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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Firstly, I would definitely agree that this is only tangentially related to the Mismatched Mates series – in fact, I would go so far as to say that it does it a disservice to tack it onto the end as readers may be disappointed or confused expecting something more like the other books.
However, if you read this book as a complete stand-alone, I reckon the love will be for real. I have seen a few people express concerns about certain aspects of the book: Dimitri being completely straight initially, his comments about how he is able to perform sexually with Brook, and aspects of Brook appearing to have extremely female characteristics whilst being a man.
And I can understand and appreciate them.
However, I found this book engaging and entertaining. It made me giggle at some of their interactions, the sex was hot, and the almost cartoonish villains just added to the whole thing. I guess I would suggest you suspend belief and just enjoy the good writing, the snark and banter, and the guaranteed HEA. This book made me smile, sigh and generally feel happy and I think my appreciation for it is based on that more than anything.
I’ve enjoyed the Mismatched Mates series and would love to read more, but perhaps this book could be the beginning of another, different series in it’s own right? Definitely recommend if you are looking to escape for a few hours and deserving of a 4/5 from me.
I received an ARC from GRR.
However, if you read this book as a complete stand-alone, I reckon the love will be for real. I have seen a few people express concerns about certain aspects of the book: Dimitri being completely straight initially, his comments about how he is able to perform sexually with Brook, and aspects of Brook appearing to have extremely female characteristics whilst being a man.
And I can understand and appreciate them.
However, I found this book engaging and entertaining. It made me giggle at some of their interactions, the sex was hot, and the almost cartoonish villains just added to the whole thing. I guess I would suggest you suspend belief and just enjoy the good writing, the snark and banter, and the guaranteed HEA. This book made me smile, sigh and generally feel happy and I think my appreciation for it is based on that more than anything.
I’ve enjoyed the Mismatched Mates series and would love to read more, but perhaps this book could be the beginning of another, different series in it’s own right? Definitely recommend if you are looking to escape for a few hours and deserving of a 4/5 from me.
I received an ARC from GRR.
This was recommended to me so sorry to the person who recommended it, but I didn't love it. It's a werewolf romance but aside from one character "needing" to be an alpha, and they go for a run in their wolf forms once, it didn't feel very werewolf. It was mainly about a guy (Brook) wanting to impress his Dad in order to take over the family business and a fake mating with an alpha (Dimitri) might do so.
I found both main characters to be disingenuous. Brook claims to be a dominant sexual partner and not interested in being "knotted" by Dimitri, but he obviously loves it and wasn't dominant in any way. He didn't have a lot of personality besides that, and his fictional disability.
Dimitri claims not to be gay but doesn't seem to have any problem regularly having sex with Brook. He also seemed pretty disrespectful - basically saying Brook was a tight hole and that's all he's interested in. There were quite a few scenes which were dub-con (Brook himself says he was "mostly willing") and then right at the end Brook decides he's in love with Dimitri because he treats him with more respect than his family. Are you sure about that?
I would have really liked more scenes of them getting to know each other, having sweet moments, rather than just arguing and fucking.
I found both main characters to be disingenuous. Brook claims to be a dominant sexual partner and not interested in being "knotted" by Dimitri, but he obviously loves it and wasn't dominant in any way. He didn't have a lot of personality besides that, and his fictional disability.
Dimitri claims not to be gay but doesn't seem to have any problem regularly having sex with Brook. He also seemed pretty disrespectful - basically saying Brook was a tight hole and that's all he's interested in. There were quite a few scenes which were dub-con (Brook himself says he was "mostly willing") and then right at the end Brook decides he's in love with Dimitri because he treats him with more respect than his family. Are you sure about that?
I would have really liked more scenes of them getting to know each other, having sweet moments, rather than just arguing and fucking.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
MM Romance
Fake Relationship
2 Stars ⭐️
I like this series but some books have definitely been better than others and this one just didn’t quite measure up. I usually recommend reading this series in order because they are loosely linked together but this one felt a bit removed from the rest of the series. I am usually okay with these books only being in one POV but I wasn’t a fan of Brook for some time and being stuck in only his thoughts annoyed me. Thankfully this book got better as time went on but it reminded me of AH’s book “Unnatural” and I guess I just preferred that version better.
Blake’s book is up next and I absolutely cannot stand him but I felt that way about Jared too and his book rocked my world so maybe I’ll love it.
Fake Relationship
2 Stars ⭐️
I like this series but some books have definitely been better than others and this one just didn’t quite measure up. I usually recommend reading this series in order because they are loosely linked together but this one felt a bit removed from the rest of the series. I am usually okay with these books only being in one POV but I wasn’t a fan of Brook for some time and being stuck in only his thoughts annoyed me. Thankfully this book got better as time went on but it reminded me of AH’s book “Unnatural” and I guess I just preferred that version better.
Blake’s book is up next and I absolutely cannot stand him but I felt that way about Jared too and his book rocked my world so maybe I’ll love it.
4 Stars
I knew I was going to enjoy the fake/forced mate theme, but I was not prepared for how much I liked Dimitri. Caring and supportive from the start, even when he was only motivated by money, it’s no wonder Brook fell for him. The Russian accent sure didn’t hurt either. Another enjoyable instalment in an interesting series.
I knew I was going to enjoy the fake/forced mate theme, but I was not prepared for how much I liked Dimitri. Caring and supportive from the start, even when he was only motivated by money, it’s no wonder Brook fell for him. The Russian accent sure didn’t hurt either. Another enjoyable instalment in an interesting series.
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated