Review: Review
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2013
The majority of the people will disagree with my assessment but it's my opinion.Mason - dominant, alpha wolf, caring of his packDani - alpha, independent, scaredThis is a book that I liked and did not like.  This book had so much potential.My actual rating is 2  stars but since 2  stars is not available I went with 3 stars.OK some people enjoy and get off on dominance and spanking.  This is a personal taste and I for one do not like it.Dictionary definition of SPANKING - punishment for unacceptable behavior.Mason spanks (with his hand and belt) Dani so she will respect him (that's the author's explanation).  In fact I am assuming that all the males in Mason's pack SPANK the females to make them behave so SPANKING is punishment not gaining respect.I have to agree with Dani when she said that `respect is earned'.So Mason spanking Dani because he wants respect from Dani is not how you gain respect.  It was punishment for talking back to him or his second in command.Now Mason wasn't a bad alpha but unless everyone agreed with his decisions he became enraged.  As far as I could determine COMPROMISE was not a word Mason knew or understood.  In any relationship whether `human' or `were' COMPROMISE plays a very important part.Now Dani had not been raised with a pack, did not know what `living with a pack' meant, she always took care of herself so when she was attracted to Mason she became scared and would talk back, it was her defense.  Dani needed to do some growing up because yes, most of the times Dani was talking back she thought she was being tough but actually it came across (at least to me) as downright RUDE but it was her defense mechanism.The end was predictable, Dani is finally marked and mated to Mason and she becomes docile because Mason would not tolerate anyone disagreeing with his decisions.  Again to me, with Dani become docile she lost her `alpha' personality.What was with Alisha (human and Dani's best friend) throwing herself at Dani's feet when Dani becomes upset?  Alisha isn't a wolf; she's human so why is she acting like a wolf and being so submissive?One more thing, most alpha males when claiming a mate (at least according to all the werewolf novels I have read) do not like other males looking at their mate especially when said mate has no clothes on but it seems Mason was very accepting of have other males see his mate nude.