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A review by magnafeana
Tame Me by Sirena Song

adventurous tense fast-paced

3.75

  •   Found On: KU 
  •  Available On: KU 
  •  Audio: N 
  •  Genre(s): why choose (polym MMFMMM), contemporary romance, erotic romance, non-shifter omegaverse romance 
  •  Demographic: NA 
  •  Page Count: 462 
  •  Tropes: camgirl FMC, minor hurt/comfort, courting of convenience, BDSM (lite) 
  •  POV: multiple 
  •  Reproduction: 
    N
     
  •  Third Act Conflict:
    External
     
  •  Intimacy: sexual w/penetration (graphic – plentiful), sensual (major), emotional (moderate) 
  •  Standalone: Y 
  •  Connected to Other Works: Y 
  •  Other Notes:
    history of abuse, medical malpractice, brief OMD, anal sex, knotting, nesting, purring, slick, masturbation, spanking, overenthusiastic bestie (she’s not physically with the FMC), menages
     
  •  Personal Rating: 3.75 ⭐️|4  ♨️| 2 🌶 
 
CHARACTERS 
 
Madison. Camgirl. History of parentification  (on herself) and early maturity to survive. Sophisticated brat. Confident. Competent. Sassy without needing to say she’s sassy. Empathetic and sympathetic. A woman with masks. 4.5 ⭐️ 
 
Luca. “Puppy”. Protective. Bodyguard. Outsider now wanting in. Caring. 4 ⭐️ 
 
Nicholas. Can’t remember much about him, honestly. 2 ⭐️ 
 
Avery. Homemaker. Submissive. Nutritionist. Artist. Secretary. 3.5 ⭐️ 
 
Vincent. Child of unsavory circumstances. Honors his mother. Dom. Quiet but kind. 3.5 ⭐️ 
 
Alex. Prime Alpha. Needs to maintain control. Clinical. 4 ⭐️ 
 
SUMMARY 

In this omegaverse, money is everything—to Madison, that is. As an omega who had a hard knock life and a dreamer omega mom, Madison has made it clear she can depend on her, herself, and she through camgirl work and being a woman who hides behind infinite masks rather than love and scents. 
 
And that makes her the perfect match for  the Kings Pack. 
 
Founded and bonded through the trauma LanCo has brought upon them,  the Kings Pack is done trying to get to the bottom of things with  LanCorp through the owner’s omega daughter and set their sights on Madison beefing up their social status—and being the glue that holds this fraying pack together. 
 
In their teasing and tete-a-tetes, Madison and the  King Pack will learn that money and revenge aren’t all that life has to offer. Maybe, at the end of their three-month contract, Madison can stay and be the omega this pack needs. But when Lancaster goes for the jugular, Madison has a choice to make: security for the pack by staying away, or giving into the one thing she’d never consider—“love”. 

 
Wow. 
 
What – a book. 
 
And what a book that I’m confused why a second book was needed. 
 
OVERALL POSITIVES ✅ 
 
+ Madison being a confident, feminine “it” girl. Love that for her. Loved her confidence. 
+ Loved the dynamics Madison had with each pack member. 
+ Loved the sex worker rep! 
+ The initial first third of the book was GREAT and rife with ~tension~ 
+ Lack of shyness and embarrassment with Madison being sexualized. LOVE that 
 
OVERALL POSITIVES ❌ 
 
— Didn’t like how she didn’t resist and her “techniques” to be chased out was…getting closer to them. M’kay. 
— Wasn’t a fan of some of the “girlie” and “girlie-pop”. I don’t know. I more expected a black FMC at that point, being a black woman myself. I ended up ignoring all the descriptions and decided Madison was a black FMC with white-blonde passion twists so 
— Too many MMCs. Nic and Luca could’ve merged, relationship or not. It felt like Nic only existed for the relationship he had with Luca and not much else. Avery was just a glorified secretary/butler to the pack. He was more a gay bestie than an actual member of the pack. 
— Poly relationships that were just…there. Avery and Vincent’s relationship was all hyped up to be “what if she accepts us”, but nothing about that really happened. They never made a reveal. They were there. No one said a word. Nobody moved. 
— No relationship struggles. Everything was easy—too easy. Madison just “knew” and, I get it, she maintains a lot of masks, but  I guess I wanted to actually see how different their intimacy needs and wants were and fall in love with them making it work between them. 
— Another day, another “brat”, “BDSM” warning that really does nothing since no one knows what “bratting”  🥴 
— Sadie had a character assassination, but I also never read her book and never want to. She’s just another FMC who seems like she’ll turn the other cheek at violence because “I’ve never personally experienced it, so why should I care?”. Yeah, nah, not a girls’ girl, not a girlie-pop, none of that ish. 
 
WHAT WOULD HAVE INCREASED MY RATING: 
 
More tension, more bratting, more sexual tension, less “easiness”, less “sex”. 
 
I enjoy Madison being a more sophisticated brat, but I would’ve abstained from her pranks personally, at least until book two. I would’ve had her be a bit more clinical behind doors and give itty-bitty pieces of herself to each MMC. Maybe she gives in, but then something reminds her not to, and the pack is slowly losing their minds. She’s still confident and playful and disobedient, but she keeps a polite distance for a good portion of the book. I’d love to see more sexual and ssensual tension as well, rather than actual sexual acts. The book’s strong suit to ME was the tension and not the act  itself. 
 
Third Act Breakup 
 
I know. I hate this. But I kinda wanted it so something happened. End of the three months, the bomb drop of Madison being a camgirl, Madison being overwhelmed, Madison reverts back Candy Mode, and the pack knows she needs to go. She gets her money, and she’s clinical about it. Maybe she secures her mother and her in a better flat or something. Maybe something makes her independently team up with Sadie, who might think the Kings Pack hurt her, but Madison disagrees and lays into Sadie for being an omega who turns her back on other omegas. Sadie gets the stick out of her butt and realizes Madison’s right, and she decides she needs to help or she’d be no better than an accomplice to her father’s crimes. The King Pack gets involved, naturally, but Madison isn’t going back to them. LanCorp is defeated. Sadie is the one, however, who gives Madison the courage and even takes some sense into the King  Pack. 
 
The end. 
 
Consolidate the Pack or make them more defined 
 
Again, Nic was just there. Avery was a glorified butler. All Vincent had was the trauma with his mother. Demonstrate more personality and dynamics or consolidate. 
 
Show more, less tell 
 
So Madison is an active member of the community and society now? Show it! Don’t montage it! I’d love to see Madison around a variety of omegas, learning their stories, and, in turn, she learns more about herself too. I wanted to see more intellectual and emotional intimacy between her and the MMCs outside of them being in the house. 
 
OVERALL 
 
A good read and one I’ll probably reread for the tension. I’m disappointed erotica took the lead over romanticism, and Madison’s confident and sophisticated bratting was dialed into a girl in love. I wanted to see more of her being icy and masked rather than just slotting herself in, especially considered her mottos on financial security over romantic security.