Review: The Alpha King by Victoria Sue

Have you ever wanted to take a fictional character away from their author because the author was putting them through bad thing after bad thing? That was me with Kit in this book.

Luca is an alpha in a world where wolf shifters have taken over and the humans are treated poorly. Kit is one of these humans whose life has been made even worse by his mother having him illegally and never registering him. The moment they meet as young adults, it's clear that despite being human, Kit is a pure omega and he is Luca's fated mate. From the moment their bond clicks into place, things are tough for them. The wolves all are biologically able to recognize the power that Luca has but a lot of them are not happy about it due to his ideals - mainly getting others to treat humans better. These same people are also very upset about Kit being human.

I think this book would have hit better for me if it had been longer. There is so much that happens in the 250 pages and it makes it hard to connect to the characters or  the events that are happening. I spent a good chunk of it feeling guilty about how much pain Kit was experiencing. I did like the writing though and I will definitely be checking out more of Victoria Sue's work especially since this was published in 2017. 

Synopsis:

The Kingdom of Askara has been torn apart by conflict for centuries, where humans exist as subservient beings to their werewolf masters. Legend says it will only be able to heal itself when an Alpha King and a pure omega are mated and crowned together, but a pure omega hasn’t been born in over a thousand years.

Luca is an Alpha-heir eagerly awaiting the choosing ceremony on his twenty-fifth birthday and the gifts granted by whichever omega he mates. His small pack is destitute due to the decisions of its ruling council, but being only an Alpha-heir, he has no authority to challenge them. Not until now—this moment he has waited a long time for.

Kit grew up as a street-rat, an unlicensed human who would never be more than a slave for whichever master owns him. Then one day he came across a young Alpha-heir, attacked and dying of poison, and found out their fates were suddenly entwined.

Luca needs to take over his pack and save his people. He cannot afford to be distracted. But when he meets Kit, he develops abilities indicating he is not just a pack Alpha, but the King his world has needed for a thousand years.

Is Kit really the cause of Luca’s newfound power, the true mate he needs? How is it possible when the young man isn’t even a werewolf, and as merely a human, a mating is not only forbidden but for Kit, a sentence of death?

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