Review: Pretty Good Stuff!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2014
I have just recently discovered Ms. Charlie's books. I have become an instant addicted fan! I am seriously Ga-Ga over paranormal romance, and finding the StoneRidge series has been fantastic! I have bought the first 15 books in the series and have read 3 of them. This book in my opinion was good. I loved that the "big huge Alpha" fell in love with the small soft-hearted human. It was very sweet. However, I felt that the conflict wasn't explored or explained enough to make it believable.*SPOILER ALERT*Lark supposedly has had bad/ abusive relationships in the past but with little or almost no problem at all accepts this huge, muscled, man as his protector/lover. Then there is talk of the pack not accepting that their alpha has a man for a mate but aside from one drunkard who attacks the alpha around ALL of his friends and protectors, that's the only 'problem' they face. It just seemed to be not very well thought out.Now, I didn't dislike the book, but it had so much potential for great challenges, for example; part of the pack revolting,  conniving back-stabbing, who's a friend and who's not?, that sort of thing. Being the Alphas book, it really should stand out, be dynamic, and have lots of good dramatic bits for us to sink our fangs into. But alas, it does not. For a $4.99 price tag it's a little bit of a let down. The price should either come way down, or there needs to be some rewriting done and more put in there to read. I just wish the author had someone who could have said these things before these books came out.So, to sum up, I did enjoy the book, it was a sweet, soft shifter romance with one good fight and some great sex. The plot was not complex in any form, but the characters are extremely well developed.