Not a bad ending to an otherwise so-so series.

“Alpha” follows the lead of the previous book giving us a duel narrative but this time instead of sharing the lead with one of our mains we get an insight into the minds of Sera and G who are struggling to cope with life post captivity and the revelation that there are multiple versions of themselves and that one of those versions, Dylan is hellbent on getting his happy ending even if it means teaming up with mad scientist Cora and selling out everyone else in the process.

Thank you god that this love story didn’t follow that of the previous two books because I don’t think I could have sat through an entire book where a murderous psychopath got the girl and beyond that I’m glad there were scenes that address Dylan’s actions and how the responsibility for those crimes lies strictly on his shoulders.

It was a bit odd to have two people who are malnourished and suffering the after effects of prolonged torture were given free reign to jump and fight their way past the many obstacles so I don’t know why that was a thing other than following the set up of new characters for each book but it was a weird choice to give them hardly any guidance especially for the skips.

These books definitely got better as they went along but boiled down it’s basically beat by beat the same plot with only names swapped in and out.

**special thanks to netgalley for providing an arc in exchange for a fair and honest review**

I went into this with higher hopes than were fulfilled. Sera and G never really interested me and there were so many flashbacks that didn't always add anything. Too often I was actually bored with the story and just wanted to see how all of this would end. I've like Dylan since the beginning (yes, even though he was the bad guy) so I wanted more from him here. And I'm not exactly sure how happy I am with how things ended for him.

Not surprising, we pick up right after the last book. The group has been chasing Dylan but always manage to miss catching him. Things between him and Sera are obviously tense and occasionally hostile. Most rare is when we get to see the softer side of Dylan, the side that loved Ava more than anything. Cade's group is not the only ones after them, and Dylan does his damnedest to keep Sera from evil Cora and her henchmen. But then Cora shows up with a deal and a present, both of which Dylan readily accepts. So when G shows up and takes Sera back, Dylan isn't worried. He even revels in dealing G a slow and painful death before he skips on to his newest target.

When G and Sera reunite, a whole lot of nothing happens. We learn about both of their pasts and the terrible things that have happened to them, both before and during their capture. We eventually also learn exactly why Cora is determined to get Sera back. Knowing Dylan's deal with Cora, the two of them hope to beat him to the target. And when they do, they make a deal of their own. Not that any of it goes down the way they were planning.

Eventually they meet back up with Cade and more plans are made. At least these ones go a lot better. Especially with Cade's general there with support and in control. They finally manage to corner the evil Cora, but then she does something that had me roll my eyes....hard. But things all work out in the end. Some people die, some people live, and many have to decide what their future will hold.

The extra epilogues were a nice touch. I was especially happy that Cade and Kori were finally really together.

I have to tell you the truth, this book was a little hard for me to get into. It might have something to do with the fact that this is the third book in the series, but after reading some of the other reviews, I'm convinced that it was just a slow start. Once things really go going in the story, I was drawn in. Loved the characters and the way they interacted, but I could have used some more world building. I find this a lot with urban fantasies these days. The author automatically assumes that the reader should know about their world just because its set in a familiar place, but that's far from the truth. I want to know about whats around the characters, about different places that I haven't seen. This is where the story lacked for me, but other than that, a great afternoon read.

Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.

"Alpha" is the third and final book in the Infinity Division series. In each book, the plots are connected although we follow a different couple. The overarching plot is that there are a multitude of other realities, where we exist but are somehow different from our reality. However, on many realities, technology has been created where you can skip from reality to reality. On a military planet, Dylan's fiance, Ava, died, and he lost his mind, searching her out in other realities- and going on a killing spree to end Kori's life in the other realities out of revenge (she is Ava's cousin and his brother's romantic interest).

In the last book, we found out that an evil version of Kori's mother, Cora, has invented the inter-dimensional travel but also been using it for nefarious purposes, stealing people from other dimensions. Two of these people are G and Sera, who have been trapped and experimented on by her for a long time. They escaped at the end of the last book along with the characters we've been following. But now Sera (aka Ava from another dimension) has been captured by Dylan who is convinced he can make her love him, and G is in pursuit.

The first quarter of the book is hard to read. Dylan is really not a great guy, and he's hoping for Stockholm Syndrome to kick in and Sera to fall in love with him/replace the Ava he knew. There almost seems to be some trying to convince the reader that he's really a good guy, despite his killing sprees, kidnapping/holding hostage, and general terrible behaviors. I didn't particularly like this part of the book (a theme that came up again later). Anyway, things change about a quarter of the way through, and it begins to seem more in line with the earlier books- except that here, we drop the other characters, and it's really only G and Sera with very minor appearances from others.

I think if I hadn't been so invested in the first two books (which are so wonderful), I am not sure if I would have enjoyed this final book. The best part of this one was the epilogue which wraps up everyone's stories. The beginning was tough to read, and the middle felt a little too long- I wish we had more of the earlier characters to spice it up a bit more. That being said, I still read it all the way through, and I was glad to see the ending for the characters we had come to know and love from the earlier books.

I would definitely recommend starting with the first book in the series. Although different characters are focused on in each book, you really need the overall context to understand what is going on! And the first two books are just wonderful so definitely worth a good read!

Please note that I received an ARC from the publisher through netgalley. All opinions are my own.

It is the third book in a serie, I did not realize that at first but still tried to give it a chance...but unformtunatly, i guess you have to read the forst two books to be able to give it all the credit, I saw very good reviews but could not relate to those... I will try reading the forst two books before being able to appreciate it.

The 3rd book in its series, this book COULD be read as a standalone but I highly encourage reading the first two in the series as it helps make the story a little more fluid. In the third installment to this series, this book is told in first person POV and alternates between characters. The writing is smooth and fluid and really draws you into each character as you get to know them and how they are as a person and the emotions that drive them. I felt that the character development in this book was brilliantly written as you really see all “sides” of G/Dylan and Ava/Sera. The character swapping and the versions of each character was done in a way that was easy to follow and kept you either rooting for or love/ hating them. The world building is flawless! Each world is described vividly even down to that worlds styles and how they live there. Overall I give this book 4 stars.

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publisher synopsis: Sera is the obsession of a killer chasing a ghost. G is a soldier with too much blood on his hands.

Dylan lost the only person he ever loved—and will stop at nothing to get her back.

In a whirlwind chase that takes them back to where it all started, Sera, G, and Dylan will have to confront their demons—both physical and mental—and each other, in order to win their freedom.


This book was amazing. Not everything was tied up in a pretty bow, but it made it more real that way. You could really see where G, Sera, and Dylan were coming from, what fueled them. It was neat to see the flashbacks that created the link between G and Sera. I liked how they brought out the best in each other, even if they had flaws. Like I said, a very real perspective in this novel.

I received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.

I received a free ARC from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I will say going into this book I was hesitant. I wanted more Kori and Cade or Noah and Ash. Thrown in two relatively new characters and I was on the fence. Sera and G were both small characters in book two. But in book three you follow their journey to find freedom and each other. Thrown into abhorrent circumstances caused them to find each other but that bond also made them realize they were meant for each other. Crazy Dylan of course make an appearance along with the worst version of Cora we got to meet. But overall this book was very well written. Things at the end were wrapped up nicely. No huge unanswered questions for me. I loved this series and enjoy looking for more books from this author!

This series is amazing. And I absolutely loved Alpha. I couldn't put it down for a second. It was the best one of the series.

An excellent addition to this series. Alpha was exciting and addicting. I could not put it down. If you are a fan of dystopian futures you will devour this book.

Thank you so much for the ARC, sadly i did not realize it was the 3rd in a series. Will be back at another time to review after i read the first two. Thank you

I Voluntarily read and reviewed the ARC(Advanced Reader Copy) of Alpha. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

First Thoughts:

I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I first started this book. No I didn't read the first two books in this series but the premise of this book was too good to pass up. I thought heck, let's see if I could get into this book without reading the first two books. I mean the two main characters were different than the previous two books, what would the harm be? Where there was some confusion in the beginning on how things worked in the world, by the end I had a good grasp on the world. But I would totally recommend that you read the first two books first because the characters from those make an appearance in this book. I think I would've gotten more out of this book if I had read the first two.

Goodreads Summary:

Sera is the obsession of a killer chasing a ghost.

G is a soldier with too much blood on his hands.

Dylan lost the only person he ever loved--and will stop at nothing to get her back.

In a whirlwind chase that takes them back to where it all started, Sera, G, and Dylan will have to confront their demons--both physical and mental--and each other, in order to win their freedom.

Plot:

This book was focused on trying to take down Cora Anderson, at least one version of her. Because in this world there are several versions of the same person just in different dimensions of earth. It was sometimes hard to differentiate the different versions of the same person but most of the time the person was different from the other versions, so it made it easier to tell who was who. But this one version of Cora made up the main antagonist in the book. The whole time they're trying to take her down and there's obstacles in-between to keep the book flowing. I was surprised how fast this book was able to be read. The pages just flew past and before I knew it, I was to the Epilogue. And at the end there was an epilogue for the past two books characters, though I didn't take much for them because I didn't read the books. I know it would've made the world to the people who have. I loved the climax in this book, it had me on the edge of my seat and I couldn't wait till the downfall so I could catch my breath.

Romance:

This book was focused a lot on the romance. Dylan wanted Sera and G wanted Sera. Dylan only wanted Sera because she was another version of the girl he lost, Ava. And G wanted Sera because they bonded when they were held captive as experiments. They never got to see each other while held captive but they had the sound of each others voices to keep them company( how romantic!). I really liked the romance between G and Sera and I believe they were well suited for each other. The other couples in the book were good too but they were more prominent in their own story I'm sure.

Characters:

So G is another version of Dylan and Sera is another version of Ava. I really connected with Sera, she was someone I could understand. She had this undying love that no matter what, she was going to stick up for it. She wasn't going to let anything get in her way. Though she wasn't as strong of a character as I would've liked, she was still strong in her own way. G on the other-hand had a lot of weak moments. He was fighting an inner demon and so he was harder to see as particularly strong. Though he did have his strong moments. Dylan I hated even in the end. He let his grief get to him too much and was a jerk most of the book. Cade was pretty cool. He was more of a background character in this book but he was still fun to read.

Transformation of the Character:

Sera didn't do a lot of transforming in this book, which was disappointing. She seemed to me to be the same person throughout. Though G did do some transforming, he was a weak character throughout the book but by the end he finally settled on who he wanted to become. Dylan though was a jerk most of the book by the end he changed some too but he was still the same Dylan deep inside.

Description:

I liked how the author described the different dimensions of Earth. Some versions were vastly different while some were eerily similar. One dimension arrested you for any kind of violence and the punishment was almost always death. The author even described the types of clothes that were common in each dimension which was so cool that she would even consider that little detail. The author also did a great job on describing the characters emotions. Like I could really connect to G's emotions. He was holding back so much in the book, that I just wanted the release for him.

Style:

This was written in first person and in mainly two POV's(point of views). I think choosing to write in first person allowed the reader to better connect with both Sera and G. It allowed us to get inside their mind and understand their thought process and what they saw. Writing in the main two POV's allowed us to switch back and forth between the two main characters; Sera and G. We were able to see the world better; to get a better understanding the factors that were playing into the plot. At the end though, we got to get in a few more character POV's. It allowed for the series to wrap up and allow the author to say goodbye to their characters. I'm really glad the author did this because it really allowed the emotional departure from the world for the reader. Also, there were scenes throughout the book that took you back to when G and Sera were locked up as captives. This really was essential to the plot, we were able to better understand why things were playing out the way they were. Since this was the first time I read anything by the author it was my first time experiencing the authors' writing. I enjoyed her writing, it really was easy and fun to read. The dialogue was also good.

Quote of the Book:

"The muscles in my face were stiff, having not bent that way in God knew how long, but so help me, this would be the first of many."

Last Thoughts:

I'm still debating on whether to go back and read the first two because I was so satisfied with this book that I don't know if I need anymore experience with this world. So much happened that it really left me exhausted by the end. But I really enjoyed this book and look forward to any further series by this author. And yes this time I will read the first book first. But if you're not interested in the premises of the first two books this book can be read alone but I really recommend you read the first two first. I think you'll get more from this series if you do.

Alpha book 3 in the infinity division will not disappoint. Readers will be taken on a wild ride through alternate version of Earth that will have you turning the pages to find out what happens next. You won’t help but fall in love with Sera and G the two main characters who have gone through so much. You’ll be rooting for them till the very end. I can’t wait to see what Jus Accardo has up her sleeve for her next series.