• Alpha and Omega

  • A Novella from On the Prowl
  • By: Patricia Briggs
  • Narrated by: Holter Graham
  • Length: 2 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (4,115 ratings)

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Alpha and Omega

By: Patricia Briggs
Narrated by: Holter Graham
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Anna never knew werewolves existed until the night she survived a violent attack…and became one herself. After three years at the bottom of the pack, she’d learned to keep her head down and never, ever trust dominant males. But Anna is that rarest kind of werewolf: an Omega. And one of the most powerful werewolves in the country will recognize her value as a pack member—and as his mate.

©2009 Patricia Briggs (P)2013 Penguin Audio

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good background before starting the series.

many have complained that it's too high for such a short book. I agree but if you purchase the Kindle book you get the option to get the audiobook at the same time for discounted price. I was able to purchase the Kindle book for $2.99 and get the audible for 7. so check to see if this option is still available if you want to get this book. but I think it helped a lot having that background information of how they met.

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great beginning to a great story

A REALLY good beginning to a wonderful story line. Very entertaining, well written holds your interest all the way through!

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Excellent Story—just too short!

This book definitely leaves the reading wanting more! At the end I thought WHAT?!?
Definitely buying the rest of the series!

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Oil & water mix!

One of my favorite Briggs shirt storylines When big, bad wolf enforcer encounters his Anna.

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REALLY good , but not alone.

To enjoy this series fully. you MUST read the Mercy Thompson series alongside this one, in order. Otherwise you will miss some really important info. It's a GREAT world, but needs to be read in order of the story. Check the author website or read Mercy first.

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Eh

Definitely could not recommend this lifeless novella. So sad. I hate getting bad books. I was really hoping it was better than what it was. It was a waste of a credit.

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Interesting prequel

Set in Chicago, Anna is the lowest in her pack, a werewolf pack she wasn’t given the choice in joining. After years of abuse, she is ready for a change. The Marrock has sent his son Charles to sort things out. Neither Charles nor Anna get what they expected.

I listened to this book as part of a group read and it’s a prequel to Cry Wolf. The Alpha and Omega series is a spin-off of the Mercy Thompson series and is more romance oriented. Honestly, it’s been some years since I read Mercy Thompson but I believe I like that series quite a bit more than this series.

So Charles is a dominant male among the werewolves and he’s a big handsome guy with skills. He meets Anna and discovers she’s an Omega, which is a person who can soothe and bind a pack together. However, her pack isn’t using her skills; instead they are just using her. By that I mean they take a chunk of her paycheck, have her clean and run errands, and pass her around sexually to reward pack members for questionable deeds. Obviously, Charles is not pleased at this at all. There shall be a reckoning!

There was insta-love between Anna and Charles on a primal level in which their inner wolves recognized it but their human sides took longer to figure it out. I liked the dual nature of this aspect of the story. I also like that this tale shows just what the Marrock, Bran, doesn’t want among the North American packs.

While some justice is meted out by the end, I felt that certain wolves didn’t show remorse over their actions, claiming they were ordered to abuse Anna and other lesser members. Obviously, some of these wolves will need further calibration.

The story had some intense moments, but the romance was a meh for me. I felt that Anna’s character was just too submissive all around. There’s the need to survive a bad situation, sure, but we could have used some inner Anna thoughts about how to avoid the worst of it, or change it, or sabotage food. Something.

The Narration: Holter Graham makes a very good Marrock and a very good Charles. His feminine voices were OK. I liked the harsh tones he can adopt when two wolves are squaring off. I also liked his soothing, patient voice for the Marrock.

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Time vs Money

Overall this is a great story, it's just not worth the twenty dollar price for only two and a half hours. Wish I had seen that before buying this audiobook.

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dissapointed in audible info on this story

though this was going to be another story from the alpha and omega stories not an excerpt from one of the books.

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Explains Anna's story before book "1"

I started listening to Cry Wolf first and stopped to listen to this first. It helped me to understand the story better so that I could connect with the characters in Cry Wolf.

One minor annoyance is that between this series and the Mercy Thompson series, the performers pronounce commonly used words differently. Maybe I'm the only one who likes the Mercy series performer better?!

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