Uncover Taming The Alpha (Wild Obsession, #1) Narrated By Adriana Hunter Available In Physical Edition
enjoyed the passion and mystery in this story, Ms, Hunter did a great job combing both, a love story with a mysterious killer on the loose,
Nikki has a very disturbing past which made her very distrustful of men, She has a relationship that goes beyond friendship with her BBF, but that is safer than trusting a man, But she notices a hunk at the club that has been watching her for the pastnights and suddenly she feels things she never felt with a customer before.
Can she trust this one, or will he be the same self satisfying male she has known before,
Jax is alpha to his pack and being pressured to find a mate, now he has finally found her, but can he tell her what he is and how will she take it.
Will the pack accept a stripper as his mate
There is something out there ripping people apart and Jax must find out who and what it is before it continues on it's killing spree.
I felt this book had so much potential but more it didn't quite deliver, I thought Adriana Hunter did a great job of coming up with an original plot, particularly the side mystery that I won't go into to avoid spoilers.
Unfortunately a lot of things just felt underdeveloped to me, The relationship between Nikki and Jax is in the style of fatedmates/instalove which is never my cup of tea, Similarly the pack dynamic was touched on but not really explored, Nikki's background was another topic that I felt could have been interesting but just seemed a bit rushed, For such big issues I would have wanted more information and emotion, As it was it just felt a bit pointless,
Therefore I didn't dislike this book, but I just wish the author had tried to develop some of her ideas rather than attempting to include everything possible in such a short story.
Of course these ideas could be explored further in the sequel but I just wasn't intrigued enough by Taming the Alpha to continue with the serial.
I just hope darn not! I ask, pray that this series/trilogy won't be as all Hunter's Series: promising starts, lame inters, meh endings, Such a short book interested to see where this story takes in the end This book was: very enjoyable, It wasn't exactly how I wanted it to be, thus only three and it was a bit, okay very short,
The plot was: alright, Not what I had expected in a bad kind of way,
The beginning was: okay,
The middle was: good,
The crescendo was: good,
The finish/ending was: great,
The characters were: alright,
The worldbuilding was: good,
The language was: well used,
The themes represented in the book were: nothing extraordinary,
Would I recommend this book Yes/no Why/why not Depends on whom I'm recommending it to, I hate giving low ratings but this one just missed the mark for me, I feel like there was next to no real story line and it kind of jumped from him to her, where we learned nothing we cared about and what the hell is with her and her friends "friendship" Are they best friends that are super close or lovers because it went from one to the other the whole time.
Also if this is a book about a werewolf why did we only see one scene with them I just really dislike the authors take of shape shifters and felt it was missing any answers or real story line.
Nikki lives a hard life, and not entirely by choice, Her parents never cared for her as a child, focused instead on their own selfish behavior, She never finished highschool, works as a stripper, and has had a string of failed relationships, Her heart yearns to find a man who will see through the life she lives and love her for who she is on the inside.
Jax is a werewolf who is struggling to find his way, The tragic and unexpected death of his parents thrust him into the position of pack Alpha, He knows that they depend on him for stability and leadership, but the strain the changes have put on his relationship with his younger brother and lack of a mate to share his burden is starting to show.
Nikki and Jax are instantly drawn to each other, Jax heart tells him she is his mate, but she is human and is unaware of the existence of wolves, He worries that the pack won't accept her as his mate as it goes against every tradition they have long held sacred,
A rash of unexplained murders near Nikki's club put her life in danger, and Jax is willing to do anything to protect her.
Even if it means running the risk of revealing his wolf side and losing the woman he loves,
A well written and emotionally engaging paranormal romance with complicated characters and a complex storyline, Taming the Alpha is a fast paced erotic romance that left me howling for more!
A copy of Taming the Alpha was received from the author in exchange for an honest review.
My first random pick in the Romance/Erotica category was Taming the Alpha by Adriana Hunter mainly because of the cool cover and the promise of extra plotline werewolves or other paranormal creatures.
The book is short, barelypages in Ebook format, and I have to say spoiler alert the title has nothing to do with the plot or at least I find no connection.
I
read without expectations as I was afraid I would hate it before it even started, Funnily enough, I didnt hate it,
The story revolves around Nikki, a young pretty stripper with sad past and bad luck with men oh, and unrealistic romantic expectations considering how shitty her life is.
I was curious to see if her unusual occupation will add a special flair to the story but apart from accenting on how sensual and sexy she is, her job could have been something else.
I would have loved for a little more spotlight on Nikki as her own person, why she chose this and what made her sell her body like that.
It would have made me connect with her so much more,
She meets Jax, an alpha wolf of his pack, through her job and there is this instant spark, deeper connection between the two even before they exchange words.
I know this is kind of typical for romances but I can think of ten different ways you can exploit this connection in a noncliche way.
Jaxs attraction to her and his internal struggle to bring a stripper as his mate oh, the horror! made me a bit annoyed with him.
And we were told like ten times that he is the alpha but most of his actions paint him as beta at best,
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I both loved and hated this book, To start off the love. I was in the beginning stages of a book funk when I found this, I went through at leastother books, starting and putting them down after a few pages, Nothing was calling me. I didn't know what to read, Then I saw a this in passing on Amazon and I couldn't resist! Seriously, the cover is eye catching:
well, it caught my eye
And the description pulled me in with Alpha Male.
Ok, so it was werewolves, . . not my favorite but I can live with it, So, I picked it up and fell in lust with the story,
I really liked Nikki and Jax, The book started out great, It was moving at a pace that was great, . . setting up everything. Now, I knew going in that this was going to be a novella, What I didn't know was that it was going to be the first book in a series, I'm notorious for not doing my research on books, but I like to jump into a book that grabs me, So, back to my issue, . . Everything's moving on fine and dandy, . . they meet, fall into lust, feel a connection, set up the mystery in the book and BAM! It's love, They exchange the "I love yous" and the book ends, Like I said, I knew this was a novella, so I knew it would be short and quick, but up until they said "I love you", it wasn't feeling that way.
Speaking of endings, I wouldn't call it a cliffhanger Except for that pesky mystery killer, . . who is he/she but it's a definite "To be continued, . . "
Even with that issue of the quick ILU, I can honestly say that I enjoyed this book, It kept a book funk at bay and it has me intrigued for the other books in the series,
Oh, one last thing, . . I hate Bec. Ok. Now I'm done. : I enjoyed this novel and am curious about what will happen next, but there were a few things that kept me from loving it, The first is the conflict between Jax and Bec, I get the little brother jealous of his big brother, but I felt thrown into that with not real understanding of why Bec behaved the way he did.
Second, the ending was abrupt, The piece felt as if it ended in the middle of the story, I understand this is part of a series, but each individual story should have an arch and apparent conclusion to this part of the story.
This particular part of the story didn't feel complete, stars
“I want you because youre meant for me, Youre my mate, my soul mate my everything, ”
I was actually pretty excited about reading this one, it had some elements that I thought I would like, an alpha male shifter and a stripper, but sadly I couldnt get into this one.
Insta connection, a not so alpha male who seemed to tame for my liking, and a FF relationship that was hinted at but not really explored are just some of the things in this story.
I had a hard time connecting or accepting the characters, it wasnt bad, just not for me,
Esta primera parte, estuvo bien, me dejó con ganas de saber más, sobre la historia de todos los involucrados, supongo que en la segunda parte entenderé todo bien y tendrá más sentido este primer libro.
No fue lo que me imaginaba, fue bastante fugaz todo, pero a ver la segunda parte, . . A good story
The story was good, Nikki is a strong woman who strips to live and she tries to make the most of her lot in life even if it's not what she wants.
Jax is the alpha of his pack and is searching for a mate and finds it in Nikki, They have a lot of chemistry, The story has a lot of sex but what I like the most was the mystery of what is killing people in this story, I felt the connection between the two main characters was developing too soon, They see each other, sleep together and are in love, . . they barely know each other, I will read the next book because I need to know what happens with the mystery and with Jax's brother, I received a recommendation via Amazon for Adrianas books and thought Id give the latest title a read,
Short, sweet and firmly in the adult only genre, this novella hooks you, Nikki is a stripper, a good stripper, and she knows how to control men with a look, a dance, a touch, One day the enigmatic Jax turns up and watches her unnerving her world and igniting something deep inside, Cue romance/erotica.
I use the slash there deliberately, This is an excellent mix of romance and erotica, and I struggle to define it as one or the other, I did feel that the novella ended too suddenly, We had this great build up of tension, the introduction and hint of Loris love for Nikki and Becs insecurities of living in his brothers shadow, and they didnt quite peak.
No doubt their stories are to come, and I really look forward to reading more about them,
If youre after a quick read in the bath with a glass of wine and candles, then this is the book for you.
Its dirty, its raw and it gets the thumbs up from me, WTF did I just read Only reason I managed to finish this, is because it was so short, This is the latest train wreck I've had to read on my long streak of awful books, The others were entirely too long and have all ended up in my DNF pile, As it is, it took me three days to get through this novella, Amazon, you've been steering me wrong lately with your books and their fancy covers and not so fancy contents,
Now that I've gotten that off my chest, lets get on with this book and why I felt it was so awful.
First, it was the writing, It was littered with errors and the grammar issues alone made me want to dust off my red pen and go to town, This book needs a new editor, one who isn't afraid to say so when things aren't working,
Then there's the plot, It had potential. Had. It was badly executed. Instead of focusing on the plot, the author spent way too much time on the smut and the fact that Nikki was a stripper, Fine, she's a stripper! We got it! Now move on! All that time spent having her dance around a pole was kind of moot, and did nothing for the story.
Several of the strip club scenes could have been left out,
Jax. Alpha falling in love with a socalled social loser, Could have made for a beautiful story, but instead it read like the author didn't much care for Nikki and therefore spent a lot of time pointing out how much of a social loser Nikki really was.
This should not have mattered in the story, but Jax spent a lot of time thinking about just that, making her social status matter, Which again made me really not like him a whole lot,
The smut. Can I have a yawn I love my smutty books, Hell, I read them so much, sometimes I wonder if I read too much smut but this one did nothing for me, I just ended up skimming and skipping through the smutty scenes, Anything, really, to just get to the end of the book,
I have the rest of the novellas in this series, but I'll not be reading them, A complete waste of my money, Sadly I've had the books too long to get a refund from Amazon, When you're the Alpha Male there are certain things that are expected of you, and finding a suitable mate is at the top of the list.
For Jax, a powerful and dangerous werewolf, that's not so easy because the one woman he's deeply attracted to is a girl that will never be accepted by the pack.
A woman that he can't seem to get out of his head, A first for him.
Beautiful, curvy Nikki Avery hates her job at the local strip club, but she's struggling just to get by, Her dream of ever finding a decent guy worth loving shattered as night after night she stands before a crowd of drunken men, their jeers and catcalls burning a hole in her heart.
To make things worse, there's a killer on the loose, stalking the dancers, waiting to attack,
But when a handsome stranger appears at the club, his dangerous, feral presence commanding attention, the s, e. x. u. a. l charge between them is so strong that she can barely breathe, Nikki finds herself swept into a world she never dreamed existed, A world where nothing is as it seems and once she enters, there is no turning back,
Warning: this novella contains e, x. p. l. i. c. i. t, s. e. x. u. a. l material and scenes. Readersonly.
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