'I Think Knot' by Sinclair Kelly is an emotionally intense Omegaverse novel that follows Bexley, an independent Omega who becomes a social media influencer promoting self-acceptance and individuality. The plot revolves around Bexley's interactions with a group of Alphas and a Beta from RideAnAlpha, who initially clash with her online but end up forming unique relationships in person. The story is told in multiple points of view, providing insights into each character's emotions and past experiences. The writing style is described as beautifully written, with a focus on character development and building strong relationships amidst challenges such as stalkers and jealous exes.
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Sensitive Topics/Content Warnings
Content warnings include themes of stalking, jealousy, and elements of emotional trauma.
Has Romance?
There is a strong presence of romance throughout the book, with multiple romantic relationships developed.
From The Publisher:
No. Nope. Knot going to happen.
I may be an omega, but I've got dreams and goals of my own, and none of them include shacking up with a pack of raging alphas just because biology says I have to. Sure, that time will come and I'll welcome it with open arms, but for now, I'm doing me.
I've managed to make a name for myself on the PackChat App, unintentionally starting a movement that has earned me millions of followers, along with plenty of enemies. Namely, a rival group known as RideAnAlpha. They drive me crazy with their constant lewd and rude comments, and, admittedly, their thirst traps showing off their hot bodies and abs for days. What? I'm in self-isolation, not dead, after all. They're the bane of my existence, but I'm a pro at being oblivious.
As my birthday looms, my bestie convinces me to attend a major influencer conference where my rivals and I are keynote speakers. I'm determined to prove the real Bexley Carter is not the evil omega they portray me as. I'll get in, get out, and stay just long enough to figuratively give them the finger...or maybe literally, time will tell. No thoughts of claiming or bonds or heats since, you know, they hate me and all. I should be safe, right?
Because…I think knot! For Trigger Warnings, please visit my website. I Think Knot is book one in the Knot Yours Omegaverse, a series of fast-burn reverse harem romance standalones. This book includes MMFMMM. Each book will end in an HEA and lead into the next book with a new reluctant omega and her own possessive, purring alphas.
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I didn't write a review after my initial read a couple years ago ... I guess I was just feeling lazy. But after this re-read, I felt it deserved a few words.
This is a sweet omegaverse story (I think I've mentioned it elsewhere, but the dark abusive ones with dub/non-con are not my cup of tea) that I really enjoyed. It's a fun setup - the characters are social media celebrities. The FMC, Bexley, is an omega that advocates for omega rights via her site "OmegasGuide", most importantly their right to have a life of their own and make their own choices. She's got some backstory issues that leave her fearing a bond, and knows plenty of regretfully bonded omegas. There is a strong implication that omegas are treated like commodities, with a government center that kind of pushes them into packs all under the guise of "protecting" omegas ... and that omegas pretty frequently end up bonded into packs where they are second-class citizens, as if their naturally soft and submissive natures mean they should not be an entity of their own, with goals and dreams. These omegas get subsumed into packs where they are expected to bend to whatever the rest of the pack wants, with them to just be some kind of bangmaid living in the house. I'm sure that stuff happens plenty (in my head cannon, it was like this book exists in the same world with all the other omegaverse books, some sweet, some hell), but for Bexley it grew in her mind to this feeling like that was the inevitable result of being bonded. That there was no happy option. Because even if you find yourself in a lovely situation, life will rip it away -
something she's seen happen to people she loves in two horrific cases. Firstly, her parents were a single-bonded alpha and omega, and when her dad died after walking into a convenience story robbery, her mom just gave up on living, wasting away quickly and dying a month after her dad, leaving 6 year old Bexley behind. And then her best friend was in a lovely pack with a child, and they all died in a horrible car accident ... Bexley finding herself in a situation very like the one with her mom, forcing her best friend to eat, sleep, live.
So for Bexley, bad bondings are common - she's had so many people connect with her on social media sharing those horror stories - and even good bondings end badly, so why on earth would anyone sign up for that?
Then you have the guys, who are her social media nemeses - a group of alphas that advocate for the joys of pack life via their site "RideAnAlpha" ... they basically post videos to counter Bex's all the time, and so the two have become high profile rivals.
There's a lot of nuance to this story, which I really appreciate and is the reason I thought it was one I should review. Firstly, the theme of not judging people based on some 2-dimensional, highly curated social media clips. These two sites hate each other to an obsessive degree, until they agree to meet onstage at a conference for some Q & A with fans ... and realize that they are each much more complicated, compassionate people than the others realized, and they like each other a lot. Like, a LOT.
The other interesting bit is defining yourself, outside of your designation. I hugely appreciate this theme in the story, as not only do these characters struggle to be more than just their designations, but we also have an MMC who is biologically not designated, something very rare in their society. Cam presents both alpha and beta qualities in a very fluid way - it's sort of an omegaverse take on a non-binary designation, and I loved the grace with which it was handled. Overall, there was grace to all of it - Bex struggled to be more than just the needy, pack-oriented submissive that people expect of her designation while strongly supporting omegas who DID want to live that traditional role (there was no "not like other girls" vibe to Bexley, imo - she did not belittle others for their choices, she only wanted to be free to make her own). And Cam struggled to accept that he can be beta with Hawke (another alpha in the pack, who Cam has had this angsty secret love for) and alpha with Bex, and that it is okay. Everyone around him loved him and accepted him for all that he was.
Anyway, I really enjoyed it.
****4.5****
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