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Tate Pack #1
Unthinkable
2 hours and 23 minutes.
Richard Tillson was happy with his life...well...sort of. He has spent the last few years of his life making a name for himself in the dance community, has a very expensive apartment in Manhattan and he knows he's gorgeous. So why is he so miserable?
Enter Vernon "Vet" Tate. The older brother of Richard's best friend Amanda Lynn. The first time the two men meet it's when Vet is saving Richard's life from an oncoming vehicle. Moments later Vet is turning Richard's life upside down by telling him that his baby sister, who had passed weeks before, left her three newborn children to Richard, to share custody with Vet.
Things wouldn't have been so bad for Vet, a wolf shifter, if Richard wasn't also his mate, his very human, very male, mate.
So how will Richard cope with becoming a father, giving up his sophisticated New York lifestyle for a ranch out in Wichita Falls, Texas, and finding out that not only do shape shifters exist, but he's the mate of the Alpha?
Richard Tillson was happy with his life...well...sort of. He has spent the last few years of his life making a name for himself in the dance community, has a very expensive apartment in Manhattan and he knows he's gorgeous. So why is he so miserable?
Enter Vernon "Vet" Tate. The older brother of Richard's best friend Amanda Lynn. The first time the two men meet it's when Vet is saving Richard's life from an oncoming vehicle. Moments later Vet is turning Richard's life upside down by telling him that his baby sister, who had passed weeks before, left her three newborn children to Richard, to share custody with Vet.
Things wouldn't have been so bad for Vet, a wolf shifter, if Richard wasn't also his mate, his very human, very male, mate.
So how will Richard cope with becoming a father, giving up his sophisticated New York lifestyle for a ranch out in Wichita Falls, Texas, and finding out that not only do shape shifters exist, but he's the mate of the Alpha?
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First published September 14, 2011
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Vicktor Alexander
55 books341 followersVicktor Alexander “Vic” wrote his first story at the age of 10 about his youngest sister and her destruction of the world…with her breath. Much to his youngest sister’s dismay the story was a hit and became the first story of a series all dealing with the planets that were destroyed by his siblings and their strange quirks and body odors. Vic now enjoys writing about shifters, humanoids, cowboys, firemen, rent boys, fairies, elves, dancers, doctors, Doms, Subs, and anything else that catches his fancy, all sexy men falling in love with each other and having lots of naughty, dirty, man-on-man sex. Author of the best-selling series, The Tate Pack, Vic is a huge fan of the “happily-ever-after” ending. But while his characters all ride off into the proverbial sunset, all sexually satisfied and in love, they all bear the scars of fighting for that love, just like in real life. Out and proud, Vic does not believe that love only comes in one form, one race, one gender and that not only is gender fluid, by sexuality as well. Vic loves to make people laugh and when he’s not writing, or rather, procrastinating in writing, he’s reading, playing the Sims 3, hanging out with his very supportive adopted family, talking to his adopted daughter, whom he affectionately calls "Chipmunk", seeking the man or men who can handle his crazy, stressful, soap opera-esque life and being distracted from his writing by drooling over pictures of John Barrowman, Scott Hoying, Charlie David and Shemar Moore.
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November 18, 2018DNF 47%
Lord give me patience. I wish I had attempted to read this when I bought it months ago. I would have gotten my dollar back immediately.
The last straw was when one of the mc says he is a New York snob (and he totally is) and starts to list off his clothing and what it costs vs a hat and gloves the other mc gave him that cost $10 from Wal-mart while he "stepped out onto the back pork backwards" . Yes....it said "pork" instead of "porch". This was not the only editing mistake. And apparently it was published through a publishing company. No wonder the company is out of business...
Lord give me patience. I wish I had attempted to read this when I bought it months ago. I would have gotten my dollar back immediately.
The last straw was when one of the mc says he is a New York snob (and he totally is) and starts to list off his clothing and what it costs vs a hat and gloves the other mc gave him that cost $10 from Wal-mart while he "stepped out onto the back pork backwards" . Yes....it said "pork" instead of "porch". This was not the only editing mistake. And apparently it was published through a publishing company. No wonder the company is out of business...
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January 23, 2012I have a six-year-old cousin who likes to tell stories.
"[...] and then the aliens came in their spaceships and kidnapped mommy but I saved her because I can fly and my eyes can shoot lasers and I killed all the aliens so now she was saved and then she hugged me and gave me cookies but then a robot showed up and tried to kill me so I shot it with my eyes but the laser beams just bounced off but I also had a chainsaw so I cut it and it exploded into a bajillion pieces and then a bad knight rode up on a horse [...]"
His stories are charming in their own way and often demonstrate a lot of creativity for a six-year-old--but they all go like that: all sorts of AWSOME SHIT happens without any particular forethought, planning, background knowledge, research, internal consistency or dramatic interest. The story is carried entirely on the AWESOMENESS it allegedly contains.
The author of this book is clearly from the six-year-old school of storytelling. The narrative never rises above the level of spoon-feeding the reader things which the author clearly thinks are tremendously entertaining and exciting and dramatic, but which are mostly just disappointing. Characters behave illogically and inconsistently, the author inevitably tells rather than shows (instead of communicating tension, fear, frustration, affection or whatever else through a character's actions or words, she is content to tell us that someone is REALLY REALLY [TENSE/AFRAID/etc.] and that's that), and no matter how many twists or turns the story takes, every single point of drama is resolved within a page or two, every storyline neatly tucked away, every potential conflict or opportunity for growth completely averted.
What we're left with is the author telling us at length about her sex and relationship fantasies, and this just isn't very interesting to read. Lathering on a tissue-thin, poorly-researched, incoherent and futile plot does not improve them.
All told, a terrible book.
"[...] and then the aliens came in their spaceships and kidnapped mommy but I saved her because I can fly and my eyes can shoot lasers and I killed all the aliens so now she was saved and then she hugged me and gave me cookies but then a robot showed up and tried to kill me so I shot it with my eyes but the laser beams just bounced off but I also had a chainsaw so I cut it and it exploded into a bajillion pieces and then a bad knight rode up on a horse [...]"
His stories are charming in their own way and often demonstrate a lot of creativity for a six-year-old--but they all go like that: all sorts of AWSOME SHIT happens without any particular forethought, planning, background knowledge, research, internal consistency or dramatic interest. The story is carried entirely on the AWESOMENESS it allegedly contains.
The author of this book is clearly from the six-year-old school of storytelling. The narrative never rises above the level of spoon-feeding the reader things which the author clearly thinks are tremendously entertaining and exciting and dramatic, but which are mostly just disappointing. Characters behave illogically and inconsistently, the author inevitably tells rather than shows (instead of communicating tension, fear, frustration, affection or whatever else through a character's actions or words, she is content to tell us that someone is REALLY REALLY [TENSE/AFRAID/etc.] and that's that), and no matter how many twists or turns the story takes, every single point of drama is resolved within a page or two, every storyline neatly tucked away, every potential conflict or opportunity for growth completely averted.
What we're left with is the author telling us at length about her sex and relationship fantasies, and this just isn't very interesting to read. Lathering on a tissue-thin, poorly-researched, incoherent and futile plot does not improve them.
All told, a terrible book.
December 29, 2011
Uncommon Cowboys Is Still #1 On The Crack Attack List
(a.k.a. This Book Was Knocked Out In The First Round)
For the most part this was an average run-of-the-mill shifter story with babies thrown into the mix. The writing wasn't great but it wasn't horrible either. It reminded me of a Joyee Flynn book or an early (really early) Stormy Glenn story.
Unthinkable has pretty predictable main characters. Richard is the small and beautiful dancer while Vet is the big, bad, alpha wolf shifter. I have to say that using these kinds of stock characters is really overdone. I can become easily addicted to a series that's not that great if the author changes things up a little. A great example is the Uncommon Cowboys series by Jan Irving. Some of the most ridiculous things happen in those books but Irving does some different things with the shifters in the series. There aren't really any predictable characters and as a result I buy those books the moment they're released.
Vicktor Alexander didn't really do anything with his characters that would have gotten me hooked on this series.
Even without anything unusual happening in this book it still could have been a 2.75 or 3 star read but there was one thing that bothered the hell out of me. I could not, could not, COULD NOT stand the arbitrary name dropping that went on in Unthinkable. I totally get that authors fashion their characters after people they know in real life. I get that. Alexander, though, did not just use real people as a basis. He put actual people in the story and they seemed to serve no purpose as characters. They didn't further the plot or anything. They were just...there. It pulled me completely out of the story.
I thought for sure that this book would go on my "crack attack" shelf, making the series one that I shamelessly would become addicted to. While this book wasn't horrible by any means there was nothing that makes me want to go back for more.
Uncommon Cowboys is still the reigning champ.
(a.k.a. This Book Was Knocked Out In The First Round)
For the most part this was an average run-of-the-mill shifter story with babies thrown into the mix. The writing wasn't great but it wasn't horrible either. It reminded me of a Joyee Flynn book or an early (really early) Stormy Glenn story.
Unthinkable has pretty predictable main characters. Richard is the small and beautiful dancer while Vet is the big, bad, alpha wolf shifter. I have to say that using these kinds of stock characters is really overdone. I can become easily addicted to a series that's not that great if the author changes things up a little. A great example is the Uncommon Cowboys series by Jan Irving. Some of the most ridiculous things happen in those books but Irving does some different things with the shifters in the series. There aren't really any predictable characters and as a result I buy those books the moment they're released.
Vicktor Alexander didn't really do anything with his characters that would have gotten me hooked on this series.
Even without anything unusual happening in this book it still could have been a 2.75 or 3 star read but there was one thing that bothered the hell out of me. I could not, could not, COULD NOT stand the arbitrary name dropping that went on in Unthinkable. I totally get that authors fashion their characters after people they know in real life. I get that. Alexander, though, did not just use real people as a basis. He put actual people in the story and they seemed to serve no purpose as characters. They didn't further the plot or anything. They were just...there. It pulled me completely out of the story.
I thought for sure that this book would go on my "crack attack" shelf, making the series one that I shamelessly would become addicted to. While this book wasn't horrible by any means there was nothing that makes me want to go back for more.
Uncommon Cowboys is still the reigning champ.
April 19, 2013
2012 Review:
Oh boy.
To be honest, I went into this not expecting much to begin with. In an unusual move I’d read through some of the comments about this series on Goodreads, and while there were some who loved the books, and some who did not like them, several attested to this being fluffy-happy stuff.
It turns out that the rather well-expressed criticisms were spot-on. I guess I was hoping those people had been looking for more substance or something, but nope. My standards might be pretty low but this was just awfully written. And I don’t think an editor ever even touched this.
I am so glad the author told us that Richard had above-average intelligence, because nothing he did ever hinted at it.
None of this made any actual sense. As an example, the author describes Vet shifting into having claws and so forth, and only after the sex does he begin to shift back. And yet during foreplay he used his fingers inside his partner in ways that would have resulted in grievous and embarrassing injury if he was sporting claws. This is not a very pretty example but it applies to just about everything else as well. I mean, why take the babies to New York in the first place?
But let’s start with some quotations.
This quote is incredibly illustrative of what’s wrong with this book. There’s tons of author self-insertion, author wish-fulfilment and a tragic tendency to not even mask any of it by referring to actual books. Yes, our hero read Twilight and thought Jacob was “hot” *shudder* and apparently also reads the same paranormal crap I do, and yet when his big alpha told him about the shifting and mating, Richard did not understand the meaning of the word. … Yeah.
Getting back to the quotation, what’s most remarkable about it is that two sentences earlier I’d been thinking, “Huh. He’s taking all this with surprising ease.” And even afterwards there’s still no freaking out to be found. What is even the hell?
… When did any of that happen? I guess I could give you the “great lover” bit, since there was actual sex, even if it did not seem all that great to me, but the rest? Exactly when did you have a chance to experience any of the above, Richard?
Then we get this gem:
WHAT?!
It is followed by:
Listen, Vet, I am glad that you don’t intend to fuck the guy, but I am shocked and disgusted that your only reason not to rape him is that you have a mate. Seriously. This is fucked up. And yeah it’s probably supposed to be some weird-ass kind of internal joke, but you don’t joke with stuff like that. You don’t even think of it. It puts you into the exact same bracket as those people who get their friends to “rape their lesbian daughters into being straight”. And that shit is reality. People horrify me sometimes.
After that I just stopped caring. Random time skips? Sure, go ahead.
In the end it’s still funny that the final big climactic action… happens off-screen and we’re just told afterwards in summary. And I am not talking about just a simple scene. But no, we would not want to see that. :D It’s enough if you guys are reunited and hug afterwards before we switch to the brief and pointless epilogue. Yay!
There’s so much I haven’t even touched on in this rant, but it’s already way too long and the subject bores me. Maybe with the next book.
I really should not continue with this series and I think I even have stuff I am interested in lined up, but if I don’t do this now, I never might. Plus authors can improve. This was a first book. It possibly should not even count. I suppose. In any case, it’s ultra-light reading, except for those random threats of rape by a main character. ^^
Oh boy.
To be honest, I went into this not expecting much to begin with. In an unusual move I’d read through some of the comments about this series on Goodreads, and while there were some who loved the books, and some who did not like them, several attested to this being fluffy-happy stuff.
It turns out that the rather well-expressed criticisms were spot-on. I guess I was hoping those people had been looking for more substance or something, but nope. My standards might be pretty low but this was just awfully written. And I don’t think an editor ever even touched this.
I am so glad the author told us that Richard had above-average intelligence, because nothing he did ever hinted at it.
None of this made any actual sense. As an example, the author describes Vet shifting into having claws and so forth, and only after the sex does he begin to shift back. And yet during foreplay he used his fingers inside his partner in ways that would have resulted in grievous and embarrassing injury if he was sporting claws. This is not a very pretty example but it applies to just about everything else as well. I mean, why take the babies to New York in the first place?
But let’s start with some quotations.
Maybe he had actually been hit by that car and he was now in a hospital room because in all of those gay paranormal romance books he’d read, none of the other men had ever freaked out like he was about to.
This quote is incredibly illustrative of what’s wrong with this book. There’s tons of author self-insertion, author wish-fulfilment and a tragic tendency to not even mask any of it by referring to actual books. Yes, our hero read Twilight and thought Jacob was “hot” *shudder* and apparently also reads the same paranormal crap I do, and yet when his big alpha told him about the shifting and mating, Richard did not understand the meaning of the word. … Yeah.
Getting back to the quotation, what’s most remarkable about it is that two sentences earlier I’d been thinking, “Huh. He’s taking all this with surprising ease.” And even afterwards there’s still no freaking out to be found. What is even the hell?
From what he could see, Vet was loyal, upstanding, strong, had a great sense of humor, was possessive, but not overly so, caring, compassionate, a great brother, a fantastic uncle, a wonderful father and an amazing lover…he could do a lot worse.
… When did any of that happen? I guess I could give you the “great lover” bit, since there was actual sex, even if it did not seem all that great to me, but the rest? Exactly when did you have a chance to experience any of the above, Richard?
Then we get this gem:
Bobby Ray was a homophobic asshole and just like with most homophobes he had to put him in his place, either through education and enlightenment, debate, a punch in the face, or a cock in his ass.
WHAT?!
It is followed by:
Vet had no plans on fucking this particular wolf, not with Richard waiting for him inside.
Listen, Vet, I am glad that you don’t intend to fuck the guy, but I am shocked and disgusted that your only reason not to rape him is that you have a mate. Seriously. This is fucked up. And yeah it’s probably supposed to be some weird-ass kind of internal joke, but you don’t joke with stuff like that. You don’t even think of it. It puts you into the exact same bracket as those people who get their friends to “rape their lesbian daughters into being straight”. And that shit is reality. People horrify me sometimes.
After that I just stopped caring. Random time skips? Sure, go ahead.
In the end it’s still funny that the final big climactic action… happens off-screen and we’re just told afterwards in summary. And I am not talking about just a simple scene. But no, we would not want to see that. :D It’s enough if you guys are reunited and hug afterwards before we switch to the brief and pointless epilogue. Yay!
There’s so much I haven’t even touched on in this rant, but it’s already way too long and the subject bores me. Maybe with the next book.
I really should not continue with this series and I think I even have stuff I am interested in lined up, but if I don’t do this now, I never might. Plus authors can improve. This was a first book. It possibly should not even count. I suppose. In any case, it’s ultra-light reading, except for those random threats of rape by a main character. ^^
March 30, 2013
So many things wrong with this book. Where do I start?
Okay, so Richard is walking down the street when he gets saved by 'Vet'. Instantly he's in love and packing up to move from New York to Texas. Sorry, but this is why I think werewolf mating is a complete copout... there's no build up to the relationship, no real tension... it's just BANG, let's be all lovey-dovey and live together for eternity and... *pukes*
Now, not only does Richard move all that way and seemingly not experience any problems with the transition between big city life and living on a ranch, but suddenly having to cope with three kids and the reality that shapeshifters exist leaves no mark on him. Speaking of the kids, shouldn't he have known if he was inheriting them from his best friend? Would she not have told him this? Heck, did she even ask him if that would be okay?
So moving on, the Tate Pack is having a bit of trouble with a homophobic wolf. Looking at some of the other books in this series, it appears most of the pack are gay. So why the hell is there a homophobic wolf in the pack? To add some conflict, apparently. All conflict resolved and wrapped up way too nicely because of a little misunderstanding. How lovely. Not!
And that's just what I think is wrong with the plot. The writing style was incredibly immature. Repeated words all over the place. An over-abundance of telling rather than showing. Absolutely atrocious grammar and spelling. Little to no effort spent on proof-reading or editing. Not to mention the numerous inconsistencies.
Just wish I hadn't bought the first and second books together.
Okay, so Richard is walking down the street when he gets saved by 'Vet'. Instantly he's in love and packing up to move from New York to Texas. Sorry, but this is why I think werewolf mating is a complete copout... there's no build up to the relationship, no real tension... it's just BANG, let's be all lovey-dovey and live together for eternity and... *pukes*
Now, not only does Richard move all that way and seemingly not experience any problems with the transition between big city life and living on a ranch, but suddenly having to cope with three kids and the reality that shapeshifters exist leaves no mark on him. Speaking of the kids, shouldn't he have known if he was inheriting them from his best friend? Would she not have told him this? Heck, did she even ask him if that would be okay?
So moving on, the Tate Pack is having a bit of trouble with a homophobic wolf. Looking at some of the other books in this series, it appears most of the pack are gay. So why the hell is there a homophobic wolf in the pack? To add some conflict, apparently. All conflict resolved and wrapped up way too nicely because of a little misunderstanding. How lovely. Not!
And that's just what I think is wrong with the plot. The writing style was incredibly immature. Repeated words all over the place. An over-abundance of telling rather than showing. Absolutely atrocious grammar and spelling. Little to no effort spent on proof-reading or editing. Not to mention the numerous inconsistencies.
Just wish I hadn't bought the first and second books together.
November 25, 2013
Vet and Richard
I bought this book because Sean Crisdean is the narrator and I love him doing the Cut & Run series. Unfortunately, this book was not even close to that series. Sean did his part but the actual book was terrible. First off, one of our heroes has a 10 inch penis that when he shift turns into an 11 1/2 penis. No. Just no. FOR REAL?
Second, the premise of the story is that the couple has been given joint custody of triplets. All these two do is have sex. The are baby triplets and we rarely hear from them. They are the perfect kids. I have three kids and I barely get a chance to sneeze without someone commenting on it. Having sex on a countertop in the middle of the day? Not likely.
I bought this book because Sean Crisdean is the narrator and I love him doing the Cut & Run series. Unfortunately, this book was not even close to that series. Sean did his part but the actual book was terrible. First off, one of our heroes has a 10 inch penis that when he shift turns into an 11 1/2 penis. No. Just no. FOR REAL?
Second, the premise of the story is that the couple has been given joint custody of triplets. All these two do is have sex. The are baby triplets and we rarely hear from them. They are the perfect kids. I have three kids and I barely get a chance to sneeze without someone commenting on it. Having sex on a countertop in the middle of the day? Not likely.
December 27, 2011
3.5 stars
OK. This story is not bad nor great. It's standard shifter alpha male meeting his smaller size mate. And by standard, I really mean it. Oh, the author also throws in babies (actually three babies), and words of wisdom quote at the end of each chapter (actually, the words of wisdom come from the characters themselves).
Some parts are funny. Others just okay. The supporting characters seems to be like a movie's credit title: a list of people making cameo.
OK. This story is not bad nor great. It's standard shifter alpha male meeting his smaller size mate. And by standard, I really mean it. Oh, the author also throws in babies (actually three babies), and words of wisdom quote at the end of each chapter (actually, the words of wisdom come from the characters themselves).
Some parts are funny. Others just okay. The supporting characters seems to be like a movie's credit title: a list of people making cameo.
February 28, 2017
Tried a re-listen to see if maybe it was me and not the story last round. Nope, still found it hard to get through. Oh well. I tried. =)
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This story was just not for me. I had a hard time listening to the whole thing. I have never rolled my eyes that many times over that short a space of time. Totally ridiculous.
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This story was just not for me. I had a hard time listening to the whole thing. I have never rolled my eyes that many times over that short a space of time. Totally ridiculous.
September 27, 2013
I am not going to get into much of the bad. Just know it's wasn't my cuppa.
Now, if I am not mistaken Ohio does not allow gay marriage. GAH! I hate that term "gay marriage", I hope my kids will live in a time where it's just called marriage. Anyway, I was really thrown off by that. Actually, I know that they don't. In 2004 it was banned along with civil unions and I don't believe that has been changed...YET! Don't ask me about domestic partnerships, because I have no idea. So, I was bummed this info was wrong--considering it was first published in 2011.
Wrong info again: AL had triplets, that's 3, but yet she only gave birth to 2? I was really scratching my head on that one. I REALLY hope the author didn't mean vaginal birth for 2 and a c/s for the last one, because have a c/s is still giving birth.
LaGuardia is not in NJ.
A couple of things that had me rolling my eyes...Vet comes to NY to "collect" Richard and tell him about the triplets and drag him back to TX. Richard just goes along with it. Not demanding to see paperwork, not freaking out over RAISING 3 KIDS with a stranger, also how about no freak out over turning into a wolf man in the middle of sex. COME ON!
It also would have been nice to see the HUGE battle on page. I was bummed we didn't get it :(
2 stars for Richard talking down to Ton after just meeting him. Made me laugh so hard.
(I am going to read the 2nd one, because I liked Ton.)
Now, if I am not mistaken Ohio does not allow gay marriage. GAH! I hate that term "gay marriage", I hope my kids will live in a time where it's just called marriage. Anyway, I was really thrown off by that. Actually, I know that they don't. In 2004 it was banned along with civil unions and I don't believe that has been changed...YET! Don't ask me about domestic partnerships, because I have no idea. So, I was bummed this info was wrong--considering it was first published in 2011.
Wrong info again: AL had triplets, that's 3, but yet she only gave birth to 2? I was really scratching my head on that one. I REALLY hope the author didn't mean vaginal birth for 2 and a c/s for the last one, because have a c/s is still giving birth.
LaGuardia is not in NJ.
A couple of things that had me rolling my eyes...Vet comes to NY to "collect" Richard and tell him about the triplets and drag him back to TX. Richard just goes along with it. Not demanding to see paperwork, not freaking out over RAISING 3 KIDS with a stranger, also how about no freak out over turning into a wolf man in the middle of sex. COME ON!
It also would have been nice to see the HUGE battle on page. I was bummed we didn't get it :(
2 stars for Richard talking down to Ton after just meeting him. Made me laugh so hard.
(I am going to read the 2nd one, because I liked Ton.)
November 14, 2014
A satisfactory story about a shifter and his mate. Very quick - and the limited world building and character development means you don't connect as deeply. A lot of not plausible elements (which dropped from a 3 ball read to 2 for me) including the most egregious one the fact that there seemed to be very little mourning or grief for the dead AL -- that was so totally out of character for who you feel Richard is - he treats it too matter of fact and if this is his BFF you'd of thought he'd know that one of her kids is named after him. Implausibility see? Additionally, too much went right even when it went wrong and at times it does pull you out of the story. I like the insta mate concept just fine - "mine" is a.ok with me coming out of someone's mouth the minute they meet - so it's not that. It's the fact you see a "bad guy" coming a mile away and know exactly what will happen. Then
Overall this is a regular read. I am curious to know what happens with the guy who ran off (no spoiler) so want to know if he and his mate get a happy ending.
January 4, 2012
I thought this was going to be different from other shifter books with the triplets and Richard being a dancer from NYC. It wasn't to my disappointment. It was an ok read but nothing set it apart from the other wolf shifter books. Mr. Alexander could really have run with triplet babies and the cultural differences between Vet and Richard but played it safe. 2.5 stars
October 26, 2015
2012 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention (5* from at least 1 judge)
January 1, 2012
I only gave this book 1 star because of the formatting. Yes, that might be harsh but I honestly couldn't form an opinion of the story line becaues I couldn't get into it at all. I downloaded the pdf, so I don't know if this issue applies to other formats.
I am normally no stickler for certain font sizes or font but if there is only room for 11 SENTENCES on one page, in so big fonts I have to constantly hit the scroll down button, all my energy is focused on scrolling and not on reading.
I find it really horrible to be giving such a low mark on this book simply for formatting because I honestly have no opinion on the book in itself but I had to say something because who ever published this book should think twice about such a distracting format!
I will continue to try and read it because the summary was interesting and what I managed to read so far seems to be held in an engaging style but honestly, like a broken record...the formating hurts!
And uhm...unless I am mistaken but LaGuardia airport is not in Newark, NJ. Both JFK and LaGuardia are in NY and the only airport in NJ is actually the Newark airport so they can't be flying out from LaGuardia airport in Neward, NJ...and google confirms this...so am kind of wondeirng, who edited this?
Sorry...!
I am normally no stickler for certain font sizes or font but if there is only room for 11 SENTENCES on one page, in so big fonts I have to constantly hit the scroll down button, all my energy is focused on scrolling and not on reading.
I find it really horrible to be giving such a low mark on this book simply for formatting because I honestly have no opinion on the book in itself but I had to say something because who ever published this book should think twice about such a distracting format!
I will continue to try and read it because the summary was interesting and what I managed to read so far seems to be held in an engaging style but honestly, like a broken record...the formating hurts!
And uhm...unless I am mistaken but LaGuardia airport is not in Newark, NJ. Both JFK and LaGuardia are in NY and the only airport in NJ is actually the Newark airport so they can't be flying out from LaGuardia airport in Neward, NJ...and google confirms this...so am kind of wondeirng, who edited this?
Sorry...!
October 20, 2014
While yes, it was pretty much insta-love this one is a winner!
We have a very cute, sweet,lovable, sort of spastic human and a hunk of an Alpha shifter who literally sweeps him off his feet. Add in three adorable, very well behaved babies, a few good friends & of course some bad guys to round out the cast of characters in the Tate Pack Series and it adds up to a winner.
This was a wonderful start and I look forward to visiting them all again. MY favorite quote:
“Love, commitment, it's not rational. It doesn't follow a set of rules. It doesn't care about race, gender, education, time, what's rational or irrational, age, it doesn't care about the natural, the supernatural, the normal or the paranormal. Love is just love and when you fall in love with someone, you don't let that go because it doesn't fit in with someone else's ideas about what love looks like. If you do, you don't deserve to have it in the first place.”
How can you not love this guy?! :-)
We have a very cute, sweet,lovable, sort of spastic human and a hunk of an Alpha shifter who literally sweeps him off his feet. Add in three adorable, very well behaved babies, a few good friends & of course some bad guys to round out the cast of characters in the Tate Pack Series and it adds up to a winner.
This was a wonderful start and I look forward to visiting them all again. MY favorite quote:
“Love, commitment, it's not rational. It doesn't follow a set of rules. It doesn't care about race, gender, education, time, what's rational or irrational, age, it doesn't care about the natural, the supernatural, the normal or the paranormal. Love is just love and when you fall in love with someone, you don't let that go because it doesn't fit in with someone else's ideas about what love looks like. If you do, you don't deserve to have it in the first place.”
How can you not love this guy?! :-)
October 3, 2011
Book 1 in the Tate Pack series is a wonderful story about the power of love, taking on responsibilities and the fact that you can fight all odds and evil if you have the right person at your side and to fight for.
Rich is such a cute and lovable guy but has a great inner strength although doesn't know it is there. But when push comes to shove he is all prepared to fight for his life, love and happiness.
Vet is the Alpha, a little bit bossy sometimes but he always has the best intentions - he is a great guy and the perfect match for Rich.
Throw three cute little babies and great secondary characters in the mix (which will get their own books YAY) and you have a fabulous read!
Thumbs up Vic, very well done!!!
Rich is such a cute and lovable guy but has a great inner strength although doesn't know it is there. But when push comes to shove he is all prepared to fight for his life, love and happiness.
Vet is the Alpha, a little bit bossy sometimes but he always has the best intentions - he is a great guy and the perfect match for Rich.
Throw three cute little babies and great secondary characters in the mix (which will get their own books YAY) and you have a fabulous read!
Thumbs up Vic, very well done!!!
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June 24, 2022
This wasn't a "new" story idea but it was a fun and entertaining read. I know there were some editing issues but nothing that really got me. I do wish there was a little more of a plot other than just the two getting together but it is a first book in a series. I will be looking into the rest. I think the series will become like some others I have that I use when I need a lift up. Uncomplicated and sweet:)
September 11, 2012
OMG Inexcusable! = " la Guardia airport in Newark NJ" inexcusable editing
That kind of mistake drops this writing to a fourth grade level. Very sad. please pull it back and have someone edit,
otherwise this was a cute shifter story, typical clock work writing.
That kind of mistake drops this writing to a fourth grade level. Very sad. please pull it back and have someone edit,
otherwise this was a cute shifter story, typical clock work writing.
January 3, 2012
Glaring grammatical errors...Annoyed that I paid for this one.
January 2, 2013
Heaps of editing errors...predictable plot...cliche characters...read to 50% then couldn't force myself to finish
January 6, 2014
DNF at 74%
Ummmm.. It was quite like the title.. Unthinkable..(oh well, I might be too harsh.. still, so many promises on the settings and circumstances, and nothing happens..)
Ummmm.. It was quite like the title.. Unthinkable..(oh well, I might be too harsh.. still, so many promises on the settings and circumstances, and nothing happens..)
November 30, 2018
... well... at least it was over quickly...
June 8, 2024
If I could give this book 0 stars, I think I would
What. The. F**k.
It looked short and cute
News flash
It wasn't cute
The only good thing going for it was that it was short enough that I could force myself to finish it
Richard was a complete moron, and Vet was barely any better - if he was better at all
Pretty much ZERO percent of the story made sense
Richard just leaves NY - and never gets to dance in a big way other than teaching some kids?
What happened to him wanting to be the "best dancer"? Yeah. No sense. Even though it was such an important thing to him?
I guess it wasn't?
Richard LOVES Vet SOOOO much - and immediately starts drooling over Vets childhood friend? I know, I'm sure... I hope? That it was just in there for hilarity, but it honestly made me hate this book even more
What the hell? It's worse than a freaking fall-in-love-in-5-seconds Hallmark movie
To sum it up
I regret forcing myself to finish this book so I could write a review without DNFing it
Storyline read like a random fanfiction comment under an "romantic music" Playlist on YT
The main couple (all the couples????) were all lust and no love
Plot points were literally just convience and not realistic in ANY way
Richard's mom dying because he came out was a steaming pile of dog sh*t - like, wtf? Can we PUH-LEASE have have some realistic interactions in this book???
But that's just the thing. It was fantasy on a whole other level where NOTHING was based in realism
Run, guys. Run very far away and pray that you never have to read this thing
What. The. F**k.
It looked short and cute
News flash
It wasn't cute
The only good thing going for it was that it was short enough that I could force myself to finish it
Richard was a complete moron, and Vet was barely any better - if he was better at all
Pretty much ZERO percent of the story made sense
Richard just leaves NY - and never gets to dance in a big way other than teaching some kids?
What happened to him wanting to be the "best dancer"? Yeah. No sense. Even though it was such an important thing to him?
I guess it wasn't?
Richard LOVES Vet SOOOO much - and immediately starts drooling over Vets childhood friend? I know, I'm sure... I hope? That it was just in there for hilarity, but it honestly made me hate this book even more
What the hell? It's worse than a freaking fall-in-love-in-5-seconds Hallmark movie
To sum it up
I regret forcing myself to finish this book so I could write a review without DNFing it
Storyline read like a random fanfiction comment under an "romantic music" Playlist on YT
The main couple (all the couples????) were all lust and no love
Plot points were literally just convience and not realistic in ANY way
Richard's mom dying because he came out was a steaming pile of dog sh*t - like, wtf? Can we PUH-LEASE have have some realistic interactions in this book???
But that's just the thing. It was fantasy on a whole other level where NOTHING was based in realism
Run, guys. Run very far away and pray that you never have to read this thing
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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September 2, 2024No rating.
Every year, I do the A to Z book challenge with gay spicy books and every year there are moments when desperate times call for desperate mesures-meaning I read some books because I need a certain letter. This book is one of my desperate mesures; I needed a title starting with "U".
I was expecting nothing from this book although I had the feeling it was going to be bad. It did not disappoint: it was bad!
Can we also talk about the scene were Richard was like "The sex is great but we're gonna need deeper feelings if we want this relationship to work". And then Vet started to distract him with sex...
I freaking laughed and was like "Girl, bye 🙄".
Every year, I do the A to Z book challenge with gay spicy books and every year there are moments when desperate times call for desperate mesures-meaning I read some books because I need a certain letter. This book is one of my desperate mesures; I needed a title starting with "U".
I was expecting nothing from this book although I had the feeling it was going to be bad. It did not disappoint: it was bad!
Can we also talk about the scene were Richard was like "The sex is great but we're gonna need deeper feelings if we want this relationship to work". And then Vet started to distract him with sex...
I freaking laughed and was like "Girl, bye 🙄".
May 11, 2020
amazing story.... i loved this story because both characters fall in love within few minutes...
I really liked Richard's character and Vet character... I laughed the whole time... i really liked... it...
I really liked Richard's character and Vet character... I laughed the whole time... i really liked... it...
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January 26, 2018
Quick listen. Love Sean Crisdan.
November 14, 2021
It's more of an outline than an actual story but not bad.
November 24, 2021
Quick read and kind of fun
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May 28, 2024Dnf
April 1, 2025
Insta-love meet Wolf shifters in Texas
December 30, 2011
3.5 stars
I have to admit, I'm looking forward to reading more in this series; I'm really hoping future books will smooth out some of the issues I had with this one, and provide more rounded characters and plot lines.
I really wanted to love this book a LOT more than I actually did (which isn't to say I didn't enjoy it. I did. It just didn't grip me *quite* as strongly as other books I've read.) It was good, for what it is, but I kept wanting a bit more from it. I love books with kids in it, but the triplets here were little more than Plot Moppets, included simply as a way for the MCs to meet. They were described as babies, but there was no real confirmation of their exact ages, and their behavior seemed to alternate between "infant" and "baby" (by which I mean, very young -- 2-4 mos -- and a bit older -- 6-8 mos) even taking into consideration the tendency of multiples to mature somewhat slower than single babies. Also, I was a bit confused by the lack of any sort of attempt on Richard's part to do any sort of parenting research. He apparently has no real relationships as an adult with anyone; certainly no close contact with small children... yet he simply falls in with being the primary caregiver for THREE babies as if he's been taking care of kids that size forever, with no freakouts or research, bar only the very first "OMG I've been named my dear friend's kids' guardian and I have to move to Texas? WTF?" I mean, I can totally understand adapting well to a new situation, but it's always accompanied by moments of "What the HELL am I doing, here?" And I can see (although not fully buy into) someone -- for example, a shifter raised to the idea of mates -- being ok with the idea of insta-love and insta-bonding, but only if they've grown up expecting that to happen (but then, this is kind of my beef with MOST shifter/human pairings where the human half just kinda says, "ok, now what?")
The pacing of the story seemed a bit odd to me, and I really think the issue with what's-his-name the homophobic shifter who tries to take over the pack deserved more screen time. It would have been nice to maybe spend more time in Vet's head, not just Richard's, as I think it would have added more depth and richness to the story. And also, I didn't really like or buy into the excuses & tears & freakout of Ross, Richard's "rescuer." Hopefully he'll be in a future book & maybe be a bit less of a cipher.
I had a little bit of an issue with the formatting of this book -- every apostrophe was a question mark, there were a couple of places that *looked* like they wanted to be ellipses but were, instead, a space followed by two commas, and similar issues. Not major, but enough to keep pulling me from the story, which got to be a bit irksome after a while.
I have to admit, I'm looking forward to reading more in this series; I'm really hoping future books will smooth out some of the issues I had with this one, and provide more rounded characters and plot lines.
I really wanted to love this book a LOT more than I actually did (which isn't to say I didn't enjoy it. I did. It just didn't grip me *quite* as strongly as other books I've read.) It was good, for what it is, but I kept wanting a bit more from it. I love books with kids in it, but the triplets here were little more than Plot Moppets, included simply as a way for the MCs to meet. They were described as babies, but there was no real confirmation of their exact ages, and their behavior seemed to alternate between "infant" and "baby" (by which I mean, very young -- 2-4 mos -- and a bit older -- 6-8 mos) even taking into consideration the tendency of multiples to mature somewhat slower than single babies. Also, I was a bit confused by the lack of any sort of attempt on Richard's part to do any sort of parenting research. He apparently has no real relationships as an adult with anyone; certainly no close contact with small children... yet he simply falls in with being the primary caregiver for THREE babies as if he's been taking care of kids that size forever, with no freakouts or research, bar only the very first "OMG I've been named my dear friend's kids' guardian and I have to move to Texas? WTF?" I mean, I can totally understand adapting well to a new situation, but it's always accompanied by moments of "What the HELL am I doing, here?" And I can see (although not fully buy into) someone -- for example, a shifter raised to the idea of mates -- being ok with the idea of insta-love and insta-bonding, but only if they've grown up expecting that to happen (but then, this is kind of my beef with MOST shifter/human pairings where the human half just kinda says, "ok, now what?")
The pacing of the story seemed a bit odd to me, and I really think the issue with what's-his-name the homophobic shifter who tries to take over the pack deserved more screen time. It would have been nice to maybe spend more time in Vet's head, not just Richard's, as I think it would have added more depth and richness to the story. And also, I didn't really like or buy into the excuses & tears & freakout of Ross, Richard's "rescuer." Hopefully he'll be in a future book & maybe be a bit less of a cipher.
I had a little bit of an issue with the formatting of this book -- every apostrophe was a question mark, there were a couple of places that *looked* like they wanted to be ellipses but were, instead, a space followed by two commas, and similar issues. Not major, but enough to keep pulling me from the story, which got to be a bit irksome after a while.
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