Review: Lark's Tempted and Taken. . .
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2014
In some ways this is a typical werewolf story and in some ways different.  The setting is in the swamps of Louisiana, not a place werewolves usually 'run' - More like move by boat and avoid gaters.  But Rafer and his pack of brothers make their living there.  On the Blue Moon they run to hunt and find their destined mate.Lark is the only female they run down this Blue Moon.  Even though she chooses Rafer as her mate, she gets intimate with all the brothers.  I'm still wondering why she changed her mind so quickly.  Was it to keep the family together or was it her personal desires?  She didn't know them, never talked to them, and within a day of being with Rafer she wants to be with them.  A bit too fast for me.  So she wanted to stay on her farm while the guys wanted to return to their home in the safety of the swamp.  I assume since she accepted them all they were obligated to stay on the farm.  The story ends before that is resolved.Rafer buys out Lark's mortgage . . .Up to this point the farm and that mortage is all she thinks about.  How to save the farm.  How sad she is that she's losing her inheritance.  So when Rafer tells her he bought the mortgage I didn't see the reaction I expected.  Excitement.  Relief.  An explanation as to how he had the money - I assume it was a huge debt.  But no, we don't get any of that.  Here he does something extremely nice for her, to show he is invested in their relationship, and we move onto the next scene.  I'm sure she appreciated it.  She sure didn't show it.The alpha in this pack 'lost' his Blue Moon bride . . . And as an alpha I expected him to be more vocal and a strong part of bringing Lark into their pack.  Nope.  He's off on the sidelines and doesn't participate.  While that's typical behavior for a guy that lost his girl, that's not the way an alpha wolf acts.  I didn't see any guidance from him.  He didn't talk to his brothers as their leader.  He didn't mediate for Rafer or talk to Lark one on one, not even to welcome her into their pack.  There weren't any pledges or blood bonds done, no biting or marking.  Of course I skipped a bit so I may have missed that.The consept of vampires and wolf skin was different and interesting.The story has good bones but at this point I am not interested in continuing this series. -- Dan's Wife