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Book Title: Omega Defiant
Author: Dessa Lux
Publisher: Self-Published
Cover Artist: Mara Williams
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Genre/s: Paranormal, Werewolf, A/B/O, Mpreg
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Length: 119 000 words/350 pages
It’s the second book in the series but can be read as a standalone.
Omega werewolf Casey Niemi has grown up in the safety of his adopted pack. He can't remember what took him from his original family--and he doesn't want to, even if it might explain why getting too close to an alpha makes him panic. He's moving on with his life and totally has it under control--until a new alpha shows up and throws Casey's world completely off kilter.
Alpha werewolf Adam Vinick wants to improve the lives of omegas through the power of rigorous scientific research. After the death of his omega dad, he left his father's pack and has never looked back. But he's been having a hard time finding omegas for his study, and his life's work may be cancelled if he can't show results soon. When he turns to the Niemis for help, he's not expecting an omega like Casey.
Adam and Casey have instant chemistry--the kind that explodes on contact. When the Niemis send Casey to assist Adam on his research trip, enemies become reluctant allies and it doesn't take long for them to argue their way into each other's beds.
But can their long road lead them to each other's hearts?
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3 Stars!
Omega Defiant is the second book in the Wolves in the World series and unfortunately, I haven’t the first book. In some ways, I wish I had so I could’ve had the opportunity to delve more into this world and get a much better understanding of it and the characters. I’m not sure it’s necessary for everyone to read in order but I definitely think it could be beneficial.
Adam is an Alpha, as well as a doctor and researcher, determined to find answers on Omega genetics. His hope is to make medical care more readily available and accessible for Omegas, who as it stands now only can turn to pack midwives for their needs. I’ll be honest here, I was not impressed by him in the least. He seems cold, guarded and standoffish. He’s not at all a character I could connect to. I really didn’t find him likable and that made the romance aspect a bit hard to digest.
Casey is an Omega and a midwife. He was found by the Niemi as a child and in wolf form after escaping traumatic events of his birth pack. While he’s now part of the Niemi pack, he can’t help but hold himself back somewhat, especially in the past few years. He’s become unable to be near Alphas without having an emotional reaction and knows it’s connected with his past but he’s not ready to find out what it all means.
This was a very slow paced book, definitely a slow burn. The beginning was hard to truly read with enthusiasm and was much too focused on the clinical aspects of the story. I am not a science person and it was hard for me to really care too much about the whole explanation of DNA and chromosomes and etc. It definitely added to my inability to connect to either character. Their relationship and connection lacked chemistry in my opinion and I wasn’t all that invested in it.
Overall the plot itself was good and interesting. I just wasn’t as fond of the MCs. I think I could be on board to read another of the author’s books and even more of this series. I just hope I like the main couple more than this one.
***Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by the author/publisher for my reading pleasure in hopes of an unbiased opinion, a review was not a requirement.***
About the Author
Dessa Lux also writes fanfic as Dira Sudis and has one novel published as Dira Lewis through Less Than Three Press. She is a confirmed Midwesterner, a librarian, and a Diet Coke addict, but she does not own a cat. You can find Dessa on Twitter @DessaLux, or at www.dessalux.com
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