Review: The Awakening: Aidan, A Review for the Blog Tea and Book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
What would happen if you met the love of your life but knew all the negative things that could happen if you lost said love? What would happen if you clinically looked at all the what ifs? And lost the what is? Abby Niles does a wonderful job pointing out that there is nothing worse than being afraid of living in The Awakening: Aidan. I am hoping this is the beginning of a wonderful new series because the last page just left me wanting more!!Dr. Jaylin Avgar spent most of her life watching her mother suffer from the death of her mate.. Watching her go into decline while she waited to die. It infuriated Jaylin and all she wanted to do was teach other shifters how to get through it. For years she was the best psychiatrist out there for shifter mating.. and how to deal with it's repercussions. She believes in the bond she just doesn't want anything to do with it.Aidan O'Connell was having a hard time, his best friend Liam was lost to him.. After being rejected by his mate.. "he was hers, she wasn't his" his body had all but shut down and all Aidan could think to do was call in a psychiatrist and he wanted the best. It didn't matter to him if she had switched the focus of her practice and was no longer helping shifters.. she was close and she was good.. Except all it took was one touch and Aidan knew he was in deep trouble.Jaylin spends much of this book trying to explain to Aidan that the don't belong together.. That he needs to look elsewhere.. find someone to "care" for because no way was she becoming anyone's mate ever.. No way was she going to deal with the death of a mate or leave a mate devastated upon her death. In some ways it shows the depth of her concern and caring for Aidan that she wants to protect him but all Aidan sees is the rejection.Watching Aidan pretty much jump through hoops for Jaylin was not always fun, sometimes I wanted to just reach out and smack her silly. But other times I got it. She wanted a choice and her choice was not to get involved.. Sure the man practically worshipped the ground she walked on.. sure he was sexy and rich and did I mention he adored her? But Jaylin was sure she knew best.Aidan is perfect mix of shifter bad boy and corporate mogul. He knows what he wants and is going to go for it.. Consequences be damned. His actions are full of sweep a girl off her feet moments..Great book.. looking for moreShauniThis review is based on the ARC of The Awakening: Aidan provided by netgalley