First Omega (River Wolf Pack, #1) By Rebecca James
This is my first book by this author and it wasn't bad at all. Hopefully there's another book after this one. 151 4.5 Stars I am self-confident enough to admit that I have a real problem with impulse buying. Of books, anyway. The instant I read the blurb for 'First Omega', and then peeked at the excerpt, I knew I had to have this. The thought of an alternate reality where a human-werewolf congress exists and there are varying degrees of understanding of each other's culture fascinated me to no end. Of course, the fact that all werewolves are a homosexual culture, capable of producing children with no females was another huge draw.
Josiah, at nineteen, has grown up listening to two very separate opinions about the weres. His uncle taught him that they weren't any different than humans, and were just as civilized and kind as many humans are. Most of the other people Josiah knows are convinced the weres are all bloodthirsty savages, one step away from being animals. This is why when River, the pack alpha of River Wolf Pack, finally agrees to allow a human representative to come to their compound for a month to learn about them, Josiah is the first to volunteer.
Josiah is quick to realize, however, that his whole life is about to change when he suddenly goes into heat, and River mates with him. Josiah is not a werewolf, nor an omega. He can't be. Can he? It would appear there's something Josiah's uncle never got around to telling him. Josiah is scared, though. He has grown up in the human world. Is he supposed to stay with River at the compound when every day that passes it feels more like home to him? What about his job to report back to the congress so they can start working on better understanding between the two species?
Josiah makes his decision to stay and fully mate with River. However, there are a few unruly factions within the pack who despise Josiah for being half-human, and one were who hates Josiah because River loves him. Josiah is going to have to learn to listen to his own wolf and trust his alpha in order to survive. Oh, and Josiah is also going to have to learn a thing or two about what it means to be an omega, and a pregnant one to boot. *grins*
I absolutely adored this book! What's not to like? It's got shifters, it's got male pregnancy, it's got a unique and interesting take on an alternate reality concept, and it's got knotting. Yep. I'm a very happy girl. The only thing that would make me happier is if the author decides to make this a series. Hint. Hint. 151 Spoiler Ahead This was a pretty good book and a new author too me. This was book one in the River Wolf Pack series. Josiah Kimbrel was sent as an ambassador of the human-werewolf congress to help with the relationship between human and weres so he thought. Josiah was shocked at what he found the werewolves lived normal lives likes human. River is the Alpha of the pack a pack were males had babies and where their were no females. Josiah came into heat not knowing what it was turns out he is half-human half-werewolf turns out his father was part of the pack and was kicked out for falling in love with a human female. This was a pretty good book the sex scenes were hot as hell. River wanted Josiah as his mate Josiah was a virgin when he took him. Josiah had a hard time with the whole thing and that caused some problems for him and River in the beginning. He also had some problems with some of the pack members accepting him because he was half human and wasn't ready to have a bonding ceremony. Someone was trying to kill Josiah and he was sure it was David the second in command. This book left off on a cliffhanger and it was more like the author just decided to stop writing. This book was well written with no errors in grammar or spelling. I am looking forward to reading the next book.
151 This book was provided by the author via IndiGo Marketing & Design in exchange for an honest review.
Josiah Kimbrel works for the human-werewolf Congress, who is working to gather information about werewolves. Werewolves and humans don’t have a very good relationship and there are some within each species who are trying to bridge the gap between the species. Josiah’s world is rocked when he discovers he is half-werewolf while at their compound, and their gorgeous pack leader, River, wants to claim him. Josiah is not happy about this discovery and takes some time to come to terms with it. He fits into their world nicely and is a perfect feisty counterpart to River.
I found this hard to put down. I loved the world building in this story. I really liked the structure of the pack between the alpha’s, beta’s, and omega’s. I thought the settings were described very well. The author does a wonderful job at drawing you into the packs dynamics as well as the strain between the weres and the humans. The characters have very good development and are likable. This is one of the better werewolf-shifter stories I’ve read, by far.
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Nothing can prepare Josiah Kimbrel for what he finds when he enters the compound of the River Wolf Pack. As an ambassador of the human-werewolf congress, Josiah is keen to build bridges between the two species. Josiah is surprised to see how ‘normal’ things look in the compound; the wolves, all of whom are gay, live in family units, complete with children, in houses built from local materials.
Then there’s River, the pack alpha. Josiah can't deny his attraction to the handsome, dominant wolf man. Josiah’s world is further turned upside down when he unexpectedly goes into heat. He doesn’t understand -- how can he be half-werewolf and an omega? River wants Josiah for his mate, but is Josiah prepared to leave everything he knows in the city and become first omega of a werewolf pack? First Omega (River Wolf Pack, #1)
That was a pretty dang good shifter fluff with mpreg plus bonus KNOTTING book if I do say so myself! The ending kinda sucked though. It was too abrupt. But! Shifters! Fluff! Mpreg! KNOTTING! WOO HOO! 151 Omega in heat and knotting!
This story oozes sex, but it also veers dangerously close to melodrama.
I wasn't all that interested in the politics between werewolves and humans. The many side stories and secondary characters were clearly set up for a series and proved distracting.
I found the ending to be abrupt and unsatisfying. I love shifter stories, and had the focus been more on River and Josiah, I would have given this book a higher rating. 151 4 hearts
I have a thing for omegas (or maybe it's just sluts?). Not to insult my lovely omegas, but when I read about that desperate horniness and all that rough fucking…. *shivers*, it does good things to me. Josiah is one desperate omega. It was hot. Like insanely hot!
The story was very intriguing. Josiah goes into the River Wolf Pack werewolf compound as a human ambassador. However, while he's there something strange happens, and he finds himself going into heat and being mated by River, the pack alpha. Josiah had no idea he was half-human half-werewolf so he has a lot to come to terms with, not just his identity but his newly found position as the pack alpha’s omega or ‘First Omega’.
This is all told from Josiah’s POV, and I really liked him and River. River is a fairly stereotypical alpha, all strong and stoic with a possessive and protective nature, but I liked it. I liked Josiah’s hesitations towards River after he found himself essentially mated without his consent (as he was dazed with his first heat). However not long after there seemed to be a switch that was flipped, and suddenly he was fully devoted to River and the pack. That development was a bit rushed, but not enough to deter from my enjoyment of the story.
The world created was quite interesting, definitely different to anything I’ve read in other shifter novels. The werewolves are a purely male homosexual society, and have a ongoing fear/hatred of humans due to the ongoing killings of so many of their species. Humans and werewolves know very little of each other as they tend to like to keep to themselves. However this just means the individuals they do come across are usually there to kill members of the opposing species.
I only have a couple of complaints about the story. Things tied up way too quickly and neatly with Josiah’s acceptance of the pack and a side story of an attempted murder. Also, there were just sooo many characters. Like SO many, which did get a bit overwhelming at times, especially when remembering who was mating with who. Unfortunately I think this problem will only get worse as the series continues.
So the story was a little bit silly, but mostly a lot hot and a lot sweet and pretty damn entertaining.
151 Werewolves & Humans - can they live in Harmony?
This is my first book by author Rebecca James - let me tell you, she writes some pretty steamy shifter romance. The MC in this story are Josiah Kimbrel (human) and River (Alpha of the River Pack). Josiah is working as an ambassador for the human-werewolf congress and has gone to The River Pack in order to gain knowledge about werewolf culture and their way of living. Josiah hopes with education, humans and werewolves will be able to find a Harmony and a way to co-exist without fear from each other. Josiah has always been interested in werewolves and feels drawn to them with a sense of duty to help bridge the gap between the two worlds.
River - he is a strong Alpha, Tall with long black hair, Romanesque facial figures, muscles for days and a sense of power to him that makes even humans want to roll over and show their belly. Yes, River is pure testosterone. River, has been a part of The River Pack since he was born son of the previous Alpha Thorne, however a River knows in order for werewolves and humans to exist in the same region they have to understand each other. River is all for allowing Josiah to come and live with the pack for a month so he can learn and report back to his fellow humans that the wolves do not wish to harm anyone.
When Josiah & River meet, Josiah is attracted to River and his dominance; however, it's also the dominance that has Josiah balking at some of the wolves customs. That is until Josiah starts feeling very strange, a red hue clouds his vision and other crazy things happen to his body - he is convinced he must have been poisoned by the wolves. What he doesn't realize is he is coming into his wolf - yes, Josiah is half human-half wolf and an Omega wolf at that. When Josiah's body puts out his mating call - River is right there to answer it!
Things change quickly for Josiah at that point as he has to come to terms with his entire life being turned upside down - not to mention he doesn't have a very patient mate. Watching these two do their mating dance was funny at times and eventually River has to use a little reverse psychology on Josiah to get the stubborn man to admit that he does want to submit to River. Once that hurdle is crossed there are more to come as some of The River Pack are stuck in their old ways with beliefs as to humans, even half human-wolf, people living amongst the pack.
I have to say this story does keep you entertained and the storyline is fun. I loved watching the cat and mouse between Josiah and River and then the fall out between the two as they learned to adjust to mated life. The sex is hot, like really hot. There are tons of characters for additional books to be written about, so all in all I think this is a great start to a new series.
4 stars ~
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Reviewed by Jaime from Alpha Book Club
151 I really liked the first part of this hot little mpreg story, with knotting (always a plus).
But just as I thought Josiah was right with all his suspicions about who all the bad guys in the pack were, everyone turned out to be good. That was so freaking weird. Talk about anticlimactic. It totally ruined the end for me. 151
