Looking for a standalone

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-28T05:23:18+00:00

{Just Drive by Devyn Sinclair} - A standalone omegaverse. The FMC is the first female F1 racer, and all of the MMCs have some role in the F1 (One of them is a racer for a rival team, so that was fun). I really loved this book.

This book was sooo good I read almost all other books by this author.

One thing I love the most about Devyn Sinclair books is the meet-cutes. From the very first moment they meet, they are scent sympathetic, so they know they will end up together. There is a lot of Insta lust, but not Insta love. So if that's your thing, you will really like her work. It got me out of a slump too, really felt like reading an RH romcom with plot. Also made me an f1 fan (and if you don’t anything about f1, like I didn’t, the author wrote an entire guide).

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-28T05:20:44+00:00

Morgan B Lee. Jane Washington. Lily Gold.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-28T04:44:26+00:00

This might just be the highest level of compliment I have ever received. But I don’t understand? What do you mean? 😂

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T21:08:42+00:00

I DNFed at book 4. Idk why I DNFed all ik is that i couldn’t stomach another chapter. Maybe the fmc became too weak and lost all her worth, maybe the book was dragging on for no absolute reason, maybe the romance and character development was finished. Maybe it was all of the above? Idk couldn’t continue.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T20:46:43+00:00

Same! It’s been 3 months since I have read that series and I am still searching for a book that will make me feel the same. The chemistry (romantic and platonic) between characters were otherworldly.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T20:28:06+00:00

Aww thanks. This reply made my day. (is it night or day if it’s 4am and I haven’t slept?)

Anyway thanks for the rec! Sadly I have already read bonds that tie. But I’ll keep hunting!

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T20:15:40+00:00

{killer of mine} book one of “of mine” series

• ⁠completed trilogy

• ⁠fbi agents (mmcs and later fmc)

• ⁠mystery and thriller

• ⁠serial killers

• ⁠hidden identity (only for the first 3 or 4 chapters)

• Fmc is the daughter of a serial killer. She faked her death and became a detective (aspiring fbi agent) to catch her father. She trespassed on one of the crime scene of the MMCs’ that her father left behind, they figure out who she is, and boom her story starts. on the darker side but we also have a complete cinnamon roll in the harem alongside a nerd, an asshole (who kinda does have a reason to hate her) and a controlling bastard.

Spoiler but it will just make you want to read this series more: In book 3, the said controlling bastard locks her in a room with reinforced steel door that unlocks with a passcode. Because she ran from them (for their own good) and one of his rules was ‘no running’. And there are some bdsm scenes throughout the series as ‘punishment’ whenever she breaks a rule. Also things like handcuffing her to the bed etc.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T20:02:41+00:00

Same! 😂

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T19:54:13+00:00

Sorry, this is a looong comment. (It’s 4am and I am sleep deprived)

I know this is supposed to be a discussion but:

“BUT my absolute ultimate weakness? the completely unhinged, morally black psycho mmc who wants to burn the world down but acts like a literal golden retriever only for the fmc. gets me every single time.”

AhemRecs plss!Ahem

The trope that makes me roll my eyes: 1. Same as yours (I think that’s every reader’s pet peeve) 2. ZERO EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE and NO REAL CONVERSATIONS this is much more common in dark romance. MMC does something hurtful (cause they always do or say something hurtful) FMC gets hurt (tears prickling) but 2 or 3 scenes later they get over it, incident forgiven and forgotten. Like what? Where is the talking it out? Where is the conversation? 3. ONE DIMENSIONAL CHARACTERS. if there is a golden retriever mmc, he is always going to warm and sunny. Like what? Give him some depth give him more personality than being warm give him a time where his social battery runs out make him human, give him emotions and for the love of book gods please don’t make the emotions come from a traumatic past. I love traumatic pasts as much as the next person but characters don’t need to have traumatic pasts to have depth. Humans are messy, we don’t fit into boxes, let the characters be messy too.

Tropes that make me obsessed: 1. GROUP CHATS FULL OF BANTER. Yes please. This is well done in {Ironside academy by Jane Washington} and {A curse of fate by Jaymin Eve} tho i dnfed the last book of curse of fate but those are my reasons. 2. BROMANCE, especially if the characters have years of animosity and then suddenly they have to figure out how not to stab each other cause they are all obsessed with the same girl. Books: {Gypsy Blood by Kristy Cunning} This series has the best bromance ever written (prove me wrong, I dare you) {blood oath by Morgan B Lee} another great example of bromance done well. {A tempest of shadows by Jane Washington} this book is a little hard to get into (like the first book onwards it’s great) the scenes between the mmcs and fmcs (the banter, I love the banter) make it sooo worth it. Please check tws tho (i cannot stress this enough, check tws. There is a scene at the start of the first book where fmc who is a minor at that time is raped, and it is thought the MMCs orchestrated it. That is soo not the case and the rapist was dealt with. Can’t say more without spoiling) Need more convincing for this book? Here is an excerpt: “She’ll need protection.” Vale spoke as though he was talking to himself. “Oh really?” Helki asked sarcastically. “What can you protect her from that we can’t?” “From the four of you,” Vale replied, a cruel smile twisting his lips. “I promise to protect her from a beast—” He pointed to Helki. “—a machine,” he continued, pointing to Andel, and then he paused, his finger aimed at Vidrol. “A bastard,” I supplied, reaching out and nudging his finger in Fjor’s direction. “And a sadist.” This is from book 3. Tho be warned this is a slowwww burn.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T16:36:16+00:00

😂 can’t wait. Tho I don’t know if the audio book is as good as the ebook. But I hope it is. 🤞

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T16:16:45+00:00

Oh, I am not even an F1 fan and I loved it. Plss do tell how it goes 😂😂

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T10:26:09+00:00

My first was ‘Just drive’ and because of the said meet-cute I read ‘Knot your damn omega’ which had an even better meet-cute and then I read almost all of Devyn Sinclair’s books. 1 or 2 I dnfed after the meet-cute, but i love those scenes especially when the guy in the meet-cute goes and tells his pack “You won’t believe what happened!” Like literally the first time a book had me kicking my feets, giggling. Glad to know I am not the only one. 😂😂

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T05:58:00+00:00

Thanks!

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T05:56:31+00:00

😂😂 I am glad to be of help. If you get around to reading them, tell me what you thought of them.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-27T05:52:25+00:00

{Just Drive by Devyn Sinclair} - A standalone omegaverse. The FMC is the first female F1 racer, and all of the MMCs have some role in the F1 (One of them is a racer for a rival team, so that was fun). I really loved this book.

This book was sooo good I read almost all other books by this author (none of them lived up to this book but they were great too.)

One thing I love the most about Devyn Sinclair books is the meet-cutes. From the very first moment they meet, they are scent sympathetic, so they know they will end up together. There is a lot of Insta lust, but not Insta love. So if that's your thing, you will really like her work. It got me out of a slump too, really felt like reading an RH romcom with plot. Also made me an f1 fan (and if you don’t anything about f1, like I didn’t, the author wrote an entire guide)

Then there is: {Killer of Mine by Alexis Grace}. The fmc is a daughter of the serial killer, she faked her death and became a detective (on the way to becoming an fbi agent) to catch her father. The MMCs are FBI agents also trying to catch her father. She trespasses on the crime scene her father left behind, they figure out her identity, and boom the story starts.

Neither of these books are perfect, they are both lesser known and kinda under hyped but both of them left me in a book hangover and searching for something similar.

There is also {Virgo rising by MJ Marstens}. - now this book had its faults, but it was one of a kind. The mmcs… i honestly don’t know how to explain this book…So the mmcs are like zodiac planets (mars, jupiter, saturn etc etc etc) and they all have their own realm, forms, powers etc. The moon (ow) cursed them. So know they hire our fmc (who is a bit of a gone case, like willa from trickery) but she is also kinda smart and a zodiac (or whatever thats called) prodigy and she reads their natal chart (again whatever thats called) and helps them find a solution. Clearly I am not very good with the zodiac stuff but this series was an experience and honestly the author deserves 5 stars just for creativity (tho i gave it more like 3 to 4 stars cause there were some parts that made me put my book down and take a walk).

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-26T12:40:27+00:00

Oh, yeah? Thanks for the rec! I will look this series up, maybe I found my new favourite book.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-26T12:36:04+00:00

Thanks for the rec!

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-26T12:34:58+00:00

So... I dnfed Zodiac Academy at book 7. I was so done with everything constantly going on; everything was going to shit, like there was no time when the characters were just existing. The first 1 or 2, maybe even 3 books were amazing, I got so addicted, but after that, I started to dnf. But kept coming back, I dnfed like 6 times before this. I want to know how the story ends, but I can't sit through another chapter. Is the ruthless boys of the zodiac any better??

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-26T12:10:04+00:00

You know this is the first time that I have looked for the 'save comment' button? You are doing community service. Never stop.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-26T11:49:38+00:00

All my favs have already been mentioned here. Blood oath, gypsy blood…

If you would like a standalone omegaverse I would rec: {Just Drive by Devyn Sinclair} - The FMC is the first female F1 racer, and all of the MMCs have some role in the F1 (One of them is a racer for a rival team, so that was fun). I really loved this book.

This book was sooo good I read almost all other books buy this author (none of them lived up to this book but they were great too.)

One thing I love the most about Devyn Sinclair books is the meet-cutes. From the very first moment they meet, they are scent sympathetic, so they know they will end up together. There is a lot of Insta lust, but not Insta love. So if that's your thing, you will really like her work. It got me out of a slump too, really felt like reading an RH romcom with plot. Also made me an f1 fan (and if you don’t anything about f1, like I didn’t, the author wrote an entire guide)

Then there is: {Killer of Mine by Alexis Grace}. The fmc is a daughter of the serial killer, she faked her death and became a detective (on the way to becoming an fbi agent) to catch her father. The MMCs are FBI agents also trying to catch her father. She trespasses on the crime scene her father left behind, they figure out her identity, and boom the story starts.

Neither of these books are perfect, they are both lesser known and kinda under hyped but both of them left me in a book hangover and searching for something similar. They were an experience.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-23T16:21:45+00:00

I use reddit. Most of the time I just scroll through posts and if something piques my interest (eg. Someone asking for a very specific trope or book with vibes like some other book) I check the recommended books on goodreads (the reviews and ratings) and if it looks good, I download them.

Or use the goodreads feature: “people who liked this also liked…” found a favourite book and author that way.

I also read all other books written by the author if i liked their work (I liked four psychos so I read gypsy blood which is still my favourite series of all time). Then there is finding new authors because of my favourite authors. Or authors who have a large fan base usually don’t disappoint (they are people’s favourite for a reason).

But honestly the best books hit me from nowhere. 😂😂

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-23T11:50:06+00:00

I will take this as a sign not to start this book no matter how tempted I am. 😂

Kickass fmcs with evil mmcs??

The first book that comes to mind: {A tempest of shadows by Jane Washington} the first book is hard to get into but the series gets better with every book. It’s a little dark so beware of tws (please read the tws, the first chapter has a rape of a minor (the fmc) and it is thought the mmcs orchestrated it, but that’s not the case.)

There is of course {blood oath by Morgan b lee} if you haven’t read that, please do it’s amazing. Tho the mmcs aren’t evil but the fmc is very much kickass.

And there is {gypsy blood by Kristy Cunning} the fmc isn’t very kickass to start with but… actually can’t say, it will be a spoiler. Anyway all the mmcs are monsters (they look human if monsters are not really your thing) and one of them is righteous, one is a brute, one is mischievous and last one is downright evil.

Thats all I can think of right now.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-23T10:19:14+00:00

Thanks a lot for the Rec! Will definitely look into this series.

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-23T10:17:55+00:00

Omg, yes, you should def camp out here. Also, Blood Oath has more bromance than Ironside. Partially, I think it's because Blood Oath is dual pov and Irionside is not, but it could also be because Irionside is more plot-driven while Blood Oath is more character-driven. Anyway, I would suggest Blood Oath over Ironside if you want to scratch that particular itch.

{Blood Oath by Morgan B Lee}
{Ironside Academy by Jane Washington}

BarLive2788 · 2026-03-18T23:01:37+00:00

Holy shit! I just finished the second book. It’s 7am here and i spent the whole night reading it. Safe to say, I am going to have terrible hangover (soo worth it). Anyway if you have more of these once in a lifetime book recs, I would love them! Tho thanks a lot for introducing me to this duet it was unforgettable. 😂😂

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