Review: Five out of Five is just not enough, it's like ten out of ten.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2013
Nicky Charles is a rare breed, pun intended. It is rare that such a talented author requires no payment for the purchase of their books, and instead requests that the buyer makes a donation instead, an animal shelter in Ms. Charles' case. Not to mention she is quite accessible and friendly. You can send her fan mail and she will personally reply with a kind response. All of the above are major brownie points, however, this is a book review so let's get on with it.I admit I have come across The Law of the Lycan series before while late night browsing, and I am ashamed to say that I ignored them. However, for some reason I decided to click on her Bonded book after reading the summary, and I was hooked. I purchased the rest of the series and let's just say I am not disappointed, AT ALL. After reading Bonded, I was starving for more, so I began reading The Mating, and it temporarily sated my hunger.First of all, The Mating is written beautifully. The vocabulary Ms. Charles uses is tasteful and sophisticated not juvenile, and the plot is amazing. The book flows beautifully and the characters are very well-rounded and deep, it's like they have their own real-life souls; they could jump out of the book at any  moment and you would have no trouble believing that they are real people. I have to warn you though, there are one or two curse words, which I think is great, because both young adults and adults alike can read and enjoy this book just the same.I love how Ms. Charles focuses on plot and character development instead of sex, although the sex scenes are very steamy and enjoyable!I could go on and on singing praises on how I loved this book, so go on and read it for yourself!