Review: Pretty good PNR :D
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2013
3.5-4 starsThis was a pretty good story. I liked the characters and the storyline was good, with a bit of a surprise. This is the first story I've read by this author and based on book I'll be reading more of her work in the future. Obviously, I didn't read the first 2 books in the story but I didn't feel it messed up the story as each story is based on a different couple.Jessica is a grade school teacher and also a Lupine (werewolf). Her parents were killed by "hunters" when she was 9 years old and she was raised by the human foster system. She's afraid of turning wolf because of her early traumatic experience and has denied her wolf nature because of it, only wanting to live a normal human life. This gets complicated when her two best friends each get mated to pares of Lupines, integrating her more in to the Lupine life than she'd prefer. She realizes it's a loosing battle when she recognizes that the uncle of one of her students and his best friend are her mates. But that doesn't mean she's ready to surrender.Charles and Reese are best friends and have been traveling for a while. They come home for the holidays, bringing a young woman (Alyssa) with them that everyone thinks they're involved with. Things are seriously complicated when a simple trip to the elementary school to pick up Charles' niece when she's sick, ends up becoming an unexpected meeting between Charles, Reese and their mate, Jess. Things aren't helped by the fact that she wants nothing to do with them and they need to convince her before she skips town.Jess is completely against taking mates and doesn't make things easy on Charles and Reese. She's almost out the door and on the run the first night after she meets them. Fortunately the guys forestall that but they don't get much further with her that night. When they all encounter each other the next day at a family Christmas party (Jess is best friends with one of Charles' brother's mates) they are all unprepared for the impact it'll have and Jess ends up faking a headache and takes a nap that has her there much later than expected and she finds that Charles and Reese are stuck there with her (because fo a snow storm). Things spiral out of control for Jess as her arousal grows and she agrees to be with Charles and Reese. They don't claim her yet, as they'd have to both take her at once for the claiming and she's not prepared for that yet. They do share some hot sex and the next morning she's finally come to terms with her Lupine nature and her having mates. She's still not ready to change forms though, still holding on to some fear left over from her childhood.Charles and Reese go home to break the news to Charles' family and straightened things out with Alyssa (who wasn't actually a girlfriend, no cheating took place in the book). It ends up that Alyssa has some ties to Jess' past and has trouble after her. Charles's family agrees to help her, assuring her she can stay and start a new life. Charles and Reese do end up claiming Jess and things seem to be going pretty well up to Christmas as Jess starts getting to know Charles and Reese and they all get used to each other and bond as a trio. There is some trouble that needs to be handled as Alyssa's past shows up to threaten her and Jess but things get worked out and end up with everyone safe and Jess having come to terms with her past, embracing her Lupine self fully. The story ends with Charles, Reese and Jess contentedly starting their HEA.This was a pretty good story. I really liked the characters and the story was pretty good, some parts were what I was expecting but I was surprised on how a couple things turned out. I'm planning to read more of the series in the future. I'd recommend this story. :D