Review: Sexy and exciting
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2012
"An Alpha's Pride" is the second book in the Tribal Bonds series by Stormy Glenn. With this series, she gives us a fresh take on the werewolf/vampire genre, presenting a world where humans know about vampires and werewolves and coexist with them, sometimes grudgingly, sometimes happily. This particular tale centers around the relationship between a vampire prince (called an Electus) named Daniel and a werewolf Alpha named Carlton. Both are proud, dominating leaders who will not submit to anyone, but discover that each is the other's mate, and each is expected to be submissive.Stormy Glenn does a very nice job of bringing the characters to life and allowing us to emphathize with them as they try to reconcile the desire to be dominant with the desire to also be submissive with their mate. Picking up where the first book left off, Daniel has tranquilized Carlton during a rescue attempt (they mistakenly believe Carlton had kidnapped the mate of another vampire), and chained him in his bedroom where he believes he will teach Carlton that Carlton's proper place is to be submissive to him. Carlton, of course, strongly resists. The emotions during this phase run high as Daniel's actions enrage Carlton, and Daniel begins to sadly realize that he may have destroyed any chance they have of being together. After all, it's a sad day when you realize your fated soulmate wants nothing to do with you.The first half of the book focuses on them resolving their relationship, and the second half of the book centers on the rescuing of some vampires and werewolves from "hunters"... humans who hunt, and sometimes kill, vampires and werewolves that they believe pose threats. I found the book to be enjoyable because it started out psychologically interesting, but then gradually shifted into a tale of excitement and adventure as the characters confront and fight indivdiuals out to kidnap and harm them. Stormy Glenn did a nice job of keeping the story flowing with good pacing, good characterizations, and interesting plot twists. As with other Glenn novels, there is ample erotic scenes woven into the story, with some being especially steamy as a result of the dominating nature of both main characters.All in all, it's a fun and rewarding erotic supernatural adventure from the queen of pulp m/m fiction.