Review: part 1
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2014
this is a trilogy and this book is part 1.The story has some confusing parts mostly I think because the author is setting up the premise for the whole series.The book tells the story of Lily and Damon.Damon is "in training" in a way to become the alpha of his pack,however we never see any other pack members except a 700 year old one that lives in a cave and is Damon's guide to learning to be a pack alpha.Lily is Damon's fated mate,however she is more worried that Damon wants her because it is fated and not because he loves her,tho that issue finally gets settled.Now for me,this book was a little tame,I was probably 80 percent into before they had any type of sexual encounter and I prefer more adult reading with the sex,however it looks like the next 2 will have more and be more along my speed.The book does start out slow,however I stuck with it and Im glad I did because it did get better and there was a very good twist on another alpha wolf that Damon must fight in order to become the alpha that he was fated to be,the story really starts to pick up when we realize what is really going on in this little town in Arizona.I would have given more stars,because Im sure I will be giving the following 2 books in the series more stars,but when the first book comes out there is so much background info that has to be set up and so it can make for a slow read.I based this rating on just this book alone and if you are not planning on reading the whole trilogy you might find it a little slow,however it can be read as a stand-alone if you are looking for a different take on a shifter story because as I said this is about one shifter becoming an alpha though we never meet the pack that he will be an alpha too,sounds confusing I know but if you read the book,you will understand.I think I would recommend this book to friends more so if they are planning on reading all three parts because in the following books which I am currently reading you meet more of the pack and find out some very surprising news about Lily who is Damons mate and will be his wife also. Sorry the review is so choppy but its hard to say I only gave this 3 stars but that I think the entire story will end up being a 5 star read,confusing I know lol ,but read the blurbs that Amazon provides for each book and you will see what I mean.Also this story is the 3rd story in the Fated Mates anthology so if you got fated mates you need not get this one,however this one is free so no loss if you got both.