Firstly, I very passionately disagree with the author’s suggestion that before reading this book, you should read Alpha Inmate. In this book, you are following Bree, a journalist, as she investigates the events that occurred during Alpha Inmate. I would say that the better reading order would be to read Alpha Inmate after reading this book because then you don’t have prior knowledge of what actually happened with Erik and Ellie. I also think that the two books follow somewhat similar formulas so it can feel a bit tedious reading what feels like the same story twice.

Much like with Alpha Inmate, I don’t think that this book was overly bad beyond the spice scenes not being to my tastes and really disliking all of the “slick”. There were several elements that made this a less enjoyable experience; a lot of my issues hinge on the fact that I had Alpha Inmate as a point of contrast. This book is almost a hundred pages longer but there isn’t any more story that it is telling so it just drrrrraaaaaags. It also is following a little too closely for enjoyment the formula established in Alpha Inmate with an “innocent” Omega who is all on her own and what a bad idea that is with an Alpha who is a murderer but it is fine because he is only killing people who really deserve. The fact that Cole is not imprisoned like Erik was means that he crosses a lot more ethical lines that make it harder to get on board with him.

I definitely think there is an audience for this book but I am very much not that person. Also, there was nowhere near enough sneaking in and filling Bree’s fridge with cheese and i just feel cheated.