Review: OK
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
Book #1 of the Wolf Town GuardiansCarole Anne Boswick is left an isolated cabin by her great-uncle. She moves there after finding her husband of 10 years engaged in acts with his secretary that he never bothered with during the course of their marriage. She's devastated, but divorces him. Then a strange thing tries to break into her cabin, looking for something she has no idea about.Alexander Petrov is the wolf community's King. He's been hearing tales about Panther shifters attacking humans & he needs to stop it to keep the community safe from discovery. He comes upon a partially shifted Panther trying to break into Carole Anne's cabin & discovers that Carole Anne is his mate.I usually love shifter books & I really wanted to love this one, but I had a really difficult time connecting with the MCs. Carole Anne is hung up on her "plain" looks, her weight, & keeps referring to herself as "over the hill" and "washed up" when she's only 31. Way too young to be considered over the hill, IMHO. Alexander is cocky, used to getting any woman he wants, refuses to consider how being his mate would change Carole Anne's life.I really objected to the part with Summer at the spa. Earlier in the story, it was established that the wolves are highly sexual and they often have encounters while searching for their mates before they settle down to monogamy. Then Alexander is degrading Summer for her sexual encounters, calling her a slut, instead of focusing on the real issue of how she's disrespecting him and his Queen.I found the sex scenes kind of boring & repetitive.There were a lot of editing & grammar issues which further pulled me out of the story.However, I did like the world building and wouldn't mind finding out what happens with Marrock & Connor.