Review: The Bully and The Wimp
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 11, 2012
Staking His Claim did not work for me, my only complaint is the use of fear. I have noticed a subtle pattern of LC using the combination of sexual excitement and fear to characterize the Alpha male's influence over his romantic interest. Fear of any kind in a relationship is not romantic, it means the parties involved are not operating on an equal playing field. The ultimate Alpha male driven stories are the ones where the h knows she is the only one that can make her Tiger purr. She thrills in the fact that he is a man's man, and when needed he  ferociously protects what is his, and no matter how other ladies tempt him he only wants her and he is not ashamed to show it.  That is where the sexual excitement comes from between the H/h, she's got this tiger by the tail and only she is allowed to ride him. Fear has nothing to do with it, if it does they should not be together. SHC had a lot of fear going on, from the moment Elaina meets Raul she feels some type of fear. She let him believe a lie due to fear, her character was childish and did not deserve an Alpha male, she was too weak. Raul was a jerk, he intimidated Elaina from the beginning when he thought she was a teenager. His constant use of the word baby became irritating. I wanted Elania to challange him more, she was  not a worthy recipient of his cave man tactics.  I'm not giving up on this author because I know she can write the type of Alpha stories  I love to read, unfortunately SHC is not one of them.