Once, I knew what my future was going to be like. I was bound to mate an Alpha chosen by my father, to be his Omega and have his pups. But I changed that future when I dared to fight off my would-be mate. When I killed him and became a rogue wolf. There’s only one place left for me now – Rogue Wolves Prison. The penitentiary built for the most vicious, unrepentant werewolves alive. It’s not a place where I can expect to survive sane, let alone find love and a soulmate. But all my expectations, hopes and fears are torn apart the moment I meet Killian Wolfsbane.
He’s fierce, destructive, stronger than any werewolf I’ve seen. He’s the leader of The Killers, the gang that holds almost as much power over the prison as the Warden. He looks at me with yearning and protects me, but can’t seem to bear my presence. I can see myself in his grief. It’s foolish to pursue the attraction between us. It’s foolish to hope. It’s foolish to expect salvation. But maybe it’s not foolish to believe in him. Rogue Wolves Prison might be hellish, but there might be a future for me here.
Warnings: Sexual assault, Depictions of misogyny
Category: M/F
Rogue Wolves Prison is an erotic werewolf omegaverse novel that is as cheesy as it is fun and sexy. If you’re looking for something short, sweet and steamy this is a pretty satisfying read, complete with a whirlwind romance, primal attraction, and over the top drama.
WRITING
This is a really fast paced soap opera extravaganza of cheesy tropes. Told in alternative first-person POV between Angela and Killian, the story follows these two inmates in a maximum security werewolf prison. Angela has been falsely accused of the murder of her fiance after an incident in which he tried to force himself on her, and Killian has been framed by his power hungry brother. Within the prison the two meet, Angela a feisty omega not afraid to stand up for herself and Killian a take-charge Alpha itching to bust out of prison. The drama is a tad over the top for sure, its all very silly and follows soap opera beats, but its a very fun kind of over the top and was refreshing to me as it didn’t follow all of the usual romance beats, like the third act breakup.
EMOTIONAL ENGAGEMENT
I found both Angela and Killian to be engaging characters. The book is too short to really delve too deeply into character development but I really believed their chemistry and relationship progression. They are both pretty firmly archetypes but they’re done pretty well- Killian never comes off as too much of an asshole despite being the agressive alpha archetype and subsequently Angela never falls into the obnoxiously bratty and in your face category of takes-no-shit romance leading ladies. All in all, this isn’t a particularly emotionally complicated story nor does it have complicated characters, but the characters were quite enjoyable for what they are and are intended to be.
WORLDBUILDING
Werewolves are a pretty common romance novel trope- and add in the layer of omegaverse (which to be clear, is not the same thing as werewolves), you get a kind of hodge-podge of ideas all tumbling around in this book’s worldbuilding. It’s not bad, and the authors did a good job of weaving it together well enough that it isn’t confusing or info-dumpy. It is pretty generic though, and straight omegaverse does always feel a little lacking comparatively to queer omegaverse just by virtue of it not really genderbending anything. Straight omegaverse always just comes off as “straight but like- MORE straight than straight!” which is fine if that’s what you’re into but in a genre that is primarily about exploring gender in new ways, it’s a bit flat. That’s not really a problem with this book in particular though, and adding in the werewolf culture and politics does a lot to give it some added complexities.
STEAMINESS
This book really shines in the sex scenes, which is really what it is meant to shine in. It’s pretty vanilla for my own tastes, but if you’re into primal stuff this is a pretty damn well written example. The sex scenes are hot and emotional and raw, and I really thought they were quite fun to read. There’s also some sexual peril here as well, as Killian’s brother comes into the picture, providing both some darker flair as well as an opportunity for Killian to be a gallant protector/rescuer figure. If you like this sort of thing you can’t go wrong here, this book is good at what it sets out to do.
Altogether a silly but fun read. It’s a good time even when its at its silliest or its darkest. I hardly think anyone would be disappointed in this read.
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