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His Unexpected Mate
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Living in a small wooden cabin at the edge of a forest and working to solve the mystery of recent murders, young Eli Bright learns the locals believe a man-beast is responsible.
As an outsider, he is watched very closely as he works with the young local sheriff, Stanley Blake. But Eli knows there has to be a proper explanation. Paranormal creatures don’t exist, right?
As an outsider, he is watched very closely as he works with the young local sheriff, Stanley Blake. But Eli knows there has to be a proper explanation. Paranormal creatures don’t exist, right?
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Sadly this one didn't work for me. I'm torn between wondering if the whole this is intentionally tongue-in-cheek, if the author was serious, or just having a bit of fun. There are funny bits, but the sex/plot ratio is too heavy on the sex for me.
I received a copy of His Unexpected Mate from NetGalley for the purpose of my honest review ...more
I received a copy of His Unexpected Mate from NetGalley for the purpose of my honest review ...more
Eli works as a PI for his father’s company and he goes to help one of his father's friends, a sheriff, investigate a series of strange deaths that the locals believe are caused by werewolves. When he meets the sheriff, Stanley, he’s instantly attracted to him.
The characters were interesting but I had trouble connecting with them. I think I needed more backstory to know them better. The plot was also interesting and had potential but the mystery of the deaths was solved too fast and in the end it ...more
The characters were interesting but I had trouble connecting with them. I think I needed more backstory to know them better. The plot was also interesting and had potential but the mystery of the deaths was solved too fast and in the end it ...more
I should have read the excerpt...
Not a series I'll be continuing with. ...more
Not a series I'll be continuing with. ...more
This novel is something new for me and holy moly. This is an M/M relationship with muscles, death, and fur! Fated mate concepts are my weakness! Eli and Stanley are so cute together. I will be keeping tabs on any other books from T.L.West.
I've read one other book by T.L. West and unfortunately, I came away from His Unexpected Mate feeling much the same way as I did when I finished reading A Fated Bond. *sigh*
I think a lot of my issue with His Unexpected Mate was that it was too short to give readers a chance to wrap their heads around what was happening between Eli and Stanley. Never mind all the supernatural danger, family drama and world building that was just as much a part of the story. If more pages were devoted to all the e ...more
I think a lot of my issue with His Unexpected Mate was that it was too short to give readers a chance to wrap their heads around what was happening between Eli and Stanley. Never mind all the supernatural danger, family drama and world building that was just as much a part of the story. If more pages were devoted to all the e ...more
Mar 06, 2015
Curtis
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Eli works as a private investigatory with his father, and he is sent to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in a small town. While moving into the small cabin that's been set aside for him during the investigaton, Eli meets the local sheriff, a man who piques his interest in some unusual ways. He quickly learns that the locals attribute the deaths to some sort of mythical man-beast, and it isn't long before many of them begin to suspect Eli as someone unknown to them who just showed up in
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New author,new series ..refreshing story.
This book was provided to me by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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This was so ridiculously bad. It's good that it was such a short book or I would have DNFed it 😂 You can read my live review down below to see what I thought as I was reading it.
Writing style: This was full of badly used tropes and this author doesn't seem to have heard of 'show-don't-tell'
Characters: They were all so BORINGGGG. I really couldn't connect with anyone and forgot their names constantly.
Story: Aaaah so ...more
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This was so ridiculously bad. It's good that it was such a short book or I would have DNFed it 😂 You can read my live review down below to see what I thought as I was reading it.
Writing style: This was full of badly used tropes and this author doesn't seem to have heard of 'show-don't-tell'
Characters: They were all so BORINGGGG. I really couldn't connect with anyone and forgot their names constantly.
Story: Aaaah so ...more
Original review: https://myshelfbooks.wordpress.com/20...
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I still don’t know what I have read. By the title alone, it would seem that this is the first book of the duology, but this new edition is a bit longer than that. If you check the plot of the second book, you will find something similar in this book; so I’m going to bet that this edition contains both stories. Although I could be wrong. I ha ...more
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
I still don’t know what I have read. By the title alone, it would seem that this is the first book of the duology, but this new edition is a bit longer than that. If you check the plot of the second book, you will find something similar in this book; so I’m going to bet that this edition contains both stories. Although I could be wrong. I ha ...more
Some very short books work really well, some do not. Unfortunately, this was one that didn't.
The story centres around two men meeting while working on a murder case. There is an instant attraction between them, which again sometimes works well, but in this case, I just didn't buy into it. The murder case doesn't really make much sense either. It gets solved halfway through the book and then there are some other problems that our two heroes face.
With this being such a very short book it was har ...more
The story centres around two men meeting while working on a murder case. There is an instant attraction between them, which again sometimes works well, but in this case, I just didn't buy into it. The murder case doesn't really make much sense either. It gets solved halfway through the book and then there are some other problems that our two heroes face.
With this being such a very short book it was har ...more
Unfortunately, this story didn't really grab me. I found that the main relationship between Eli and Stanley progressed far too quickly. They barely knew a thing about each other, and they were already having sex.
I think this story could use some editing. There is some good writing in there…but the overuse of character names and cliché phrases kind of drowns it out.
There's the basis of an interesting mystery and I think I would have enjoyed it if the author had allowed it all to progress a little ...more
I think this story could use some editing. There is some good writing in there…but the overuse of character names and cliché phrases kind of drowns it out.
There's the basis of an interesting mystery and I think I would have enjoyed it if the author had allowed it all to progress a little ...more
Living in a small wooden cabin at the edge of a forest and working to solve the mystery of recent murders, young Eli Bright learns the locals believe a man-beast is responsible.
As an outsider, he is watched very closely as he works with the young local sheriff, Stanley Blake. But Eli knows there has to be a proper explanation. Paranormal creatures don’t exist, right?
I just didn’t like this book. I think everything just went to fast with no real character development. It was short and I still h ...more
As an outsider, he is watched very closely as he works with the young local sheriff, Stanley Blake. But Eli knows there has to be a proper explanation. Paranormal creatures don’t exist, right?
I just didn’t like this book. I think everything just went to fast with no real character development. It was short and I still h ...more
This book is a quick read about a man trying to find himself but working and doing what he’s suppose to do as a PI. Investigating a few murders has brought him to Police Chief Stanley. The attraction is off the charts but the problem is the paranormal aspects going on.
All in all it was a good book, there are things I could have done without and could have done more with.
All in all it was a good book, there are things I could have done without and could have done more with.
I did like Eli and Stanley but the story...not so much. I think that if it had been longer the story would have been much better, there would have been time to really flesh out the storyline and the characters. All in all it was an okay read.
*I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by NetGAlley*
*I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book provided by NetGAlley*
I feel like there were a few too many plot points for such a short book. Problems and solutions came way too quick to really care about. Sudden POV switch at one point was strange.
Fun, mysterious and sexy!! A great romance with great characters and a very nice story to support them!!
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review. I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend to everyone.
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Even though short, I stopped at around 20%. The book was written in a very awkward way that didn't appeal to me at all.
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Dec 05, 2019
Jacqueline (Fall In Love With The Sound of Words)
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I received this eARC for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This was interesting. I enjoyed the relationship, although it was very insta-lovey. This is pretty expected from 'mate' fiction though, so I wasn't angry. The plot was a little all over the place and had no real conclusion, which I assume this must be a series.
All in all it was good, but just wish it has some depth to the story. ...more
This was interesting. I enjoyed the relationship, although it was very insta-lovey. This is pretty expected from 'mate' fiction though, so I wasn't angry. The plot was a little all over the place and had no real conclusion, which I assume this must be a series.
All in all it was good, but just wish it has some depth to the story. ...more
This is T.L. West's second work Ive read. While 'Dangerous Love' was a MM erotic mystery, His Unexpected Mate adds the paranormal into the same genres. Eli is the lead we get to know when they story starts. He comes to a small town to solve some murder cases and has an instant connection with Stanley. Just like his previous work there are hot sex scenes in every chapter. The story is quite fast and I think everything takes place in two days. It's only 12k words and just like his previous work i
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Setup of three gruesome murders didn't match the dinamics of this book at all. With only about 30 pages of the whole story the mistery backdrop just made their instant connection even less believable than it already was.
And one of the small details i found rediculous that stuck with me: why the hell did he leave a tub full of water to go to the sink to clean his chest? Something wrong with the water there? o_0 ...more
And one of the small details i found rediculous that stuck with me: why the hell did he leave a tub full of water to go to the sink to clean his chest? Something wrong with the water there? o_0 ...more
This book was just ok to me. It is a shifter book but tbh I think the book is so short that you don't really get into the story very much. It ended quite abruptly too. After Eric found out Stanley was a shifter there was absolutely no reaction. Just pure acceptance. Not even any fear. So that was a bit of a different approach.
Not a bad book just not overly interesting. ...more
Not a bad book just not overly interesting. ...more
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