Review: A Lot Going On....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2013
I don't know if "The Alpha Claims A Mate" could be considered a long novella or a short full length book. I do know I felt like I got value for money with this book. We meet Ginger when she is  out on a girls night with her best friend at a honky-tonk bar  in a small country town.  Loch, the towns sheriff and alpha of the local Gray Wolf werewolf pack is there flirting with anything moving. When he saunters over to ask Ginger to dance she is less than impressed, and turns him down flat.I loved that Ginger had backbone. She stood up for herself and certainly knew her own mind. But not to the point of making stupid decisions. When she realises she has to make amends to Loch for embarrassing him she try's her hardest.  You only get her point of view so Loch certainly comes across as domineering and protective.  A typical alpha male,  it would have been nice to see a bit more of his feelings and personality. This would help making him unique in a sea of books about alpha male shifter's.The personalities around town where great to meet. Georgette St.Clair is very good a building a community. There was a lot of different story threads going on which sure kept things moving. I felt a little lost a times during this book. I felt like I was reading the second or third book in a series. Where the author has already explained the world set up. As far as I can see though, this is a standalone. So that ment things were left unexplained. Like how did Ginger and her friend Marigold from New York end up staying in a boarding house in an out-of-the-way country town? It also seemed like the shifter community wasn't hiding and everybody knew about them?The other thing I found a little strange was, on their first date Loch takes Ginger to a BDSM club. Excuse me, what! Not that the scene is honestly that racy,  it is more the fact that is comes from left field. There was no mention of this sort of lifestyle before or after they visit the club. I think that was my big problem with this book, it would have felt a bit more cohesive with less plot devises and more detail.