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Nehalem Pack #12
An Alpha in the Making
[Siren Everlasting Classic Erotic Alternative Paranormal Romance, M/M, werewolves, HEA] Ian Tanner was looking forward to what was supposed to be the best year of his life, but all that changes when he finds his father and stepmother murdered. Now with his young sister in tow, Ian's on the run, searching for the only people he was told he could depend on. But with so much at risk Ian's not sure who he can trust. Working the night shift at the hospital brings in a lot of strangers characters but Will Watterson loves his job. After a run-in with a patient's brother, he finds himself falling head over heels for a man he barely knows. It's totally out of character for the good doctor but he can't just let Ian walk away. Ghosts from Ian's past he never knew existed come knocking at his door. With so much to lose Ian has to decide if he can make the ultimate sacrifice for his family and the man he loves. ** A Siren Erotic Romance
161 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 3, 2014
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A.J. Jarrett
81 books186 followersAJ Jarrett is happily married to her best friend and the mother of four, yes, four children. Born and raised in Missouri and loves the area most of the time, until it snows a ton. She enjoys reading and reads a lot. When not reading she can be found propped up in her favorite spot on the couch with her laptop plotting her next story or finishing one of her WIP.
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June 8, 2014
Not a success. Aside from truly bad writing, the biggest reason for my failure to connect might be because the characters defy reason.
That ten year old girl is way too chipper for having lost her parents to a gruesome murder less than a day ago, not to mention walking onto the scene and having to help bury them.
Wait. A few books ago they wanted to kill Dominic because he might get upset about being told he’s a wolf, but they send off young Ian to break the news about wolves and mating to Will, who was that same day mauled by wolves and probably is traumatized, without any backup? Eh, must be because Roderick is not explicitly in on this plan. He’d be the first to yell, “Kill them! Kill them all!”
Anyway, they’re lucky that Will, like any other character in this story, doesn’t have the reactions of a real human being.
And I know I stopped mentioning this in my reviews because it keeps happening, but almost every protagonist in this series has blue eyes. And I know this because it’s always pointed out lovingly. The author must have a serious thing for blue eyes above all other possibilities.
Overwhelmingly people and reactions here do not make any sense to me, but I frankly was too lazy to document this in detail.
However, once Ian things become a little more interesting. I mean, he still does not behave in a particularly reasonable way (), but that part of the plot feels considerably more fun, simply because the situation deviates from the always same sex and mush stuff.
Things turn fairly gruesome towards the end (Ian’s family sure is messed up; ).
As if to make up for the (more interesting) Will-less portion of the story, we go straight back into mush and boredom.
I might have gone with a two-star rating until then, but really, people are just so one-dimensional and I still don’t get them at all and, worse, I find myself simply not caring about any of them, that by the end I have to accept that I simply don’t like the book at all.
That ten year old girl is way too chipper for having lost her parents to a gruesome murder less than a day ago, not to mention walking onto the scene and having to help bury them.
Wait. A few books ago they wanted to kill Dominic because he might get upset about being told he’s a wolf, but they send off young Ian to break the news about wolves and mating to Will, who was that same day mauled by wolves and probably is traumatized, without any backup? Eh, must be because Roderick is not explicitly in on this plan. He’d be the first to yell, “Kill them! Kill them all!”
Anyway, they’re lucky that Will, like any other character in this story, doesn’t have the reactions of a real human being.
And I know I stopped mentioning this in my reviews because it keeps happening, but almost every protagonist in this series has blue eyes. And I know this because it’s always pointed out lovingly. The author must have a serious thing for blue eyes above all other possibilities.
Overwhelmingly people and reactions here do not make any sense to me, but I frankly was too lazy to document this in detail.
However, once Ian things become a little more interesting. I mean, he still does not behave in a particularly reasonable way (), but that part of the plot feels considerably more fun, simply because the situation deviates from the always same sex and mush stuff.
Things turn fairly gruesome towards the end (Ian’s family sure is messed up; ).
As if to make up for the (more interesting) Will-less portion of the story, we go straight back into mush and boredom.
I might have gone with a two-star rating until then, but really, people are just so one-dimensional and I still don’t get them at all and, worse, I find myself simply not caring about any of them, that by the end I have to accept that I simply don’t like the book at all.
May 14, 2014
This is a combine review for the first 12 books.
Oh-my-forkin-gravy! THE ERRORS!!!! Is there not an editor? I normally do NOT nitpick on spelling errors, but there were SO many in almost ALL of the books. Not to mention the damn NAME mix-ups. I have no idea how many times the screw ups with names happened. I kept trying to figure out who Damon was, when I *think*, *hope*, the author was talking about Viktor seeing as he's Shane's mate. Erik was Erik in the first 10 books, then became Eric. It was just bad. I hate to say this, but it really took away from the stories and I had to drop my ratings :(
I did like how the humans were tops and the wolves were bottoms and most of the time they were verse. It was a nice surprise.
By the end of my reading I really didn't care for nosy Aiden. He kept pissing me off. Then we have Ethan talking to Ian about "what if something happens to me", really Ethan? Are you the one to be giving advice?
It was nice to finally add some girls into the mix though. Kat and Kelsey are going to make some nice additions.
Oh-my-forkin-gravy! THE ERRORS!!!! Is there not an editor? I normally do NOT nitpick on spelling errors, but there were SO many in almost ALL of the books. Not to mention the damn NAME mix-ups. I have no idea how many times the screw ups with names happened. I kept trying to figure out who Damon was, when I *think*, *hope*, the author was talking about Viktor seeing as he's Shane's mate. Erik was Erik in the first 10 books, then became Eric. It was just bad. I hate to say this, but it really took away from the stories and I had to drop my ratings :(
I did like how the humans were tops and the wolves were bottoms and most of the time they were verse. It was a nice surprise.
By the end of my reading I really didn't care for nosy Aiden. He kept pissing me off. Then we have Ethan talking to Ian about "what if something happens to me", really Ethan? Are you the one to be giving advice?
It was nice to finally add some girls into the mix though. Kat and Kelsey are going to make some nice additions.
June 3, 2014
I'd say the book is more like a 3.5
I Thought the plot itself was unique and entertaining. Not super unpredictable but not mind-numbing predictable either. .. right in the middle.
I do think that there weren't enough love scenes between will and Ian but is difficult to do that when like 1/2 of the book is spent with the couple being apart. I also thought that their reunion after being seperated for like a month was quite tame... almost unremarkable. We all are aware for Mates behave when apart from their other half and Will didn't even know if Ian was alive or not for all that time and then they were able to be content with one 30 sec phone call...???... umm wtf? I wouldn't even be satisfied with one 30 sec phone call after not talking to my bf for 1 month let alone my non existent mate! !
Anyway that aside it was really cute and it was nice seeing a young character like Ian be so mature and responsible. Not all 18 year Olds are retarded...lol.... It was nice meeting new characters for the series too!!
I Thought the plot itself was unique and entertaining. Not super unpredictable but not mind-numbing predictable either. .. right in the middle.
I do think that there weren't enough love scenes between will and Ian but is difficult to do that when like 1/2 of the book is spent with the couple being apart. I also thought that their reunion after being seperated for like a month was quite tame... almost unremarkable. We all are aware for Mates behave when apart from their other half and Will didn't even know if Ian was alive or not for all that time and then they were able to be content with one 30 sec phone call...???... umm wtf? I wouldn't even be satisfied with one 30 sec phone call after not talking to my bf for 1 month let alone my non existent mate! !
Anyway that aside it was really cute and it was nice seeing a young character like Ian be so mature and responsible. Not all 18 year Olds are retarded...lol.... It was nice meeting new characters for the series too!!
October 24, 2023
A série conta atualmente com 40 volumes publicados e eu adoro ler esses romances sobrenaturais “explosivos” e rápidos para relaxar e me divertir sem pensar muito! Tem alguns livros que eu gosto mais do que outros, mas em geral gosto muito da série por ela ser simples, com um universo bem definido, ser rápida de ler e não ter um grande aprofundamento.
Devon Carsten, o alfa da matilha de Nehalem, não poderia imaginar que ter seu irmão caçula sequestrado e em seguida conhecer seu companheiro predestinado mudaria tão drasticamente o curso de sua vida.
Nesse mundo criado pela autora, a existência dos shifters não é algo que todos os seres humanos estejam cientes. A maioria tenta viver em paz e sem chamar a atenção, mas a crueldade de alguns fez com que um grupo de humanos criasse o Conselho de Caçadores, que caça, estuda e mata indiscriminadamente qualquer shifter encontrado.
A série vai nos apresentando novos companheiros shifters e humanos, que precisam de ajuda ou de um lar, e conforme a matilha de Devon cresce, os momentos de felicidade e os perigos também aumentam. Pouco a pouco eles conseguem mudar o Conselho e fazer o grupo se concentrar em incentivar humanos e shifters a viver em harmonia e em caçar somente shifters criminosos. Porém, com isso, crimes e crueldades começam a ser descobertos, como por exemplo: shifters sendo aprisionados por anos, experimentos científicos para transformar humanos em shifters e até mesmo a gravidez masculina!
Cada livro traz a história de um casal (homem x homem), podendo ser formado por um humano e um shifter ou dois shifters. Além disso, apesar da maioria dos shifters serem lobos, existem alguns outros tipos como pumas, ursos e tigres.
Amo isso de amor à primeira vista, do shifter só ter um companheiro para a vida toda, do modo como o romance entre o casal acontece bem rápido e de, independente dos desafios, eu sempre poder contar com o “felizes para sempre” no final!
Meu Deus, as vezes eu fico rindo e pensando “Será que ninguém percebeu que as duas cidades, Nehalem e Silver Creek, praticamente só têm homens bonitos e gays!?”.
Devon Carsten, o alfa da matilha de Nehalem, não poderia imaginar que ter seu irmão caçula sequestrado e em seguida conhecer seu companheiro predestinado mudaria tão drasticamente o curso de sua vida.
Nesse mundo criado pela autora, a existência dos shifters não é algo que todos os seres humanos estejam cientes. A maioria tenta viver em paz e sem chamar a atenção, mas a crueldade de alguns fez com que um grupo de humanos criasse o Conselho de Caçadores, que caça, estuda e mata indiscriminadamente qualquer shifter encontrado.
A série vai nos apresentando novos companheiros shifters e humanos, que precisam de ajuda ou de um lar, e conforme a matilha de Devon cresce, os momentos de felicidade e os perigos também aumentam. Pouco a pouco eles conseguem mudar o Conselho e fazer o grupo se concentrar em incentivar humanos e shifters a viver em harmonia e em caçar somente shifters criminosos. Porém, com isso, crimes e crueldades começam a ser descobertos, como por exemplo: shifters sendo aprisionados por anos, experimentos científicos para transformar humanos em shifters e até mesmo a gravidez masculina!
Cada livro traz a história de um casal (homem x homem), podendo ser formado por um humano e um shifter ou dois shifters. Além disso, apesar da maioria dos shifters serem lobos, existem alguns outros tipos como pumas, ursos e tigres.
Amo isso de amor à primeira vista, do shifter só ter um companheiro para a vida toda, do modo como o romance entre o casal acontece bem rápido e de, independente dos desafios, eu sempre poder contar com o “felizes para sempre” no final!
Meu Deus, as vezes eu fico rindo e pensando “Será que ninguém percebeu que as duas cidades, Nehalem e Silver Creek, praticamente só têm homens bonitos e gays!?”.
October 1, 2014
So many things I have issues with...
Ian being an alpha.. see for a VERY brief time, wolfie side included, that he could be considered an alpha. Otherwise for an alpha he's kind of a pansy.
Ian and Will's relationship... they are separated after such a brief time together that I didn't get a chance to feel the connection between them.
Sasha ... psychotic bitch who raises a boy named Kyle AND manages to hide her true personality for years to him? Don't buy it. Plus the reasons of why wanting to keep a lockdown on him when he's almost an adult didn't make a lot of sense to me.
Katrina and Lucas ... grandma really not trying to change what her evil daughter was doing.. and Lucas. Why wait this long to go for another round?
The BIG HUGE nice neat bow that the ending turned out to be. Everyone is back together, with extended family added in and baby Lucas felt like a burden dealt with to me.
So that is pretty much my issue list for this book. I was mostly with it and overlooking a few things until someone's kidnapping and the rest as they say is history.
Chapter one read on May 12, 2014 and let put on hold
Ian being an alpha.. see for a VERY brief time, wolfie side included, that he could be considered an alpha. Otherwise for an alpha he's kind of a pansy.
Ian and Will's relationship... they are separated after such a brief time together that I didn't get a chance to feel the connection between them.
Sasha ... psychotic bitch who raises a boy named Kyle AND manages to hide her true personality for years to him? Don't buy it. Plus the reasons of why wanting to keep a lockdown on him when he's almost an adult didn't make a lot of sense to me.
Katrina and Lucas ... grandma really not trying to change what her evil daughter was doing.. and Lucas. Why wait this long to go for another round?
The BIG HUGE nice neat bow that the ending turned out to be. Everyone is back together, with extended family added in and baby Lucas felt like a burden dealt with to me.
So that is pretty much my issue list for this book. I was mostly with it and overlooking a few things until someone's kidnapping and the rest as they say is history.
Chapter one read on May 12, 2014 and let put on hold
July 19, 2016
4.5 stars.
April 16, 2015
Good addition.
November 17, 2015
My favorite in the series so far...
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