Omega Swipe Right by Alexis B Osbourne

3 Stars

Gwen

Gwen doesn’t date Alphas.

They’re rude, entitled jerks, and she doesn’t want to deal with it. She just wants a nice, sweet boyfriend who doesn’t like her omega dynamic more than her. That’s why she exclusively dates betas, but when her best friend snags her datapad and matches her with a new super-cute guy on Swiper Gwen doesn’t know that she’s in for a shock.

Because Piotr is smart, cute, and caring . . . but he’s an Alpha.

Piotr

Dr. Piotr Wyse is married to his job and the aliens just can’t seem to quit invading New York.

He doesn’t have time to date even though he’d like to have someone special in his life and maybe even start a family one day. Then his coworker makes a Swiper account for him and sets him up on a date. Gwen is sweet, charming, and gorgeous.

The problem? She keeps running away from him . . . and Piotr is getting desperate to chase her.

This book was ok. There was no world building at all so everything needs more explanation. It’s the same with characters. Things are thrown in as needed but left so many questions. The ending felt rushed.

Book .5 Omegas of OAN

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B Clones by Laurann Dohner

 

2 Star

Big

Gemma is the mother of two adult sons who was in an explosion.  She closes her eyes in a hospital and when she opens them, she’s on a ship.  She thinks she’s hallucinating the ship, her twenty-year-old body, and the big brawny man.    When she finds out she and Big are clones she’s a whole lot freaked out.  Will this nightmare turn into a dream?

Blade

Hailey’s living her family worst nightmare.  She’s been kidnapped off her planet and taken into space for men’s pleasure.  She manages to get out of their clutches and locks herself away to buy time to figure out what she should and can do.  Before she can do anything, the ship is boarded by pirates who kill her kidnappers.  All but one wants to sell her to a brothel.  Blade kills all of the crewmates to save her.  He decides to take her home to his family of clones.

I wanted to like these short stories way more than I did.  There is a good premise here, but it just wasn’t followed through on.  It came across as the beginning chapters to a full-length story but it wasn’t.  It wasn’t just this that caused problems for me but also that the guys pretty much had sex with the women immediately after meeting them.  No get to know them let’s just fuck.  Who cares what hell you’ve been through to get to the meet and greet.  I ended up feeling very unfulfilled and wanting more in a bad way.

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Razor’s Edge by Jayne Rylon

 

3 Star

Isabella thought she married for love and not money until her world crashes down around her.  She runs off to the one person she thought she could trust but even her father betrays her.  With no where to turn she decides to hide in plain sight as an instructor on a TV dance competition.  Her partner for the show is rookie, Razor.  He’s trying to get past months of rehab and therapy over a betrayal by a woman pretending to be an innocence.  When he meets Isabella, he wants to believe her innocence but is struggling with his history.  After several attempts on her life they will need to come together to bring down the criminal enterprise.

I enjoyed the first book way more than I did this one.  Razor was hurt in the last book by a pretty face acting innocent and so he was way more hesitant this time around and I understand that.  However, he took it way to the extreme.  I also felt things were thrown in for shock value and then just kind of brushed off.  One of my biggest wtf moments was when Razor makes Isabella prove she is innocent.  Like what would have happened if she had lost her hymen in some other way than sex?  Would he not believe her and continue to treat her like she was part of the criminal enterprise?  It doesn’t deter me from wanting to read the next book, but I am hesitant to spend $5 bucks for it.

Book 2 Men in Blue

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Night is Darkest by Jayne Rylon

 

3.5 Star

Lacey was planning on having the perfect weekend with her brother until his two friends showed up to notify her that her brother died in the line of duty.  She turns to Mason and Tyler to help her with her grief and her protection. They are holding out on her but can’t stay away.  When Mason and Tyler finally listen to what Lacey is craving and needing, they may find they have more in common then they thought.  Will Marcus and Tyler keep her safe.

This was a book that bordered on more erotica than plot.  It wasn’t bad but it also wasn’t one of my favorites in this genre.  There were some pacing issues.  It seemed like the book was looking to get to the next sex scene and to hell with what we were doing with the story.  Then when we got to the end where we find out why her brother was killed it felt really rushed and weird.  Weird as in it didn’t really make sense and it rushed to conclude the story.  Overall, it was just ok.  It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t all that good either.

Book 1 Men in Blue

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Rebel Mate by Grace Goodwin

 

3 Star

Zara wants to get out of a bad situation on Earth and goes through the Interstellar Bride Program to find herself a mate.  When she ends up on the Trion planet and sees her mate murdered within minutes of meeting she finds herself kidnapped and moved to the outer limits of space.  Before she can be handed over she is able to escape and with the help of Isaak gets off the planet.  He wants her desperately but doesn’t think he deserves her so he will keep her safe but then walk away.  Even with that plan in place he can’t keep his hands off of her.  They will need to work together to catch traitor and keep people safe. 

I am not sure why I didn’t like this book more.  I’ve like most of the other books in the series but this one didn’t do it for me.  It started strong.  Zara rescues herself from a bad situation and seemed like a majorly badass until they get back to Trion.  Then she seemed to become a whimpery female until the very end of the story.  It was very annoying.  Plus he wants her to call him master from almost the beginning and she refuses until the very end.  It came across as a bit contrived when she does start calling him master.  It was an ok addition to the series.  There are much better books in the series than this one.  I will say you don’t have to read the other 19 books in the series or the spin-off series to understand what is going on in this book.  If you’re interested in the author check out one of her other books.    

Book 20 Interstellar Bride Program