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The Mating Game

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The Fake Mate

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Gabriella said: " alright, first werewolf romance!

This book follows Dr. Noah Taylor, a well-respected cardiologist at Denver General, and Dr. Mackenzie Carter, a fantastic ER doctor at Denver General. One is known as the kindest doctor the hospital has ever seen, and alright, first werewolf romance!

This book follows Dr. Noah Taylor, a well-respected cardiologist at Denver General, and Dr. Mackenzie Carter, a fantastic ER doctor at Denver General. One is known as the kindest doctor the hospital has ever seen, and one is known as the boogeyman of Denver General! Together, they make an unlikely pair, but one that needs to team up in a fake dating scheme. Noah needs to make sure the board doesn't find out he's an unmated alpha, and Mack has a meddling Grandma who just won't leave her alone. To avoid horrible dates and losing his job, they decide to be fake mates until Noah gets a new job in Arizona. But what happens when unexpected feelings start to arise and other meddling doctors get involved....find out in The Fake Mate!

To start, there were a lot of parts that I liked. I like that they never change their personalities to fit into the fake-dating mold. He is still a grump, and she is sunshine; he just never realized that being isolated created a huge stick up his ass. And when he starts to make changes, it's not huge ones, just wanting to see his girl more. It seemed to settle Noah and make him feel better, and I really liked that. I love that everyone saw Mack as the prize (which she is, but they really made that known to Noah) and that she started to see Noah's quirks all on her own. Like urging everyone to take the stairs while the elevator is broken but yet still using the elevator himself because he would have been late to a meeting lol! She knew that he was trying to be kind, but was misunderstood!

Anyways, this book could have been really great, but...WHY DON'T THEY TALK TO EACH OTHER!! I have never been so irritated with a set of characters for consistently miscommunicating. There would have been no issues between them if they had admitted what they were feeling and talked to each other about what twists and turns may have been happening. I also took issue with the fact that there are too many people involved in this damn relationship. Liam needs to get a clue and move the fuck on. And Jessica from radiology needs a god damn life. The last thing that confused me about this whole book was that when they're mated, they have bite marks to prove it....why was nobody asking to see a bite mark??? Especially if it's on your neck for everyone to see!!

So I'd give it 3.5 stars. I think there are going to be better werewolf books out there, but I don't think this one was necessarily bad either. ...more "

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