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Forbidden: Part One by Emilia Emerson

8 reviews

lokeylez's review against another edition

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i realized that this book has a second part and then also a sequel and although the book is good and i enjoyed reading it, i couldn’t find it in myself to be excited to read all of them. all together it’s about 1,600 pages.

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readingwiththeroberts's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 This book exceeded my expectations! I was in the mood for a werewolf/omegaverse book and this book delivered. I loved these four together and I thought Josie's men were so sweet and understanding throughout the entire book. Josie has been through so much in her life that even though she is dropped into any woman's dream, she can't really appreciate it. And throughout the book we learn more and more what she went through and that even her men went through some terrible things.

I can see why some people didn't like this book. I feel like you have to be in the mood for this book to really enjoy it. I mean if you read an omegaverse book then there are just certain cheesy things that come with it. One thing that really bothered me was the amount of apologizing for things that wasn't the person's fault and how insecure Josie was throughout the entire book. At some points her insecurity just got to be a little too much for me.

What to expect:
~ Plus size FMC
~ 3 hot cinnamon roll boyfriends
~ Protective alphahole boyfriend
~ British accent
~ A man who reads romance books
~ A man who knits blankets for his girl 

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bookmarkedtbr's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Summary
Josie has been through things most people can't even imagine and she's given up hope of being able to find a pack with love. Cam, Ben, and Theo have given up finding an omega for their pack in part due to how horrible omegas are treated by society. When they're paired together by the resistance, they both may have found what they're looking for.

Thoughts
The best omegaverse I've read in a while in terms of overall storytelling. This book was very dark, but there's something about the writing and the characters that kept me hooked. I adored the way the guys always put Josie's feelings ahead of their own and they spent as much time as needed to make her feel secure. The overarching plot about the government and the resistance's fight against it was very detailed and seamlessly integrated. What a crazy cliffhanger though.

FMM, omegaverse, Why Choose?, explicit, plus size heroine, trauma, nesting, knotting, cliffhanger

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aelin_morgenstern's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75


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abookwormspov's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0


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restyourbones's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced

3.75

Ben 💙

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whichdirection's review against another edition

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medium-paced

2.5

I’m all for mental health discussions/struggles in books but the author’s word choices surrounding her body issues made me v uncomfortable; I also feel like their backstories came out in big trauma dumps rather than naturally revealing.
The beginning called this book cozy and I definitely do not agree with that. I was stressing from beginning to end.

This is all sort of just thinly veiled allegory for the current american political climate…
I wasn’t gonna read the second one and I haven’t decided if I am, but the (very predictable) ending stressed me out so fuckin much I might need to

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mightymaite's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0


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