Review: Pack Of Lies by Sara Dailey, Staci Weber
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2013
Pack Of Lies is the joint efforts of sister inlaws Sara Dailey and Staci Weber. A light paranormal YA romance with an interesting premise and promising storyline that failed to execute properly for me. The plotlines are formulaic and the character dialogue is frightfully simplistic. It's very Youth Adult in some areas yet strives for a New Adult feel in others.The story reads as though a basic outline was drawn up and followed to the letter. The characters were not fleshed out well and I really didn't feel like we got to know any of them. Cade comes across as a wimpy boy, not a future alpha. He lies and leads both Allison and his girlfriend on throughout the majority of the book. We are told why he does it but it still felt wrong. Allison's brother Aiden is an annoyance in the background and seems to have a personality disorder. He is protective of her one minute then lets some guy whom he knows his sister hates feel her up then gets angry when she objects.Allison and Kendall both had a lot of potential that the authors explored to a certain extent but seemed to cut it short in order to move the story along. We never learn anything about the other teen wolves and there was a major elephant in the room between the alpha and Allison's mom that was never addressed. Actually two elephants but maybe that is slated for book two. The villain also had a lot of potential as a major player yet when he is given the chance to shine, he comes across as pathetic and weak. And I never figured out how he thought he could pull it any of it off.The ending comes quickly.  I never had a doubt how it would play out and I wasn't disappointed in that aspect. I honestly feel this series and these authors have a good story to tell, it just needs refining and a deeper exploration into the world building and character development.