2-3-4 Challenge Book Discussions #1 discussion

5. Charles is firmly an Alpha wolf. Your early impressions of him?

Loved him! He was a great Alpha - he is a born leader without being a jerk about it. He reminds me of Adam from the other series.

He was a bit scary at first but I guess he was supposed to be given he's the enforcer. It was helpful getting his POV to better understand what was going on with him. But once I started to "get" him, I fell for him in a BIG way. He is SO cool in a badass kind of way. And he honed in on Anna fast and hard. Loved how he handled her.

I loved Charles and the way he came across in this book. I read the Mercy Thompson series first so had a very strong impression of Charles as a scary, taciturn, stoic man with a strong Native American presence.
In Alpha & Omega he became more 'humanized'. I really got a kick out of how 'Brother Wolf' took charge of picking their mate and pushed Charles to the back seat.
I didn't really like Holter Graham's voice selection for Charles in the audiobook, it didn't sound Alpha enough, but I got used to it.

For some reason, Holter's voice worked for me, maybe because I got the spiritual, menace and intelligence all wrapped in the voice. Hooked me immediately.

Maybe because I don't have any strong memories of him from Mercy Thompson.

Laura, that's how Charles came across in the Mercy books to me too. So I loved being able to go deeper with his character in this novella.

And Kris, yes! A non-jerk Alpha. I love those kind. He reminded me of Adam also. Fair and firm.

I also didn't mind Graham's voice selection for Charles ( I got the same thing from him, Jonetta (spiritual, menace, and intelligence)), but I do struggle a bit with men doing women's voices, lol.

I know, men doing women's voices are always a bit off for me too.

Yeah, they tend to try the falsetto thing and it comes out comical.

I came to like the narrators version of Charles but it wasn't easy.

One narrator who does women's voices pretty well is Robert Petkoff. He narrates the IAD series and does a good job.

Petkoff does everything wonderfully. He's amazing. I listened to him in Those Who Wish Me Dead and switched to the audio format for LAD because of that performance.

Good to know, Laura. I'll have to check out his narration.

Love, love, love Charles. I actually prefer him to Adam *ducking the tomatoes*

Charles is the typical strong, silent, dangerous type. Everyone is terrified of him but he is so gentle with Anna. I love how protective he is of her and he knows just when to push and when to step back.

No tomatoes from me as I think I'm falling in the same camp.

Jonetta wrote: "No tomatoes from me as I think I'm falling in the same camp."

Its the whole dark, tormented thing he has going on :0)

No tomatoes here either...I am always willing to have more than one boyfriend ;) This was only a novella and I clicked with Charles so cant wait for more!

Lol Kris...I was thinking the same thing. Love Adam and Charles....and warren...and Ben....and Asil....this would be a fun topic for discussion once everyone has read more in both series!

Agree!

Laura (Kyahgirl) wrote: "Lol Kris...I was thinking the same thing. Love Adam and Charles....and warren...and Ben....and Asil....this would be a fun topic for discussion once everyone has read more in both series!"

I agree!

Although, when it comes to choosing between Adam and Charles, I'd still pick Adam. But Charles is quickly winning me over.

I'm with you Monica but still can find it in me to drool a bit over Charles :-)

Lol, Laura...more the merrier when it comes to fictional boyfriends.

I think I will wait a few books and give Charles a chance but so far agree with you Monica. I wonder if that is also because we've had more books with Adam.