Review: Pit Stop by Cora Rose
SYNOPSIS:
The summer before my senior year of college was supposed to be lose my virginity, avoid all unnecessary drama, and keep my mind focused on my future career far away from this small town.
Easy enough.
Too bad my newly emerged omega instincts have other plans and my first heat cycle hits me like a freight train with no brakes and zero respect for timing.
What was supposed to be a one-time, anonymous hookup behind a glory hole has turned into a slick mess of heat haze, bad decisions, and way too much cuddling. Because the cocky, dirty-talking alpha on the other side of the wall? Yeah, that turns out to be Maverick—my brother’s best friend and the last person on Earth I should be moaning for.
And when the heat pheromones finally subside, will Maverick want to pretend it never happened, the way any sane person would after crossing the line with their best friend’s nerdy little brother? Or will he try to stake his alpha claim on me and ruin my future plans?
Either way, I’m in big trouble.
And possibly in heat again…
REVIEW:
*Book Received in Exchange for Honest Opinion/Review*
I enjoyed this read but I didn’t love it. It’s Cora Rose’s first venture into omegaverse and it was a good foundation for a series, which is what I anticipate happening. After all, Skye has a bunch of un-mated alpha brothers who all need happily ever afters.
So I liked Skye and Mav, they work well together. Mav with his hidden feelings, how they ended up in bed together, and how they work things out. But I needed more substance from them. While the sex and heat scenes were sizzling, Mav and Skye fell flat as characters. I wanted to know more about them and we didn’t really even learn anything about Mav until well after 60% of the story. It just didn’t do him justice. He deserved more as a character. Skye was the same way, we know he is smart and in school but he lacks any depth past that.
The story needed a better balance between steamy heats and budding relationships. Insta-love or insta-feelings in this case is fine but Skye and Mav’s constant miscommunications and lack of communications, coupled with lots of sex and little development to foster true feelings left me wanting more. I am intrigued by a lot of the secondary characters, so here is to crossing my fingers that his improves as we go.
LINKS:
