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The Alpha Contract
by Eliot Grayson
Angsty and Hot
Eliot Grayson has created another angsty, heated book that I couldn’t help but adore.
“The Alpha Contract” is the eighth installment (counting the novellas) in the ‘Mismatched Mates’ series, but this book is so loosely tied to the other books as to be functionally standalone. It name-drops one main character from “Lost Touch,” and that’s it. I love the series and I recommend it, but new readers shouldn’t feel pressured to the read previous books to enjoy this one.
This book plays on so many of my favorite tropes that I wondered if Grayson wrote it for me. “Fake Relationship” stories are my favorite. Grayson added “Marriage of Convenience”-feels which did not go astray. Grayson really gave me a present and put a bow on top just because they could!
Dimitri considers himself straight at the start of the story, so it touches on gay-for-you/bi-awakening tropes. Grayson does a good job of using Brook’s trauma-born defensiveness to blind him so that the reader understands things Brook doesn’t, even though it’s Brook’s perspective alone we get. Still, I would’ve liked it if Grayson had explored Dimitri’s inner experiences more from his perspective. I’ll admit that I’m hoping for a bonus story that will do that.
The ‘Mismatched Mates’ books are exciting and compulsively readable. “The Alpha Contract” is no exception. The story is emotionally gripping and dripping with angst, but it doesn’t drag out for too long. Interspersed are moments of tenderness that made me ache. I loved what Brooks and Dimitri built together. I’m sure I’ll be revisiting this one again soon!
Eliot Grayson has created another angsty, heated book that I couldn’t help but adore.
“The Alpha Contract” is the eighth installment (counting the novellas) in the ‘Mismatched Mates’ series, but this book is so loosely tied to the other books as to be functionally standalone. It name-drops one main character from “Lost Touch,” and that’s it. I love the series and I recommend it, but new readers shouldn’t feel pressured to the read previous books to enjoy this one.
This book plays on so many of my favorite tropes that I wondered if Grayson wrote it for me. “Fake Relationship” stories are my favorite. Grayson added “Marriage of Convenience”-feels which did not go astray. Grayson really gave me a present and put a bow on top just because they could!
Dimitri considers himself straight at the start of the story, so it touches on gay-for-you/bi-awakening tropes. Grayson does a good job of using Brook’s trauma-born defensiveness to blind him so that the reader understands things Brook doesn’t, even though it’s Brook’s perspective alone we get. Still, I would’ve liked it if Grayson had explored Dimitri’s inner experiences more from his perspective. I’ll admit that I’m hoping for a bonus story that will do that.
The ‘Mismatched Mates’ books are exciting and compulsively readable. “The Alpha Contract” is no exception. The story is emotionally gripping and dripping with angst, but it doesn’t drag out for too long. Interspersed are moments of tenderness that made me ache. I loved what Brooks and Dimitri built together. I’m sure I’ll be revisiting this one again soon!