Review: Enjoyable Characters in a Fast-Paced Paranormal Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 15, 2014
Devin's soul has been tortured ever since he accepted his sister's punishment in order to protect her.  He's constantly on edge as his inner shifter halves war with each other and him for supremacy.  This inner battle frightens him as he loses control when anger takes over.  He becomes an out of control, bloodthirsty beast, winning to kill anything in his way.  He keeps these episodes secret as he doesn't want to lose his place in the pack anymore than he already has.  Devin is extremely loyal, honorable in his promises, and has a soft spot for protecting their young from nefarious individuals buying them for breeding purposes.  While trying to save a young and unique shifter from being bought and sold he comes in contact with the human woman who completely changes his world.  He has no love for human women though as they've lied to him before.  He also has no desire for a mate who would have to deal with his rage issues and be put in harms way.  Unfortunately, to save Lena from his inadvertent maiming, he must pour his essence into her and thus their bonding process begins against their will.  Devin is the quintessential Alpha (who usually inhabits paranormal reads) who wants what he wants and must slowly and sensually convince Lena of the same.  Theirs isn't an easy journey to HEA as she struggles to calm his inner demons and he learns to trust, but it's a very sexy and action-packed one and he had me completely drooling over him from page one.Lena is a strong-willed woman whose adopted sister Molly is in constant peril from those who want to take away her choices and turn her into nothing but a breeder.  Lena vows to protect her and puts her life on the line to get her to safety but things don't go as planned as she ends up almost mated to an equally strong-willed shifter.  Lena doesn't trust shifter so there's a constant battle between her hormones and her beliefs which got a bit old after awhile.  Lena was more than happy to use Devin for sex but her trust took much longer to develop which left me frustrated with her.  Where they definitely connected, and pushed the world away, was in their sexual interludes which were frequent and over-the-top HOT.  I never felt that these scenes overtook the story though, rather they enhanced it by allowing Devin and Lena to connect in a believable way that pushed aside their fears and let them rely on one another.Not having read the previous book in this series didn't create any problems in enjoying this book.  The storyline was compelling with the dark deeds and future plans of those sworn to protect shifters and the race to save Molly was pulse-pounding.  The glimpses we got, and the interactions of, numerous secondary characters has me excited for future stories (and wanting to read the first book in this series too) as these characters are exciting and unique in their personalities.  This was a fast yet immensely satisfying read that contains certain familiar plots but enacts them in a fresh way that completely immerses you in the storyline.