The Mistrustful Mountain Lion's Omega (Male-Order Mates, #4) by Lorelei M. Hart

The Mistrustful Mountain Lion's Omega (Male-Order Mates, #4) Reviews

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  Len Evans Jr

  Somehow Even Better Than Book Four!
  
  Wow! Just wow! The author just upped her game again! These two guys are the best MCs of the series so far! And what a heartwarming awesome story this was! Love it!
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  Mikki James - Peters

  After seeing all of his friends settled down and with mates Jagger decides to sign up for male-order-mate. Unbeknowest to him, he gets matched to Rex with a 98%. Rex stands Jagger multiple messages but they go unanswered; so he decides to track the man down to show his "mate" that they are a good match. Jagger is stunned to see Rex arrive at his bar while he is working. He didn't fully believe the capabilites of the male-order-mate and he is distrustful of the unknown bear shifter. However, Jagger cannot deny that his lion feels something for the man, so he decides to let him stay. But Rex does have some secrets and he keeps his laptop on him at all times - doing "secret government work" he states. What is Rex hiding? Will Jagger be able to trust this omega or did the male-order-mate program have their connection all wrong; do they really belong together?
  
  I'm a big fan of Lorelei M. Hart but this novel wasn't one of my favorite. I like a lot of her other novels but I have had a difficult time enjoying the male-order-mate books; maybe it's something about how they match. Regardless of this aspect though I wasn't too moved by this novel. I found myself having to reread sentences or almost skipping here and there because I felt things dragged on and on. I also was very confused with Rex's job. I don't want to spoil anything, but it just seemed completely unrealistic and there really was no information to back anything up. So, for his job to later me the main conflict of this novel just seemed anticlimatic in a way and left me unmoved by Rex and Jagger "overcoming" this so-called obstacle in their relationship. Also, another main character issue I found was the concept of trust placed in this book. the title even focuses on it with "mistrustful." Jagger has a hard time letting people in and trusting but there is literally no, absolutely no reason why. We know he owns a bar and that he has seen both alpha and omegas cheat on each other but I don't believe this would cause someone to be so distrustful of everyone he begins a relationship with. I just felt this aspect of Jagger needed a lot more indepth analysis and understanding because I really didn't understand why he was the why he was. Overall, I just wasn't a fan of this book and I would recommend skipping this read for now.
  
  I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  Badh

  Awesome
  
  Rex and Jagged took a minute, but once they figured themselves out, they were pretty awesome together I think. They are going to do great things tigether.
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  Judy Ferrell

  Lonely no more
  
  Red came looking for Jagger. He desperately wanted someone. But so does Jagger. Together they find a home. Great reading!
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  Penumbra

  The Mistrustful Mountain Lion’s Omega is the fourth book in the ‘Male-Order Mates’ series. It stars Jagger, a bar owner and Alpha, and Rex, an omega. The story is told in first person through both Jagger and Rex’s pov.
  
  
  
  I’ve read quite a few books by this team of authors, this story being the second one in this series. I decided to read this one because I liked the humor that was in another book in this series and was hoping this one would also be funny. Unfortunately, it was not. However, it was better edited with fewer errors even though the copy I have is an ARC. Also the transitions between scenes are smoother, unlike some other books’ scenes which were frenetic or didn’t flow well from paragraph or into another scene.
  
  I enjoyed the plot although I was hoping for more humor. This was low-key and the two men getting to know each other, nothing stressful, so if you’re looking for a fast, easy read, this might satisfy you.
  
  Jagger is a mountain lion shifter that showed up in a previous story I read. That also attracted my curiosity in reading this book. He applied on a shifter dating app and then erased it after he received a match. Rex, a bear shifter was the match. He didn’t give up when Jagger didn’t reply and he tracked Jagger down. Rex has a ‘job’ that is secret pretty much throughout the story. I liked that. His job was different from the typical ones found in M/M romance. One of my complaints in the other books I’ve read by this writing team is that the characters start to sound the same the further I read in the book. The writers did a better job this time, except when Rex is pregnant. Suddenly, he’s no longer a self-confident guy, but a whiny, weak sounding character. He reminded me strongly of females in M/F romance and why I stopped reading M/F, because the woman only wanted to catch a male, get pregnant and marry. In a way, mpreg stories are similar, except it’s a male. I always hope the authors keep the males strong and confident, but as soon as they’re mated and pregnant, they are no more than romantic females.
  
  Now we come to the point about mpreg in this world that still baffles and annoys me. This is a fantasy/paranormal world which makes it easier to allow a pass on some ideas. But even those kind of worlds are subject to either science or magic. The science may be different from our current world and of course magic is a system that needs to be explained even briefly, something the authors have yet to do. The mpreg is based on what I gather to be current female anatomy. But there is no mention of that sort of anatomy when the males have sex. So if there’s only internal female parts, how do they give birth without a va****? When Rex gives birth, there is mention of a cervix. Where? Up his a**? Because that’s the way he got pregnant and there’s no mention of a birth canal. Which means he gave birth out his a**, which means mixing with the waste canal, which is unsanitary and gross. Here again, is why a scientific or magical explanation needs to be given. Suddenly, the male is converted into a female at the birth with no explanation which is a total disconnect. The authors may as well have written an M/F story if they don’t explain a fantasy world. Further questions include: If there are females (Rex gave birth to a daughter), can they give birth? Is their anatomy like males, females or are they neutral? If they can give birth, are male omegas unusual or the norm? The fantasy reason of why either only male omegas give birth or why males and females give birth needs to be explained. It would make the created world more interesting and believable. Another question is can the females be Alphas? If they can, do they knot the omega? Meaning would a female Alpha have a p****, which leads to a whole other bunch of questions. The biological/magical world needs to be plotted and explained but it’s been totally left out.
  
  I would have enjoyed this story more if it weren't mpreg because the characters were interesting enough as was Rex's career. If the characters had been fleshed out and Rex’s secret career had been part of the story more, there wouldn’t have been the need for mpreg. As it is, I found the story interesting until the pregnancy, because there was no scientific or magical explanation that made the idea believable in a fantasy world. At that point, I was just reading another M/F romance where the heroine gets pregnant. The authors did better with writing flow and fewer errors. The characters were more consistent in the continuation of their personalities until Rex changed into a typical female romance character. This is a fast and easy, non-stressful read if that’s what you’re looking for. I give this book 3 Stars.
  
  
  
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  Emily Pennington

  Jagger, an Alpha mountain lion shifter, was tending bar and chatting with one of the customers. A guy had come in and sat down at a table, working on his laptop. He had been there for hours and just kept typing. Zeke, one of the servers, noticed his boss was spilling things and not paying full attention; when he saw his eyes dart to the computer guy’s table, he smiled and teased his boss. Finally when things got slow, Jagger walked over to the guy who commented that it had taken him long enough! Jagger said he needed to buy a drink and not just take up space at a table, and he got snippy again. Upset that Jagger didn’t recognize him and had not answered any of his messages, he finally he told him his name was Rex and they had been a match on the app. Jagger had deleted the app and was surprised that this Omega bear shifter was here now.
  
  Rex had wanted a relationship, a mate, a home. Was it a joke to this guy? At home in Florida, Rex had been working so many crazy hours and going out only for a run. Friends didn’t even invite him to things anymore. Sitting here in the bar, he continued working. People didn’t recognize him since he worked with people all over the world, largely on the dark web, and never met with clients in person or talked to them on the phone. Mysterious government work. So when Jagger had walked up, he was deep in thought, working, and startled when Jagger talked to him, kicking himself for not being more aware. At the end of the evening, Jagger asked where he was staying and he said he had hoped Jagger would give their relationship a chance. So he invited him home to his spare bedroom, even though his lion wanted much more.
  
  Rex talked on and on about the cabin, how clean it was, how quiet everything was. Jagger thought it would get on his nerves but it didn’t. In fact, he kind of liked it. When the evening finally came and Jagger kissed him, it was unlike anything he had ever experienced. Rex realized that if Jagger sent him away tomorrow, he at least was now sure that he had met his mate. Jagger had already made loving anyone else impossible, and if Rex let this go any further...then what would he do if he lost him? So he pushed him away, stood up, and headed for the guest room. He had just rejected his mate! Were their relationship over before it had gotten a chance?
  
  This was a good story where Jagger had doubts he would find his mate match. With the app finding a match in only two days, it couldn’t be real, so he deleted the app. He questioned whether Rex could being his, despite his lion telling him MATE every chance he got. He kept thinking Rex only wanted him because the app told him to! Why would he travel all this way to meet him? And Rex was so afraid of losing his alpha that he wouldn’t risk making that first move when Jagger was finally accepting him. So these two had some insecurities to get over. Would they finally begin to trust each other, and to trust their feelings for each other? Was their match really meant to be? Or would they let fear destroy what was starting to develop?
  
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  Claudia Lezár

  3,5*
  PLEASE READ MY RATING SYSTEM!!!
  
  To my ratings:
  A 3,5* is clicked with a 4* but in review marked as 3,5*:
  
  5* - very very good and rare (it would be a Blow-Away-book like ‘Jesse's Smile’ or ‘Joey’ from Angelique Jurd, ‘Save the the kids’ series
  from EM Leya, ‘Love’s Tethered Heart’ from C.L. Etta or ‘Liberty’ from Seth King),
  it's like an A+
  
  4* - very good and will be often reread and is a WOW-book with interesting plot and surprises (like most of Andrew Grey books and Davidson Kings 'Haven Hart'-series)
  it's like an A
  
  3,5* - a really good book, which will be reread a few times (most romances where you can enjoy for relaxing and during waiting times in
  hospitals). I can recommend them definitively!
  It's like an B+
  
  3* - it could be more then a one-time-reader (2-3 times a year),
  it's like a B
  
  2* - it was ok to read, but it's more a one-time-reader (I wouldn't recommend it heartily, but it was ok)
  It's like a C-, D
  
  1* - sorry, but that isn't really a book for me (too many mistakes, not nice plot, illogical, so an absolute NO-GO). It's like failure in the
  whole line, dismissed, repeat the class
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  Deirdre

  Taking a Chance
  
  Two men so different other than being shifters, but somehow the Male Order App paired them as having 98% compatibility. How was that even possible? The Mountain Lion Bar Owner had deleted the App profile that had paired others in the pack that he was a honorary member of. Not in a million years did he expect a Bear Omega to show up out of the blue, saying they were made for for each other.I
  
  One of them was crazy and it certainly wasn't the Mountain Lion. But the Omega was cute & he smelled good and he'd come so far - so reluctantly Jagger let him stay in his spare room. It would be kinda like a vacation - a place his Bear could run for a few days. When the cute Bear was a hit as a Bar Server the Mountain Lion got a but possessive - then backed away. What was a Bear to do? He came for his forever & got friendship.
  
  This story actually has surprisingly more depth than I'd anticipated. There were serious Mpreg issues discussed. I ended up enjoying the story - just wish it was longer.
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  LateciaJ

  The male order app stories are really sweet mate romances. This one with the ornery mountain lion bar owner and his fated mate who is a hacker/techno geek was entertaining. They really were opposites but they say opposites attract. Rex really did take a chance when he travel so far just because an app says him and Jagger were fated mates. Jagger was suspicious of course but the more he was around Rex he realized that this person is his and he will do all he can to keep Rex with him. Rex was really a sweet omega...kind of broken but Jagger is there to keep him together. Their pregnancy was a little dramatic which kept the story a page turner but everything worked out well at the end. It was nice seeing the other characters from the previous books to make an appearance. That's why I love reading these types of series. The family, the friends and the love...wonderful!
  
  I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  Terry Sasada

  Jagger was seeing everyone around him finding their mates, being the local bar owner. You were seeing people happy that he’s never seen happy before. Maybe that’s what he needed. So a lot of women he decided to fill out the information on the app to find an omega. but, second-guessing himself he deleted it. Rex found himself an alpha, exactly what he was looking for. Knowing the alpha deleted, it was no problem for him, considering he was excellent at computers. So he found him and decided he was the one. Jagger and Rex needed each other, only Rex came with some baggage that he wasn’t sure Jagger could understand. And he was just beginning to understand he did not want to be in the business he was in anymore. He thought he was doing a good thing when it started but now, he was destroying lives. He had to escape the business, and quickly. Rex was behind him all the way, and even excepted him after he found out what his computer business was. A truly happily ever after.
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  Patricia Hoffstaetter

  I enjoyed reading this delightful, slow-burn MM/Mpreg shifter romance that can be read as a standalone. The plot is interesting & written with no violence or physical conflict although there is some mild emotional turmoil. The characters are fairly well-developed individuals with realistic doubts & reservations. In particular, I absolutely enjoyed the way the chemistry & camaraderie gradually developed between the two main characters.
  There is: a alpha male mountain lion shifter & bar owner (Jagger) with doubts, a determined hard-working male omega bear shifter (Rex) with some very unusual secrets, various kinds of shifters, friendship, camaraderie, mates, drama, some intrigue, strange attractions, doubts, trust issues, loneliness, awkwardness, surprises, assignments, threats, blackmail, decisions, determination, love, some steam, contentment & a wonderful HEA.
  
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  Maureen

  Another wonderful story in this must read series. And this time its Jaggers story, he fills in the app thinking that he will find someone. But before he gets his answer, he deletes the app.
  One night however when tending the bar, he notices a man sitting at the back on his computer, an Omega. There is something about this man so when he has a chance he goes up to the young man, and is shocked to find that hes his mate from the dating app that he got rid of.
  Rex is surprised to find this man dosnt know who he is, but there is a click between them both and he finds himself accepting Jaggers hospitally to ge to know him.
  A lion and a bear, what a wonderful mix.....a lovely one click which you will definately enjoy
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  Sassy Beta Reading & Review

  3 1/2 stars.
  
  This is book 4 of the series, but can be read as a stand alone. This is the first one that I have read of this series and it was an okay read. This was a fast read, so I may go back and read the other books in this series but I'm not sure. I've loved the Manny series and others from this author, so I'll probably try the others as well.
  
  Written as a 1st person, multi pov with a HEA ending. Good story concept, nice characters, but didn't grow an attachment to them, nice dialogue, and well described detailes.
  
  Would I recommend this book? yea
  
  Would I read more from this author? Yes
  
  Sassy Beta Reading and Review
  
  I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  Shelley Chastagner

  After meeting Jagger in the previous books, I was excited that he got his own book. He struck me as incredibly lonely at the beginning of the story. His attempt to find a mate brings him Rex. Rex is obviously brilliant and I liked that he always wanted to contribute to the relationship. It was amusing to see the two of them try and figure out how to proceed. Each is unsure of themselves and the other. Once Jagger decides that Rex is his, he's fully committed. He becomes quite the doting mate. I absolutely loved their decision in the epilogue.
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  Maretha

  I really enjoyed this easy reading book. You can’t help but fall in love with both Jagger and Rex. Two people finding something special with each other with the help of a find a husband app. This is an insta-love story with a stong alpha fighting against his feelings to keep it interesting. A really enjoyable read.
  
  I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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  Selena Jenkins Gillen

  Good story
  
  Wish there was less errors in it. First they couldn't decide between calling Rex a wolf or a bear. There are missing words through the book. I also think there is a wrong name used in the book or Knox is a person we have not met yet in series. Also in the books description it says they have twins and in book it seems like he is going to then at the birth he does not. This is a lot of mess ups for one book that's why I gave it a lover rating.
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  Karina

  🌟 A Good Read!
  
  While I liked the two primary characters individually it took me (and them!) a bit longer to appreciate them as a couple. I was also disappointed when the "blurb" for this book said that the birth was twins which it turns out was not the case. There is however a special surprise at the end which made up for that in my opinion. Was worth the read and a nice visit with old friends!
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  Scarolet Ellis

  The Mistrustful Mountain Lion's Omega by Lorelei M Hart is a wonderful story to read. This is book number four in this wonderful series that I have loved reading. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about LGBT and paranormal romance.
  
  I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.