Book safety, content warnings, and tropes & tags down below.

I don’t even know if I want them all to want me, but my hormones are so fucked up that my switch is forever flipped to possessive bitch.

I’m usually not one who reads anything with rejected mates, because it hurts so damn much, but I’ve read and listened to this duet so many times. It’s definitely a comfort read for me at this point. It helps that the narrators did a fantastic job on the audiobooks. I love reverse harem, and doubly so when it’s omegaverse, as it doesn’t feel as difficult to make a harem work if it’s in a persons nature to live like that.

I’m still banned from drinking. The pack claims I start too many fights. Like I won’t start shit sober?

I think my favorite part is how the FMC is pretty badass and prickly, but mostly out of self preservation because of all of the abuse she suffers at the omega center. She has closed herself off, and when she finally tries to let someone in and give them a chance, she’s burned epically.

Then my goddamned intuition chips in, because if hiding is her safe place, if suffering in silence has helped her get this far, I can imagine how badly she’s been treated.

I’m not gonna get into every single MMC as there’s so many of them, but I really love Hunter and Orion. Hunter because he looks like a massive brute with tattoos, but is a total sweetheart and definitely the most emotionally mature one in the bunch. Orion is an omega as well as our FMC, and he is so kind, and just wants his alpha’s to give him the attention he needs (and deserves).

A male beta passes so close I consider stabbing him an extra air hole.

The duet really does read like one book, as nothing is resolved by the end of the first book (and therefore difficult to review). I will say, if you love some epic groveling, this duet is the one for you.

Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & tags ⚠️
Omegaverse
Reverse harem
MM and MMMMM explicit content
Slow burn
Mates
Rejected mate
Heats
Knotting

⚠️⚠️ Content warning ⚠️⚠️
Explicit sexual content
Mentions of abuse
Mentions of sexual abuse (past, not detailed)
Mentions of child abuse (past)
Self harm (starvation, working out till exhaustion)
Forced injections
Graphic violence
Gun violence

⚠️⚠️⚠️ Book safety ⚠️⚠️⚠️
Cheating: No
OM/OW drama: No, only from the MCs
Third-act breakup: No
POV: 1st person, multiple POV
Genre: Omegaverse, reverse harem
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile

I consider handing over my bat and letting these girls beat the shit out of me, but they’re going to do that anyway. I might as well get in a few hits. Stress relief.

“What year is it?” I croak out, hoping I’ve slipped into a coma and am now sixty-five years old and ready for retirement at sea.