Review: 4.5 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
As eldest sons of Alphas of neighbouring packs, Samuel and Korban cross paths at the ages of 8 and 11 respectively. Samuel takes a dislike to Korban. But Korban is friendly enough, and Samuel puts up with him. When something awful happens to Samuel's father at the hands of Korban's, the two men are thrown together in such an tense situation, the only thing that can happen is one of them will snap. And a secret that one of these men has kept hidden is finally revealed.This is Book Three In the Mates series, but its not really necessary to read the other two first, although it might give you an insight into the prejudice the shifters of Cardeno C's world face. I have LISTENED to the first book, Wake Me Up Inside, and have the second one waiting to be read.Samuel is straight laced, a geek by all accounts and does not like to be touched. He is in training to become Alpha after his father steps down and believes that all he needs to know is written in the books of his people. Korban is a little more laid back, but while Samuel WANTS to be Alpha, Korban isn't really bothered. They balance each other! I loved that one knew they were mates and the other didn't. I loved one of their reaction to what he did, thinking it was a bad thing. I'm not gonna name names, I'll let you find that out! I loved how these two reacted to each other once they had tied, thinking it amusing they were spending so much time in bed! There is a real connection to the characters, and really, really recommend this book, or any by this author!I gave it 4.5 fangs for the following reasons. When I listened to the first in this series, it was written in the third person, and this is written in the first, from Samuel's point of view. Thats different. So we don't get to hear from Korban, at all and i would have loved to hear what he was thinking, especially at their first few meetings with Samuel being cold towards him. And we dont get much of Zev, from book one, just a phone conversation. Nothing at all from Jonah. I would have liked more from them both. BUT still a darn good read!