Review: Awesome Addition
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2014
I know I said this about book two in the series, but dayum it feels like FOREVER since I've been waiting for this next installment. 'Tameness of the Wolf' is one of my all-time favorite shifter series and Kendall McKenna writes Marines better than just about anyone, and she doesn't do too badly on the wolves, either. *grins* 'The Strength of the Mate' is book three in the series and I know that part of the reason it takes a while between releases is due to the length of these books and the amount of research and accuracy which the author displays. No matter what I say, I'll wait for these books because they really are... Just. That. Good.Adam is a civilian contractor in Iraq driving supply trucks in convoys guarded by Marines. Now, considering his older brother is Major Tim Madison of the USMC and mated to an alpha werewolf, you would think that Adam would know all about the wolves. Well, you'd be wrong. Most of that ignorance comes down to serious issues with his older brother and his family, although none of that matters when he's thousands of miles from home, surrounded by werewolves, and Adam is way too stubborn to ask his brother for clarification anyway. In fact, Adam doesn't like any of the Marines to know who he's related to, period. So, Adam isn't really happy when Gunnery Sergeant Dawson Rivers, Omega to the True Alpha and administrative assistant to Tim, arrives in camp to take charge of some seriously misbehaving and out of control wolves.Adam's ignorance of all things werewolf is so bad he doesn't even realize that in their human forms they can smell his arousal every time Dawson comes near him. Adam is about to get quite the education when he begins to learn the way a pack leader and the wolves under him are supposed to behave versus what he's been witness to in camp. What's been happening in camp with the current pack leader harassing, both physically and sexually, the more submissive wolves and humans, plus allowing wolves in the pack to run rampant, Adam has simply assumed that that's how werewolves operate as he has no knowledge to the contrary. In fact, all the humans in the camp, military and civilians, believe this is just how wolves operate. Unfortunately, or fortunately, Adam doesn't get to stay ignorant for very long because Dawson needs Adam to help him win this battle, almost like how Noah and Lucas, combined, could calm all the wolves down. Huh."The irony amazed him. He'd spent a decade evading Tim, and by extension, werewolves. Now, here he was, up to his ass in a werewolf mess."It was actually quite funny to stumble along with Adam and his ignorance of all things werewolf. It was almost how Lucas had been in the beginning, except that Lucas had Tim to help him and Adam is lost in a desert, literally. I was happy when Adam finally steeled his nerve and called Tim to get some advice on all things werewolf and on Dawson and what was happening between the two of them. When Adam gets captured and held for ransom is when he's finally able to admit the truth of his feelings for Dawson.This was such an exciting installment in the series. It reminded me more of Noah and Lucas's story because the entirety of the book happened in Iraq, during war time, and the stress, danger, and action levels were off the charts. It was a joy to watch Adam do some much needed maturing during this book and he and Dawson are amazing together. A fantastic addition to the series and I can't wait for more!