1 star.
Why? Because it was too easy. He hurt her horribly, but she loved him and the sex was great, so all's forgiven in about 10 pages. NOT. An hurt person (especially a woman whose feelings and hopes have been crushed that badly) can carry rancor for ages. Add to that that this idiot gives no thought to taking her from her family, but simply states that she'll go live with his... He should at least have had to work a little harder. I mean, having this whole predestined mate thing going on, it's obvious that at some point she had to forgive him, or the story would be over at page 20, but that's not the point.
They're half animal? Fine. An hurt animal lashes out. She didn't.
She took all of this crying every other minute but otherwise very meekly.
And then, out of the blue, comes a friend of hers that tells her "Does it matter if he doesn't love you? Does it change how you feel about him?" WHAT KIND OF BULL***T IS THAT?? (and do forgive my french)I HATE this kind of thing. Is even love really love if it's unrequited? Honestly? I don't think so. Oh, yes, you can love someone who doesn't love you back, but only to a point, and after a while you just stop loving them, it takes time and it hurts in the meanwhile, but you can't keep loving them. It's like a plant without roots or leaves. After a while it dies, you can water and fertilize it all you like but it's still going to die.
So, why do I have to keep reading that same exact phrase? Spare me, seriosly.
I gave this novel 1 star because it could have been that much better. They could have struggled to overcome their problems (especially him, since it was his fault), giving us heartbreak and love. Instead it just gave me the strong instinct to throttle both of them.
Kisses all around