Review: Baby & the Late Night Howlers by Kathryn Moon
SYNOPSIS:
Baby’s heat is coming…
After years of assuming she was a beta, discovering her omega designation in a biker bar surrounded by alphas isn’t exactly fulfilling any fantasies for Baby. She only wanted to get laid, not get knotted, bitten, and bonded. Now Baby’s entire life is about to turn upside down.
With the sexual frenzy of her heat on its way, she needs to find a pack, a nest, and alphas she can trust.
The Late Night Howlers have given up hope…
After years of waiting for an omega to choose them, this motorcycle club of alphas is ready to move on with their lives. Until one sweet woman takes a chance on them.
A rundown bar and apartment building is no place to spoil a new omega but the Howlers are determined to do right by Baby when she needs them. All they have to do is keep her satisfied while resisting the mouthwatering temptation to bite and bond her, permanently.
When a rival MC comes sniffing after Baby, her safety is put at risk and the Howlers may be torn apart forever.
REVIEW:
Confession time…I didn’t like this book. I finished the story but man it was rough to get through. I actually started this series with Lola’s story, which I enjoyed for the most part. But Baby’s story was lacking to say the least.
Baby is a hot mess. When the story initially starts, I really liked Baby’s inner monologue. Full of sass and snark, she seemed pretty head strong. Yet as Baby grows into her omega status and experiences her first heat, her voice is lost in a haze of lust. And that is pretty much how the story progresses. Baby is so driven by her omega state that she fizzles for me. And as the story drew to a conclusion, I felt like I knew literally nothing about Baby other than that she was a beta and is now an omega…that was my take away after 400+ pages.
While I love a steamy read, the plot line was taking a back seat to all the sex that was happening. Which is unfortunate because this resulted in the story lacking any real depth. I mean there were love confessions after a round of hot sex and maybe one conversation where an alpha talked about his job. There was a real lack of connection for me between Baby and her alphas. There was no substance to their relationships and love. The whole thing just fell flat for me.
I really loved the tight-knit pack mentality of Lola’s story and Baby’s pack is the complete opposite of that. These men didn’t feel like a close, tight family. They all just felt like a group who had a common interest in bikes and came together. They lacked a kinship and family feel, in fact they didn’t really feel like a united front at all. There were 12 alphas (I think) and each had a biker name and a real name…and I am still confused as to whose who. It was just a lot and the execution was not done well. The names were all used interchangeably and I felt like I need to take notes just to figure out which named belonged to which man and who he was.
After about 60-some percent into the story, the plot starts again but at this point its a little too late for me. There was the lack of family feels, the endless smut…I mean I think the majority of the story was spent in the nest, and just a lack of a story line for me. I was bored, the smut starts off good but at some point there needs to be something more to the story other than Baby jumping into the sack with another alpha. By 80-some percent I was over it.
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