Author is close to ruining this series
I was really hoping this book would improve the series. At the time of this review I have just finished this book and book 3, Savage, that is out in the series.
The series seems to be picking up steam and I will get the rest of the series unless the author makes major mistakes. As of right now, major mistakes are riding a fine line.
In this book, Kerax is very strong willed and set in his thought ways. But he is amazing with his alien dog Jip. And that alone has made him my fave H in this series of the 3 out so far.
Makayla, his mate, she ended up becoming a bit frustrating. The main deciding factor for me disliking her happened after Vuka and Kerax fought. Vuka just left Kerax! Thinking he had killed him. He went and got Makayla, takes her back to their little compound, even though she was willingly with Kerax, and they tell her Vuka killed Kerax. Jade was super annoying. And the other girls trying to get her to eat and trying to be all nice. They acted like she’d get over it. How could they act that way? I hate Jade. And I hate how they discussed how overweight she was again. For her to act all high and mighty and she didn’t seem to care her mate, Vuka had thought he killed Makayla’s. And Makayla, WHYYYY would you want to stay with them after what you thought Vuka did and how Jade was all she’ll get over it? NO. You tell them you’re leaving! It’s like these girls keep choosing their friends over their mates. Friends can come and go, but a mate is someone me you build a life with. And when he’s deserving of your love you fight for him. I’m tired of these females denying bonds and treating the alien males like crap.
So because of Vuka’s decision to fight his brother and then leave him, not only does Makayla suffer, but Livningston gets Kerax and experiments on him and puts a device in him! So basically, even thought Kerax went after Vuka first, Vuka leaving him makes the experimenting fall back on him as his fault. But then Kerax is the one apologizing in the end of the book? What? No. I won’t forgive or like Vuka or Jade again.
Makayla and Kerax should stay on his ship more often and distance themselves from them. Kerax deserves to be loved.