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Oh, those Rita Miller vibes!

Total
5 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-08-25

It was like the comedy of Whoopi Goldberg’s Rita Miller in Ghost, except giving the comedy equal billing with the romance and the mystery. This author is my favorite for MM romances, but what separated this series from her others was the strong supporting ghost characters. Bonkers Nathalie and “ef-ing Reggie” and Hiro’s dead brother Sean … all hilarious, and wrong, and hilarious. The mystery was also pretty good, even if the whodunnit tied folks together in rather unbelievable fashion.
And, did I mention that this author’s writes the best MM romance?

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On defense until the end

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-07-25

Three books with the good guys always just responding to threats, being duped, and getting hurt.
Was there ever a time when they came up with a strategy and executed it?
There were the tiniest bumps of success, quickly erased by more loss.

In addition to the author’s thing for telling over showing, this book’s biggest theme is trauma. There’s so much time spent on various characters’ sexual abuse, loss of loved ones, or mistreatment because of who they are. Even the romance was about two damaged people working through their trauma.

I’d feel better about the angst if there was action, humor, … really anything energetic to balance the suck.

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Trail of Tears

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-07-25

While there was slightly more action in this one, the story was essentially a long string of attacks by three unhinged half-breeds, followed by speeches about soldiering on, and with a lot of inner monologues by Knight (blaming himself for every bad thing) and Jillian and Bishop (reminding themselves how they need to put on a brave front, need to sacrifice for the Run, and can’t even accept hugs). What a downer.

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Interesting story blandly told

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-07-25

I’m not sure what frustrated me more: the emotionless recitation of events or the fact that so much happens offscreen. A forbidden romance/murder mystery with magi, vampires, and werewolves
should not have been so bland.

So much telling instead of showing. Whole communities of loup garous wiped out, but we’re not in on the action or the horror, we’re just told 300 were killed this time or 142 that time. The Cornerstone Run/Pack mounts a rescue and we’re told after who died. Instead of passionate confrontations between ancient enemies, there’s calm, clinical reveals of plots, history, and monumental decisions.

It was all so … tame. Even the single love scene was “they came together; it was beautiful” pastel fluff.
I suppose it was fine for a one and done listen.

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Biffed ending nearly destroyed it for me

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-06-25

I loved the first half: it was funny, frisky, and sweet as the web of lies tangled.
The middle brought heartfelt family connections and I adored both of them.

But man, after he came clean, I hated Zara’s passive aggressive martyrdom. Even though she lied about their relationship to her family, she acted like the fault was all his. Worse, she cut things off and then blamed him because he didn’t fight for them. Even when his twin tried to reason with her, she held onto her grudge. Yet, she ensured that her business would keep them connected. I just wanted to scream “woman, either let him go (like you said you wanted) or talk to him like a grownup!”
This was five stars rom-com gold until that last hour.

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Forgettable

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
4 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-06-25

Just your standard alien romance where a bunch of Earth women end up stranded on a planet with primitive, hunky aliens whose markings signal fated mates. There’s not even a small attempt to make sense as Earth expends resources to put women on this planet, but apparently can’t use technology to establish a defensible settlement.

The conflict is with evil aliens who have no names and aren’t described (do they have horns? Scales?). We don’t get much detail about the good aliens (Tavikhi) either, beyond the cookie cutter (women are scarce and they have tails). For that matter, the Earth women are likewise vanilla.

As for the nooky, it was a slow burn to two scenes weirdly heavy on talking about her “chest mounds” and “c.nt” … because of all the Earth words to use, that’s the one I want to hear out of the mouth of a completely respectful, woman worshipping alien.

I got this on sale and might be willing to try one more on sale because this appears to be a new author. But, unless there’s better story, characters, and dialogue, not to mention addition of action, humor, and chemistry, I’m going to stick with series like Ruby Dixon’s Ice Planet Barbarians, January Bell’s Accidental Alien Brides, or Victoria Aveline’s Clecanians.

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Well, I didn’t get this for the plot…

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-06-25

“He was alpha with a capital A”
She was burned by a real estate co-worker and yet lets her new receptionist, a tattooed alpha,
take over the renovation of a 60 million dollar listing … and she agrees not to check on it until it’s done.

He doesn’t want to do anything that will break probation and send him back to prison … yet he and his buddies hunt down a man and beat the stuffing out of him … based on one statement by his new friend that she got hit by the man (and even though she said she had moved past it).

Once they have sex, they’re the perfect couple, perfect co-workers and he solves all her problems.

Yeah, the plot holes in this one. But, the narration was great and the sex was dirty, smutilicious and entirely consensual. It was good enough for me to try some of the author’s other Plus offerings.

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Took forever for them to unleash their beasts

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
2 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-05-25

Note: you can get all four books for 1 credit in the collection.

Never did an Enforcer have such low self-esteem. Never was a damsel surrounded by her pack so weak. I couldn’t wait for them to level up; sadly, it doesn’t really happen until the last few chapters.

In the meantime, Kit and Poppy competed to see who could throw the bigger pity party. I never understood why Kit being a half fox, half wolf shifter made him feel so unworthy. As for the romance, it seemed like Poppy’s anxiety turned her into a needy clinger, desperate to be the perfect little woman so she wouldn’t be alone.

I liked the second half better, when it got to the campy villain scenes- you know the ones, where he gloats how he’s gonna wipe the floor with the hero and have his way with the damsel… cue mwahaha.

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Author’s blandest offering yet with poor narration

Total
3 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
1 out of 5 stars
Historia
2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-05-25

As a fan of this author, especially her campy Kodiak Point series, this series was a huge disappointment. The humor was forced, chemistry nonexistent, FMCs mostly air-headed damsels, and ultimately they were all just okay. I’m giving this three stars overall for the 4-for-1 value.

Worst was the nails on the chalkboard narration. The pacing was robotic. The men sounded like stoners and the women sounded like they didn’t have two brain cells between them. The way Lykosium (the shifter high council) was pronounced grated on me so bad (LIE-koh-SEE-um). Maybe that’s the correct pronunciation. I’m not convinced, seeing as she pronounced eschew as “askew.”

I should have cut bait after book 2, but (a) I know this author can do sexy shifter stories and
(b) I’m a completionist (admitting my problem is the first step, right?).

Also, is it too much to ask for a Table of Contents marking the start of each book? Apparently so.

Ch1 Alpha Unbound - Meadow: “I’d do anything for my beaver.” ⭐️⭐️
This was depressing on Amarok’s side and flower-child silly on Meadow’s side. Meadow sounded like Scooby Doo’s danger prone Daphne, which was accurate considering how klutzy she was, not to mention how many times she ended up kidnapped or in danger.

Ch 33 Beta Untamed- ⭐️
Here, the narrator’s surfer voice for him and valley girl voice for her was appropriate for the shallow plot and vapid characters. Asher needed to show he’s matured in order to return to his old pack (where he was run out for sleeping with the future alpha’s girl). So, of course he faked an engagement and piled lie upon lie to his old pack, not to mention Val. I’d say this was like a frat boy and sorority girl partying it up, but that would give this too much credit.

Ch 60 Enforcer Unleashed - Poppy: “I can’t lose you.” ⭐️⭐️
Kit and Poppy compete to see who can throw the bigger pity party. I never understood why Kit being
a half fox, half wolf shifter made him feel so unworthy. As for the romance, it seemed like Poppy’s anxiety turned her into a needy clinger, desperate to be the perfect little woman so she wouldn’t be alone.

Ch 89 Rogue Untamed - “Aren’t we a pair?”⭐️⭐️⭐️
My favorite of the bunch, mostly because Lochlan and Luna are tough cookies. This one had better action, both on the thriller side and the romance side. Was it credible that the villains put either tracker, stunner, or explosive implants in folks, but not all three items? Sure, but smart villains make for short stories.

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Had me until the setup to the duology

Total
2 out of 5 stars
Ejecución
5 out of 5 stars
Historia
3 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-05-25

This novella was titillating and set up a great origin story for Adam as the villain seeking vengeance against the man who abused his sister. Adam’s penchant for bdsm promised even more sexy good times in the duology. But in the final scenes, Adam turns from vengeance against the men of the family
(who all chose to do harm or fail to stop harm) and decides to inflict harm upon an inncocent woman.
I cannot support a MMC who sexually abuses women for the sins of male family members.

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