Reviews

The Scent of Us: Part One by Eliana Lee

Only show reviews with written explanations

honeymoosh's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed this. The early chapters were a bit rough. Poor Juno went through a lot I was so happy when she finally got away. TW there was no outright abuse on page but heavily described and hinted at.

The guys are so great. Right now Everett is my favorite but I love them all.

mars1997's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.5

It was a super entertaining read! Nothing really happens apart from the beginning but I had fun! It reads like a short fanfic or a long oneshot, and I don't mean that in any negative way. I read it in one sitting so you cam imagine. I do feel like there were so many of them that the relationships didn't evolve at the same pace, like julian or ari, they are just plot devices in this book. I hope I get to know them more in the next books!

haithar's review

Go to review page

emotional medium-paced

Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

Ahhhhhh!! The audiobook is amazing. Full of Aussie goodness in my ears and the narrators have done beautiful work of depicting all the different characters.

temporaryspell's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional hopeful slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

book_slut4smut's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

emkay13's review against another edition

Go to review page

inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Enjoyable short read. Heavy smut.

romancingthereader's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I was excited going into this one, but I won’t be finishing the duet.

📕 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The Scent of Us by Eliana Lee

📙 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: The Bond Dissolution Omegaverse. Book 1.

📗 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀: E-book on Kindle. 🆓 on KU.

📘 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗲: Omegaverse romance

📔 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Fated mates, scent matching, knotting, angst fest.

📖 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: Juno has her bond to her abusive alphas broken, and spends the years after her escape alone. When she finds her scent match - and a pack of her own - she’s hesitant to form attachments.

🌟 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: I read Eliana Lee’s A Pack for Winter and really enjoyed it, and with all the hype around this duet I thought I’d pick it up. It just really wasn’t my thing.

Juno has six in her pack, and the way the story jumped around from coupling to coupling was confusing and didn’t let me form feelings for anyone. It was only 300 pages long, and by the end of part one I was spent. I almost always love omegaverse, and definitely rarely don’t finish a DNF, but I have no attachments here and won’t continue.

I think writers get better as they hone their craft, so I’m definitely eyeing sticking to Eliana Lee’s newer releases.

𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 3/5 ⭐⭐⭐

𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 3.5/5 🌶🌶🌶

jen_actually's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

fatedbookreviews's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

Thank you, Eliana, for the ALC.

The Scent of Us was a dive into the dark and twisted world of Omegaverse, showing us the resilience a lot of omegas must face due to alpha dude-bros who honestly remind me a lot of our current administration in a lot of ways.

I loved the storyline and how they all found their HEA. It felt authentic and hit all of my OV boxes.

As for the narrators, for the most part, I did enjoy them. There were a couple of scenes that sort of fell flat for me audio-wise, but I probably would've eaten up had I physically read the book. overall, it was a solid audiobook. 4.5 stars

facchinibeatrice's review against another edition

Go to review page

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-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

4.0

this was cute and entertaining, nothing really happened except for the beginning and the ending but it was still interesting

More...