Review: M/M Werewolf Encounter Without Romance
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2014
Marked For Love is a 31 page story that I decided to download as a freebie through the prime lending program here on Amazon.Since this was a free read for me I can't gripe at what I received.  But in some ways I am.  Nate had been abandoned at a gas station by his last casual hook up.  He ends up walking 'home' through a violent lightening storm, past the Hallowed Forest, which frightens him badly.  He's 21 and homeless.  While he is well drawn, his counterpart Buck, is not.  We only get teasing glimpses of who Buck is because he never says much, it's all up to Nate's interpretation because this story is told from Nate's point of view.  We don't know who he is in his pack, his background, or what he was doing before picking up Nate.While it is well written, plot driven, and has mystery and suspense. . . This is not a m/m romance, more of a delayed mating.  Some of the situations were over the top, from Nathan's blind trust despite his fears, to instant sex despite being worn, emotionally exhausted, and freaked out by being abandoned.  Add in dripping wet yet able to do a blow job while freezing in soaking clothes. No dinner before bed despite the six mile walk Nate did and waiting 3 hours at the gas station.  Heck, I was hungry and exhausted!  Then there's Buck with his 'keeping an eye' on Nate which means he knew of Nate's casual hookups and lifestyle yet did nothing about it.  So where is the well toted werewolf jealousy and possessiveness?Oh yes, this story ends in a cliff hanger.  Yet the sequel is given a bit of page space, to sort of see where the series is going.  My main thought when reading that teaser is it starts cut and paste from the last pages of this book, Marked for Love.  I haven't looked at that sequel but I wouldn't be surprised if it was another 30 some odd pages and over priced.  And if that is true then that is the way this series will go.If, down the road, if this series is bundled and discounted, I may consider getting it.  Otherwise it's just another m/m werewolf dominance story, no romance, and expanded sex.  Expect cliff hangers because this one ends on a doozy.  - Dan's WifeEDIT:  With the Amazon Unlimited Program, I was able to read the second and third 'books' in this series for free.  The second was 40 some odd pages and the third was 30.  Both stories end in massive cliff hangers.I skim read thru both stories -- In my honest opinion, these aren't worth spending time with.  The werewolves are brutal and the main character, Nate, turns into this wuss who is reverting back to his prostitution days and thinking of his pleasure instead of his overall safety.  And since the stories are all told from his point of view, we take the journey with him in dealing with viscous werewolves, near rape, brutality, etc.  I'm to believe Nate will come out of this mentally able to be an inspiration for the wolves and to the humans. . .  ?? What!Even though these three were free they weren't worth even that.  Read elsewhere. - Dan's Wife