The story immediately starts with a little bit of preface into a couple’s relationship. Arienne was the daughter of the beta in a pack while Jacob was the son of the Alpha. Both of them had a very special relationship since birth that started out as more of a brother-sister relationship and progressively got more and more intimate.
At the age of sixteen, they become official members of their pack, the Silver Crescent. At the age of eighteen, they were to find out through the Moon Goddess who their soulmate would be.
They anxiously waited and the build-up towards that point was beautiful. Within a single chapter, we get introduced to the character and chemistry between Arienne and Jacob, the first time they felt feelings for each other, the first time they saw each other transform alongside the first time they contributed to their pack.
Their parents were also intertwined. It was a common consensus that the two would be together, they always had been since birth, and they were pretty much destined to be mates. Their parents even trained there to-be in law in certain ways for the tasks they would have to do in the future,
Despite their love for each other, they had never kissed, never been properly intimate. This was on the off chance that they would not become soulmates. They patiently waited until the day finally arrived.
It was the day of Arienne’s birth on which they would find out since she was a bit younger than Jacob. Her parents blasted through the door, witnessing Arienne crying. They were, indeed, not mates. This scene was heartbreaking and got me hooked on the novel.
- Part 1: Main Theme of The Betas Daughter
- Part 2: What Was and Could Have been Done Better on The Betas Daughter
- Part 3: Closing Remarks
Part 1: Main Theme of The Betas Daughter
Judging by the name of the novel, I went into It thinking it was a hierarchical display of differences and eventually getting two entities together, settling their differences. However, the title is just a contextual statement and while there is a hierarchal system within this world of werewolves, the emphasis is mainly on romance and a particular type of it.
Speaking of the werewolf genre, while I dislike it more than anything, I find its execution much better than other pieces of work. The author knows how to use this genre to bring forth a benefit to the series, while most other series have it as a genre but don’t really do anything with it. It feels as if there is a good synergy between their werewolf and human sides.
The romance in The Beta’s Daughter is nothing short of emotionally enticing beauty. The story undertook a love triangle system with the introduction of Samyak as Arienne’s real soulmate.
More and more negative things are discovered about each love interest, along with an equally enticing positive factor to them. It gets Arienne perplexed, it gets Jacob and Samyak perplexed and the reader just has a blast during all of it!
One thing this novel does in an absolutely amazing fashion is its emotional moments. The author plays around with the reader a lot before crashing them down. In the beginning, we get so invested in Jacob and Arienne’s relationship that we completely forget that there was a possibility for them to not be soulmates at all. When we underwent this discovery, it felt devastating.
‘I felt the weight of both Jacob and Arienne’s hearts without even being in their shoes!
Part 2: What Was and Could Have been Done Betteron The Betas Daughter
The writing itself is amazing. I feel like each word has its own place within the contents of this story. While I don’t especially love the werewolf terminologies, the scenes that the novel narrates feel real because every word used describes the scene oh so perfectly. Being somewhat of a writing fiend, I could not get enough of the writer’s amazing, poetic writing. You too will feel the same going into the story.
Overall, I liked the story. The executions were decent, the characters were interesting, and I felt invested. However, it felt as if too much was being clumped altogether on me. Some chapters had too much content while some had too little. For example, while the first few chapters were very interesting, they introduced far too many characters and I needed to read once more to get a gripe of who was doing what.
A few of the plot twists also felt a little bit predictable. It was not in your face, and I won’t get into detail, though you always feel that something bad will happen during a wholesome moment and it does which dilutes the experience. This is more of a nitpick, though a valid one. Perhaps it was the effect of the first chapter.
Part 3: Closing Remarks
The Beta’s Daughter is a one-in-a-million situation in which you actually enjoy a werewolf story. That may be a bit of a biased statement since I don’t especially like the genre, though this one somehow appealed to my tastes and I’m sure it will for you too.
The ending is bittersweet and leaves you desiring more or a different ending, this conflict within the reader is what I feel the writer was trying to intend all along which makes it a bit more satisfying honestly.
It might be predictable, it might follow a not-so-ideal genre, and it might have a little bit of over clumping but that’s fine. The pros heavily outweigh the cons. The writing especially will entice you into wanting more and more of this series. The characters also have this sense of realism, a sense of sympathy that we want to share with them that really gets you going.
In short, The Beta’s Daughter is an excellent read that was worth every minute of my time. Reading it will give you moments of sorrow, joy, conflict, desires, and of complaint!
