Rating: 3.5 stars

I was drawn to this because of the cinnamon roll alphas who were protective and obsessive but at the core of it all just wanted to love their omega. Josie is a survivor of a ton of abuse both mentally and physically. She is a product of the rhetoric that omegas are property and to be owned, not cherished. The meet-cute (sort of) where Theo finds her in a Trader Joe's before she faints had me swooning because he was so caring towards her. Josie ends up meeting Cam and Ben along with seeing Theo again when she has pack interviews. She is wary, clearly, but she falls pretty easily into them. Josie is extremely insecure with her own body and the guys do their best to walk that line by supporting her and giving her the space to come to terms with her own self. I find that they are pretty supportive of her but when they disagree she so easily becomes afraid that they will ditch her because she had an opposing opinion. I was with this book until there was a setback to around 60% in? I wasn't sure how much if at all, Josie would grow. Sure, the timeline is really short and the guys are super caring and nurturing but they were fumbling over themselves to make sure that Josie was okay. I think Josie changed at the end but the cliffhanger makes me think we are gonna have a major setback.

Spice level wise there were some great one-on-one moments that helped define each of the guys. I find that this doesn't happen often in omegaverse books so it was a nice change of pace. There is one group scene towards the end and there was talk of bonding with each other. Josie's hesitancy is understandable but sometimes felt really frustrating which I guess is the point because of how much it holds her back.