Review: Lola & the Millionaires: Part One by Kathryn Moon
SYNOPSIS:
Lola Barnes only wants one thing, to get her life under control. No more chasing alphas who abuse and toss away betas like her. No more hiding in her cousin’s apartment licking wounds that won’t heal. Armed with her dream job and her less than dreamy apartment, Lola is ready to start a new chapter of her life without alphas. But that’s easier said than done when one stumbling incident after another leads Lola closer to an alluring pack of captivating men.
These alphas are everything Lola dreamed of, but they already have an omega—a playful male model who won’t stop flirting with her. And Lola is only a beta, one who comes with deep scars and an unshakeable aversion to alphas and their powerful presences. If only she could resist their perfect beta, Leo, whose patience and determination to see her heal breaks down one wall after another.
When the alpha who all but destroyed Lola tries to start a game of cat and mouse that’s all claws, the safest place for Lola may be the one she’s most terrified of, in the arms of an alpha pack.
REVIEW:
As my first official wade into the world of reverse harem…I have to say, I kinda liked this story. The more I reflect on it, the more I enjoyed it. The book was delightfully complex with excellent pacing and unexpected deep emotional connections that left me reeling.
As an avid reader of omegaverse mangas, I was extremely excited to see that Kathryn Moon put her own unique spin on this world. The book had so much more depth then I was anticipating. This was Lola’s journey to self-forgiveness and self-acceptance. The story is told mostly through Lola’s perspective and we see glimpses of her traumatic past that has turned her into a shell of a woman and an insecure beta.
But a few chance encounters lead her to lots of life changes. After a year of hiding, Lola finds herself in her new dream job and navigating office politics while also feeling an undercurrent of anxiety over her past that isn’t completely closed. And while she does have moments where she thrives, she is also able to be weak and vulnerable. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows for Lola but it was masterfully balanced with giggle-worthy, playfulness.
And I know when I started this book I thought it was going to be a sloppy mess, especially because Leo quickly turned into Leo and five others. But Katheryn Moon does an amazing job of making each man stand out. Leo, Rake, Matthieu, Cyrus, Caleb, and Wes are captivating characters with unique personalities, quirks, and their own charms. But what I loved about these men was their deep connection to each other. These men were already deeply bonded, further then friendship, some platonic and some sexual but always as a team.
And by adding Lola into their pack, their bonds just seem to deepen. She isn’t so much as an addition, but a missing piece they didn’t know was missing. Now don’t get me wrong, the story had plenty of steam, but it never felt rushed or out of place. And each moment of intimacy served a purpose, further developing the budding relationships established in this book. This story was just *chef’s kiss*.
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