Review: There are better wolf stories out there
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2012
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.Rating: 4/10PROS:- Devin's protectiveness toward his sister is sweet. There's one point when he makes a comment about sizing up a potential mate for her that I thought was quite touching.- There's a decent amount of sex that's decently hot.- I liked the little farming community of wolves in which the men live.CONS:- There's a pretty healthy dose of melodrama in the story. I'm a big fan of the (supposedly)-straight-man-falls-for-a-guy storyline, but when the writing comes right out and says things as blatant as "He had never, nor would he ever, take a man to his bed," it just makes me roll my eyes.- The writing is simplistic. The author will give voice to a concept--for example, "Fenrir shifters were different from regular wolf shape-shifters"--and then either go on to explain HOW they're different (in which case, the statement that they ARE different is unnecessary) or not explain the specifics at all. There's a sentence early on that says, "Anyway, he would be thrilled when he could meet his mate" to which my reaction was, "Um...you think?"- There are a lot of times when "he" is used and it's unclear which character is being referred to. "He touched Corey's cheek, and he pulled away." Is it Corey who's pulling away, or is it Devin?Overall comments: I didn't like this one much, mostly because I wasn't convinced of the men's feelings by the end. I'm okay with instalust; I want the feelings of love to take a while to develop, though. That's not what happens here. It's also uniformly over-the-top. Here's a good example: we know from the start that Corey and Devin are both big, studly men (6'5" and solid muscle), but just to PROVE how studly Corey is, there's a part where he picks up his mate, who must weigh at least 200 pounds, and begins a "two mile walk to where someone would pick them up and take them home."