Once Upon a Pack

Royalverse, Book 1

De: Ari Wright

Narrado por: Luke William Bromley, Lucy Jessica

Once upon a time?

Um, no. Because that's how fairytales start, and Ivy Addison is no princess. In fact, she's very happy being an absolute nobody.

She doesn't have glass slippers or a trust fund or "graces"—and she's pretty sure she doesn't need rescuing. She also most definitely isn't overworked as the housekeeper for a rowdy pack of royals... and she certainly has no feelings for any of them.

Well, aside from Asher, the Crown Prince and star of all her mortifying dreams. Or Sebastian, the oh-so-charming baron who always has a smile just for her. And Dair, the dangerous duke with all sorts of bad ideas in his eyes.

Turns out, there's a reason she can't stay away. But when these famously eligible men find out their maid is their mate…

Can they convince Ivy to believe in happily ever after?

Welcome to Ari Wright's Royalverse! Once Upon A Pack is a why-choose Omegaverse romance intended for mature listeners. It contains knotting, heat, swoony alphas, and absolutely no choosing! HEA guaranteed! Narrated in duet style.

©2025 Ari Wright (P)2025 Podium Audio

A True Fairytale Retelling w/ A Twist.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶.5
Angst/Heat: 🔥🔥🔥
Narrators: 🎧🎧🎧🎧.5

This is a new series Ari Wright came out with in her omegaverse books. It is royalty and really reminded me of a fairytale retelling with a twist. A mix between Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast.

Tropes:
- Omegaverse
- Royalty
- Fated Mates/Scent Matches
- Second Chance
- Grumpy/Sunshine
- Abused Omega
- Maid to Alpha Pack

I love Ari Wright's omegaverse books and thought I'd give this one a try. I do have to say at certain times I did find myself bored and pausing the audiobook quite often. This story was softer than most of her omegaverse books, and I think all of her OV are sweet and soft. I think that is why I didn't like it at times.

The narrators did a great job throughout it. Lucy Jessica and Luke William Bromley were 2 new narrators for me. I'm not sure if their accents, as at times it didn't sound like they had any, really, but I know the characters were from a different country because 1 alpha was from America. Their voices did match what I think fairytale voices would sound like, if that makes sense.

We have an omega that has been abused most of her life, which was easy to see throughout the story. Ivy didn't even know she was an omega. She thought she was a beta her whole life. She had a sad story growing up, except for the parts where her mom worked for the palace and Ivy became friends with Prince Asher as a preteen thru age 16.

We have the prince, Asher, who sent his only love away, Ivy, because he thought he could never truly bond with a beta. Fast forward years later, and Asher is now in a pack with a Duke, Diar, and a Lord, Sebastian. These alpha's are out to find their mate so they can take over the country.

You could tell each of these Alpha's wanted Ivy in their own way, minus Asher. He only thought he could ever live Ivy but went her away. He never even noticed the same girl was their personal maid. Can we say delirious.

Dair was a grumpy, bad boy duke that was abused his whole life. He wanted payback towards the people who treated him this way and to lose his title. He had selfish reasons for joining this pack, but everything happens for a reason. The way he treated Ivy after she found him 1 night was appalling. Yet, there is always something about a bad boy that has me rooting for them. He seemed to know the most about Ivy and her life in general anyway.

Sebastian was the charming one. He wanted to be friends with Ivy even though he was attracted to her. He would flirt with her, and they would get along the most. Especially when it came time to Ivy talking to animals... yes, I know, very Cinderella like. They had the nicest connection where the other 2 Alpha's had a lot of groveling to do when they figured out she was their mate.

It was obvious that all of these alpha's felt something towards Ivy, from childhood to adulthood. Yet, until there was a masquerade ball and Ivy's true omega finally came out, she didn't rant seen to fit their needs. Then the fact that Dair was the only alpha who knew who she was then...I ended up living his Alpha the most. He went from bad boy, playboy to the over protector.

Ivy had a lot to learn during all this. She really did care for all 3 of these Alpha's, but never thought she was an omega. Then, add in what she was living with, and it started to make sense. She refused to believe she was abused until she was away from her family, and then she saw it. Thank God Dair was a stalker and found her when he did.

This book did get cheesy at times, but I stuck it out. I hate purchasing an audiobook and not listening all the way through. I liked the ending. It was sweet and came full circle. These alpha's really proved themselves while making sure they showed Ivy who their really Queen/Mate was.

Perfection

This was amazing the story was amazing and the preferences made me so happy I can’t wait for the next one

Almost an enjoyable listen

love this story, didn't mind the narrators overall but there was one word's pronunciation that pulled me out every time when done in the British accent. Omega. its a me problem probably, but it effected my enjoyment of the story. as a result this will be a book I reread not relisten to.

Cute Cinderella retelling

I absolutely loved any thing Ari writes and this dis not disappoint. My only grievance is the way the female narrator says omega..seriously by the end of the book I was correcting her out loud..lol.

Cute and spicy

I love a cute and spicy omegaverse and this here my dear is just that. My heart is melting for this pack!

incredible

Cinderella retelling in an omegaverse way

5/5
spice 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
omegaverse
alphas and a omega
fairytale retelling
royals and maids
evil aunt and cousins instead of evil step mom and step sisters
FMC's parents are dead
evil plotting by aunt to keep FMC a beta when she clearly was an omega

FMC is Ivy, a poor girl, the Prince's maid, she takes care of everything in their house, cleans everything, makes sure they get the right food whenever

Ivy grew up around the Prince, her mom was there cleaner, so she knew him, he was her 1st kiss, they fell in love but then he sent her away because he realized he was never going to find his mate with her around

the crown pack was the 1st pack to become king once they find there omega, last pack to take crown was 200 years ago

MMCs Asher, Prince, been missing ivy since he sent her away not realizing she was still working for him, he been lonely, no other girls since ivy left
Sebastian or Bast he is the Baron, he is the nice and sweet one, he kept seeing ivy in the gardens talking to her, calling her the wrong name, not realizing who she was or is
Dair the duke, he is the trouble maker one, always bring girls home to fuck, his alpha hatedbhim doing that so he was always grumpy not realizing it was because she was there his mate and his alpha punished him for it, years ago she helped him back home after a drunken night he tried to do stuff with her and from that day he treated her badly because she turned him down, and he knows the maid is ivy and hates she is there to remind him of that night, he is ashamed

her friends sneak her into the ball one night, a masquerade and all 3 knew she was their mate

but she doesn't because she is a beta supposedly but that's because her aunt kept giving her drugs to surprise her omega from coming out, it when she is at the ball and off the drugs she starts to perfume and their reactions to her they know she is an omega so they have to get her medical attention to prove it and then show her how to be one, she is touch starve and her omega needs extra attention, she will have heat spikes because she hasn't had a heat yet and her body will probably have a lot to ketch up

they end up bonding after her 1st heat, Ash apologizes for trying to send her away because they all were drawn to her but couldn't figure out why, their alphas were trying to tell them that she is their mate

great book and audiobook

The best of cozy omegaverse ♡

Cinderella like retelling in a why-choose/RH with three hot princes and a sweet and king omega ? My dream fairytale in the form of this story ♡
Ari always writes sweet and funny while scorching hot omegaverse ; once again I'M OBSESSED. Ivy is definitly on my top 3 in my cozy omegaverse list of fave FMC 😍