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Omega: An Urban Fantasy Novel (War of the Alphas Book 1) Kindle Edition

by SM Reine (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Ten years ago, Deirdre Tombs died. When she was reborn the next day, Deirdre had become a shapeshifter who can’t shift shapes. Nobody knows what animal she’s supposed to be. She’s definitely not a werewolf. The Alpha, Rylie Gresham, can’t force her to transform like other members of her pack.

Now Deirdre is considered an omega, the weakest shapeshifter in the pack—a vulnerable position when Everton Stark demands tribute from Rylie. He wants to be the dominant Alpha. The only Alpha. And he plans to make her pack submit whether they want to or not. Stark can make every shapeshifter obey him by force of will alone.

Every shapeshifter except Deirdre.

The shifter who can’t shift is the only hope for Rylie to win the war against Stark. It will take everything Deirdre has to survive undercover in his den. But can an omega’s will be stronger than that of a charismatic, deadly Alpha like Everton Stark?
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00RODITCC
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Red Iris Books; 1st edition (April 2, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 2, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 459 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 347 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Hi everyone! My name is Sara, and I'm the New York Times Bestselling Author of urban fantasy known as SM Reine.

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FYI: I am a super-prolific author of many series, most of which occur in the same universe. Characters and events overlap. It's sort of like how Iron Man and Captain America have their own movies, but sometimes get together for the Avengers. You can start with any of my series that look interesting to you, or you can read all of them!

I recommend reading The Descent Series, the Cain Chronicles, The Ascension Series, A Fistful of Daggers, War of the Alphas, and The Mage Craft Series for the "core" story of my books.

Happy reading!

List of my series:

A FISTFUL OF DAGGERS (ongoing)

Lonesome Paladin

Spellsmoke

Hell's Hinges (coming January 2019)

THE MAGE CRAFT SERIES (completed)

Cast in Angelfire

Cast in Hellfire

Cast in Faefire

Cast in Balefire

Cast in Godfire

WAR OF THE ALPHAS (completed)

Omega

Beta

Alpha

Pas

SEASONS OF THE MOON (completed)

Six Moon Summer

All Hallows' Moon

Long Night Moon

Gray Moon Rising

THE CAIN CHRONICLES (completed)

New Moon Summer

Blood Moon Harvest

Moon of the Terrible

Red Rose Moon

Darkmoon

Of Wings and Wolves

Alpha Moon

THE DESCENT SERIES (completed)

Death's Hand

The Darkest Gate

Dark Union

Damnation Marked

Dire Blood

Defying Fate

Paradise Damned

THE ASCENSION SERIES (completed)

Sacrificed in Shadow

Oaths of Blood

Ruled by Steel

Caged in Bone

Lost in Prophecy

Torn by Fury

Sins of Eden

TAROT WITCHES (completed)

Caged Wolf

Forbidden Witches

Winter Court

Summer Court

PRETERNATURAL AFFAIRS (completed)

Witch Hunt

Silver Bullet

Hotter than Helltown

Shadow Burns

Deadly Wrong

Ashes and Arsenic

Once Darkness Falls

Bitter Thirst

The Road to Helltown

Wretched Wicked

DANA MCINTYRE MUST DIE (completed)

Drawing Dead

Kill Game

Cashing Out

Suicide Queen

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Vivi Anne Hunt
5.0 out of 5 stars Best series I've read in a while!
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2019
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Wow, that was an amazing read, and so were the other 3 books of this series. It's been a while since I've read a well-written, fast-paced series that I couldn't put down. Now I'm going to read other series by this author because they've proved to be that a) they can write b) they can keep my attention and c) the world-building is on point. But the thing I liked the MOST was how much action there was and how few tell-y moments there were. At every step I was asking questions, wondering things, and figuring things out for myself. The author didn't look down on me or explain things unnecessarily, which is my personal pet peeve. They gave me glimpses into the world and let me enjoy and figure it out by myself. There should have been some warnings though - sexual scenes and violence triggers, and the love relationships were questionable... BUT isn't that what life is? Triggering and questionable. Hah.
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K. Bird Lincoln
4.0 out of 5 stars very grimdark UF featuring shifters and politics and abuse
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2019
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3.5 stars, actually.

This is the first in this series set in a contemporary world where a major event has taken out a majority of the human population leaving sidhe, vampires, and wolves. Some of the humans came back after the event-- only changed. Deirdre is one of those. The book begins with Deirdre being ordered to "kill them all" by a mysterious man just as she is getting closer to the Alpha of all weres...Rylie.

Her backstory, it turns out, is that she grew up in a succession of foster homes because she wasn't a wolf--werewolves got better treatment and so Deirdre is bitter. When she ends up being recruited by Rylie to look into a rival Alpha, Deirdre finds herself drawn deeper into were politics as well as deeper into a violent world by the rival Alpha.

There is a lot of casual violence in this book. The rival Alpha, Stark, is not a nice man. He kills on a whim. Uses people, forces Deirdre to kill and to use drugs for his own purposes, leaves a loyal Beta behind, and uses mind control to get what he wants. Ostensibly, Deirdre is there to get info to take him down, but she gets drawn deeper and deeper into this cycle of violence.

There's a lot of abuse. I was hanging on to the story because its quite readable, and the author does a good job of setting up some major questions about what each main character's animal is that pushes you to read more. But then comes the scene where Deirdre has just defected to the rival Alpha and is questioning him (in a non sassy way as far as I can tell) and he hits her. Twice. And she just takes it and thinks to herself she has to stop "mouthing off" and "being sassy" and while I can appreciate why disciplining a lower pack person in front of the pack for insubordination might be necessary in a wolf pack dynamic--this was done just for the Alpha's personal enjoyment of cruelty and not really as a discipline on a new recruit he had no idea he'll scare away or not with such treatment.

It didn't ring true. It wasn't necessary for the society created in this story, and right then and there it broke me away from Deirdre as a character. I stopped investing.

So your mileage may vary. This is a dark UF and it looks like things get more and more twisted as the story progresses. I probably won't go any further down that path for my own personal taste reasons.
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bastcrystal
5.0 out of 5 stars Omega
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2016
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I love this series. Deirdre is an amazing character and as with all of S.M. Reine's books, she is strong, stronger than she realizes. I can see that this is the beginning of another addicting set of books that I will have to add to my collection.

I think that with the purchase of the rest of the books in the series I will have all of the author's works.

I've read nearly all of the collections she has written and love every one. I still have 2 of her series to read, something I will savor slowly. The way she ties everything together makes me think I am inside the book, walking with each one of the characters. Their ups and downs mesh so well that even the villains are full of life.

Though all of the books I have read were edited very well, there were very few errors. In fact, I think I only saw 2 errors and they were in this one. Overall, darn good for so many stories.

I look forward to reading the rest of this series. I'm sure I will love Beta and Alpha just as much.

I won't give away any spoilers, let me just say, Wow! I sure didn't expect what happens at the end with one of the key characters.

I can't wait to dive into Beta.
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3.0 out of 5 stars No good things happen
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2015
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Bleak. This book starts in a bleak world where all the characters are guilt ridden, angry, and/or depressed. No good things happen, several bad things happen, there is a short gratuitous sex scene (not romance, but you're better than a rock so let's have sex, sex scene), and then the books ends in a tragedy. I don't normally write reviews, but I purchased this book because it was suggested as a great read for Ilona Andrews fans. I have to say- nope. Don't get me wrong. It is very well written, the world is well thought out, and the plot flows, but it is a very dark book, without a hint of lightheartedness or some hope it may work out in the end. I'm sure there is an audience for it, but fans of the HEA- this is probably not for you.
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Kasey Collins
5.0 out of 5 stars Omega take shape-shifting to the extreme with numerous shifter species.
Reviewed in the United States on October 20, 2015
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This book totally blew me out of the water! It is one of the best Urban Fantasies I have read in a long time. SM Reine definitely shakes things up by taking shapeshifting to the next level with numerous shifter species. I could list them for you, but that would ruin the surprise. However, I will tell you this; to find out what kinda shifter Deirdre Tombs, the Omega, is you will have to keep reading until book 2! Don't worry it's well worth the wait and Omega has a lot of juicy secrets to reveal as well. Like for instance how Everton Stark can easily compel all shifters to do his bidding; all shifters except Deirdre Tombs. Even if Stark isn't able to force compulsion onto Tombs could he still cause her to freely do his bidding. Could there be more between Stark and Tombs besides Alpha and Omega?

Omega is the first book in the War of the Alphas series and even though not necessary it would be easier to follow, in my opinion, if you have already read Seasons of the Moon, Cain Chronicles, and the Ascension series.
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Kiz
5.0 out of 5 stars Riveting, fascinating, frustrating.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 3, 2017
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I nearly DNF'd this book three pages in,not having the strongest of stomachs...but I was already hooked by then.

This is urban fantasy, but with edge. It's dark and brutal and nasty, but with humour and lightness and some beautifully observed interactions.

Deirdre seems less like a protagonist and more like a pawn, never being allowed control of her story as everyone around her seeks to use her for their own - frustratingly unclear - purposes. The people she interacts with over the course of the book are all interesting, well-written, multifaceted, and damnably opaque.

One thing,though: although I loved this book and will be buying the rest of the series come payday, I *loathe* serials. Especially ones like this where literally nothing was resolved. The threads are still loose, the balls are still up in the air, and the few tiny crumbs the author threw our way are meagre and unsatisfying. So...clever,clever marketing, but cynical and resented manipulation of the audience. Just throw me a small cookie, one _satisfactory_ resolution (not, not, NOT [spoiler] at 98%) and I'll be a much happier camper and a satisfied customer.

That said, it's an excellent twist on the genre. Dark, clever, and fascinating.
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Gabi
5.0 out of 5 stars Dann bis zum Schluss
Reviewed in Germany on March 8, 2018
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Ich liebe dieses Buch und Beta steht definitiv auf meiner liste.
Die Geschichte ist spannend und trotzdem mit Herz erzaehlt.
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feedesneige
5.0 out of 5 stars Deirdre Tombs n'est pas une héroïne comme j'ai l'habitude de ...
Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2016
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Deirdre Tombs n'est pas une héroïne comme j'ai l'habitude de rencontrer dans les romans. Elle ne trouve pas de solution magique... Elle doit endurer des trucs extrêmes et juste attendre et espérer avec toute la détermination dont elle est capable pour arriver à ces fins.
Entrainant, palpitant, j'ai adoré ce roman dont la fin plutôt triste et théâtral. Mauvaise surprise.
Premier livre que je lis de cette auteure et sûrement pas le dernier...
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Daniel Giraud
4.0 out of 5 stars Original et palpitant
Reviewed in France on June 24, 2015
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J'aime beaucoup lire en anglais. Certains livres sont plus difficiles que d'autres et j'en perds un peu le fil. Celui-ci est fait de mots simples avec un vocabulaire pourtant varié. Autant de gagné pour se laisser entraîner par l'imagination de l'auteur dans une histoire palpitante qui prend un angle vraiment différent par rapport à ceux dont on pourrait rêver d'avoir les pouvoirs.
I better had written in english first why the author can't read french I guess. Below a laboured translation of my comment (poor fluency I have).
I like a lot reading in english. Some books are harder than others which sometimes makes me get off the thread by switching between the book and the dic. This one is made of simple words yet varied. This is all to the good to let myself being caught by the author's imagination in an original and engrossing tale which casts a world whose characters are so much different from what we are used to be shown. Not sure that after reading this book you would dream to be granted some of their gifts. Anyway I want to know what will happen to Dreidre and ordered the next volume just as I closed the first one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Australia on January 5, 2016
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Great story, really enjoyed reading, looking forward for more books to follow. I recommend this book for all to read.
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