Review: not as good as the first book, but i will be picking up the next
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
So, again with the pre warning of it being an Ellora's Cave, so lots of sexual scenes.I wasn't sure with this one.  I wasn't sure about Devin.  his pursuit of Lena is relentless and in a way felt almost forced and it took me a while to warm to him- if at all.Devin is a royal shifter too, but he took punishment in place of his twin sister when she killed her forced mate.  It broke him, and made his inner cats very unstable.  But hes good at what he does - finding lost shifter youngsters, retrieving and protecting them.Lena is first written in as a kidnapper...but thats not true.  She was actually trying to save the child from her being taken to be experimented on.Devin chases her, corners her but does nothing, until 5 lions appear making him believe it was a trap.  Devin loses his control, literally, blacks out and goes on a rampage.  When coming to, he sees hes hurt Lena, and the only way to save her was to start the mating process.It did save her, but Lena is not at all happy.  He keeps her prisoner, although that term isnt used. But Lena cant go anywhere without him.  Throughout the next few pages, Devin learns her scent calms his inner cats, and for once in almost 200 years he feels in control.  He decides Lena is his mate.  She refuses it. Flat out, and constantly, which is what made me feel a little uncomfortable.  Yes, Lena enjoyed the sex with Devin, but she had no intention of being in a relationship with him, let alone the immortal mate bond?The little shifter she was actually protecting was the twin of a girl who is already in the pride with her "human" guardian.  She sends her (Molly) away quickly with her Sister Gwen and hopes they can be safe.This book seems to end quite abruptly sewing all the loose ends together within the last 10 pages which was a little disappointing.But having said that, i would happily pick up the next one to read!Read on behalf of Book Monster Promo for an honest review