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Royal Wolf Mate #1
Mon Prince Lycan
« Cette nuit-là a été la pire erreur que je n’aie jamais faite. »
C’est ce que Dante m’a dit quand il m’a rejetée.
Maintenant, je suis l’héritière d’une famille riche et puissante. Mon nouveau nom inspire le respect, ma nouvelle vie est pleine d’espoir, et mon nouveau copain est … le cousin de Dante, et son rival.
Celle que j’étais avant ne voulait qu’une chose, son amour. Mais il ne m’en a jamais donné.
Maintenant que nos rôles sont inversés, il me supplie de revenir. Mais ça ne m’intéresse pas.
Même si nous sommes destinés l’un à l’autre.
Même s’il est le père de mon enfant.
C’est ce que Dante m’a dit quand il m’a rejetée.
Maintenant, je suis l’héritière d’une famille riche et puissante. Mon nouveau nom inspire le respect, ma nouvelle vie est pleine d’espoir, et mon nouveau copain est … le cousin de Dante, et son rival.
Celle que j’étais avant ne voulait qu’une chose, son amour. Mais il ne m’en a jamais donné.
Maintenant que nos rôles sont inversés, il me supplie de revenir. Mais ça ne m’intéresse pas.
Même si nous sommes destinés l’un à l’autre.
Même s’il est le père de mon enfant.
292 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 15, 2024
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Gertty Rudraw
161 books64 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 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.
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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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.
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.
September 27, 2024
You can’t convince me that a 14 year old girl did not write this.
September 19, 2025
don’t bother
I really wanted to like this book. But the writing is terrible. The story jumps around during each chapter so you do t know what’s really going on. There is no build up of characters, or plot. You are just thrown into it.
I really wanted to like this book. But the writing is terrible. The story jumps around during each chapter so you do t know what’s really going on. There is no build up of characters, or plot. You are just thrown into it.
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.
October 8, 2024
3½ Stars
This is a rejected mates/2nd chance paranormal romance.
Ivie is an omega wolf shifter who's an orphan and low ranking (basically your standard FMC in a rejected mates story). She meets her fated mate, Dante, at the supernatural ball. They, of course, are immediately drawn to each other and fall into insta-lust. The next morning, Dante regrets what happened between them and tells Ivie he doesn't want anything to do with her. He also reveals that he's already engaged to someone else. A few years go by, and their paths cross again, and now Dante is starting to regret his decision to reject Ivie.
This was a pretty good story. It's kind of your basic rejected mates story. The MMC has damage from his parents' toxic relationship, so he's trying not to repeat their mistakes. The other woman is obviously the villain and takes the bulk of the blame for how things turn out. There is a five year gap that I wasn't a huge fan of. I hate it when the story just jumps ahead, and we get little to no detail on what happened with either character during that time. There was a bit of a twist toward the end that surprised me a little (I probably should've seen it coming but didn't).
One complaint I have is the format of the story. A new paragraph would start, and it'd be a different day, or they'd moved on to something else or somewhere else. There was no separation to indicate a change of scene. So, that got a little confusing at times.
It was a pretty quick read and is available on Kindle Unlimited. I dont think I would read this one again, but I wasn't super disappointed with the story either.
This is a rejected mates/2nd chance paranormal romance.
Ivie is an omega wolf shifter who's an orphan and low ranking (basically your standard FMC in a rejected mates story). She meets her fated mate, Dante, at the supernatural ball. They, of course, are immediately drawn to each other and fall into insta-lust. The next morning, Dante regrets what happened between them and tells Ivie he doesn't want anything to do with her. He also reveals that he's already engaged to someone else. A few years go by, and their paths cross again, and now Dante is starting to regret his decision to reject Ivie.
This was a pretty good story. It's kind of your basic rejected mates story. The MMC has damage from his parents' toxic relationship, so he's trying not to repeat their mistakes. The other woman is obviously the villain and takes the bulk of the blame for how things turn out. There is a five year gap that I wasn't a huge fan of. I hate it when the story just jumps ahead, and we get little to no detail on what happened with either character during that time. There was a bit of a twist toward the end that surprised me a little (I probably should've seen it coming but didn't).
One complaint I have is the format of the story. A new paragraph would start, and it'd be a different day, or they'd moved on to something else or somewhere else. There was no separation to indicate a change of scene. So, that got a little confusing at times.
It was a pretty quick read and is available on Kindle Unlimited. I dont think I would read this one again, but I wasn't super disappointed with the story either.
January 30, 2025
I actually enjoyed the book, I will say the writing is very amateurish. At first is was okay but after their night together the next chapter(s) went by extremely quick and instead of drawing their year of being “together” out and taking us through that and make us understand where Dante was coming from the author skipped and went to the end of the year and he just rejects her.
Then we jumped to the present (5 years later) and we slow down. I did really enjoy Ivie in the present time. I loved how she became stronger and not so timid and whiny. Everything else seemed extremely rushed but drawn out at the same time? The author spent more talking about the main characters staring at each other and not enough on the plot with throne. It felt like a side quest that the author forgot about. The ending/epilogue also felt like a lot was missing/left out.
I also wish we had more of a lead up with Miranda. It’s like she just was immediately a horrible person and I HATED that Dante just kept pushing it off knowing how she was and had suspicions of what she was doing.
I’m definitely not bashing or hating this author. I think the story had/has the potential to be so much better with just some tweaking. I still enjoyed the book a good bit.
Then we jumped to the present (5 years later) and we slow down. I did really enjoy Ivie in the present time. I loved how she became stronger and not so timid and whiny. Everything else seemed extremely rushed but drawn out at the same time? The author spent more talking about the main characters staring at each other and not enough on the plot with throne. It felt like a side quest that the author forgot about. The ending/epilogue also felt like a lot was missing/left out.
I also wish we had more of a lead up with Miranda. It’s like she just was immediately a horrible person and I HATED that Dante just kept pushing it off knowing how she was and had suspicions of what she was doing.
I’m definitely not bashing or hating this author. I think the story had/has the potential to be so much better with just some tweaking. I still enjoyed the book a good bit.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 13, 2025
The ending was decent, but overall, the story fell short of the potential it hinted at in the summary. The world-building felt virtually nonexistent, leaving the supernatural bits feeling more like an afterthought than a core part of the story. The FL and ML both sucked. They had some chemistry, ig, but their dynamic was too frustrating and toxic to be enjoyable. Ivie came across as a doormat that only craved Dante's touch, like give me a break. Dante was able to touch another plenty, btw, but I guess we were spared the details of his sexy time with the OW. Dante was both unlikable and spineless, especially when it came to the OW. A mess but it wrapped up nicely and was a quick read so 1.5 stars.
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 17, 2024
Great story if you can get past the writing
The story was great but the writing of it was not. Don’t get me wrong, in some ways I love these books as they don’t drag on unnecessarily and normally the actual story is very good. This just needs a bit more in between so it flows.
It felt like a rough draft rather than a finished book. The time or scene would change on the next paragraph, sometimes I would have to re read to check that we have in fact completely changed subject from the one above it because it didn’t flow to it.
I thought that the actual story line was very well thought out however.
The story was great but the writing of it was not. Don’t get me wrong, in some ways I love these books as they don’t drag on unnecessarily and normally the actual story is very good. This just needs a bit more in between so it flows.
It felt like a rough draft rather than a finished book. The time or scene would change on the next paragraph, sometimes I would have to re read to check that we have in fact completely changed subject from the one above it because it didn’t flow to it.
I thought that the actual story line was very well thought out however.
December 26, 2025
3.75/5 stars
I was taken in by one of those Facebook ads and knew I needed to read this story and see how it ended.
The bad: The transitions are very choppy and not identified in the ebook at all within the chapters. The timeline is also a little jumbled when flipping between the main characters viewpoints and it makes following the plot more difficult and confusing.
The good: I still really liked the story. I finished it in a day because I was invested in knowing what was going on. So yes, it could have used another round of editing but the story itself more than made up for the flaws.
I was taken in by one of those Facebook ads and knew I needed to read this story and see how it ended.
The bad: The transitions are very choppy and not identified in the ebook at all within the chapters. The timeline is also a little jumbled when flipping between the main characters viewpoints and it makes following the plot more difficult and confusing.
The good: I still really liked the story. I finished it in a day because I was invested in knowing what was going on. So yes, it could have used another round of editing but the story itself more than made up for the flaws.
February 1, 2025
It was okay. The storyline was interesting enough to want to read more, but writing needs work, and story and character development could have been fleshed our more. The thing that annoyed me the most was that scenes would shift without any warning one minute, the main character is doing or talking about something, and then two sentences later, you are in a different scene. It was so disorienting to read.
September 28, 2024
The book itself was not bad it just needed more. More in terms of what happened to the beta that tried to force himself on her or why not talk much about the main characters lycan or wolf. There was a lot of inconstancies: how mason was able to smell that Dante smelled like his Ivie but Dante couldn’t smell that Mason was his son.
September 19, 2024
This reads like a barebones first draft. There’s little depth and lack of flow. Sometimes it jumps in time or scene from one paragraph to another. I imagine the book would be much better with a couple passes on it.
October 13, 2024
The idea was good, but the writing felt incomplete. The scene changes were sudden and had few pieces of information so you had to guess the missing details. The characters lacked depth, and I wished for more development considering their situations in the story.
October 19, 2024
Fast paced but jumpy. The transitions were a little difficult to follow.
This was a quick read and the description gives you pretty much the whole book. I liked the little twist at the end, predictable but satisfying.
A little too much closure tho
This was a quick read and the description gives you pretty much the whole book. I liked the little twist at the end, predictable but satisfying.
A little too much closure tho
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.
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