Cliffy alert
I didn’t realize this wasn’t a standalone. I wasn’t loving it, but pushed on because it was short. (under 100 pgs), Argh! It ended in cliffy, and now my OCD is making me reach for book 2, which is more than twice as long. Fated follows 17-yr-old Cammie as she discovers she’s a shifter and grows into her new position/pack. I’m assuming this is a fairly new author, and the book has a few of the common issues. There’re numerous formatting/grammar/typo issues, and long, run-on sentences missing punctuation. The writing style is wordy with padded sentences, and has an immature/dramatic feel to it.
Cammie is a strong h, but borders on being just too much. She’s pretty full of herself, and it shows. Mason isn’t developed very much, and is pretty flat. There’s plenty of action, and a smidge of OW drama.
Bottom Line- These “indie” shifter reads are hit and miss; this one wasn’t terrible, but not really my thing. It’s a bit inconsistent; Cammie is 17, but is drinking at a bar, and talking about sex like an adult, but her reactions and behaviors show her age. I personally like my shifters to be grown-ups; I think it’s hard to balance YA (kids being kids) with ripping people’s throats out. I also didn’t really “feel” anything/emotion from the characters except anger. There just wasn’t any real depth or development, and they felt flat.