Review: Generic
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 2, 2014
A conspiracy werewolf romance where the conspiracy, werewolves, and romance are handled too quickly, this book felt really generic.  Jackson Wolfe (groan) is an Army Captain dealing with a secret that he thinks will leave him forever alone -- when he gets too excited or upset, he turns into a wolf.  Chloe is a PhD candidate who is searching for her lost brother.  He enlisted in the Army and vanished and her only clues have to do with the "Lycan gene."  I will be discussing some spoilers below, although my opinion is that there isn't much to this plot to spoil.This is a "fated mate" story, which means that -- once Jackson and Chloe meet -- they don't have to do anything to grow or develop their relationship.  I'm not a fan of the "fated mate" concept, but it doesn't doom a book as long as the hero and heroine still have obstacles to overcome.  Unfortunately for this book, every obstacle put in their way is a paper tiger.  What looks like a massive government conspiracy turns out to involve just two people, one of them a total wimp and the other one as dumb as a box of rocks.  The whole "werewolf" thing isn't really a big deal, as there is a super-friendly pack and one of the most trusted people in Chloe's life turns out to already be a werewolf.