Threads of Fate

The book drew me in from the start when I looked at the cover and saw the first guiding sentence. Later, when I was totally, absolutely enthralled by the story, I found out more about the symbolic meaning of the 8 threads and colorful pins. There is nothing left to chance and the the author has built one enchanting, magnificent world where elements of lore seamlessly co-exist with omegaverse ones.
But let's start with the beginning and what got me so hyped up : “Destiny weaves a tale of unbreakable bonds.”
Yes, exactly! Unbreakable bonds, bittersweet moments, found family, loss and gain, one unforgettable first touch of Love, Strength and resilience - to find the one spark of hope and thirst to live that will help you get back on your feet when the blows keep coming and try to keep you down.
One of my favourite moments of the story was at the very beginning when the author has described how initially Jay and Nix found each other - it's this incredible, exhilarating feeling of finding your first love; these untainted, innocent and sweet first moments of glances, holding hands and figuring out all the confusing signals your body is giving. So precious and so intense!
And exactly these moments were the ones that kept Nix afloat and gave him the spark of hope, that there is something good in the world, even if it wasn't meant for him, that helped him survive and go on while the world he knew crumbled around him and darkness claimed all the happiness and all he loved, leaving behind smoking ruins and waves of pain.
This story is like a colorful rug, where splashes of all the good and all the bad, leave unique imprints on Nix' soul and life.
Centered in the very fabric of this rug are the beating hearts of all the main characters that gave the plot its unique flavor and taste.
Threads of Fate is a polyamory story - there is enough love for everyone and no one is left behind. The diversity of personalities, described on page is really intriguing and impressive. And not only that, but while I read, I saw tantalizing glimpses of this world, where humans and Weres live in a precarious balance, together physically, but divided by the nature of who they are, two societies, dancing on a razor thin edge of delicate co existing. In this world, the Weres have forgotten about their true essence and who they are as children of the Moon. And the more they forget, the further away they get from their dual nature to the point when Omegas are non existent, mythological creatures and Enigma alphas are close to extinction. Threads of dark and light are masterfully woven in the story, giving the plot line intensity and rich, potent undertones of impending crash of epic proportions. In this particular context, what happened to Nix, isn't just a personal drama, but shows how much the Were society have sunk into the darkness and how alarmingly thin the balance between humans and Weres has become, almost to a breaking point.
And back to another of my favorite things - Nix as a character. He is the brightest, sunniest Vanilla flavoured wonder of a person - one of these people you know are fictional, but you wish they were real, because their simple presence make you smile and feel good. He is the heart of Threads of fate and the story is built around the trauma he went through, his healing and Finally!, finding that the world indeed has love and good in store for him too - not only pain, humiliation and despair. The love and good are these other 7 people that thought their special 8th was taken prematurely from them before they were given a chance to get to know him. But Fate obviously has other plans and I can't wait to see the continuation of Nix' story.