To be honest, I have mixed feelings about this one.
Helena is a hard working shape shifter, trying to pay off her parents’ depts. Marrok is a will bound follower of Woodroe who’s an alpha involved in sex-trafficking and all sorts of stuff.
What happens when they meet?
So I think this is one of your typical cheesy stories, to be honest. I could see the plottwists coming (but maybe that’s just me). I liked the plot though, I’m in for some cheesiness.
What I liked less was that there was barely anything happening. If something happened it was solved immediately, there was no building up the tension or anything.
The writing is something else though. The writing style itself was good, that didn’t bother me but the mistakes did. There are quite a few spelling mistakes in this book and he/she mistakes which sometimes did bother me as I was not sure who was talking. Also sometimes it felt like there were parts missing because I didn’t understand what they were suddenly talking about.
Over all, I enjoyed it as an easy read. But I don’t think I’ll be (re)reading this or the next books if the action doesn’t change or the mistakes.

Thanks to Netgallrley for this ARC but Nope... This one wasn't for me. I just couldn't get into it.
Yes, the ARC itself wasn't the greatest it had a lot of misspellings and in some parts was hard to read. But the book wasn't good. It just lacks something.
2.5 stars for me.

Marrok was will bound to serve Woodroe and is now one of his strongest enforcers and now he must go and collect Hel because of her parents’ debt. What will happen when sparks fly between them and he doesn’t want to let her go. Fast-paced shifter read with loads of drama, suspense and steam. Great characters with lots of depth and intense chemistry. I was hooked from beginning to end.

This was decent, it could certainly use one more editing pass (a few odd word choices here and there that seemed like were the fault of editing mishaps, and some story holes).

Sensual, a little laggy here and there when it came to pacing but I thought the world biuilding was interesting and would be curious to know what happens to the rest of the pack as they establish themselves.

There were a few holes in the plot that had me scratching my hair here and there but nothing that made me give up. I also liked Hel a lot and thought she was a scrappy heroine.

Geez louise.. this book ARC book was tedious the errors made it hard to read. In the first chapter alone I highlighted at least 18 mistakes from grammar to spacing of words. I had to stop. I really wanted to like this book but once you start reading and get into a flow of the story. BAM errors. The author needs to update what country they live in before posting and sending their books, this is not only excuses you have for this clusterfuck of a book. The books chapters were listed inside the book, however they was no individual listing in the kindle column, or at the bottom of the page is would same you have minutes left for a chapter. The ARC copy I received did not give this option it would say you have hrs to read the book which also made it daunting because it was endless.

What I did get from the book was plausible love interest between Marrok and Helena, the story gets confusing because his sisters name is Lana and he refers to Helena as Lana. I did not finish this book and feel that I should have. When reading a book it should not make you reread it over to understand where it is going.

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This wasn't a great read. First off, I don't know if it was the copy I was sent but there were a ton of formatting and sentence structuring errors and even a few spelling mistakes. I don't want to hold it against the book because these can be foxed but by the end of the book after happening again and again it definitely was impacting my enjoyment because so many parts made no sense.
Secondly, the weighting was odd in the writing. It felt like the important parts of the book were missing; eg. Hel and Marrok's early conversations that would give the reader a reason to root for them as a couple. And then you had parts that felt overly and unnecessarily verbose. A lot of the parts with Ryder and Ethan etc felt overworked. I understand it is the first in the series and there was a decent amount of world-building required but it was a step further than that where it was almost verging on two unrelating plots in the one book.
Let's end with the good bits! I liked Hel as a protagonist. She was witty and strong. Not my favourite female but certainly no gripes with her and she was fun to read. Similar situation with Marrok. I liked their romance and I did find myself rooting for them despite the lack of anything to really make me want them together. It was definitely very insta-lovesque but that's often the case with shifter/mate books so I don't hold it against it. The general premise of the plot was a fun idea but I feel that it was executed poorly. And I think that sums up the book as a whole really, good idea but missed the mark.

The premise for this book is interesting to say the least. Stormbrook has created an interesting world full of witches and shifters. I am no stranger to this genre as I am a huge fan of fantasy and romance. The idea of a redemption of sorts always peaks my interest. The heroine is a strong, independent and hard working woman that has the worst luck in life. The hero is a brooding alpha male under the brutal control of another. This book has all the workings of a great dark romance but in some areas it fell short. Trigger warning- there are two instances of rape. I know in a dark romance there are usually darker subjects but I do not think these violent acts were woven into the plot and the character development properly. The character's and reactions were just not relatable to the reader. This novel also deals with the idea of fated mates. Fated mates are difficult to write because the lead up to the relationship is what readers like me love. This couple had their issues before they got together but I did not feel the chemistry between the two. I like to feel the love and devotion between a couple and I did not feel it here. I feel like the resigned themselves and just accepted the fact that they were tied together. There were also several grammar and spelling errors

I really like the world she created. Not everything in life is rainbows and butterflies like most contemporary romances.