Book: Lexi by Alisha Williams
Reviewed by Booksbystarlightandshadows
Rating: 3.5/5
Despite some of the darker themes, it's very sweet on page with most of the trauma Lexi and the Widows have faced happening off page. This covers both insta-love and slowburn although due to the timejumps the pacing remains pretty steady once it gets going. The plot focuses on Lexi forming her pack and overcoming her trust issues towards Alphas after being groomed as young adult.
Lexi and Emmett are very cute together and I loved their devotion to each other. Sloane was probably my favourite with his no filter responses; his reaction to feral Emmett was definitely one of my highlights. I enjoyed that it was his heat we saw which was a nice change rather than it being Lexi's. Rounding out the pack is Aiden but I felt he was lost a little in the mix compared to the other two MMCs and although I liked his character, I found myself wanting to know more about him like why he took Sloane's name or even a call with Harlan to see how he interacted outwith his pack.
As this is a shared universe, we meet a few of the other Widows and although it did leave me feeling there were a couple of gaps at certain points, I suspect these will be fleshed out in some of the other books. I found this particularly with the twins as Lexi seems closer to Briar who felt more prevalent than Silva but it looks like Silva's story is running concurrently which probably explains it across the series.
My interpretation of the star system;
3 stars - I enjoyed it; would read the author again
4 stars - I really liked it; I am invested and definitely want more from this author/series
5 stars - I loved it; I engaged with this book completely until I finished it and it is one I will re-read