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Dark City Omega
by Elizabeth Stephens
I haven't read much published omegaverse and was so excited to read this book by an black author!
This book take place in an post-apocalyptic world where alphas, betas, and the few remaining omegas struggle to survive. Echo is kicked from her community when she presents as an omega and tries to survive on her own in Paradise Hole. She is eventually hunted and claimed by a Berserker named Adam who was fated to find her.
The Good
I loved that Echo was one of the first female leads I've seen actually try to actually off themselves in order to be free. That's always been my first thought in these situations and it was satisfying to see a story really go there.
The enemies part of the enemies to lovers was done really well in the beginning of this book. It wasn't a straight line from enemies to oh now we love each other. It was a fight the whole way. Both Adam and Echo had scars from the dystopian world they lived in and it made trust, connection, and vulnerability really hard.
The world building was really interesting. It takes place in this very dystopian world that reminded me of Mad Max a little. The subplot with the alphas, omegas and betas was really interesting to me.
The Bad
The amount of jumping to conclusions these characters did frustrated me. I understood why character wise both Adam and Echo did this as people with trust issues, but it always came off as irrational as they would create theories based off of one sentence they misinterpreted and then change all their behavior based on something they made up themselves. It's peak miscommunication trope and it really annoyed me.
Once they got to the Dark City, I felt like a weird shift occurred and a lot of the good tension left. I felt that Adam's character stayed consistent but Echo's felt off. She just wilted now that she was in love with Adam. She bent to anything he asked her. And over the course of the next 40% of the book my enjoyment of their relationship waned and my desire to skim increased.
Echo did grow but I didn't feel like their relationship itself developed much past lust and mutual trauma. Their conflicts seemed to always be "resolved" but a kiss and more sex than real meaningful conversations and understanding of each other. This is also because Echo never stood on anything she said. She would put a boundary up and almost immediately give in to anything Adam said if he kissed her. Towards the end there is progress towards them being on more equal footing but it doesn't feel earned.
Tropes:
— Forced bonding/mating
— Enemies to Lovers
— Omegaverse
Horn Level: 4/5
This book take place in an post-apocalyptic world where alphas, betas, and the few remaining omegas struggle to survive. Echo is kicked from her community when she presents as an omega and tries to survive on her own in Paradise Hole. She is eventually hunted and claimed by a Berserker named Adam who was fated to find her.
The Good
I loved that Echo was one of the first female leads I've seen actually try to actually off themselves in order to be free. That's always been my first thought in these situations and it was satisfying to see a story really go there.
The enemies part of the enemies to lovers was done really well in the beginning of this book. It wasn't a straight line from enemies to oh now we love each other. It was a fight the whole way. Both Adam and Echo had scars from the dystopian world they lived in and it made trust, connection, and vulnerability really hard.
The world building was really interesting. It takes place in this very dystopian world that reminded me of Mad Max a little. The subplot with the alphas, omegas and betas was really interesting to me.
The Bad
The amount of jumping to conclusions these characters did frustrated me. I understood why character wise both Adam and Echo did this as people with trust issues, but it always came off as irrational as they would create theories based off of one sentence they misinterpreted and then change all their behavior based on something they made up themselves. It's peak miscommunication trope and it really annoyed me.
Once they got to the Dark City, I felt like a weird shift occurred and a lot of the good tension left. I felt that Adam's character stayed consistent but Echo's felt off. She just wilted now that she was in love with Adam. She bent to anything he asked her. And over the course of the next 40% of the book my enjoyment of their relationship waned and my desire to skim increased.
Echo did grow but I didn't feel like their relationship itself developed much past lust and mutual trauma. Their conflicts seemed to always be "resolved" but a kiss and more sex than real meaningful conversations and understanding of each other. This is also because Echo never stood on anything she said. She would put a boundary up and almost immediately give in to anything Adam said if he kissed her. Towards the end there is progress towards them being on more equal footing but it doesn't feel earned.
Tropes:
— Forced bonding/mating
— Enemies to Lovers
— Omegaverse
Horn Level: 4/5