Cara Adams

I have been thinking about this story for a few days now trying to decide how to describe it and my feelings about it. I am absolutely positive I have read The Alpha Takes A Mate before but didn’t write a review. I must have read it a long time before I started writing reviews. I feel like I have a lot to say and am a little nervous that the negatives will outweigh the positives. So, here we go…

The Alpha Takes A Mate is not exactly a good title for this story since there are TWO men in the relationship (the reason for the word MÉNAGE in the blurb, hellooo) making the title not fit the story. Kind of felt like who ever thought of the title was totally discounting Cornelian’s role in the relationship, not cool.

According to the blurb (I am not sure that the part I am talking about is actually part of the blurb but that is where it is located) there is BDSM and toys in this erotic paranormal tail. There are toys briefly and the BDSM is more along the lines of a thought process rather than the hot, steamy graphic acts I was expecting when the words EROTIC, TOYS AND BDSM are involved. When I see the word EROTIC in connection to a story I think am thinking some majorly graphic sex scenes, don’t get me wrong the were some graphics but they felt like token offerings, kind of like the one scene where everyone wolfed out.

I really liked the characters, they were entertaining in their interaction with each other but the story line was rather anticlimactic. Wow, my husband is right, this does sound like a bit of a rant, for that I apologize. When I finally started typing I was still unsure about what my decision would be in what my rating would be, but apparently it was buried in my head all a long.

This Review was originally posted here https://lauralusbookreviews.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-alpha-takes-mate-wolf-pack-...… (altro)

Six gay sons, a paternal order to “find a partner, settle down, and give me grandbabies”, and a mother’s orders to provide her with a granddaughter is a great start for what turned out to be a fun book. Much like in a soap opera, there is some drama, an unmarried pregnant teenager who is rescued by one of the brothers, and the focus is on the actions and revelations that follow. The relationship between Kai, the oldest son, and Adam, the man who helped him rescue the pregnant woman from an attacker, progresses quickly and pretty seamlessly. The result is a whirlwind romance between two workaholic businessmen and a family pulling together in the best possible way.

Kai is the oldest son and, from the sound of this first book, the most successful of his brothers. A multimillion dollar business doesn’t run itself, and Kai is all abut his job and making sure he becomes an even bigger success. Meeting Adam and getting involved in finding out what has happened to Chris, the pregnant teenager they rescued, opens his eyes to other ways to spend his time. Kai is not a complicated man, but he does go after what he wants full steam ahead.

Adam is a successful systems manager with insomnia. His preference for herbal teas was a nice quirk and part of the initial conversation and getting-to-know-each-other phase with Kai. While Adam is not always able to offer the solutions lots of money can, he develops ideas that support the Hill family’s plans. He is also an understanding partner for Kai and his external perspective on the family was helpful for me to get to know them a little as well.

If you like entertaining family dramas rather than literary works with deep characterization, if you want to watch two workaholics develop a taste for each other on top of their jobs, and if you’re looking for a fun read with lots of positive vibes and some legal drama, then you will probably enjoy this novella.… (altro)