Review: Here kitty...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2013
The love scene's were hot, which is this stories saving grace. The actual story was problematic. Kitty is a character from the Black Cougar series who was sort of a bad guy, but ended up redeeming herself in the end. Which is a nice change to read about. She's not some sheltered, virgin, goodie two shoes. She's a total bitch, who is being punished. She is also gladly paying her penance because she knows she did wrong and wants to be a better person. Rafe is a typical alpha shifter character on the cusp of becoming the Alpha of his Pack, who is overjoyed to have found his mate.***spoilers***So what's my issue with this story? I realize that at 155 pages it's more a novella, but the rush these people put on their love story was of epic proportions. I'm used to uf/pr leads falling in love over the course of days (which is ridiculous) but these two spent about 3 or 4 hours together. There was really no need to throw the L word around so much. The book starts off with Kitty being attacked and having to run for her life. She accidentally crosses over into Wolf territory, is saved by Rafe, then he takes her back to his home so she can heal. While technically Kitty stayed with Rafe a week, she was unconscious. So while Rafe is pacing around his home with his wolf calling the dead to the world chick on his bed "mate" they don't know a damn thing about each other. She wakes up, thanks to primal urges they hook up, then they get separated again, but of course they get back together again will dedicate the rest of there lives to each other because they are deeply in love. Wait. What?!?!?! I get that there is a supernatural power at work drawing these two together, but since all they want to do is rip each other's clothes off I'd say it is more of a biological imperative than a deep spiritual connection. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that these two can't or won't fall in love eventually I'm simply saying let's give them a sold 24 hours of conscious interaction first. Kitty and Rafe know nothing about each other, and since she is a cat and he is a wolf (groups that have kept secrets from each other) they also don't know very much about each other's cultures or abilities. There is a point in the story where Kitty tries to tell Rafe a bit about herself and he shush's her. Dude, your mate was obsessed with a man. Was a complete psycho and only stopped herself from continuing her evil ways because kiling kids is wrong. I think you'd want to know that.On the flip side I don't see why Kitty was so eager to join Rafe's pack. Yes Rafe rescued Kitty but it wasn't from the crazed group of women who tried to kill her. Nope, he rescued her from his own pack. While Kitty was running of her life she stumbled into Wolf territory and the three men that found her planned to rape her and then murder her when they got tired of her. Rafe didn't fight them off, but intervened on her behalf. Then the three men took Rafe to "Wolf Court" for stealing their "property". That's right if a woman stumbles onto a Wolf's land he is legally sanctioned within pack law to own her, rape her, and murder her. Not once did a Wolf say this is nuts, this is wrong, this has to change. Nope, instead there was a contest that Kitty had to participate in to finalize her ownership. What?!?!?!?! Mate or no mate, I am not spending the rest of my days with a man and his people who believe ownership of women, rape, and murder are all cool. I will not be reading anything else in this series, and I highly doubt I'll be reading anything from this author again.