It started with Viola, an omega disguising as her female alpha twin Iris, to go to work for the main Alpha H, Syon. The story itself was ridiculous, which I don't mind ridiculous, but then it went extra. I felt the author was trying to build the tension, just a little more, just a little more that it ended up dragging and seemed to need a good edit to shave some of that back. All the foreshadowing, all the little nuggets sprinkled throughout that I was supposed to gobble up to build the tension just felt tedious and some started getting repetitive. I almost DNFed at 25% because I was struggling to really get engaged with all the little characters that were being introduced and dangled in our faces, whose rolls in the story would be revealed at a later date. It came across as just a little pretentious. There was a point of long inner monologue where I realized over one whole page was still the same paragraph.
I feel like it was trying so hard to have the literary feel of Austin and Shakespeare with their sparkling dialogue and smart quips. You don't have to write in the style of those from that time period in a historical fiction, the colloquialisms and vernacular are just fine. I felt like this was trying to be the Jane Austin's version of an Omegaverse and it just fell too wordy and too flat. Look I grew up cutting my teeth on historical bodice rippers, and I also love Jane Austin.
Each book can be read as a standalone, but readers are encouraged to read them in order to avoid spoilers. It is set in an alternate history with omegaverse dynamics and a guaranteed HEA. The Hartwell Sisters Saga follows four sisters determined to overcome society's strictures and exceptions. ~~ Omega’s Gambit is a romantic comedy combining genres for a fresh take on the omegaverse set in the late 18th century. What begins as a simple exchange of votes for a bride becomes a dangerous game of illicit desire and temptation. When the duke's beautiful new secretary offers a unique solution to his problem, he accepts. But the omega widow refuses to meet any alphas. In another part of town, Syon, Duke of Orley, has chosen the widowed Countess of Kellingham as his future bride in a marriage of convenience. All she needs to do now is convince the reclusive Duke of Orley to support her cause. Viola refuses to let her dynamic stand in her way and makes the risky decision to masquerade as her alpha twin sister. However, as an omega she is prohibited from participating in politics. Miss Viola Hartwell has one mission: ensure the Omega Property Rights Act becomes law. ~~ It is a knotty problem, and it will take some slick moves to mate these two together. A perfectly melded remix of historical and omegaverse romance.
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