Heat Clinic

          

Title: Heat Clinic

Series: Heatverse #1

Author: Alexis B. Osborne

Publisher: Dark Moon Publishing, March 15, 2023

Pages: 430

Genre: Omegaverse

She checked in at the free use heat clinic for some relief and found a pack instead.

Emily has had one lousy heat after another and is finally ready to break that cycle of hope and disappointment. When she goes to the nearby free-use clinic, she’s not sure what to expect. Breeding waivers, group activities, and restraints? Maybe this is all she’s destined for. What pack wants a thirty-six year old omega who might be past her breeding prime?

But then she meets her handsome heat minder, Sam. Young, flirty, and fun, the beta makes her feel a spark of something more. In the treatment room, her worries fade as her temperature climbs. There’s no faces, no names, just heavenly relief. Until an alpha named Marcus walks in and changes everything.

Money can buy everything but a scent-matched pack.

Marcus and his bonded beta Tom have been relentlessly sniffing out the rest of their pack for all their adult lives. It’s been a long and disappointing journey, but finally, there’s hope they haven’t missed their chance.

One thing’s for certain, this little omega and beta smell like pack. But how do they convince them of that? Because this omega thinks she’s too old and this beta thinks he’s not destined for forever. Their pack isn’t going to make it easy to woo them.

And woo they do. In bed, in the car, in public. Marcus and Tom are determined to show their new packmates how much they’re loved and wanted, body and soul, no matter how many times they have to pound that lesson home.

I love the world building here. I like the more animalistic view of these alphas and omegas, and all of that worked really well. I liked the idea of the free-use clinic and the mentions of the rut bars and Heat Buddy app. It was really well thought out and fun, and a side of omega verse I haven't seen in exactly that way yet. 

I love the pack, and I really enjoyed them getting together. I WANT this to be a higher star rating. And most of what I'm about to mention IS covered in the content guide at the beginning of the book. So again, I knew what I was getting myself into. 

However, the fluid play? I could never have prepared myself for the sheer volume (hehe) of fluid play in this book. As someone who has read a good bit of omega verse....that's saying something. Kind of their whole thing is the slick and the breeding kinks. But DANG. It was definitely the "nutritious" aspect to the fluid play that really toed the limit line for me. 

My other big issue was the length of the book. I love a long book. This isn't even that long, but this is porn with no plot essentially. So like, why is it so long? I get that when you're dealing with a polycule of any sort, you want to give all of the interconnected relationships within the bigger pack their time to shine. But it didn't hit for me. And there was no real conflict aside from some throwaway insecurity and familial strife. Which I somehow wanted more of? Like I wanted Marcus to absolutely READ Emily's mother. 

But don't let this fool you. I had a good time and I'm pumped to read Rut Bar. I am fascinated with these omega verse business models!!

Ratings

Stars: 3/5

Spice: 4/5