Review: Loved it and I knew I would.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 28, 2013
Loved it and I knew I would.This is another fabulous shifter book from Sofia. Sasha is still & fun-loving and he still takes things too lightly, always with a laugh & a joke. Until the day he finally talks to her. Until he takes her hand. Until he is compelled to pull her in to taste - his wolf must have a taste - of her. One kiss and his world changes shape.There are so many reasons to love Sofia's Snowdonia Wolves! For me, the biggest is the way Sofia's shifter books treat the "main" points most/all shifter books require. They must shift into their animal (D'UH). Shifters are inherently discreet about their very existence. Finally they must have a "mate" which is a fated partner that enhance the shifter's life as well as the life of the mate and the whole pack benefits from this.With Sofia's wolves the change is simply magic! They feel no pain and there is no moment where they are vulnerable to attack. They simply change - hopefully after removing their clothes or else someone is gonna get an eyeful of a VERY cute butt! Sofia's Snowdonia Wolves are thought to exist in the Welsh highlands as myth or legend but if you need them they do exist for those moments. Otherwise her wolves are inherently private with their lives even if they go marry a rock star (check out her first book Wolf at the Door) if you don't believe me.It is the "forever together destined mate" idea that takes front and center stage in this the second book in the series. Sasha cannot believe it when the "idea" of Megan being his mate pops into his head - he dismisses it completely since he is too young and nowhere near ready for mates and kids and all those "adult" things. When it does sink in he is a little wary still but, being raised on mate lore his whole life, likes the idea of being with Megan for the rest of his life. Megan, on the other hand, is simply confused by the feelings of "home" and "safety" that she feels in Sasha's arms. She fights those for all she's worth because she is afraid of getting her heart broken again. She has no complaints of a "fling" with Sasha while he is in NZ but once he is gone her life will go back to its boring normalness.This story approached mates in a different way than usual - it wasn't that either of these two were fighting the mating bond they simply did not realize what it actually meant for either of them. They had no concept of what "sharing your life" actually means beyond packing for a sleepover at "a friends place". Megan had never placed anyone or anything in her life above her family and their ideals and their plans for her - she has never had to make any choices like that before. Sasha knew that he would have a mate someday but he never comprehended that he could and would but someone else's happiness above his own. Or that his impulsive "instant gratification" nature would be overruled by his head and his heart for the same reasons - Megan.The joy of this story was watching them laugh and play and look into each other's eyes and realize that maybe, just maybe they weren't playing that much (wait till you hear Sasha's explanation for their relationship)! To see them struggle against becoming "us", never realizing that it is the struggle that makes it all worthwhile.Book three please and thank you Ms. Sofia.