3.5 AVERAGE

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shandra's review

4.0

Sean is so much more fun!

Having Sean's perspective was so much more fun than living in the emotional wasteland which makes up Tom's mind. I really loved the way Sean saw the world since it was alternately very complicated or extremely simple in a way I think we'd all do better with if we could just put our issues aside to focus on the "heart" of any matter. I loved his dreams about Tom as a wolf with him and the little girl who needed him so much.

I liked getting the opportunity to see the pack Sean came from even if I completely understood his reasoning how how they would never, ever be his family again. They'd rejected him at a time when he'd needed acceptance. They'd pushed him out unprepared into a world which could have killed him in too many ways. There are some wounds which never heal. They're not meant to heal. We have some wounds which last so we don't get hurt the same way more than once.

Sean couldn't have survived another hurt like losing his pack. I'm glad Tom understood his thinking eventually.

I admit I did like Tom using his ridiculous sensitivity to help Sean find an answer to how he was supposed to live his life as a wolf who'd lost his pack if he couldn't ever seem to trust another pack to take him in. I liked they had their own "pack" with the program and Singh and Rals. I really loved their wedding. It was really a lot of emotional emotions being emotional -and I think there was still way too much crying in this book- but I liked the conclusion to Sean and Tom's love story more than the opening. I'd recommend this read over the first book, but I do think it should be read in sequence rather than as a standalone complex.
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domiri's review

4.0
emotional tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes