Gage has been keeping a secret for years... Gage wants to accept Alice Williams' invitation to join the White Falls pack and leave the Cherry Creek pack behind him like a bad memory. That desire only intensifies when he finds his mate, Luke, who belongs to that pack. But ever since their parents died, or killed, as Gage suspects, his first concern has been to protect her younger brother, Sean, who has a gift Gage suspects Cherry Creek alpha desperately wants to control, and Gage doesn't know if he can trust the White Falls alpha to be any different.
Luke will wait as long as he needs to... Unable to stay away now that he's found him, Gage still holds himself at a distance from Luke, not knowing how far he can trust him. Then the Cherry Creek alpha makes a move, and Gage finds he has no choice but to jump off the deep end.
As Gage starts to believe he can have it all: trust the White Falls pack, protect his brother, and be with his mate and child, the Cherry Creek alpha realizes his prize is slipping his grasp, and he'll do whatever it takes to win.
Driven to Mate is a 43,000 word novel with no cliffhangers and a HEA.
This was a good alpha/omega read. I really liked how well developed the characters are. The story itself was really good. But it jumped from third person to first person quite a bit. It is in need of editing. I had to reread several times because of errors. That took away from the enjoyment of the story. If you can overlook that then I think you'll like it.
While the plot was better than the first book, the editing (or lack of) was very poor. Names were all over the place: mismatched, misspelled and overused. There were a lot of autocorrect errors that were more destructive than helpful. I spent more time trying to figure out what the text was originally supposed to be rather than enjoying the story. I would like to see Sean's story, but I would hope it had more plot than the first book and better editing than the second.
Thought maybe the first book was a fluke, but it's apparent that the authors haven't bothered to spend even a few moments to run a basic proof reading before uploading. It's beyond distracting and annoying. Despite the promise of a decent enough storyline, I can't get past the editing/grammar errors enough to continue. Even free through Kindle Unlimited, it's not worth the effort spent deciphering.
This book took me a while to get into. Gage didn't seem like an alpha to me. I wanted more from this book. And I still don't know what was up with their old alpha.
3.5 stars the story of this one was a lot better than the first one. but the fact that it kept switching from points of view and first and third person was hella weird.
Rating 3.5 This one felt a little fuller than the first although it was more plot driven with what felt like less character development. There is less of the banter that I liked so much in the first one and the subject is more serious. One thing that was problematic for me was the timeline. While we would be given filler material describing the relationship developing over a period of weeks, a comment would be made about "the other day at practice" referring to something that happened those weeks ago. Also ages and a few other facts switched around and there was actually a point where the text said "check eyes" trying to cue the author to check the eye color for the final draft--but not having done it and left the note in! However some comments have been made about the lack of proofing type editing in the story but those have obviously been cleaned up as of my reading in Sept 2017. Otherwise the mystery/danger component was good, as was the way that Gage struggled with the dilemma and responsibility of Sean. Sean is a character that I'd like to see more of; hopefully he gets his own book later. While the mpreg in this second of the series was a little more substantial, I still would have liked a longer look at it. There is only a flash of early pregnancy then a quick epilogue several years later with more babies--no deliveries or much detail. I also want to mention that this is a biracial book, Gage is white and Luke is black, in case this type of relationship is a plus or negative for some readers. It doesn't really come into the story as a cultural or prejudicial factor in any way, just in physical descriptions. I enjoyed the story and plan to continue the series.
A fun read. I didn't read the first book in the series but I didn't feel lost or anything. I liked Gage and Luke. They were sweet and sexy together. The ending didn't feel as satisfying as I would have liked. The epilogue was years later and didn't have the ending feel I was hoping for. Overall, I enjoyed it.
Where is the rest of the book? This is a cliffhanger! No fair! I loved the story so far but it needs to tell us who the Alpha is and how their love story grows. Don't leave us hanging! Please!
The series definitely got more interesting with Luke and Gage. There was a lot more background info and explanations. I liked Luke and Gage and their story was destined. I can’t wait to read number 3.
The author writes an amazing series and I want more. The characters work so well together! I'd like to find out if some of the trouble that came out of this book was resolved or will there be problems to go into another book?!?!?!? Hmmm keep them coming please!
An overall likeable Mpreg read. I read the first book in the series immediately before this one. Felt the plot was much more developed in Driven To Mate. The mpreg was a proper part of the storyline whereas in the first book it felt like something that was bunged on the end.
I liked the MCs and I think they complemented each other well. It was refreshing that the omega was older & the taller of the two and the alpha of the pack was a woman reverting the usual alpha/omega stereotypes.
I did read this as an ARC so perhaps the final version has more editing but there were a couple of times when some editing was needed. In chapter 3 Gage was described as being 36 but his age dropped to 26 shortly after. Another time Gage referred to his sister being pregnant but then it was written that alpha Alice accidently revealed her pregnancy to the group with Gage not already knowing. The MCs POV swapped almost randomly at times and there was no indication is was happening which was more annoying than confusing.