New Release Review: Claimed by AM Arthur

Reviewer's Rating: 5

5.0Overall score

Claimed By AM Arthur

Genre: Paranormal, Omegaverse, Non-shifter, Romance, Alternate Universe

Released: November 15, 2018

Publisher: Briggs-King Books

Series: Breaking Free, Book 7

Synopsis

University student Demir Higgs is on the fast-track to graduate with honors and dive straight into medical school. His career plan leaves little time for dating, so after he catches his casual boyfriend cheating, Demir attends an anonymous sex party, determined to finally lose his virginity. He chooses an older alpha in a red mask and the man takes Demir apart piece by glorious piece, worshiping his body in ways Demir never imagined. Too bad he’ll never see the man again.

After his bondmate disappeared eleven years ago, Senior Constable Brandt Lars fell into his work and avoided dating, disinterested in relationships. Not until the boy in the blue mask. Introducing the young beta to the wonders of sex was Brandt’s absolute pleasure, and he can’t stop thinking about him—until Brandt comes face to face with Blue in the form of Demir Higgs, the middle son of a work colleague. Demir is equally drawn to Brandt and their chemistry is through the roof. The age difference is an issue, but their attraction is real, and stolen moments turn into a secret relationship they both enjoy…but something is still missing.

Years ago, Oliver Strand lost all his memories in a horrible car wreck that left his face scarred and his sense of smell obliterated. But he built a new life for himself and his son, and now he’s visiting Sansbury Province as a guest speaker at a territory-wide anti-sex-trafficking conference. What he does not expect to find at the conference is an alpha he doesn’t know, but who insists Oliver is his missing mate Ollie Lars, who disappeared the same week as Oliver’s accident.

Brandt is overjoyed to discover his bondmate is alive, despite Oliver having no memory of his old life in Sansbury, and he’s determined to keep both mate and son in his life. But he’s also in love with Demir and doesn’t want to lose him. Demir is ready to be the bigger person and step aside so the Lars family can be together again—until Demir realizes he and Oliver have unique chemistry of their own. And they’ve also both been claimed by the same alpha.

Can a grumpy alpha in love with two men, an omega with no memory of his mate, and a beta determined to chart his own course find a way to navigate the complicated waters of a poly relationship? Or will all three men end up stranded alone with broken hearts?

NOTE: This is a non-shifter, M/M/M Omegaverse story with alpha/omega/beta dynamics, heats, knotting, and mpreg. In this world, omegas are second-class citizens, but they are working toward gaining more civil rights and protections under the law. Series warnings for mentions of past physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. Additional warnings for extremely kinky sex, including dirty talk, light spanking, biting, edging, roughhousing, come-swapping, and threesomes. This series is best read in numerical order.

Review

Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003

Fantastic alpha, omega, beta menage story.

I’ve been a huge fan of A.M. Arthur’s Breaking Free series right from the very beginning. In some ways it’s hard to believe that the series is just a bit over one year old and in others it seems like it’s been around much longer.

The author advises that you need to read this series in order and I agree for the most part. However, I think that Claimed could be read as a standalone. I know readers are sometimes reluctant to start a series that already has so many books and that they are also reluctant to jump in in the middle of one – OK, I can’t really speak for all readers but these things do apply to me. I’m also the type that always tries to read a series in order. Now having said all of that, I still think that Claimed stands alone fairly well. Characters from the other books do appear in this story but you don’t really need to know their backstories before reading it. I can almost guarantee however, that you will want to read the other books if you do start with this one.

There is a long and detailed blurb for the book so I’m not going to repeat it here. The heat level in this book almost melted my tablet and the kink factor is fairly high for an A.M. Arthur story and I loved it. Demir is a young beta and the way he falls for a much older alpha, Brandt, got to me in every way. I laughed at the antics of the kids and cried for all of the hurt that the MCs (main characters) endured.

The feelings of love between Demir and Brandt seemed to jump off of the pages. When Brandt’s long missing mate, Oliver, is found it throws a wrench into the relationship these two have been forming. Much to their surprise, though, Oliver wants and needs to include Demir in his relationship with Brandt.

I can’t say enough good things about this book. Once again, A.M. Arthur has crafted a story with a high heat level, intrigue, mystery and so much love and tenderness among all of the featured characters. I hope she continues to write books in this world.

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O Factor: Scorcher

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About Author

AM Arthur

A.M. Arthur was born and raised in the same kind of small town that she likes to write about, a stone’s throw from both beach resorts and generational farmland. She’s been creating stories in her head since she was a child and scribbling them down nearly as long, in a losing battle to make the fictional voices stop. She credits an early fascination with male friendships (bromance hadn’t been coined yet back then) with her later discovery of and subsequent love affair with m/m romance stories. A.M. Arthur’s work is available from Carina Press, Dreamspinner Press, SMP Swerve, and Briggs-King Books.

When not exorcising the voices in her head, she toils away in a retail job that tests her patience and gives her lots of story fodder. She can also be found in her kitchen, pretending she’s an amateur chef and trying to not poison herself or others with her cuisine experiments.

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