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Branded by Shadow (Olympian Alphas) by Eva Brandt

Genre:
Book Series, Hades and Persephone, Retellings, Alphas/Omegas, Romantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Romance, Forced Proximity, Greek Mythology, Spicy Romance

Publication Date:
November 26, 2025

Page Numbers:
339

Read/Finished Date:
December 11th, 2025

Rating:
4/5

Premise:

He took me like it was his right. And the worst part is my body agrees.

I thought I was free. Free to choose who I gave my heat to. Free to disappear into science and stay untouched. But I didn’t know what I was, what slept in my blood, until he stole me.

Damon Blackwood. House Hades Alpha. He walks through shadows, commands silence with a glance, and claims Omegas the old with isolation, dominance, and zero room for refusal.

He says I carry divine blood. That I belong to him. He takes me to his underground estate, to a luxurious, suffocating, inescapable prison. There, my body unravels. Heat tears through me in waves, and vines bloom beneath my skin. Submission coils in my spine, and no formula, no logic, no plan can stop it.

I’m not the only one who wants control. House Zeus is circling, armed with lies and lightning. They want my bloodline, my research, my power, and they’ll destroy Damon to get it.

But Damon isn’t giving me up. And the longer I stay in the dark with him, the more I stop wanting him to.

If L.V. Lane’s feral dynamics and Scarlett St. Clair’s vengeful gods keep you turning pages, this is your next obsession. In this dark Omegaverse Greek myth retelling, claiming is tradition, biology always wins, and divine bloodlines rewrite destinies.

Review:

A Hades and Persephone retelling told from the omegaverse.

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Scientist and omega Dr. Cora Ellis has found a breakthrough that would help other omegas suppress their heat. She gives a presentation on her findings and draws the attention of two Alphas—Alexander Stormwright and Damon Blackwood. Each one belonging to one of the main Olympian houses of Zeus and Hades. But when Cora goes into heat, Damon kidnaps her and carries her back to his home, where she goes into heat.

I really enjoyed this novel. It is definitely different from other omegaverse novels that I have read in the past and I liked this one. The characters were interesting. The storyline was fascinating and to the point; it kept me reading from the beginning to the end of the novel.

Now, I am looking forward to the next book in this series.