Austin Bates

So, this is basically a Romeo and Juliet story, except instead of Juliette, we have Julius.

In this world, mpreg is a very rare thing, almost an urban legend, so when it does happen, everyone is surprised.

Colton and Aiden come from warring families, but they have both been attracted to each other for years. They figure just one night will get them out of each other's system, but it doesn't really happen that way. A surprise pregnancy is what really happens.

There are no real clearly defined show more alphas and omegas in this book, but I expect that will change as the series progresses, but we'll have to see.

This wasn't the best Austen Bates I've read, but it wasn't bad. show less

This is a first time gay book in the Omegaverse. The interesting twist on this one is that it's usually the Omegas who are the experienced gay person in the relationship and the Alpha is the new one, but in this book, the reverse holds true. And the words Alpha and Omega don't really show up in the book, so it may not truly be an Omegaverse, but it is definitely a mpreg book.

Justin had a very bad war. He saw people that he cared deeply for die and lived through so many terrible things. Now show more that he's home, he just doesn't care anymore. He works as a kneebreaker and repo man, and he hates it, but he's good at it so he just does it. One night, a blizzard is about to hit, and he goes to the grocery store to buy some beer. However, there is a beautiful young man there who had his hands on the last case of his favorite beer. Justin let the guy have it and left, only to see the young man trying to walk through the cold and the beginnings of the blizzard. Justin decided that he'd pick him up and take him home. Then he will go home and kill himself.

Tyler is a lovely geekboy. He works at a game store, DMs games, and then goes home to his little apartment that is covered in all kinds of toys, games, and geek paraphernalia, including Star Wars sheets. He's always thought that he was straight, until he ran into a huge and gorgeous man at the grocery store who ended up taking him home from the grocery store when the weather turned horrible. Tyler knew that he would never see Justin again, right until Justin rushes into the game store where Tyler works and punches out one of the guys playing a game in the back.

I love Tyler and Justin together. There is a lot that goes on in this book, and some of it is truly heart-breaking. Justin does have serious PTSD and really just doesn't give a flying fig about anything. Tyler gets Justin to start taking care of himself and to do what he needs to do in order to get better.

One of the things that I love about this book is that it doesn't make Justin getting better seem like it happens overnight. You get the sense of time and you see some of the information about how much work it takes to get better. Justin has to train himself out of old habits and into new ones, which can be really hard to do. They truly are a beautiful couple together. show less

I liked this one pretty well. Martin and Lance together have a lot of chemistry, and Dottie and Spot are just so sweet.

I understand why Martin gets really mad at Lance, I would too. However, I also understand the hard spot that Lance was put in.

All in all, enjoyable.

This is the story of 5 guys who went to college together and were in the same frat. Well, 6, if you count Nikolai. Well, 6.5 if you count Jay, who at least knew some a couple of the guys.

Anyway, most of the guys are alphas, except for Cody, who is an omega, but who has worked really hard to get to where he is, as the leader of a special forces team. One which Nikolai decides he needs to haunt, because he needs to take care of his omega, even if Cody doesn't think that he's Nikolai's omega. show more Can you tell who my favorite is?

Anyway, it's nice to have all 5 stories together in one place. You get everything from a 2nd chance love to fake boyfriend, and everything in between. Each story works very well for each couple. For example. Luke and Jay's story has a lot of internal drama, while Cody and Nikolai end up with a lot of shoot'em up drama. It wouldn't have worked well the other way around because those characters just wouldn't fit those stories.

I loved having all 5 books back to back so that I could just speed through them. show less