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riverreads's review against another edition
I'm going to leave this one without rating for various reasons.
I've been wanting this book since book 1 because I wanted to know more about Cam, when I started I was so into it but something completely ruined it for me.
We are introduced to a new character in this book which seemed like a good idea but for me personally, it completely ruined the enjoyment of the book and it sucks because it's a strong female character and the potential for an ff romance and I love representation! but some decisions were made that just soured things for me...
Look, this character is new but it does get a LOT of page time, at first it didn't bother me until I felt like too much attention was placed on her instead of you know, the main characters. I didn't mind at first because like I said, strong female character yay! but then by the end of the book, she is promoted in the pack and it felt kinda forceful. This is the fourth book in the series, we know a lot of these guys but a new character gets a promotion? someone who supposed to be only a guest. and it sucks bad because it's a female kicking butt but I personally don't like things shoved in my face just because. If she appeared in the previous book then it's cool or the promotion happened in a future book, but this just didn't make any freaking sense.
Don't get me wrong, this has nothing to do with her being a woman, it's the fact that she's new and got more page time than freaking Garret (you know, the main character), her storyline had so much potential but the way she was forced down our throats just felt wrong.
These are my personal feelings, I'm sure a lot of people felt differently and maybe I am being dumb about it so that's part of the reason why I'm not giving a rating.
I've been wanting this book since book 1 because I wanted to know more about Cam, when I started I was so into it but something completely ruined it for me.
We are introduced to a new character in this book which seemed like a good idea but for me personally, it completely ruined the enjoyment of the book and it sucks because it's a strong female character and the potential for an ff romance and I love representation! but some decisions were made that just soured things for me...
Look, this character is new but it does get a LOT of page time, at first it didn't bother me until I felt like too much attention was placed on her instead of you know, the main characters. I didn't mind at first because like I said, strong female character yay! but then by the end of the book, she is promoted in the pack and it felt kinda forceful. This is the fourth book in the series, we know a lot of these guys but a new character gets a promotion? someone who supposed to be only a guest. and it sucks bad because it's a female kicking butt but I personally don't like things shoved in my face just because. If she appeared in the previous book then it's cool or the promotion happened in a future book, but this just didn't make any freaking sense.
Don't get me wrong, this has nothing to do with her being a woman, it's the fact that she's new and got more page time than freaking Garret (you know, the main character), her storyline had so much potential but the way she was forced down our throats just felt wrong.
These are my personal feelings, I'm sure a lot of people felt differently and maybe I am being dumb about it so that's part of the reason why I'm not giving a rating.
karentje's review against another edition
5.0
Finally!! :-)
I've been dying to read Gareth's story ever since reading about him in Bitten by mistake, the first book in this amazing series! And it was so worth the wait.
This book had me on the edge of my seat, I just couldn't put it down. I loved it so much!
Gareth is Cam's youngest beta and has been in love with his alpha for years, thinking he doesn't stand a chance with Cam.
After the loss of his wife, Cam has shut himself off from his feelings, afraid of opening himself up to that kind of heartbreak again.
I love the build-up and the tension between these two MC's, all the emotions and heartache on both sides... It makes it all the sweeter when they finally do get together.
Cam is taken completely by surprise when he discovers how Gareth feels about him, and he doesn't immediately realize that he also feels more for his beta than is "proper". I like that it takes him some time to understand this about himself. Otherwise, it would have felt too easy.
Aside from the great romance between these two lovely MC's, it was also a lot of fun to read about the rest of the pack and the challenges the Regent's Park Pack continues to face.
Can't wait to read the next book in this wonderful series! Please don't let this be the end!!
I so recommend this book.
I've been dying to read Gareth's story ever since reading about him in Bitten by mistake, the first book in this amazing series! And it was so worth the wait.
This book had me on the edge of my seat, I just couldn't put it down. I loved it so much!
Gareth is Cam's youngest beta and has been in love with his alpha for years, thinking he doesn't stand a chance with Cam.
After the loss of his wife, Cam has shut himself off from his feelings, afraid of opening himself up to that kind of heartbreak again.
I love the build-up and the tension between these two MC's, all the emotions and heartache on both sides... It makes it all the sweeter when they finally do get together.
Cam is taken completely by surprise when he discovers how Gareth feels about him, and he doesn't immediately realize that he also feels more for his beta than is "proper". I like that it takes him some time to understand this about himself. Otherwise, it would have felt too easy.
Aside from the great romance between these two lovely MC's, it was also a lot of fun to read about the rest of the pack and the challenges the Regent's Park Pack continues to face.
Can't wait to read the next book in this wonderful series! Please don't let this be the end!!
I so recommend this book.
tink535's review against another edition
5.0
I love this series and was chomping at the bit for this book, I mean come on, who didn't want Cam to find his HEA and wow, what a HEA it is. Can't recommend this enough.
Will this be the last we hear from the Regent's Park Pack? I hope not, I'd love this series to just keep going, there are quite a few characters I'd love to hear more from...I'd especially love to know how Rachel gets on.
I know there's another book set in the same world coming out this year so perhaps this isn't goodbye...
Will this be the last we hear from the Regent's Park Pack? I hope not, I'd love this series to just keep going, there are quite a few characters I'd love to hear more from...I'd especially love to know how Rachel gets on.
I know there's another book set in the same world coming out this year so perhaps this isn't goodbye...
cadiva's review against another edition
5.0
Best one yet! Full review to come tomorrow when I'm at the laptop.
Righty. So Cam and Gareth. I've been dying for this one (even more than Alec's story) ever since Book One and I have to say Annabelle delivered it in spades!
Alpha Cam Harly hasn't had life easy in the past 10 years, he lost his human wife in the Pack Wars, his Pack's unwanted feud with the neighbouring Primrose Hill Pack has resulted in prison for their ex Alpha and the merging of the two packs, and he's closed off his inner wolf to anything other than business.
But it's never that simple.
One of the other great things about this world setting is the lack of drama over sexuality, the pack's don't really care who hooks up with who in most cases, but in this one, the prime driver of the secondary plot revolves around an old-fashioned Alpha who has issues over wasting the chance of offspring when his daughter falls for Rachel, daughter of the neighbouring pack's Alpha and a Beta in her own right.
I really liked Rachel, who is sent off to the Regent's Park Park to get her out of the way of the temptation of her potential bond with the unflexible Alpha's daughter Sara (and I actually wouldn't mind at all a book which gives her a HEA!)
Gareth's been in love with Cam for years but, as one of his trusted Betas, he's buried those feelings deep inside. Rachel's arrival in the Pack, as he doesn't know about her relationship with Sara, brings an involuntary reaction when his wolf identifies her as a potential threat as a mate for Cam and suddenly he can't hide them any more and now his Alpha knows his secret.
I've always loved how Cam was willing to put himself above all else but he's not a martyr to his cause, he truly believes that the Pack should be first in all things. He's had love, and lost it, and he's so scared of living with the pain again that he ignores his feelings for his steadfast Beta.
Wolf shifter behaviour in this series has always fascinated me as well, Annabelle's shifters aren't driven by their animal in quite the same way as in other books I've read. Their animals are inside them, a conscious awareness which influences but which they can usually control.
But when it comes to potential bonded mates - a fairly rare occurrence - all bets are off and Gareth's wolf isn't going to passively let the chance of forever slip by. The results are unintentional but when Gareth's jealousy bursts out I have to say I was cheering inside! Then the MINE takes over and the heat ramps up!
There's a lot of emotions in this Regents Park Pack series and it works perfectly. Their wolves are emotionally driven, whether that's positive or negative, and there's all sorts of delicious tension ramping up between the two men as they continue to deal with the fall of out of Alpha Newell of the P-Pack's treacherous behaviour.
The bonding process isn't smooth either and both Cam and Gareth are stuck in a kind of limbo until, inevitably, the emotions boil over and suddenly they're sexing all over the place and I have to say, I don't think there's many shifter books I've read which are as good as Annabelle's at laying down the intensity of a mating bonded pair going for it ;)
When Cam and Gareth finally give in to their wolves while out on a full moon run, let's just say it burns up the pages and hits combustible levels. The mate bite scenes are erotic and powerfully emotional.
I really, really, really hope this isn't the end of the Regents Park Pack shifter series. I've loved every single one of the books in this setting and there's still potential for more. Luke, Jason, Will, Harry, Rachel...
#ARC kindly provided by the author in return for an honest and unbiased review
Righty. So Cam and Gareth. I've been dying for this one (even more than Alec's story) ever since Book One and I have to say Annabelle delivered it in spades!
Alpha Cam Harly hasn't had life easy in the past 10 years, he lost his human wife in the Pack Wars, his Pack's unwanted feud with the neighbouring Primrose Hill Pack has resulted in prison for their ex Alpha and the merging of the two packs, and he's closed off his inner wolf to anything other than business.
But it's never that simple.
One of the other great things about this world setting is the lack of drama over sexuality, the pack's don't really care who hooks up with who in most cases, but in this one, the prime driver of the secondary plot revolves around an old-fashioned Alpha who has issues over wasting the chance of offspring when his daughter falls for Rachel, daughter of the neighbouring pack's Alpha and a Beta in her own right.
I really liked Rachel, who is sent off to the Regent's Park Park to get her out of the way of the temptation of her potential bond with the unflexible Alpha's daughter Sara (and I actually wouldn't mind at all a book which gives her a HEA!)
Gareth's been in love with Cam for years but, as one of his trusted Betas, he's buried those feelings deep inside. Rachel's arrival in the Pack, as he doesn't know about her relationship with Sara, brings an involuntary reaction when his wolf identifies her as a potential threat as a mate for Cam and suddenly he can't hide them any more and now his Alpha knows his secret.
I've always loved how Cam was willing to put himself above all else but he's not a martyr to his cause, he truly believes that the Pack should be first in all things. He's had love, and lost it, and he's so scared of living with the pain again that he ignores his feelings for his steadfast Beta.
Wolf shifter behaviour in this series has always fascinated me as well, Annabelle's shifters aren't driven by their animal in quite the same way as in other books I've read. Their animals are inside them, a conscious awareness which influences but which they can usually control.
But when it comes to potential bonded mates - a fairly rare occurrence - all bets are off and Gareth's wolf isn't going to passively let the chance of forever slip by. The results are unintentional but when Gareth's jealousy bursts out I have to say I was cheering inside! Then the MINE takes over and the heat ramps up!
There's a lot of emotions in this Regents Park Pack series and it works perfectly. Their wolves are emotionally driven, whether that's positive or negative, and there's all sorts of delicious tension ramping up between the two men as they continue to deal with the fall of out of Alpha Newell of the P-Pack's treacherous behaviour.
The bonding process isn't smooth either and both Cam and Gareth are stuck in a kind of limbo until, inevitably, the emotions boil over and suddenly they're sexing all over the place and I have to say, I don't think there's many shifter books I've read which are as good as Annabelle's at laying down the intensity of a mating bonded pair going for it ;)
When Cam and Gareth finally give in to their wolves while out on a full moon run, let's just say it burns up the pages and hits combustible levels. The mate bite scenes are erotic and powerfully emotional.
I really, really, really hope this isn't the end of the Regents Park Pack shifter series. I've loved every single one of the books in this setting and there's still potential for more. Luke, Jason, Will, Harry, Rachel...
#ARC kindly provided by the author in return for an honest and unbiased review