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A review by drakoulis
The Alpha's Son by Penny Jessup
3.0
It's tough for me to rate this book, because I believe it is mismarketed: the writing, the structure, the plot, the characters, the depth, all of them are in the way you expect from a Middle Grade/lower Young Adult book.
To put it simply, this would be a 4-star or 4.5-star rating if the characters were aged 13 instead of 16 and I hadn't read the book with the expectation of reading something like e.g. The Extraordinaries in style, which is the more mature YA gay awakening books.
It is an enjoyable read nonetheless, following Max unwillingly attending a werewolf festival where they're supposed to find their mate, bickering with the jerky son of his pack's Alpha, the bickering evolving to something else, and then when he makes sense and accepts what he's feeling, trying to reach out to the rather scared Jasper. They obviously encounter obstacles in the form of enemies along the road and their path is bumpy.
As I said, the whole plot, dialogue and writing is more suited to younger characters and younger audiences. I wish the best to TinyGhost Press and Penny Jessup since it's the first book for both the author and the publisher!
To put it simply, this would be a 4-star or 4.5-star rating if the characters were aged 13 instead of 16 and I hadn't read the book with the expectation of reading something like e.g. The Extraordinaries in style, which is the more mature YA gay awakening books.
It is an enjoyable read nonetheless, following Max unwillingly attending a werewolf festival where they're supposed to find their mate, bickering with the jerky son of his pack's Alpha, the bickering evolving to something else, and then when he makes sense and accepts what he's feeling, trying to reach out to the rather scared Jasper. They obviously encounter obstacles in the form of enemies along the road and their path is bumpy.
As I said, the whole plot, dialogue and writing is more suited to younger characters and younger audiences. I wish the best to TinyGhost Press and Penny Jessup since it's the first book for both the author and the publisher!