There was something full of yearning in this story underneath the denial, the fake situation, the danger, and the reconciliation of curses, pasts, and hearts. I truly enjoyed the book and am eagerly jumping into book two, quite glad it's on KU.
Drew and Josh had a slow, nice road to travel romantically and I can't say it was riveting, incredibly spicy, or even all that captivating. It slowly swelled and filled my mind until I couldn't imagine they had any other option than to fall in love and make everything work.
There are other reviewers that have feelings about what happens when the curse breaks but I honestly don't have an issue with that. I read so often when the temporarily supernatural being retains certain supernatural traits rather than the author letting the curse just break. To me it seems that letting the curse break and return them to their original state prior to the curse is more believable than trying to come up with a reason as to why they should keep part of their cursed state merely because it would be helpful in the issues they were going to face, you know?
The drama surrounding the pride in their area and their distant past was interesting and a little too simplistic in their connection, but the biggest piece of interest was the element of their past. When the story of their curse was related to Josh it was pretty obvious to me that there was going to be a piece of it that would return and despite being right I didn't predict the reason for all the turmoil. I appreciated that.
Overall I thought the story was very sweet and I admired the person who initiated the reconciliation, feeling that the appropriate person stood up to the other to call them out for their choice made out of fear. And ending the story with the lead-in to the next book in the series felt right as well, that it wasn't just a HEA for the couple and a vague forboding for what's coming, it was something concrete, something that was a bit more believable as what could happen next.
And, side note, the wolf pack being involved really added something intriguing to the story and has me all kinds of curious. It answered some questions, raised some interest, and brought a lot of elements of the story to life. I'm eager to see where Rian's story takes us and how things will evolve around their clan.
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