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Vera and the Vegas V: The Complete Duet
Part One
Vera Hastings resents her designation as an Omega and has spent most of her life fighting against the things that come along with it. After multiple encounters with Alpahs that just want to take advantage of her, she's almost given up on her biological need to bond.
That is, until fate steps in and Vera is traded to the Las Vegas Mystics women's soccer team. After meeting the team's PR manager and their pack, Vera's interest is piqued. Can vera work past her loathing of her designation, her mistrust of Alphas, and consider joining a pack?
Although this pack is unlike any other Vera has ever met, they have their own issues when it comes to claiming an Omega as their own. Will they be able to come together and is Vera the Omega they need in order to thrive?
Part Two
From the outside, Vera Hastings has everything an Omega could dream of.
A successful soccer career, an exciting new relationship wit the perfect pack—but when someone from their past resurfaces, the danger surrounding the pack might just be enough to break it apart. If they aren't careful, they could lose everything they've found in each other.
Vera Hastings resents her designation as an Omega and has spent most of her life fighting against the things that come along with it. After multiple encounters with Alpahs that just want to take advantage of her, she's almost given up on her biological need to bond.
That is, until fate steps in and Vera is traded to the Las Vegas Mystics women's soccer team. After meeting the team's PR manager and their pack, Vera's interest is piqued. Can vera work past her loathing of her designation, her mistrust of Alphas, and consider joining a pack?
Although this pack is unlike any other Vera has ever met, they have their own issues when it comes to claiming an Omega as their own. Will they be able to come together and is Vera the Omega they need in order to thrive?
Part Two
From the outside, Vera Hastings has everything an Omega could dream of.
A successful soccer career, an exciting new relationship wit the perfect pack—but when someone from their past resurfaces, the danger surrounding the pack might just be enough to break it apart. If they aren't careful, they could lose everything they've found in each other.
533 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 7, 2022
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July 12, 2023
Cute, but conflicts seemed off
This duet was spicy and fun, and I adored the NB rep. The pack fit well together.
I appreciated that the authors made an effort to focus on consent and other important things concerning self-determination. However, some of the interpersonal conflicts felt a bit contrived and/or rushed through. With the amount of trauma each individual had, I was anticipating issues that took more than a conversation or 2 to work past. Especially with Vera being so avoidant when it comes to relationships with alphas.
Spice: 5/5
Triggers: violence, kidnapping, flashbacks to childhood abuse, narcissistic parent
This duet was spicy and fun, and I adored the NB rep. The pack fit well together.
I appreciated that the authors made an effort to focus on consent and other important things concerning self-determination. However, some of the interpersonal conflicts felt a bit contrived and/or rushed through. With the amount of trauma each individual had, I was anticipating issues that took more than a conversation or 2 to work past. Especially with Vera being so avoidant when it comes to relationships with alphas.
Spice: 5/5
Triggers: violence, kidnapping, flashbacks to childhood abuse, narcissistic parent
March 14, 2023
This had so much potential but there were lots of parts where it just fell flat. Specially on part two. I also had to skim so much of this and not dnf to just give it a chance and keep going...
January 15, 2024
2 Stars
Honestly, I expected more. I skimmed through most of part 2 because of how bored I was and just how cringe most of things were. I liked that the book had Non-binary rep but I’m just gonna say the member, that’s it, just why. Anyways, Emory was my fav with Orson and sometimes I liked Gus but they didn’t make a big impression on me.
The whole thing with this book was that there were no favorites but gurl we all know Sacha was one of the favorites but wtv. Paul and the other dads did give me something when they appeared but other than Emory and sometimes Orson this book felt pretty flat for me.
Will I read other books from these authors? Yeah, but I wouldn’t recommend this one. It lacked a lot. Toodles!
Honestly, I expected more. I skimmed through most of part 2 because of how bored I was and just how cringe most of things were. I liked that the book had Non-binary rep but I’m just gonna say the member, that’s it, just why. Anyways, Emory was my fav with Orson and sometimes I liked Gus but they didn’t make a big impression on me.
The whole thing with this book was that there were no favorites but gurl we all know Sacha was one of the favorites but wtv. Paul and the other dads did give me something when they appeared but other than Emory and sometimes Orson this book felt pretty flat for me.
Will I read other books from these authors? Yeah, but I wouldn’t recommend this one. It lacked a lot. Toodles!
did-not-finish
January 23, 2025Enh. Not what I'm looking for
January 20, 2023
Relationship rushed
I loved the character, and what the storyline could have been. The biggest issue was how fast things escalated between Vera and this pack. Vera explains she's never liked alphas or been really interested in packing up. Yet the min she moves to Vegas (in the first few pages) she making moves and caution be damned? I just couldn't see it. There is literally no chemistry between any of these characters? They just all seem to want each other? This all should have been paced out, or developed naturally. I have no idea why it was so rushed, and frankly just didn't work. Dnf @40%
I loved the character, and what the storyline could have been. The biggest issue was how fast things escalated between Vera and this pack. Vera explains she's never liked alphas or been really interested in packing up. Yet the min she moves to Vegas (in the first few pages) she making moves and caution be damned? I just couldn't see it. There is literally no chemistry between any of these characters? They just all seem to want each other? This all should have been paced out, or developed naturally. I have no idea why it was so rushed, and frankly just didn't work. Dnf @40%
June 9, 2023
I have mixed feelings about this book. On the plus side I really enjoyed the storyline and the non traditional aspects of the characters & their relationships. On the negative side I thought the book dragged at times with unnecessary scenes and overall something just felt “off” or missing with the book. I don’t regret reading the book and its not my favorite, but I’d recommend it to others as a decent read.
April 23, 2024
Read for the 2024 PopSugar book challenge, prompt# A book about women's sports and/or by a woman athlete
1.5 DNF at 75% of the duet compilation. I cannot go on, the story is just bad. This book is coauthored and it REALLY shows. I wanted to DNF at 5% after multiple of Vera’s chapters but then bam, a new chapter would start and it picked up. This back in forth in quality kept up for all of the first book. The best way to describe this book is extremely surface level, childish writing.
There are inconsistencies a mile wide. Although this is in an alternate universe there was very little research that went into this.
Fun fact, for about a year I was the immigration attorney for both the men and women’s football club in my state. The women’s team is nationally ranked and full of bad assess, that being said I know what these ladies make in professional soccer, anddddd it’s not a lot. The fact that Vera thinks she makes a lot of money is probably one of the most fantastical elements of this book.
In another part of the book one of the MMCs mentions talking a jail sentence for murder in Russia for 5 years. In what world does one serve time in prison in Russia of all places for only 5 years on a guilty murder charge? And then this convicted murder is allowed to immigrate to the US? Absolutely not how our immigration laws work, but ok sure I can ignore these types of things if the story was actually good. It’s not, it’s boring.
I’m pretty disappointed in this one because I really enjoy Sarah Blue’s writing, I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s the second author who made me hate this book since as I said there were chapters that were good and entertaining, they were just rare.
I was also excited about reading my first fully nonbinary main romance lead. Gus was pretty cool and less flat than the guys in the harem, but even they could not save this red flag flop.
1.5 DNF at 75% of the duet compilation. I cannot go on, the story is just bad. This book is coauthored and it REALLY shows. I wanted to DNF at 5% after multiple of Vera’s chapters but then bam, a new chapter would start and it picked up. This back in forth in quality kept up for all of the first book. The best way to describe this book is extremely surface level, childish writing.
There are inconsistencies a mile wide. Although this is in an alternate universe there was very little research that went into this.
Fun fact, for about a year I was the immigration attorney for both the men and women’s football club in my state. The women’s team is nationally ranked and full of bad assess, that being said I know what these ladies make in professional soccer, anddddd it’s not a lot. The fact that Vera thinks she makes a lot of money is probably one of the most fantastical elements of this book.
In another part of the book one of the MMCs mentions talking a jail sentence for murder in Russia for 5 years. In what world does one serve time in prison in Russia of all places for only 5 years on a guilty murder charge? And then this convicted murder is allowed to immigrate to the US? Absolutely not how our immigration laws work, but ok sure I can ignore these types of things if the story was actually good. It’s not, it’s boring.
I’m pretty disappointed in this one because I really enjoy Sarah Blue’s writing, I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s the second author who made me hate this book since as I said there were chapters that were good and entertaining, they were just rare.
I was also excited about reading my first fully nonbinary main romance lead. Gus was pretty cool and less flat than the guys in the harem, but even they could not save this red flag flop.
June 2, 2023
Can confirm: this story's pacing and motivations are all weird. Finished it, and while the writing did get better over time, I'm not sure it evolved the story to a place where it felt satisfactory.
I'm confused by a lot of the dips in character, like she says she's standoffish, but nowhere in the story does her behavior reflect someone who keeps people at bay. She's a well-adjusted being for the most part. So when the guys flock all over her with errant white-knight syndrome, it really made me like them less. So. Not a fan.
I will say, the LARGEST detractor for any romance story is when they take a thematic realm and shove now-a-days things into it. For example. Omegaverse. Now insert Taylor Swift and Gaga. No. I don't like it. It immediately takes me out of this cool fantasy -verse and plops me back onto my living room couch, where I start thinking about Swift's latest concert or Gaga's latest movie. It's the worst--quickly followed by when people put years in novels. Unless you're writing a story whose plot is navigating a bygone era--I don't need that either.
Anywho.
Pet peeve aside. It was alright. I liked the Heat Haven books more, but it was cool to come back and read about their funding too.
I'm confused by a lot of the dips in character, like she says she's standoffish, but nowhere in the story does her behavior reflect someone who keeps people at bay. She's a well-adjusted being for the most part. So when the guys flock all over her with errant white-knight syndrome, it really made me like them less. So. Not a fan.
I will say, the LARGEST detractor for any romance story is when they take a thematic realm and shove now-a-days things into it. For example. Omegaverse. Now insert Taylor Swift and Gaga. No. I don't like it. It immediately takes me out of this cool fantasy -verse and plops me back onto my living room couch, where I start thinking about Swift's latest concert or Gaga's latest movie. It's the worst--quickly followed by when people put years in novels. Unless you're writing a story whose plot is navigating a bygone era--I don't need that either.
Anywho.
Pet peeve aside. It was alright. I liked the Heat Haven books more, but it was cool to come back and read about their funding too.
February 12, 2024
perfection
I’m literally obsessed with Sarah Blue’s omega verse books so seeing her name in this book I knew it would be amazing. However I did not realize just how great it would be; I’m a massive soccer lover so having elements of soccer and my favorite holiday Halloween mixed in were amazing!! I adore both writers for how well this story flows and how the pacing is laid out. I also appreciate that they ended the book with glimpses into the pack’s future as their have kids and all. It’s also very satisfying to me when you get to see little snips of the future of the story characters you come to love.
I’m literally obsessed with Sarah Blue’s omega verse books so seeing her name in this book I knew it would be amazing. However I did not realize just how great it would be; I’m a massive soccer lover so having elements of soccer and my favorite holiday Halloween mixed in were amazing!! I adore both writers for how well this story flows and how the pacing is laid out. I also appreciate that they ended the book with glimpses into the pack’s future as their have kids and all. It’s also very satisfying to me when you get to see little snips of the future of the story characters you come to love.
January 9, 2025
I just want to start by saying that I have never hated a character as much as I hate James 🤬
Now...to the fun stuff ☺️
The Ivanov pack is basically everything you want in a partner 🥰
Sasha is the one that denotes power and control. Orson and Emery are the fun part and always up for a fun time (if you know what i meen 😏). Gus is the open and liberal part. And Diego is the shy and tender part.
I really don't have nothing negative to say about this book. I freaking love it
It's really hard to choose a favorite character. But if i had to, i think that will be Sasha & Diego 💙
5/5 ⭐️
4/5 🌶️
Now...to the fun stuff ☺️
The Ivanov pack is basically everything you want in a partner 🥰
Sasha is the one that denotes power and control. Orson and Emery are the fun part and always up for a fun time (if you know what i meen 😏). Gus is the open and liberal part. And Diego is the shy and tender part.
I really don't have nothing negative to say about this book. I freaking love it
It's really hard to choose a favorite character. But if i had to, i think that will be Sasha & Diego 💙
5/5 ⭐️
4/5 🌶️
June 15, 2024
1 ⭐️ DNF @40% I wanted to root for the relationships but there wasn’t much sexual tension. Part of the fun is resisting the urge to fall and NONE of these characters do that. They just happily meet, start acting like pack and fucking. There is no tension it feels like they’ve been married for years. 🤷🏻♀️ Just couldn’t get into the group.
February 18, 2025
The theme for book club in February is wildest romance and this book fits the theme pretty well lol. My first "true" introduction to the 'Omegaverse' and it was fun, though pretty badly written (typos and grammatically confusing sentences galore). The characters were pretty one-note stereotypes (and all the hottest people alive obvi) but it'll be a fun book to talk about at book club ;)
March 5, 2023
More like this please!
I loved the representation and diversity in this story. The characters were well developed and the humor was on point. One of my favorite omegaverse stories I've ever read.
I loved the representation and diversity in this story. The characters were well developed and the humor was on point. One of my favorite omegaverse stories I've ever read.
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June 19, 2023Serious question, did Sarah write a book for Levi and Grey? I need to know, someone please tell me what its called if she did. I'm very invested in these tattoo artists stories now and I need answers!
March 15, 2023
now this is probably on me, but I expected more soccer. 2.5 ✨️
April 1, 2023
⭐️⭐️⭐️.75/5 stars. I enjoyed this book as I enjoy all of Sarah Blue’s sweet omegaverse books but did think it dragged in parts.
April 9, 2023
I just can't take it
Yes, I knew there is a non binary character here and had no problem with it but authour is preaching here and I am saying 'no thanks' to it. DNF.
Yes, I knew there is a non binary character here and had no problem with it but authour is preaching here and I am saying 'no thanks' to it. DNF.
April 10, 2023
2.75 ⭐️
June 8, 2023
Decent fun
A good read, lots of fun and very spicy. The second half was much better than the first, I felt.
A good read, lots of fun and very spicy. The second half was much better than the first, I felt.
May 4, 2024
Cant read on 😭 as much as i want to, i simply cant. I dropped it early on
May 10, 2024
Took too long to get to the conflict but I had a good time other than that
June 30, 2024
Exceptional characters and fun story, inhaled this book!!
🌶️🌶️🌶️⚔️ MMFNBMM
🌶️🌶️🌶️⚔️ MMFNBMM
May 9, 2023
enjoyed
I adored this duet separately and I love it as one big binge read. I like the characters and the love and problems that seem so Relatable. Wish we could’ve got more on James. I mean I assume on what happened but it doesn’t Specifically say. A great and awesome read.
I adored this duet separately and I love it as one big binge read. I like the characters and the love and problems that seem so Relatable. Wish we could’ve got more on James. I mean I assume on what happened but it doesn’t Specifically say. A great and awesome read.
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