Reviewer's Rating:
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5.0Overall score
A nice wrap up for this series.
Loved By A.M. Arthur
Genre: Paranormal, Omegaverse, Non-shifter, Romance, GLBTQ, MM, MMM, Alternate Universe
Released: April 28, 2019
Publisher: Briggs-King Books
Series: Breaking Free, Book 8
Cover Design: Sloan J Designs
Kell Iverson Cross never imagined he’d find so much joy in his life, and he doesn’t take a single moment for granted. His tireless work championing omega rights have made him a bit of a celebrity across the territory, so when his brother Braun suggests Kell be the first omega to run for public office, Kell doesn’t say no right away. It’s a huge risk to their family, though, and Kell isn’t sure the political statement is worth it. It may be more change than the traditionalist citizens of Sansbury are ready for—especially the ones who’ve already painted a target on Kell’s back.
Demir Higgs is barely staying afloat with both university exams and the upcoming medical school entrance test. Add in spending time with his younger brothers, cultivating his relationship with his two boyfriends, and winning over a grieving ten-year-old? He’s exhausted in the best way, because Demir is happy, healthy and in love with two amazing men—men he isn’t always sure truly need him in their lives.
Brandt Lars’s greatest wish came true when his missing bondmate Oliver and their son Eriq came back into his life. Eriq is still grieving the death of his beloved uncle, and he’s standoffish with Demir. But their family is trying to come together—as well as come out to more of their friends as an alpha/omega/beta triad. But when Oliver’s traditionalist parents refuse to accept Demir and threaten to take Eriq away, Demir can’t help wondering if it’s time for him to back out of their relationship for good…
Settle in for the final full-length installment of the BREAKING FREE series, where an accidental secret, a possible surprise pregnancy, a blast from the past, and an unexpected kidnapping combine to shake up the lives of everyone Kell and Demir know and love. But they’ll survive these challenges and changes the same way they always do: as a united and loving family.
NOTE: This is a non-shifter Omegaverse story with alpha/omega/beta dynamics, heats, knotting, mpreg, and MMM pairings. In this world, omegas are second-class citizens, but they are working toward gaining more civil rights and protections under the law. Series warnings for mentions of past physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. This series is best read in numerical order.
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
A nice wrap up for this series.
I’ve been a huge fan of A.M. Arthur’s Breaking Free series from the very beginning and I’m sorry to see it end for this generation of characters. (She has stories planned for the offspring of the couples from the Breaking Free series.) You really do need to read the books in publication order to get the most out of them.
Loved has a lot going on in it and a lot of character names to keep straight. There’s been enough time between books that I admit I had just a bit of trouble keeping everyone straight. But it didn’t really matter if I couldn’t keep all of the kids straight because the adult main characters were really the focus of the story and I had no trouble at all keeping track of them.
The first half of the book is about catching up with everyone and learning where they are in their lives. While I enjoyed reading that, it was the second half of the book where the nail-biting action came in. If you read the blurb you already know that there is a kidnapping in the story, but OMG it was difficult to read at times even though I knew that there would be an HEA.
I was nearly sobbing at times because this story had my emotions all tied up and I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see how it all turned out. There are some really amazing characters in this book and in the whole series. There was just so much love flowing everywhere in this story that it made up for the tense kidnapping situation.
Reading Loved was a wild ride, one I would gladly take all over again. I am eagerly looking forward to the books that A.M. has planned for the next generation in her Omegaverse world.
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O Factor: Scorcher
A.M. Arthur was born and raised in the same kind of small town that she likes to write about, a stone’s throw from both beach resorts and generational farmland. She’s been creating stories in her head since she was a child and scribbling them down nearly as long, in a losing battle to make the fictional voices stop. She credits an early fascination with male friendships (bromance hadn’t been coined yet back then) with her later discovery of and subsequent love affair with m/m romance stories. A.M. Arthur’s work is available from Carina Press, Dreamspinner Press, SMP Swerve, and Briggs-King Books.
When not exorcising the voices in her head, she toils away in a retail job that tests her patience and gives her lots of story fodder. She can also be found in her kitchen, pretending she’s an amateur chef and trying to not poison herself or others with her cuisine experiments.
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