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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Significantly darker and more thoughtful than I expected! Looking forward to book 2.
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Violence
dnf @67%
I was enjoying this mostly. I liked the growing romance and wanted to get on with it, so I felt annoyed when some pack business interrupted the development. There were some inconsistencies with Simon's personality, which was weird to me. You see... I quite liked him in his wolf form and when I was reading his pov. But when I read from Paul's pov, how Simon acted around Paul, the wolf came off as a smug dick.
In the end I lost interest.
I was enjoying this mostly. I liked the growing romance and wanted to get on with it, so I felt annoyed when some pack business interrupted the development. There were some inconsistencies with Simon's personality, which was weird to me. You see... I quite liked him in his wolf form and when I was reading his pov. But when I read from Paul's pov, how Simon acted around Paul, the wolf came off as a smug dick.
In the end I lost interest.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Exactly what it looks like on the tin. Easy read, uses a lot of Wattpad-ish tropes, which isn't always a bad thing, since the writing is better than Wattpad. Not the biggest fan of the fact that only the ~men~ are werewolves and that of course they're all homophobic or that there are virtually no women characters. I liked that the characters actually get mad at each other instead of brushing things off, but there is way more "just showing up at a stranger's house" than would ever happen IRL. That threw me out of the fiction more than the shapeshifting did!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Violence
Moderate: Medical content, Outing
Minor: Sexism, Car accident, Death of parent
3.5/4
Why does this cover look like something you'd find on Wattpad.
Cute story
Gay couple that wasn't cliche (Thank God I can't tell you how many times I've had to suffer through "fab" "oh em gee" "guuurl" etc etc in other books). Not that there aren't guys like that but man, not everyone is.
There's more but I'm lazy so eh
Why does this cover look like something you'd find on Wattpad.
Cute story
Gay couple that wasn't cliche (Thank God I can't tell you how many times I've had to suffer through "fab" "oh em gee" "guuurl" etc etc in other books). Not that there aren't guys like that but man, not everyone is.
There's more but I'm lazy so eh
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Violence
Minor: Animal death
I admired Paul's 'research' scene, wherein he confronts his bisexuality, but... And I usually love this author's work, but... I am having trouble with this novel. DNF at 32%. I dislike the werewolf dynamic. And I just can't warm up to the human. I'm accidentally reading several werewolf novels (weird because I generally avoid the shifter romances), and alas, this one suffers in comparison.
I may one day try one of the later novels. Hope different pairings work better for me.
I may one day try one of the later novels. Hope different pairings work better for me.
4.5 stars.
1st read: December 17 - 19, 2011
2nd: August 3 - 7, 2012
1st read: December 17 - 19, 2011
2nd: August 3 - 7, 2012