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A review by effy
Alpha Inmate by Liliana Carlisle
2.75
Ellie has accepted an assignment at Green Woods prison where she will be working with betas. Or at least that is what she thinks the assignment is until she arrives and is assigned to work with the dangerous Erik Hart who murdered and brutally dismembered 3 men but no one knows why. Things go from bad to worse when there is an immediate spark between omega Ellie and alpha Erik.
This was… not great. It wasn’t necessarily terrible but it wasn’t anything particularly special and at points it was downright challenging to read. I have read a few omegaverse books at this point so a lot of the elements were familiar to me however this was my first time coming across “slick”. At first, I thought the author had just made an interesting choice of words to describe Ellie’s arrival but I think it is actually ✨a thing✨.
I definitely didn’t love the way that the spice was written and the romance stretched my sensibilities at times as at one point Erik ignores Ellie’s wishes and just kidnaps her? And we are meant to root for this couple? I guess it all worked-out for them in the end and the couple that kills together, stays together but it was a little tricky to really get into this story.
I only read this book because the author advises reading it before Alpha Ruined (a book where the MMC breaks into the FMC’s house to leave expensive cheese in her fridge). Honestly, I am not really sure that I would agree but I guess the verdict is out until I finish.
I don’t regret picking up this book but I also don’t think I would be recommending it in a hurry 🤷🏻