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Alpha by Tiya Rayne

7 reviews

birbpal's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

⭐️⭐️.75 Stars

I don't really know how I feel about this book. The first half really gripped me. I was excited to see not only how Morgan would grow as a character in such a horrible situation but also unravel the mystery between her and Alpha's instant connection. 

Morgan developed into a great character by the end of the book, but as for the mystery of Alpha and the other super soldiers? We really don't get any solid answers. A lot is left unexplained. 

My biggest issue is that this book was dark. I mean, if you read the synopsis, of course, it isn't gonna be an easy read. But I wish the author would have put trigger warnings at the beginning of the book. I got blind sided by a very graphic scene that made me have to take a break from the book. Once I was in the right headspace, I managed to finish the scene by skimming through it. I wish I didn't go into this book blind. It's just that... I never had to check the reviews of a book before in order to be warned properly. After this ordeal? I've learned my lesson. 

So please, I encourage you to check the trigger warnings.⚠️

Despite all this, this book did end with a HEA, so that something, at least.🐥💕

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cyannaslibrary's review against another edition

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dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

This wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read, but it definitely kept me intrigued in the story and characters.

But there’s definitely room for improvement.

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joxeia's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i didnt expect to come across this book EVER, but im so glad for fb groups cause WOW! awesome! 

the grammar couldve been better and the formatting was a lil weird, the excessive use of (!) after an affirmation was not necessary BUT 😂 its a great and quick read for those who like alien x human books :)

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qrb's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

4.5 ⭐😍😍🔥

I really enjoyed this story; I am looking forward to reading more from this author.

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Trope: Fated mate, suspense, 

Enjoyment: 5 ⭐

Character development: 4 ⭐

Romance: 3 ⭐

Heat\steam: 4 ⭐

Intrigue:  4 ⭐

Story\plot: 4 ⭐

World Building:  3 ⭐

Enjoy!!!



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dawndancer's review against another edition

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25


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eusexua's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

So, the first 50% of the book was really really good. Or at least that’s how I felt at 12-2 AM last night as I started reading. I’m not sure if I’d feel the same now. But I’m crazy for any containment/compound romances so I was kicking my legs and giggling. 

There was a whole bunch of shit that happened that was never explained… Like it was mentioned and then everyone forgot about it and moved on. To be fair, I don’t think Morgan herself knew about these things, but since we have a dual POV between Morgan and our antagonist Strong, we knew about it through him. I was curious and did want to know more about certain things mentioned but
maybe it was never elaborated on due to Strongs abuse of the serum and his delusion? I don’t know


It was rushed and just … idk I just didn’t really like it. 

This book does handle lots of dark themes such as familial abuse, ableism, sex trafficking, rape, drug abuse, torture, psychological torture, manipulation, etc.. So its certainly super triggering. Especially with rape. There are many moderate description rape scenes, containing the main character and other characters. 

Ashley; her abuse was hard to read and I’m not quite sure why it was so graphic. It just felt weird because Ashley was a big focus when Morgan finally met up with her again, but then Ashley literally disappeared when Alpha was brought in again and they had lots of sex …. The only other time we hear about Ashley again is in the epilogue when we find out she’s married to Gamma and is on her third kid. I didn't like that it didn't feel good to my soul.

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opal_mothclub's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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