As alpha of the Regent’s Park Pack, Cam’s focus is always centred on its members—his personal life pushed aside after the death of his wife. Now that his pack has merged with the Primrose Hill shifters, he can't afford any distractions.
Gareth’s been in love with his alpha for years, but his position as beta complicates matters. Added to the fact Cam still mourns his late wife, Gareth knows his feelings will never be reciprocated, so he buries them deep.
With the two packs already struggling to unite under one alpha, they get a surprise addition—one who causes more tension within the ranks. Under such strain, long-kept secrets are forced into the open. Gareth and Cam must deal with the aftermath, while also keeping the pack’s best interests at heart.
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I don't know how to rate this thing.
It's not dissimilar to its predecessors in the basic formula: one of the men is more into the other initially, they spend more time together which leads to pining and bing, bang, boom we're at mine-ing, marking, scenting with a final destination of bonded mates who constantly crave each other.
This formula has worked for me in the previous two books, so I'm stumped as to what the deal was here. Maybe I just wasn't in the right headspace for it. It did take me a long time to get through it for various reasons and that sometimes stymies my connection to the story.
Damned if I know.
What I do know is NO systems were a-go while reading Cam and Gareth's story of everlasting lurve. Not my head or my squishy marshmallow heart or even my loins. Nothing. I felt like an automaton and I truly am baffled as to why.
I like Cam. Gareth seems like a decent fellow. They're hot for each other. There's not a lot of push pull between them. Cam has zero angst about finding himself attracted to a man. They're refreshingly honest with each other about their feels. All things I'm ordinarily happy about.
Without doubt the sub-plot I found boring and though I'm not displeased with the outcome I still found myself having to hit the suspend disbelief button.
What I definitely liked was Rachel and the fact that Cam's connection to his deceased wife wasn't minimized. I thought Jacobs handled the issue with respect rather than dismissing it as no match for his bond to Gareth. I hate when previous relationships are downplayed in favor of the current one.
Regardless of my lackluster response to this installment I still love the Regent's Park Pack and this world that Jacobs has created so I'm going to write this off as a fluke and look forward to the next one.
A review copy was provided in exchange for an honest of the review.
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