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Royal Wolf Mate #1
Lycan Prince's Fated Mate
"That night was the biggest mistake I've ever made."
That's how Dante sent the old me away.
Now, I'm the heir to the most powerful family. My new name commands respect, my new life is full of hope, and my new boyfriend... is Dante's cousin, his rival.
The old me lived for his love, but he gave me nothing. Now, with our roles reversed, he begs me to come back, but I don't care.
Even if we're fated mates.
Even if he's my child's father.
That's how Dante sent the old me away.
Now, I'm the heir to the most powerful family. My new name commands respect, my new life is full of hope, and my new boyfriend... is Dante's cousin, his rival.
The old me lived for his love, but he gave me nothing. Now, with our roles reversed, he begs me to come back, but I don't care.
Even if we're fated mates.
Even if he's my child's father.
304 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 6, 2024
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Gertty Rudraw
183 books69 followersGertty Rudraw is an indie romance author who has taken the genre by storm with her popular series. She writes both contemporary and paranormal page-turning romances . Readers consume faster than she can produce. And you will be pretty happy about that!
She lives with her husband and two awesome sons in Sedona, enjoying plenty of farm animals, and devotes her life to writing stories. If you are looking for romantic books with alpha heroes who have to contend with sassy heroines then you might just love Gertty’s novels.
She lives with her husband and two awesome sons in Sedona, enjoying plenty of farm animals, and devotes her life to writing stories. If you are looking for romantic books with alpha heroes who have to contend with sassy heroines then you might just love Gertty’s novels.
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December 4, 2024
Man, I read a slew of cheating bastards this weekend, here we have Ivie and her mate Dante. I thought the bones were good, and I was hooked initially with all the drama and heartbreak that happens in the first several chapters. I believe it would've benefited from a couple more revisions to catch some of the issues, but the author is creative and shows promise. I do feel it would help to have the world planned out first because the mate rejection was the main conflict, but the actual paranormal aspect faded to the background to the point that I’d forget that they were shifters until some random tidbit would be thrown out when IMHO it should’ve been a major part of the plot.
The blurb gives very little away, so I’m going to spoiler the general outline which all happens within the first 15% because I like to know what I’m getting in to, but please STOP if you want to go in blind.
My biggest complaint with the book was that the writing was lacking any depth. The world building was skipped over completely; we were told there were wolves and Lycans and Ivie ran into a Beta at one point, but we we’re given nothing on pack dynamics or how the two races interacted. Do the Lycans rule over everyone? Are they older, bigger, much more powerful? Do they have extra powers? Are were/lycan matches common? Are they typically compatible? What happens when they mate, will the kids be were or lycan? All this was skipped over. The only information we received was that Omegas were low man on the totem pole and seem to be fairly powerless. They also didn’t seem to be respected, so I’m unsure what their role was in the pack since Omega’s are usually special for the alphas because Dante acted like she was way beneath him. We were also lacking any knowledge on the mating bond and how that worked since Dante broke it, but somehow it was still lingering.
The flow was awkward as well. We switched scenes abruptly several times without much of an intro making it feel jarring. Other times we skipped or brushed over scenes that should’ve been important to the plot but happened behind the scenes and then were info dumped the details after the fact.
There were also many plot holes and inconsistencies that kept distracting me.
Bottom Line- It was alright. The idea was good, but the execution wasn’t the greatest, but it wasn’t too far off from a 3⭐. It just needed some world building and tightening things up. I did peek to see if the son was going to get a book because I can already imagine the torture his poor mate is going to go through, but I didn’t see it out there.
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The blurb gives very little away, so I’m going to spoiler the general outline which all happens within the first 15% because I like to know what I’m getting in to, but please STOP if you want to go in blind.
My biggest complaint with the book was that the writing was lacking any depth. The world building was skipped over completely; we were told there were wolves and Lycans and Ivie ran into a Beta at one point, but we we’re given nothing on pack dynamics or how the two races interacted. Do the Lycans rule over everyone? Are they older, bigger, much more powerful? Do they have extra powers? Are were/lycan matches common? Are they typically compatible? What happens when they mate, will the kids be were or lycan? All this was skipped over. The only information we received was that Omegas were low man on the totem pole and seem to be fairly powerless. They also didn’t seem to be respected, so I’m unsure what their role was in the pack since Omega’s are usually special for the alphas because Dante acted like she was way beneath him. We were also lacking any knowledge on the mating bond and how that worked since Dante broke it, but somehow it was still lingering.
The flow was awkward as well. We switched scenes abruptly several times without much of an intro making it feel jarring. Other times we skipped or brushed over scenes that should’ve been important to the plot but happened behind the scenes and then were info dumped the details after the fact.
There were also many plot holes and inconsistencies that kept distracting me.
Bottom Line- It was alright. The idea was good, but the execution wasn’t the greatest, but it wasn’t too far off from a 3⭐. It just needed some world building and tightening things up. I did peek to see if the son was going to get a book because I can already imagine the torture his poor mate is going to go through, but I didn’t see it out there.
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August 21, 2024
KU*
This was a good second chance romance, but I needed more redemption from Dante.
Dante and Ivie are faded mates whose “courtship” was instant and disastrous because Dante didn’t want a fate mate and since he was Lycan and Ivie an omega wolf, he felt she was beneath him. Dante quickly rejects Ivie, after mating with her, to protect her from her pack’s punishment which begins the year of basically personal hell for Ivie where Dante ignores majority of time, but still visits her every month because he needs an heir. We quickly learn that he has been cheating on Ivie with ex-fiancé, Miranda, because Miranda becomes pregnant and Dante fully rejects Ivie and kicks her out of his house. Ivie runs way to her best friend, Mia, where she learns that she is pregnant and decides to keep the baby a secret. I give this quick summary because that is just the first 15% of the book and I already hated Dante.
The book picks up 5 years later and now Dante misses Ivie, who apparently vanished and he hasn’t been able to find her.
I did enjoy that Ivie did not quickly give into Dante’s demands and desires, in fact, she pretty much hates him for 75% of the book. Dante seemed to really struggle with the fact that while he essentially missed Ivie she moved on with her life, he really couldn’t comprehend the new Ivie, but it was enjoyable watching him flounder when she didn’t give into him. I just wished there was more to his redemption process especially during the engagement ceremony, it was endearing seeing the big alpha finally understand what his omega went through.
Also, I would have loved an epilogue showing them fully together as a couple.
Also, side note as wolves and Lycans with super senses, how is it that Miranda was able to fake a pregnancy/miscarriage and Ivie was able to hide hers?
This was a good second chance romance, but I needed more redemption from Dante.
Dante and Ivie are faded mates whose “courtship” was instant and disastrous because Dante didn’t want a fate mate and since he was Lycan and Ivie an omega wolf, he felt she was beneath him. Dante quickly rejects Ivie, after mating with her, to protect her from her pack’s punishment which begins the year of basically personal hell for Ivie where Dante ignores majority of time, but still visits her every month because he needs an heir. We quickly learn that he has been cheating on Ivie with ex-fiancé, Miranda, because Miranda becomes pregnant and Dante fully rejects Ivie and kicks her out of his house. Ivie runs way to her best friend, Mia, where she learns that she is pregnant and decides to keep the baby a secret. I give this quick summary because that is just the first 15% of the book and I already hated Dante.
The book picks up 5 years later and now Dante misses Ivie, who apparently vanished and he hasn’t been able to find her.
I did enjoy that Ivie did not quickly give into Dante’s demands and desires, in fact, she pretty much hates him for 75% of the book. Dante seemed to really struggle with the fact that while he essentially missed Ivie she moved on with her life, he really couldn’t comprehend the new Ivie, but it was enjoyable watching him flounder when she didn’t give into him. I just wished there was more to his redemption process especially during the engagement ceremony, it was endearing seeing the big alpha finally understand what his omega went through.
Also, I would have loved an epilogue showing them fully together as a couple.
Also, side note as wolves and Lycans with super senses, how is it that Miranda was able to fake a pregnancy/miscarriage and Ivie was able to hide hers?
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August 15, 2024
Fun Story with Room for Improvement
Let me start with the good.
I was instantly hooked by the premise -- I had it downloaded without hesitation. And that aspect of this novel didn't disappoint. It was a fun, entertaining read full of angst, betrayal, star-crossed lovers, and a happy ending. And it was a fast read, too. That's why I gave this book two stars. It did bring me some joy.
The writing style is incredibly under-developed. The first two or three chapters read like a summary -- like the author added them as an afterthought and didn't really care. (The rest of the book doesn't get much better.) There are so many awkward, abrupt scene changes. One minute the main character is debating about going to a ball and then suddenly she's at the ball with no Indication that the focus had shifted. I mean, at the very least, give us a basic "***" line break to help us follow along. I lost count how many times this happened and how many paragraphs I had to re-read. It really was annoying to me.
This entire novel feels woefully like a first draft. It is in desperate need of further development. I want emotional depth! I want to FEEL with the characters. Instead, the author did a lot of telling without really showing or pulling us in. It was flat. I didn't believe the love connection between the main characters. I wanted to -- I tried so hard -- but there just wasn't much substance.
And this is just a personal note, something that probably shouldn't bother me as much as it did: an aide named Aiden? A bit on the nose, yeah?
So, again, it's an entertaining book if you erase the technical side of things. It could be a FANTASTIC read if the author goes back and does a major rewrite. I hope they do.
Let me start with the good.
I was instantly hooked by the premise -- I had it downloaded without hesitation. And that aspect of this novel didn't disappoint. It was a fun, entertaining read full of angst, betrayal, star-crossed lovers, and a happy ending. And it was a fast read, too. That's why I gave this book two stars. It did bring me some joy.
The writing style is incredibly under-developed. The first two or three chapters read like a summary -- like the author added them as an afterthought and didn't really care. (The rest of the book doesn't get much better.) There are so many awkward, abrupt scene changes. One minute the main character is debating about going to a ball and then suddenly she's at the ball with no Indication that the focus had shifted. I mean, at the very least, give us a basic "***" line break to help us follow along. I lost count how many times this happened and how many paragraphs I had to re-read. It really was annoying to me.
This entire novel feels woefully like a first draft. It is in desperate need of further development. I want emotional depth! I want to FEEL with the characters. Instead, the author did a lot of telling without really showing or pulling us in. It was flat. I didn't believe the love connection between the main characters. I wanted to -- I tried so hard -- but there just wasn't much substance.
And this is just a personal note, something that probably shouldn't bother me as much as it did: an aide named Aiden? A bit on the nose, yeah?
So, again, it's an entertaining book if you erase the technical side of things. It could be a FANTASTIC read if the author goes back and does a major rewrite. I hope they do.
September 30, 2024
I'm going to hide this whole review because it gets spoilery. I use spoiler tags when I think about it, but read at your own risk.
This was not great, but I was on board, to begin with. It has the Sekret Bebe trope, which I'm not a big fan of, as well as the werewolf/rejected mates trope, which can go either way for me. In this case, Ivie and Dante, Prince of the Lycans, are fated mates, but he is already in love with another woman. He takes Ivie for a mate (which doesn't seem to meet much other than "spouse" in this series), but treats Ivie with constant hostility and apparently even though he's been sleeping with her for reproductive reasons, also still has the OW on the side because when she shows up pregnant (with a baby bump to boot) he rejects Ivie as his mate (a quick no-fuss version of divorce, apparently). Only he doesn't know that Ivie is also pregnant.
I can kind of understand this backstory on the secret baby trope. After all, Ivie potentially has an heir to the throne cooking and if Dante wants his OW's lovechild to inherit, as awful has he has been to Ivie, I could see him coming after her baby with violent intent. Unfortunately, Ivie never once makes that connection. Instead she keeps the baby away due to the toxicity in the court, stating she can't expose him to all the backstabbing and his father's cruelty. Which is still valid. I just wish the author had taken a harder line with it.
So five-ish years after her rejection, Ivie returns with the last name Westfield (she met a kind billionaire human who didn't want to leave his immense company and fortune to his legal heirs, so rather than just marrying him and having the relationship be platonic, the author has them go through all the legal hoops of her changing her last name to his, him changing his Will and all his company documents, and giving her a crash course in running a mega-successful business). So of course, because this is a romance novel Ivie returns to her old area to close some ephemeral business-y deal that she needs in order to return home out of the country before Dante can get word that she's around. She's had a mini-makeover, is independently wealthy, and somehow super-quickly became a brilliant business strategist (but only in the same way that most Hallmark movie heroines are at the beginning of the movie, where you have no idea what they actually do or how this business makes money), all while raising a small child, and she does all of this in just a few years. Suffice it to say, I would have liked more of a time gap.
Meanwhile, Dante has mated the OW, who miscarried the baby she was pregnant with and has turned into an absolute psycho of a princess, physically maiming and torturing anyone who breathes on her wrong. Only somehow he's just now starting to figure that out. So when he hears that this other mysterious CEO has horned in on one of his deals, he has to meet the guy. Only OMGWTAFTLDRBBQ! lo and behold, it was Ivie.
From here we have the usual wackiness. I was happy that Ivie didn't spend the intervening years pining for Dante and she actually gave him a pretty decent runaround getting her back. It wasn't my favorite book ever but I was on board. But then about halfway through the book, it took a turn. Suddenly, all Ivie's reasons for keeping her son away from court mean nothing so she accepts amarriage mating proposal dun dun duuuunnnnn!!! from Dante's nice-guy cousin, who keeps showing up to save her mysteriously and out of nowhere when she's being attacked by bad guys. Also (and I'm sure this is tooootally coincidental) Jordan just so happens to be the guy who wants to replace Dante as heir to the throne. There's a clause in Lycan royalty succession that the king has to have an heir before he can take the throne. Womp womp, Dante. But suddenly, the court isn't too toxic for Ivie's kid and all her somewhat valid reasons for keeping him a sekret bebe are gone by the wayside and she must join it to find out who is trying to attack her and/or him. Hm, whoooooo could it beeeeeee?
But over the course of the book, Dante has fallen for Ivie and she can't bring herself to believe him. He is, after all, still mated to the OW, even if he is going through divorce proceedings. (Turns out you don't have to divorce your true mate, but when it's someone you take as a mate, there's paperwork.) And she does put the jackass through the proverbial wringer, emotionally.
If this review was based only on the first half of the book, I'd have been on board with it. I'm all for a FMC who makes the MMC walk on emotional broken glass to get her back after years of emotional abuse. I'm even okay with her trying to move on with another guy after the MMC treats her badly. Unfortunately, the author wasn't so interested and I had to deal with implausible stories about how she inherited a company from an older man without marrying him, and engagement parties where the raunchiest thing that happens (with the groom anyway) is him kissing her head.
The first half of the book would have gotten three stars, at least for sheer enjoyment, even if there were some plot holes and bits where I'm pretty sure the author forgot what she'd written earlier in the book. The second half got 1 (the pre-wedding shenanigans were a lot), so I'm splitting the difference at 2 stars.
This was not great, but I was on board, to begin with. It has the Sekret Bebe trope, which I'm not a big fan of, as well as the werewolf/rejected mates trope, which can go either way for me. In this case, Ivie and Dante, Prince of the Lycans, are fated mates, but he is already in love with another woman. He takes Ivie for a mate (which doesn't seem to meet much other than "spouse" in this series), but treats Ivie with constant hostility and apparently even though he's been sleeping with her for reproductive reasons, also still has the OW on the side because when she shows up pregnant (with a baby bump to boot) he rejects Ivie as his mate (a quick no-fuss version of divorce, apparently). Only he doesn't know that Ivie is also pregnant.
I can kind of understand this backstory on the secret baby trope. After all, Ivie potentially has an heir to the throne cooking and if Dante wants his OW's lovechild to inherit, as awful has he has been to Ivie, I could see him coming after her baby with violent intent. Unfortunately, Ivie never once makes that connection. Instead she keeps the baby away due to the toxicity in the court, stating she can't expose him to all the backstabbing and his father's cruelty. Which is still valid. I just wish the author had taken a harder line with it.
So five-ish years after her rejection, Ivie returns with the last name Westfield (she met a kind billionaire human who didn't want to leave his immense company and fortune to his legal heirs, so rather than just marrying him and having the relationship be platonic, the author has them go through all the legal hoops of her changing her last name to his, him changing his Will and all his company documents, and giving her a crash course in running a mega-successful business). So of course, because this is a romance novel Ivie returns to her old area to close some ephemeral business-y deal that she needs in order to return home out of the country before Dante can get word that she's around. She's had a mini-makeover, is independently wealthy, and somehow super-quickly became a brilliant business strategist (but only in the same way that most Hallmark movie heroines are at the beginning of the movie, where you have no idea what they actually do or how this business makes money), all while raising a small child, and she does all of this in just a few years. Suffice it to say, I would have liked more of a time gap.
Meanwhile, Dante has mated the OW, who miscarried the baby she was pregnant with and has turned into an absolute psycho of a princess, physically maiming and torturing anyone who breathes on her wrong. Only somehow he's just now starting to figure that out. So when he hears that this other mysterious CEO has horned in on one of his deals, he has to meet the guy. Only OMGWTAFTLDRBBQ! lo and behold, it was Ivie.
From here we have the usual wackiness. I was happy that Ivie didn't spend the intervening years pining for Dante and she actually gave him a pretty decent runaround getting her back. It wasn't my favorite book ever but I was on board. But then about halfway through the book, it took a turn. Suddenly, all Ivie's reasons for keeping her son away from court mean nothing so she accepts a
But over the course of the book, Dante has fallen for Ivie and she can't bring herself to believe him. He is, after all, still mated to the OW, even if he is going through divorce proceedings. (Turns out you don't have to divorce your true mate, but when it's someone you take as a mate, there's paperwork.) And she does put the jackass through the proverbial wringer, emotionally.
If this review was based only on the first half of the book, I'd have been on board with it. I'm all for a FMC who makes the MMC walk on emotional broken glass to get her back after years of emotional abuse. I'm even okay with her trying to move on with another guy after the MMC treats her badly. Unfortunately, the author wasn't so interested and I had to deal with implausible stories about how she inherited a company from an older man without marrying him, and engagement parties where the raunchiest thing that happens (with the groom anyway) is him kissing her head.
The first half of the book would have gotten three stars, at least for sheer enjoyment, even if there were some plot holes and bits where I'm pretty sure the author forgot what she'd written earlier in the book. The second half got 1 (the pre-wedding shenanigans were a lot), so I'm splitting the difference at 2 stars.
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November 22, 2024
Showed promise…
The storyline was engaging, but the writing itself was missing details. Sometimes I was confused as it jumped from scene to scene. One minute they were one place, the next another without any explanation of transition or descriptions of who, when, where.
Characters were there one minute then gone the next…the fmc hardly had any interaction with her own son.
Just felt unfinished and sloppy.
The storyline was engaging, but the writing itself was missing details. Sometimes I was confused as it jumped from scene to scene. One minute they were one place, the next another without any explanation of transition or descriptions of who, when, where.
Characters were there one minute then gone the next…the fmc hardly had any interaction with her own son.
Just felt unfinished and sloppy.
September 30, 2024
yall, Noelle picked it blame her
December 19, 2024
This was a great rejected mates story with plenty of angst and betrayal. I loved the heroine of this story and will definitely read more in this series.
April 24, 2025
1.5 stars
So I'm marking this author off my list. This is the second novel I have read by this author, but the same story, just different characters.
So I'm marking this author off my list. This is the second novel I have read by this author, but the same story, just different characters.
February 3, 2025
Decent rejected mate book with requisite psycho OW, secret baby, H with difficulty accepting a fated bond and resentful he can't pick who he really wants, etc.
August 22, 2024
Una mierda malo, malísimo, espantoso. No le doy 1 estrella porque esas las guardo para cuando un libro va en contra de todo lo que creo nivel groso y esto es simplemente pobre en todos los sentidos, no vale la pena. Él un violentito traumado de los de siempre, ella lo perdono por ✨el poder de la magia lunar ✨ lamentablemente.
September 27, 2024
You can’t convince me that a 14 year old girl did not write this.
March 31, 2025
This is a days reading I wish I could get back. This writing was disjointed. Scenes and timeline shifts sentence to sentence, nothing separating them to lead you as you read. We get a whopping two sex scenes, one from H’s pov a memory of the past that was again out of nowhere. And then at the end of them hooking up. Ole boy doesn’t even know he’s the dad until like the last page, so we get nothing between them of actually knowing they’re related. And then the last scene is her friend drinking screwdrivers, on her 4th, while heavily pregnant and it’s just glossed over bc her mom drank while pregnant with her so it’s okay….I don’t care if it’s sci-fi, FAS isn’t funny.
August 28, 2024
almost complete
I was pretty happy with the story until I realized there is a gaping plot hole where the truth about the night they met the first time was never revealed. Also, I would have loved a much more in depth flashback to the meetings at the house and with Lady Sinclair towards the end. They’re glossed over too much in my opinion.
I was pretty happy with the story until I realized there is a gaping plot hole where the truth about the night they met the first time was never revealed. Also, I would have loved a much more in depth flashback to the meetings at the house and with Lady Sinclair towards the end. They’re glossed over too much in my opinion.
September 17, 2024
First off, the fact that he kept Ivie as a baby maker was wrong. However he didn’t want a fated mate due to family issues. I got that. Sleeping with both Miranda and Ivie was an issue for me. Thankfully a lot of that wrapped up early in the book.
The bad, Dante just let Miranda do whatever she wanted. If he loved Ivie then he would have protected her when he heard Miranda was trying to kill her. Instead he sent her to her room. She still got to attend events. She still attacked Ivie at an event for Ivie. She was still able to get a hold of Ivie’s son to try and kill him.
Dante failed Ivie in so many ways.
The bad, Dante just let Miranda do whatever she wanted. If he loved Ivie then he would have protected her when he heard Miranda was trying to kill her. Instead he sent her to her room. She still got to attend events. She still attacked Ivie at an event for Ivie. She was still able to get a hold of Ivie’s son to try and kill him.
Dante failed Ivie in so many ways.
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October 17, 2024
Readable
November 5, 2024
I wasn't too keen at first. . .
My discontent stemmed mostly from how weak and desperate the female lead was despite how the male lead treated her like trash. however, I stuck with the story just long enough for it to turn the corner and discover that this is one of those rare books in which the author is able to pull off two things that most authors don't bother with or are unable to accomplish: First the female lead evolved into a stronger more assertive character that wasn't entirely driven by her biological designation as an Omega (i.e. didn't remain a libido controlled doormat) and fought against the fated mate attraction, refusing to be treated poorly or taken advantage of by the male lead again. This was accomplished with fairly steady character development that assauged my frustration with the female lead's initial meekness. Secondly, the male lead actually took action and redeemed himself by also himself evolving into a more self-aware and repentant male coupled with a fair bit of groveling-- a pleasant change from the lazy miraculous personality transplant trap that so many authors fall into. Also, the who-done-it was interesting enough to add a bit of complexity to the storyline.
The only thing I could see that might give some readers pause is that the Dante, the male lead, breaks up with his fiance when he finds his fated mate, who is our female lead; then once, through a sense of obligation, he is rather unhappily mated to the heroine he continues his relationship with his former fiance out of a twisted sense of loyalty and a great deal of manipulation on the ex-fiance's part. Some readers may feel that that crosses the bounds of cheating, and normally, I detest story lines with that plot device, but somehow given the circumstances and the nature of the toxic manipulations and lies used to twist circumstances this one skirted just shy of the line I was unwilling to cross. The tough thing is that readers have to make it to the end to get all of the secrets that made it clear why the characters felt justified for actions I normally wouldn't be able to tolerate.
Lastly, I have to admit there were a number of typographical errors involving commas that stumbled into the middle of words, or quotation marks that hung out at the end of a paragraph with no dialogue between them, and a few diction errors that look more like incorrect audio dictation word choices. In short, this could use more thorough editing. But despite that, I would have to admit I do recommend this unless even a shadow of infidelity is a trigger for you. My review shows four stars because their review system doesn't allow for half stars, but if it could this would be 3 and 1/2 stars with one half star being detracted because of the editing errors.
My discontent stemmed mostly from how weak and desperate the female lead was despite how the male lead treated her like trash. however, I stuck with the story just long enough for it to turn the corner and discover that this is one of those rare books in which the author is able to pull off two things that most authors don't bother with or are unable to accomplish: First the female lead evolved into a stronger more assertive character that wasn't entirely driven by her biological designation as an Omega (i.e. didn't remain a libido controlled doormat) and fought against the fated mate attraction, refusing to be treated poorly or taken advantage of by the male lead again. This was accomplished with fairly steady character development that assauged my frustration with the female lead's initial meekness. Secondly, the male lead actually took action and redeemed himself by also himself evolving into a more self-aware and repentant male coupled with a fair bit of groveling-- a pleasant change from the lazy miraculous personality transplant trap that so many authors fall into. Also, the who-done-it was interesting enough to add a bit of complexity to the storyline.
The only thing I could see that might give some readers pause is that the Dante, the male lead, breaks up with his fiance when he finds his fated mate, who is our female lead; then once, through a sense of obligation, he is rather unhappily mated to the heroine he continues his relationship with his former fiance out of a twisted sense of loyalty and a great deal of manipulation on the ex-fiance's part. Some readers may feel that that crosses the bounds of cheating, and normally, I detest story lines with that plot device, but somehow given the circumstances and the nature of the toxic manipulations and lies used to twist circumstances this one skirted just shy of the line I was unwilling to cross. The tough thing is that readers have to make it to the end to get all of the secrets that made it clear why the characters felt justified for actions I normally wouldn't be able to tolerate.
Lastly, I have to admit there were a number of typographical errors involving commas that stumbled into the middle of words, or quotation marks that hung out at the end of a paragraph with no dialogue between them, and a few diction errors that look more like incorrect audio dictation word choices. In short, this could use more thorough editing. But despite that, I would have to admit I do recommend this unless even a shadow of infidelity is a trigger for you. My review shows four stars because their review system doesn't allow for half stars, but if it could this would be 3 and 1/2 stars with one half star being detracted because of the editing errors.
December 4, 2024
This was just ok. By the end of the book the h started to annoy me. Also, the story wasn't really fleshed out enough. It jumped around and I really wasn't feeling any real emotion from the characters even though they're fated mates. The author passed over what happened to the h after being rejected. We don't know how she left just that she met some billionaire human she married and then she became some badass business woman. How exactly? Unfortunately I find the plot lacking with this author with details. There aren't any really 🤷. Biggest flaw in the plot was the H not being able to tell Mason was his son... Really? These are Lycans and werewolves. They can smell their own indefinitely. So that was really weak.
October 7, 2024
A bit of a rage read for me
Characters were one dimensional, made tstl decisions, inner monologues were repetitive, grovel existed in the most unsatisfactory way and the bad guys met their end partly off page and quickly.
Characters were one dimensional, made tstl decisions, inner monologues were repetitive, grovel existed in the most unsatisfactory way and the bad guys met their end partly off page and quickly.
October 20, 2024
New to me author..
Really great plot! I thought it was excellent. The characters and their development was well done. While I overall enjoyed the story I had some issues with the layout. I didn't care for the time jumps, and I'm aware that's a me problem.
Really great plot! I thought it was excellent. The characters and their development was well done. While I overall enjoyed the story I had some issues with the layout. I didn't care for the time jumps, and I'm aware that's a me problem.
September 10, 2024
DNF 72%
September 21, 2024
Baaaaaaaaaaaad.
November 29, 2024
It did jump around a little bit and felt like it was lacking some details or opportunity for that to happen because of that.
Recap:
Ivie is an omega and her pack treats her as the lowest of the pack. When her friend convinces her to take a gifted ticket to the ball she reluctantly attends as a mascaraed with scent blockers incase so she isn’t harassed. When she is almost attacked by the future beta and he lies to cover her fighting back and hurting him. She escapes and follows a scent and finds her mate, Dante is the Lycan Prince. The next morning he sees her scent blocker and thinks she tricked him so he tells her to get out to be grabbed and forced to meet in his office where the beta is causing more issues. The alpha tries to instills an ancient level for her to become a breeder. Thankfully Dante saves her and claims her but he says he will never love her and he hates her bc he was supposed to marry Miranda. After a few months of being ignored the council tries to get him to have an heir, so they have weird meet ups when she’s ovulating. Before she can tell him she pregnant his ex shows up claiming she is pregnant and so heart broken Ivie leaves and doesn’t tell him about the baby.
5 years later their son, Mason, is raised by Ivie who after years of struggle found a friend to care for on his dying bed and she inherited all his company after working for him towards the end. She had built a good life but had to return home for a potential client deal, which Dante messes up to get her to stay and talk to him. Meanwhile Dante and Miranda’s child didn’t make it(we find out later it was a lie, she was never pregnant and manipulated Dante) and their marriage was falling apart bc Dante couldn’t stop thinking of Ivie always. While gone Ivie became friends with an other Lycan named Jordan, who was actually Dantes cousin, which he never tells her. Dante is about to lose his throne to Jordan, it is a race to an heir, even if no one knows Dante has one with Mason. Ivie just wants to leave but she keeps being attacked by assassins, courtesy of Miranda, but for some reason Jordan is always there to save her, Dante is just a little late. Dante catches her talking on the phone and that she is trying to kill Ivie and demands a divorce. He doesn’t care if he is king of it means Ivie is dead. After a bunch of back and forth with her heart and mind and Dante trying to sway her she just can’t get over what he did in the past and she agrees to marry Jordan and become his queen. Dante is heart broken but still trying to convince her as she goes through the marriage processes for royalty. Eventually Ivie realizes she can’t get over her past emotions and feelings and tells him he needs to let her be happy, and he tries and just doesn’t make eye contact with her at the things he must attend. She finally gets news from Mia, her bestie, about a rebellion location and she breaks in. She sees and overhears a convo, which we find out later that it was Jordan and Miranda plotting against them to take over. Ivie is smart and recruits the Sinclair to help protect their son and the true royals but they must time it all perfectly. The night before the meeting ceremony Ivie and Dante running run into each other on the terrace and they end up having a wild night together, which was not planned, but she has to stick to the plan. The mating ceremony turned out to be a set up to kill Dante but then it all changed, Mason is being help by Miranda, she exposes the truth to Dante and he is not mad at Ivie he understands. Jordan holds Ivie with a silver dagger to her neck, but then the tables turn and Sinclair stands by her word and now Dante can fight off the warriors holding him, Mason sees the chance and runs to his mom and Sinclair gets him to safety. The battle continues and Miranda turns into a Lycan and causes Ivy to have to shift which isn’t great due to being a small omega, but when she’s about to be killed, she finds an opening and is able to kill Miranda with the silver dagger and a slash of the throat. Dante gets to her and it’s over and she see her fake former friend Jordan dead on the ground. 5 years later, Mia was able to survive the attack from Miranda when she kidnapped Mason, she was having a kid and Ivie and Dante we’re pregnant with a third. HEA
Recap:
Ivie is an omega and her pack treats her as the lowest of the pack. When her friend convinces her to take a gifted ticket to the ball she reluctantly attends as a mascaraed with scent blockers incase so she isn’t harassed. When she is almost attacked by the future beta and he lies to cover her fighting back and hurting him. She escapes and follows a scent and finds her mate, Dante is the Lycan Prince. The next morning he sees her scent blocker and thinks she tricked him so he tells her to get out to be grabbed and forced to meet in his office where the beta is causing more issues. The alpha tries to instills an ancient level for her to become a breeder. Thankfully Dante saves her and claims her but he says he will never love her and he hates her bc he was supposed to marry Miranda. After a few months of being ignored the council tries to get him to have an heir, so they have weird meet ups when she’s ovulating. Before she can tell him she pregnant his ex shows up claiming she is pregnant and so heart broken Ivie leaves and doesn’t tell him about the baby.
5 years later their son, Mason, is raised by Ivie who after years of struggle found a friend to care for on his dying bed and she inherited all his company after working for him towards the end. She had built a good life but had to return home for a potential client deal, which Dante messes up to get her to stay and talk to him. Meanwhile Dante and Miranda’s child didn’t make it(we find out later it was a lie, she was never pregnant and manipulated Dante) and their marriage was falling apart bc Dante couldn’t stop thinking of Ivie always. While gone Ivie became friends with an other Lycan named Jordan, who was actually Dantes cousin, which he never tells her. Dante is about to lose his throne to Jordan, it is a race to an heir, even if no one knows Dante has one with Mason. Ivie just wants to leave but she keeps being attacked by assassins, courtesy of Miranda, but for some reason Jordan is always there to save her, Dante is just a little late. Dante catches her talking on the phone and that she is trying to kill Ivie and demands a divorce. He doesn’t care if he is king of it means Ivie is dead. After a bunch of back and forth with her heart and mind and Dante trying to sway her she just can’t get over what he did in the past and she agrees to marry Jordan and become his queen. Dante is heart broken but still trying to convince her as she goes through the marriage processes for royalty. Eventually Ivie realizes she can’t get over her past emotions and feelings and tells him he needs to let her be happy, and he tries and just doesn’t make eye contact with her at the things he must attend. She finally gets news from Mia, her bestie, about a rebellion location and she breaks in. She sees and overhears a convo, which we find out later that it was Jordan and Miranda plotting against them to take over. Ivie is smart and recruits the Sinclair to help protect their son and the true royals but they must time it all perfectly. The night before the meeting ceremony Ivie and Dante running run into each other on the terrace and they end up having a wild night together, which was not planned, but she has to stick to the plan. The mating ceremony turned out to be a set up to kill Dante but then it all changed, Mason is being help by Miranda, she exposes the truth to Dante and he is not mad at Ivie he understands. Jordan holds Ivie with a silver dagger to her neck, but then the tables turn and Sinclair stands by her word and now Dante can fight off the warriors holding him, Mason sees the chance and runs to his mom and Sinclair gets him to safety. The battle continues and Miranda turns into a Lycan and causes Ivy to have to shift which isn’t great due to being a small omega, but when she’s about to be killed, she finds an opening and is able to kill Miranda with the silver dagger and a slash of the throat. Dante gets to her and it’s over and she see her fake former friend Jordan dead on the ground. 5 years later, Mia was able to survive the attack from Miranda when she kidnapped Mason, she was having a kid and Ivie and Dante we’re pregnant with a third. HEA
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 22, 2024
This was pretty sloppy writing and tons of plot holes. There's aspects of the book that make zero sense and that brings the enjoyment of the story down. It's like the author read a ton of other rejected mates book, followed a basic plot line and got super lazy which really sucks because the idea and premise had a ton of potential. I did finish it though and I saw it through to the end which makes it maybe a 2.5 I guess? Not enough to keep going with the series.
Ivie is an omega wolf and omegas are bottom of the wolf chain. She sneaks into a Lycan party one night just as a "do something fun with your life for once" because basically she's had a terrible life. She's cornered and almost raped and when hiding away, she bumps into her mate. They both lose their minds and sleep together. In the morning, her mate is ridiculously cruel to her, basically calls her a gold digging Lycan chaser (uhhh like she can fake mates?) and tells her he's in love with someone else and to basically get the fuck out.
Ivie goes home crying and her pack Alphas meet her at the border. The Beta that almost raped her tells her because she's not "pure" anymore, she'll be raped until she's pregnant, then when she gives birth, she'll be raped until she's pregnant again... for her whole life.
All of a sudden her mate shows up and we learn he's a Lycan Prince- Dante. He "rescues" her and takes her back home but lets her know basically he hates her. He was set to marry his chosen mate and Ivie has ruined everything.
Ivie lives at the palace for a year. Once again, treated like trash. Court Lycans bully her, her servants treat her like trash and her mate treats her like shit. He only comes to her once a month on her "most fertile" day to sleep with her (using the mate bond- they can't seem to not get turned on by each other) to try and get her pregnant for an heir. Despite her being ridiculously sweet and nice he somehow still thinks she's some evil shrew. You know the type, ones that accuse with absolutely zero evidence to back it up?
One day, Dante calls Ivie to his room and she walks in on him kissing the OW, Miranda. She's his chosen mate. They basically admit to sleeping together the entire year Dante has been with Ivie and Miranda's pregnant so Dante doesn't need Ivie anymore and rejects her. Ivie collapses and Dante just leaves her there. Miranda also pretends to collapse and he rushes her out of the room.
Ivie leaves and goes into hiding for 5 years. She's made a new best friend (Jordan) and was taken in by a rich old man (platonic) who helped her get into working for him and helping her raise her son. When the old man dies, he leaves everything to Ivie. (Yup, secret pregnancy folks).
Ivie and Dante bump into each other at a party (this is 5 years later) and all he does is insult her, turn her on (mate bond) and treat her like shit again. He sets out to ruin her life for literally no good reason. He's convinced EVERYTHING she does is to try to "get him" like he's this huge massive prize who didn't treat her like shit and a cum dumpster the whole time they were together.
Turns out Dante is still with Miranda too. They've been married 5 years and Miranda is a fucking psychopath. She abuses wolves, scars/whips/tortures Lycans and rules by fear. Dante just doesn't seem to care. He's a shit Prince and is overly obsessed with himself. It's also super ironic he insults and tries to break Ivie telling her always what a horrible person he is when he's literally married to someone who tortures people. This guy is beyond terrible.
Story goes on blah, blah blah, basically Dante chasing Ivie then insulting her then going back to Miranda. Then rinse and repeat. Then rinse and repeat. He meets Ivie's son and has no clue he's his son even though the 5 year old recognizes they're family (Plot holes!). He uses the mate bond against her constantly, corning her in dark places or yanking her around by her arm then pressing her against the wall while they both get turned on. Rolling my eyes.
Throw in some backstabbing, trying to kill the crown plot, mutiny against the crown and a cousin trying to usurp Dante's place along with Miranda trying to kill Ivie at every turn and you have this book.
Dante and Ivie literally aren't even together (yes they get together at the end after assassination plots and dramatics ensue) until like the last 10% of the book. Almost every dies and they go on to have a bunch of kids. Even when he had her at the castle for a year, he saw her once a month for sex.
Tired rejected mate trope where the male treats the female like garbage but yay fated mates so they end up together in the end. Nothing special and nothing unique.
Ivie is an omega wolf and omegas are bottom of the wolf chain. She sneaks into a Lycan party one night just as a "do something fun with your life for once" because basically she's had a terrible life. She's cornered and almost raped and when hiding away, she bumps into her mate. They both lose their minds and sleep together. In the morning, her mate is ridiculously cruel to her, basically calls her a gold digging Lycan chaser (uhhh like she can fake mates?) and tells her he's in love with someone else and to basically get the fuck out.
Ivie goes home crying and her pack Alphas meet her at the border. The Beta that almost raped her tells her because she's not "pure" anymore, she'll be raped until she's pregnant, then when she gives birth, she'll be raped until she's pregnant again... for her whole life.
All of a sudden her mate shows up and we learn he's a Lycan Prince- Dante. He "rescues" her and takes her back home but lets her know basically he hates her. He was set to marry his chosen mate and Ivie has ruined everything.
Ivie lives at the palace for a year. Once again, treated like trash. Court Lycans bully her, her servants treat her like trash and her mate treats her like shit. He only comes to her once a month on her "most fertile" day to sleep with her (using the mate bond- they can't seem to not get turned on by each other) to try and get her pregnant for an heir. Despite her being ridiculously sweet and nice he somehow still thinks she's some evil shrew. You know the type, ones that accuse with absolutely zero evidence to back it up?
One day, Dante calls Ivie to his room and she walks in on him kissing the OW, Miranda. She's his chosen mate. They basically admit to sleeping together the entire year Dante has been with Ivie and Miranda's pregnant so Dante doesn't need Ivie anymore and rejects her. Ivie collapses and Dante just leaves her there. Miranda also pretends to collapse and he rushes her out of the room.
Ivie leaves and goes into hiding for 5 years. She's made a new best friend (Jordan) and was taken in by a rich old man (platonic) who helped her get into working for him and helping her raise her son. When the old man dies, he leaves everything to Ivie. (Yup, secret pregnancy folks).
Ivie and Dante bump into each other at a party (this is 5 years later) and all he does is insult her, turn her on (mate bond) and treat her like shit again. He sets out to ruin her life for literally no good reason. He's convinced EVERYTHING she does is to try to "get him" like he's this huge massive prize who didn't treat her like shit and a cum dumpster the whole time they were together.
Turns out Dante is still with Miranda too. They've been married 5 years and Miranda is a fucking psychopath. She abuses wolves, scars/whips/tortures Lycans and rules by fear. Dante just doesn't seem to care. He's a shit Prince and is overly obsessed with himself. It's also super ironic he insults and tries to break Ivie telling her always what a horrible person he is when he's literally married to someone who tortures people. This guy is beyond terrible.
Story goes on blah, blah blah, basically Dante chasing Ivie then insulting her then going back to Miranda. Then rinse and repeat. Then rinse and repeat. He meets Ivie's son and has no clue he's his son even though the 5 year old recognizes they're family (Plot holes!). He uses the mate bond against her constantly, corning her in dark places or yanking her around by her arm then pressing her against the wall while they both get turned on. Rolling my eyes.
Throw in some backstabbing, trying to kill the crown plot, mutiny against the crown and a cousin trying to usurp Dante's place along with Miranda trying to kill Ivie at every turn and you have this book.
Dante and Ivie literally aren't even together (yes they get together at the end after assassination plots and dramatics ensue) until like the last 10% of the book. Almost every dies and they go on to have a bunch of kids. Even when he had her at the castle for a year, he saw her once a month for sex.
Tired rejected mate trope where the male treats the female like garbage but yay fated mates so they end up together in the end. Nothing special and nothing unique.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 28, 2024
- IT'S A JOKE, WHAT IS THE POINT OF FATED MATES IF THE H CAN CHEAT/SLEEP AROUND AND FALL FOR THE OW WHILE THE HEROINE CANNOT AND STAY CELIBATE.
-IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM HUMAN ROMANCE BOOKS WHEN MORE THAN 80% OF THE HS CHEAT ON THE HEROINE.
- HOW CAN BE FATED MATED WHEN ONLY THE HEROINE GETS HURT EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY WHEN THE H CHEAT ON THE HEROINE AND THEY FEEL NONE. TO BE TRULY FATED MATE THE HS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BED ANOTHER WOMAN.
-iT CAN NOT BLAME ENTERILY AT THE FEET OF THE OW THAT HE CHEATED THE HEROINE BECAUSE OF LOYALTY AND MANIPULATION BECAUSE HE TRULY LOVED THE OW AND WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE MATE BOND WITH THE HEROINE.
- IN OTHER BOOKS WHEN THE SO CALLED H THOUGHT THAT THE HEROINE DID HARM TO THE OW HE WOULD SEVERILY PUNISHED HER AND SENT TO PRISON AND HE ONLY DIDN'T SENTENCED DEATH BECAUSE OF HIS WOLF, HERE HE LET THE OW FREE TO DO EVERYTHING AND GET SCOTT-FREE.
- HE IS A HORRIBLE HUMAN/LYCAN BEING, HE EASILY TREATED THE HEROINE BAD BUT FOR THE OW HE WAS A PUTTY EVEN AFTER HE FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS A NASTY HORRIBLE BITCH TO EVERYBODY MOST OF ALL TO THE HEROINE AND HER SON. YES HER SON, I DON' T THINK THAT WAS HIS SON BECAUSE HE NEVER PROTECTED HIM OR THE HEROINE. HE LET THE OW DO ALL THE EVIL THINGS WITHOUT PUNISHMENT, WHEN IN THE PAST THE ONLY REASON HE TREATED THE HEROINE ABOMINABLE WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS A OMEGA.
- I WANT HIM TO DIE AND THE HEROINE TO GET A WORTH HERO FOR ONCE.
- IN BOOKS THERE ARE ALWAYS A PATTERN AND TO STANDARDS, ONE STANDARD FOR THE H AND ANOTHER FOR THE HEROINE AND ONE STANDARD FOR THE OW AND ANOTHER FOR THE HEROINE. GUESS WHO IS THE GREATER WINNER IN THE STANDARDS? THE OW AND THE H AND THE HEROINE BARELY GET ALIVE BY THE END. WHY DON'T THEY DO REALLY THING AND GET THE OW TO BE THE MAIN CHARACTER, IT IS LIKE THAT ALWAYS. WHO WANT TO BE A HEROINE WHEN SHE ONLY GETS CHEATED ON AND HURT CONTINUALLY WHEN 90% OR MORE OF THE OW GETS SCOTT-FREE AND MANY TIMES GETS A PRIZE IN THE FUTURE. DO THE AUTHORS OR READERS REALLY HATE THE HEROINES AND CHEER FOR THE HEROS AND OWS? IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME.
-IT'S NO DIFFERENT FROM HUMAN ROMANCE BOOKS WHEN MORE THAN 80% OF THE HS CHEAT ON THE HEROINE.
- HOW CAN BE FATED MATED WHEN ONLY THE HEROINE GETS HURT EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY WHEN THE H CHEAT ON THE HEROINE AND THEY FEEL NONE. TO BE TRULY FATED MATE THE HS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BED ANOTHER WOMAN.
-iT CAN NOT BLAME ENTERILY AT THE FEET OF THE OW THAT HE CHEATED THE HEROINE BECAUSE OF LOYALTY AND MANIPULATION BECAUSE HE TRULY LOVED THE OW AND WAS UNHAPPY WITH THE MATE BOND WITH THE HEROINE.
- IN OTHER BOOKS WHEN THE SO CALLED H THOUGHT THAT THE HEROINE DID HARM TO THE OW HE WOULD SEVERILY PUNISHED HER AND SENT TO PRISON AND HE ONLY DIDN'T SENTENCED DEATH BECAUSE OF HIS WOLF, HERE HE LET THE OW FREE TO DO EVERYTHING AND GET SCOTT-FREE.
- HE IS A HORRIBLE HUMAN/LYCAN BEING, HE EASILY TREATED THE HEROINE BAD BUT FOR THE OW HE WAS A PUTTY EVEN AFTER HE FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS A NASTY HORRIBLE BITCH TO EVERYBODY MOST OF ALL TO THE HEROINE AND HER SON. YES HER SON, I DON' T THINK THAT WAS HIS SON BECAUSE HE NEVER PROTECTED HIM OR THE HEROINE. HE LET THE OW DO ALL THE EVIL THINGS WITHOUT PUNISHMENT, WHEN IN THE PAST THE ONLY REASON HE TREATED THE HEROINE ABOMINABLE WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS A OMEGA.
- I WANT HIM TO DIE AND THE HEROINE TO GET A WORTH HERO FOR ONCE.
- IN BOOKS THERE ARE ALWAYS A PATTERN AND TO STANDARDS, ONE STANDARD FOR THE H AND ANOTHER FOR THE HEROINE AND ONE STANDARD FOR THE OW AND ANOTHER FOR THE HEROINE. GUESS WHO IS THE GREATER WINNER IN THE STANDARDS? THE OW AND THE H AND THE HEROINE BARELY GET ALIVE BY THE END. WHY DON'T THEY DO REALLY THING AND GET THE OW TO BE THE MAIN CHARACTER, IT IS LIKE THAT ALWAYS. WHO WANT TO BE A HEROINE WHEN SHE ONLY GETS CHEATED ON AND HURT CONTINUALLY WHEN 90% OR MORE OF THE OW GETS SCOTT-FREE AND MANY TIMES GETS A PRIZE IN THE FUTURE. DO THE AUTHORS OR READERS REALLY HATE THE HEROINES AND CHEER FOR THE HEROS AND OWS? IT SEEMS LIKE TO ME.
August 16, 2024
Ivie is an omega wolf shifter who attended a lycan ball (while wearing a scent cover). There she met her true mate Dante, a lycan prince. Dante has a fiance that he loves so he rejects Ivie. Dante needs an heir, per lycan council, so he uses Ivie as a breeder (Ivie is so attached to the matebond that she doesn't have a working brain cell and welcomes him to her bed willingly and eagerly every night just to end-up being rejected and left alone after Dante finishes) up until his fiance reveals that she is pregnant. Rejected again Ivie leaves only to find out that she is pregnant. Fast foward 5 years or so she is a powerful busineswoman. However, she still can not resist the bond with Dante...
Might contain spoilers.
I really disliked the writing - it is Wattpad like with underdeveloped characters and storyline. Something that I only seen in Wattpad books is that once rejected they feel the bond snap and they go in this depressing mood BUT somehow the characters still can not resist the bond. They completely lose their mind to lust once they meet.
Ivie has a son but he is barely in the book - and sorry to say but she doesn't seem very attached to the boy. Also, everyone wants to kill him but eventhough they have so many chances to they don't.
Ivie is a user. If she really believed in mates then she would have never agreed to marry Jordan bc he also has a mate somewhere. But out of convenience she agreed to marry next in-line prince and of course because she is such a kind female she agreed to leave him if he finds his mate. She also came into power and money by being kind hearted and lovely female and all of that by staying celibate too.
DNF
Might contain spoilers.
I really disliked the writing - it is Wattpad like with underdeveloped characters and storyline. Something that I only seen in Wattpad books is that once rejected they feel the bond snap and they go in this depressing mood BUT somehow the characters still can not resist the bond. They completely lose their mind to lust once they meet.
Ivie has a son but he is barely in the book - and sorry to say but she doesn't seem very attached to the boy. Also, everyone wants to kill him but eventhough they have so many chances to they don't.
Ivie is a user. If she really believed in mates then she would have never agreed to marry Jordan bc he also has a mate somewhere. But out of convenience she agreed to marry next in-line prince and of course because she is such a kind female she agreed to leave him if he finds his mate. She also came into power and money by being kind hearted and lovely female and all of that by staying celibate too.
DNF
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August 4, 2025DNF: 58%
Dante is a wishy washy piece of crap.
He met his fated mate, Ivie, at a gala and they spent a night together but when morning comes he decided she tricked him because she wanted to bag a royal - plus the whole fact that he's engaged to someone else - so he throws her out. BUT she left her phone behind and through that he finds out her pack is going to make her a breeder as punishment for giving him her virginity. So, of course he decides he has to save her from that date (which makes zero sense because he hates her and threw her out, but whatever) so he rescues her by claiming her and dumping his fiance.
Meanwhile, he resents her. He can barely bring himself to have sex with her because he finds her so repulsive but he keeps trying because an heir is imperative, and they live unhappily as a couple for some period of time.
Until finally, one day Dante and the now pregnant ex-fiance show up. Since the ex is going to give Dante his heir he rejects Ivie and marries the ex.
Ivie leaves, finds out she's knocked up, and marries a sick billionaire who died and leaves her all his money. So she is now a wealthy widow who is mother to the true heir.
Dante's current wife (of course) miscarried and he doesn't know about Ivie having his kid, so he is heirless, and the Lycan counsel requires him to have an heir to make him king. Plus, turns out the wife he loved so much he ditched Ivie for is a vicious, abusive nut case, so he's fallen out of love with her. Now he wants Ivie back.
There's a whole lot of complicated other crap.
But the fact is Dante doesn't deserve a HEA.
p
Dante is a wishy washy piece of crap.
He met his fated mate, Ivie, at a gala and they spent a night together but when morning comes he decided she tricked him because she wanted to bag a royal - plus the whole fact that he's engaged to someone else - so he throws her out. BUT she left her phone behind and through that he finds out her pack is going to make her a breeder as punishment for giving him her virginity. So, of course he decides he has to save her from that date (which makes zero sense because he hates her and threw her out, but whatever) so he rescues her by claiming her and dumping his fiance.
Meanwhile, he resents her. He can barely bring himself to have sex with her because he finds her so repulsive but he keeps trying because an heir is imperative, and they live unhappily as a couple for some period of time.
Until finally, one day Dante and the now pregnant ex-fiance show up. Since the ex is going to give Dante his heir he rejects Ivie and marries the ex.
Ivie leaves, finds out she's knocked up, and marries a sick billionaire who died and leaves her all his money. So she is now a wealthy widow who is mother to the true heir.
Dante's current wife (of course) miscarried and he doesn't know about Ivie having his kid, so he is heirless, and the Lycan counsel requires him to have an heir to make him king. Plus, turns out the wife he loved so much he ditched Ivie for is a vicious, abusive nut case, so he's fallen out of love with her. Now he wants Ivie back.
There's a whole lot of complicated other crap.
But the fact is Dante doesn't deserve a HEA.
p
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August 7, 2024
Ivie is an omega attending a supernatural ball for Lycans. She is a wolf shifter out of her element. Her friend, Mia, gave her a ticket to attend a once-in-a-lifetime event using a spray that conceals her scent. When the beta of her pack tries to force into things, she escapes running into her true mate; they stay the night together, only to have him throw her out the next day. When her alpha declares her punishment, her mate will save her.
Many years will fly by since that tragic day. In between, rejections, chosen matings, children lost and born, revenge, a planned rebellion, betrayal, and so much more! This is an epic tale in just one book! You cannot help but feel Ivie’s pain and torment, her growth as a woman, her struggles, her love. She will become a very strong and independent woman in her right. It will take all she is and has to protect those who are most precious to her.
She will take down many on her way to making things right in the world she is meant to lead. What she has to endure to get there would break those even stronger than her. Fate does not make mistakes, as soon many will learn. Discover what she experiences by reading the newest book in this series.
Many years will fly by since that tragic day. In between, rejections, chosen matings, children lost and born, revenge, a planned rebellion, betrayal, and so much more! This is an epic tale in just one book! You cannot help but feel Ivie’s pain and torment, her growth as a woman, her struggles, her love. She will become a very strong and independent woman in her right. It will take all she is and has to protect those who are most precious to her.
She will take down many on her way to making things right in the world she is meant to lead. What she has to endure to get there would break those even stronger than her. Fate does not make mistakes, as soon many will learn. Discover what she experiences by reading the newest book in this series.
July 5, 2025
I know this book is plagiarized by another author. And the copy was bad, so I wanted to give this a fair shot. But to be completely honest with you, this was terrible. First of all, neither one of these characters would know what fidelity was if it hit them in the face. We can talk as much shit about Dante as we want, but Ivie was just as bad.
I think that's the problem I have with the whole fated mates thing. When it's done well, it's fantastic but when it's done poorly, it just becomes trash. This could have had a plot. This could have had great characters. Instead it felt like one of those pay-per-chapter, AI written drivel stories. At several points in the story, a day would pass and you wouldn't know because there was no break. One sentence was talking about a scene, and the very next sentence was the day after. I spent more time going back to see what fucking day it was than I did understanding what was going on.
The characters flat and unformed. The secret baby? Ivie had hardly any interactions with Mason, her son. Dante and Ivie just constantly cheated on each other and their significant others. And you can't call it the biology of the fated mates if Dante is cheating on Ivie while they're mated.
This was bad. The copy was bad. I know now that it's a fault of the plot and both authors.
I think that's the problem I have with the whole fated mates thing. When it's done well, it's fantastic but when it's done poorly, it just becomes trash. This could have had a plot. This could have had great characters. Instead it felt like one of those pay-per-chapter, AI written drivel stories. At several points in the story, a day would pass and you wouldn't know because there was no break. One sentence was talking about a scene, and the very next sentence was the day after. I spent more time going back to see what fucking day it was than I did understanding what was going on.
The characters flat and unformed. The secret baby? Ivie had hardly any interactions with Mason, her son. Dante and Ivie just constantly cheated on each other and their significant others. And you can't call it the biology of the fated mates if Dante is cheating on Ivie while they're mated.
This was bad. The copy was bad. I know now that it's a fault of the plot and both authors.
April 7, 2025
Honestly not a favorite for me. The MMC doesn’t really grovel as he should, like he has all of his growth moments in his head but not really with the FMC, or really even tells her. It more like he apologizes twice and then tells her to be happy, all is forgiven, ahhh no. He pretty much used the mating bond to sexually abuse her for a heir. Plus his whole reason for treating the FMC like crap is just pathetic, okay your parents had a bad relationship but you didn’t even try. Plus the FMC has body betrayal syndrome even though the bond is broken, so don’t know how you explain that.
Plus can we just talk about how crap of a government this kingdom is. You have a psychopath princess running around torturing people for three years because she lost her pregnancy. Best case scenario she has mental issues and you get her some help, worse she is a psycho. Either way you don’t leave her in power. No one calls for her to be stripped of her title. If I was the people I would rise up and get rid of the whole thing.
Overall not grammatical errors, quick easy read. Just did not love the characters at all which made it hard to read.
Plus can we just talk about how crap of a government this kingdom is. You have a psychopath princess running around torturing people for three years because she lost her pregnancy. Best case scenario she has mental issues and you get her some help, worse she is a psycho. Either way you don’t leave her in power. No one calls for her to be stripped of her title. If I was the people I would rise up and get rid of the whole thing.
Overall not grammatical errors, quick easy read. Just did not love the characters at all which made it hard to read.
September 8, 2024
just ok…
I was looking forward to an angsty rejection story but this one left me down a bit. A quick read is good but sometimes too much information wasn’t detailed but completely skipped over and summarized, when it would’ve been better to have those details. The story somewhat read as a detailed outline, with intent to put in the rest of the backstory but never did. Dante’s OTT reactions and possessiveness were expected but still ridiculously hypocritical. He cheated on her then rejected her and was mated to crazy Miranda for 5 years. Honestly he was an idiot to never suspect she was a total faker all those years. After all she did, he only put her in seclusion. Anyone else would’ve been guilty of the serious crimes and killed. I would’ve loved for a full realization of her games and the fake baby (called the at immediately) and to watch his horror when he knew the truth and then getting to see his regret and guilt swallow him up would’ve been amazing. The ending was super abrupt and I would e appreciate a bit more before the epilogue.
I was looking forward to an angsty rejection story but this one left me down a bit. A quick read is good but sometimes too much information wasn’t detailed but completely skipped over and summarized, when it would’ve been better to have those details. The story somewhat read as a detailed outline, with intent to put in the rest of the backstory but never did. Dante’s OTT reactions and possessiveness were expected but still ridiculously hypocritical. He cheated on her then rejected her and was mated to crazy Miranda for 5 years. Honestly he was an idiot to never suspect she was a total faker all those years. After all she did, he only put her in seclusion. Anyone else would’ve been guilty of the serious crimes and killed. I would’ve loved for a full realization of her games and the fake baby (called the at immediately) and to watch his horror when he knew the truth and then getting to see his regret and guilt swallow him up would’ve been amazing. The ending was super abrupt and I would e appreciate a bit more before the epilogue.
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