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A review by fmcfranny
Alpha Maddox: A Single Dad Wolf-Shifter Romance by Emilia Rose
2.0
To start let's talk about some grammatical errors and incorrect spelling I found throughout. Lots of ed added to the end of words that are not supposed to have them, even if they are plural. (My 8-year-old makes the same mistake). Now on to the storyline itself.
I went into this thinking redemption romance kind of thing. Nope. Maddox was beyond redeemable. Based on his memories and everyone in the pack, including himself, he blamed an 11 year old girl for her father sleeping with his wife and her mother committing suicide. Legit asshole. Gotta say no matter how much someone hurt me I wouldn't blame it on an innocent little girl. You want to take your hurt out on someone pick an adult. One of the two involved. His memories say he releases her dad she won't be alone after her mom dies but then he is kicked out of the pack on pain of death and Jade is still there 11, alone, tortured, or ignored by everyone because of him. Then when he finds out she is his mate he takes her. He doesn't try to woo her or win her over or make up for the past, not until they have already bonded does he swear to do better. There was no actual redemption. We don't read him trying to better himself for her or try to right the wrongs of the past. The closest thing is when he announces they have mated, which he avoided telling everyone about until the very end of the book.
Honestly Jade deserved better and yeah it's great Kylie loves her (his son) but you can't be with a guy just because you love his daughter. Her desperation to be loved and cared for and not abandoned again made her accept the jerk who least deserved her. Or any mate or a kid for that matter because anyone that blames a kid for parental mistakes doesn't deserve happiness in their life. This only gets 2 stars because I really hoped Jade would get better than this book gave her. Better than an abusive *** that uses heartbreak as an excuse to hurt others.
I went into this thinking redemption romance kind of thing. Nope. Maddox was beyond redeemable. Based on his memories and everyone in the pack, including himself, he blamed an 11 year old girl for her father sleeping with his wife and her mother committing suicide. Legit asshole. Gotta say no matter how much someone hurt me I wouldn't blame it on an innocent little girl. You want to take your hurt out on someone pick an adult. One of the two involved. His memories say he releases her dad she won't be alone after her mom dies but then he is kicked out of the pack on pain of death and Jade is still there 11, alone, tortured, or ignored by everyone because of him. Then when he finds out she is his mate he takes her. He doesn't try to woo her or win her over or make up for the past, not until they have already bonded does he swear to do better. There was no actual redemption. We don't read him trying to better himself for her or try to right the wrongs of the past. The closest thing is when he announces they have mated, which he avoided telling everyone about until the very end of the book.
Honestly Jade deserved better and yeah it's great Kylie loves her (his son) but you can't be with a guy just because you love his daughter. Her desperation to be loved and cared for and not abandoned again made her accept the jerk who least deserved her. Or any mate or a kid for that matter because anyone that blames a kid for parental mistakes doesn't deserve happiness in their life. This only gets 2 stars because I really hoped Jade would get better than this book gave her. Better than an abusive *** that uses heartbreak as an excuse to hurt others.