Can't wait for the next book. Highly recommend this book!!
Once again I found myself enthralled by this story. I loved the fire between the Alpha and the heroine. When a book gets my total attention so much so that I cannot put it down I called that captivating. Thank you for another complex and engaging story. I can’t wait to get the next one.
This book doesn't have as much action as previous books, its a little more cerebral. Meaning Archer and Sarah spend a lot of time in their own heads working things out. Its not short on the romance, but its not a full on steam fest as some of her other.books have been.
I've Loved this series from first to 😉? Although each book is different, there's enough to tie them together and make them well worth reading 😄. Immense action, intense situations, bad guys and fantastic characters 😃. Thanks so much Callie, I'm looking forward to reading every one of these books 🤓.
These books are only getting better and better, and not to mention the angst. These alphas are a little broken and a bit more feral than their brother alphas from the boundary lands.
Archer was the worst!!! Stubborn POS but he had like two moments that were sweet. Smut wasn’t that great. The lightening storm was definitely interesting. They fought each other the first 50% and it wasn’t a fun playful it was two stubborn unbudging people annoying.
The couple in this story were at such odds, I began to wonder if they'd ever see eye to eye. At first, I really didn't like Archer but as the story unravel, his attitude began to make sense. Good book
Gee there was a lot of aggression and threats on the heroine’s life - from the hero! I think I read these books in the wrong order, was supposed to read Ransom first, maybe?
me encanto el libro, me enamore de los personajes esta saga sin duda es mejor que la anterior donde todo era muy precipitado. toco a la beta y se convierte, pero aquí toma tiempo donde se desarrolla una conexión duradera con los personajes.
This had about 100 pages too many. The back and forth between these two got old fast. They hated each other for 70% and the had sex and decided they were in love. Oh well. Will still read the next.
Archer and Sarah's story was a great read. Archer is one true grumpy, angry Alpha. Sarah is one feisty beta who does not let Archer get away with his shit. Enjoyed this a lot as the story is something I haven't come across in an Omegaverse book.
I could not put the book down. Kept on reading to the end. After finishing the last page, I the next book. Just keep written the next best story. Thank you Dottie R.
Eh, not one of my favorites, but okay. There was too much bickering back and forth between Sarah and Archer, and I didn’t really connect with either of them.