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Claimed by the Alphas: Part One
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1.5 Stars (Rounded up for the author's voice)
I'm going to put aside the lack of editing and grammar issues to focus on the story and the characters.
Some parts of this story just made me angry. Like the opening and the way the people living in the rural communities are portrayed as backward idiots. I live in a city, so it's not personal, but it was still offensive to me. Just because you have an accent and don't live in a fancy studio apartment in New York doesn't make you an idiot.
What's even worse is that the heroine, Mila, is supposed to be so much better than the rural folk, mostly because she passed some test to go to the city. (This world-building aspect was never really explained...) But she's not. Why? Well, let's see:
1) After reading some books by one person's experience with the werewolves, Mila thinks she knows everything and is surprised to find out things are different when she arrives. (Come one...reading one book or a series of books by one person is not going to tell you the whole truth. Especially when it sounds sexy and awesome, and only helps to feed your alpha fantasy.)
2) She thinks wearing a tight dress and heels is the best way to greet the werewolves IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST. She later tells us via thoughts that she studied the wolves after the lottery for two months (??? how is this possible if she only read the one series of books? I don't know) and she knew how the wolf packs/territories worked. If so, why would you still think your NYC gear was appropriate for moving into a series of caves?
3) Knowing nothing about Caim apart from him being a warrior and that he'll probably kill his friend during the "mating frenzy", Mila lets him have sex with her.
Mila is just...TSTL. Seriously. I'm all for hot werewolf sex, but just because you think alphas take care of their mates doesn't make it a smart move to jump right into bed with one. ESPECIALLY when you've seen how different life is from what you expected.
Not to mention she basically betrayed the other alpha (Asch) who was nice to her by sleeping with the a**hole first.
Oh, and the female wolves are basically doormats/servants.
If this were simply a good erotica story, I'd maybe overlook all of that. But the sex scenes and much of the book are "told" to us, not shown.
So no, I won't be continuing with this series.
I'm going to put aside the lack of editing and grammar issues to focus on the story and the characters.
Some parts of this story just made me angry. Like the opening and the way the people living in the rural communities are portrayed as backward idiots. I live in a city, so it's not personal, but it was still offensive to me. Just because you have an accent and don't live in a fancy studio apartment in New York doesn't make you an idiot.
What's even worse is that the heroine, Mila, is supposed to be so much better than the rural folk, mostly because she passed some test to go to the city. (This world-building aspect was never really explained...) But she's not. Why? Well, let's see:
1) After reading some books by one person's experience with the werewolves, Mila thinks she knows everything and is surprised to find out things are different when she arrives. (Come one...reading one book or a series of books by one person is not going to tell you the whole truth. Especially when it sounds sexy and awesome, and only helps to feed your alpha fantasy.)
2) She thinks wearing a tight dress and heels is the best way to greet the werewolves IN THE MIDDLE OF A FOREST. She later tells us via thoughts that she studied the wolves after the lottery for two months (??? how is this possible if she only read the one series of books? I don't know) and she knew how the wolf packs/territories worked. If so, why would you still think your NYC gear was appropriate for moving into a series of caves?
3) Knowing nothing about Caim apart from him being a warrior and that he'll probably kill his friend during the "mating frenzy", Mila lets him have sex with her.
Mila is just...TSTL. Seriously. I'm all for hot werewolf sex, but just because you think alphas take care of their mates doesn't make it a smart move to jump right into bed with one. ESPECIALLY when you've seen how different life is from what you expected.
Not to mention she basically betrayed the other alpha (Asch) who was nice to her by sleeping with the a**hole first.
Oh, and the female wolves are basically doormats/servants.
If this were simply a good erotica story, I'd maybe overlook all of that. But the sex scenes and much of the book are "told" to us, not shown.
So no, I won't be continuing with this series.
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March 26, 2014
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