Review: Needy, TSTL (anti) Heroine & not so alpha Alphas.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2014
Not sure what story some of the other reviewers were reading, but l wish I hadn't wasted any of my free time reading this.My initial annoyance began with the constant time & POV swapping. Present day (h). 15 yrs ago. Present day (H). 10 yrs ago (h). Present day (h). 10 yrs ago. Present day. 7 yrs ago... I get what the author was trying to do as far as filing in gaps in background & motivations. But it was so clumsily handled that it made for difficult reading.The 'heroine' was anything but. I get that she was abandoned as a baby & has 'issues', but instead of growing stronger for having suffered, she becomes a weak wimp who allows herself to be used to hurt, trap, & kill others. She knows that she is a witch, thanks to Abel, her longtime boyfriend & coyote shifter, but does nothing to learn about her skills, family, etc... she is seemingly content to use the one skill Abel teaches her, charming. As a Charmer she can create collars to control other alpha critters so Abel can what? Control the shifter world? Still not sure because I couldn't make myself finish reading this. At any rate these collars end up driving the shifters insane.The hero, Erich, is supposedly an alpha whom Faith approaches for help (finally) when things get out of hand with Abel, her lover/user. Erich is supposedly her true mate yet he, too, uses Faith & sets her as a fall guy with the council, trying to keep her involvement & his under wraps. There is NO chemistry between the pair & he does little to nothing to keep her safe, going so far as to let her remain living with the monster that Abel has become for months more. Perhaps it's just my preferences, but, usually, shifter mates in this genre feel an overwhelming drive to protect what's theirs. Erich shows up when needed but quickly disappears without too much argument right after, leaving our damsel in distress to screw up some more. Also, for all the damage Faith has caused to the shifters.around her he never really.seems.to care. I didn't get that. At all.As the story proceeds Abel becomes more monstrous. Faith finds her family (by accident, not design), & they now.automatically accept her, despite what she's done to their loved ones, who are, of course, shifters.The entirety of this is very dry without much feeling from any of the characters.