I *adored* this book. The first book is really in the better class of A/O MM romance, the second is even greater, and this last one is amazing. The writing style is distinct and consistent, and it's hilariously funny and super sexy hot and absolutely adorable. This book also manages to totally subvert the Omegaverse and the A-B-O dynamic, which is exactly what I dreamed of, and it does it with style and panache and subtlety and humour and lots and lots of omega/omega sex. Both of the MCs are wonderful characters, vivid and likeable -- sweet, innocent, inexperienced Omega Benjy, who has lived a very sheltered and controlled life in the very traditional wilderness of the Hinterland, and sassy, flamboyant and carefree Omega JT, who has moved to North Leland because of its progressive attitude to Omega rights (which have been established in the two previous books). Benjy has been brought to North Leland by his very traditional father, who leaves him there expecting him to find an Alpha to get properly claimed by. JT takes Benjy under his wing, promising to introduce him to all the eligible Alphas, but somehow only manages to introduce him to the already taken ones. Benjy doesn't mind too much, because Alphas kind of scare him a bit, and it feels so much safer to cuddle and experiment with JT, who Benjy thinks is kind of wonderful. And when Benjy hits his first heat, and panics because he doesn't understand why or how, and believes he is going to need an Alpha, he is helped by Omega Specialist Dr. Petra, who dispenses with all the myths and lays out the medical facts, and reassures him that everything is fine, and it turns out it is, because JT can take care of him just fine and apparently he doesn't actually need an Alpha at all.
The entire story is written from Benjy's POV, and is pitch perfect throughout. JT's agenda is clear all along, at least to us readers, and Benjy's gradual realisation about where his mate is to be found is well-paced and very sweet. TJ is touted (by himself and others) to be wild and free and refusing to get tied down, but it's also very clear that Benjy triggers all of his nurturing instincts.
All this sounds as if the story is a bundle of cute cinnamon fluff, and it is -- but don't assume that this means it's low-heat. This is very high heat, tons of sex happening on-page, and it manages to be sweet and super hot at the same time. And all of it is part of the character, plot and relationship development, perfectly integrated with the story.
In a way, this book seems more lgbtq than most Omegaverse M/M, because it has a love story that truly breaks taboos and goes against the norms -- not just the real-world ones, but the Omegaverse ones, too. Being gay is completely normal in this universe, but not conforming to the Alpha/Omega dynamic is not. This entire series is about identity and how to carve out an existence for yourself when your identity, or your ideas about them, don't fit with the rules -- whether written, unwritten or biological.
The writing is excellent, and the editing has only missed a few orphaned words, but those slide by because everything else is so good. I suppose it's possible to read this book without having read the two previous ones, but you will get more out of the story if you've read them, and they are both good books.
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- Li TaylorReviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2020
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