Review: Characters need a little more common sense
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 29, 2014
Overall, I liked this book.  It had some odd turns of phrase here and there - "I thought I heard stirring up here and came to take a look."  Little moments of strange dialogue, but not enough to throw me out of the book.The summary is pretty good, but not exactly accurate.  Drake & Emelia meet at a Halloween party, and she has no idea who he is.  He knows pretty much instantly that she's the one for him and starts working on how to convince her, while she hates his guts and is crazy attracted at the same time.  Your standard cliché, but it's still fun!  He moves her up the ranks overnight and makes her one of his two personal assistants, and she messes with him a bit (like secretly switching his coffee to decaf).Drama comes in the form of Drake's brother, Silas.  As twins, they are destined to split their inheritance between business and pack, depending on who meets their Luminary (aka perfect mate) first.  Silas is not interested in sharing, and derails Drake's plans by trying to take Emelia out.  Poor girl.  Always nice to know batsh** crazy runs in your SO's family, right?These two are cute, and fun to read about, but both of them lack some serious common sense (see my little mini-spoilers below for a better idea).  That made parts of the book a little bit hard to swallow, and could potentially have knocked it down to 3*.  But, I wasn't disgusted and throwing the Kindle down or anything.  I think it says a lot about the author's characters and storytelling when you can recognize a book's flaws but still enjoy it anyway.  Definitely recommended for a light, shifter-friendly read.  :)****** spoilers, but without major details, if that makes sense ******Emelia "bought" her bar by paying cash and accepting a title, never bothering to make sure the change was legal?  Okay, she's a free spirit, so maybe, possibly... But it's still really stupid.  Drake, on the other hand, has a connection with his twin that instantly lets Silas know Drake found his Luminary and Drake knows he's on the warpath, but when Emelia disappears for 3 days he doesn't feel anything from either of them?  He outright disregards the idea?  Oy, it's a good thing Silas wasn't in a hurry to finish her off.  o_O