Book Reviews

Book Blurb

Wolf shifter Falco Gladstone knew Carter McCloud was his mate when they were in seventh grade, but school and the foster care system tore them apart. Years later, Falco is second in command of his Michigan pack, serving under an uncle who cares more about his own power than the welfare of their people. The alpha orders Falco to marry and produce offspring—but Falco’s already found his mate, and mates are forever.

 

Carter’s lonely life is turned upside down when he detects a familiar scent on the wind. The mates might have found each other, but their happily ever after is far from guaranteed. Falco’s commitment to Carter puts him at odds with his uncle’s plans, and when one of the alpha’s enforcers starts shadowing the couple, something must be done—something that will either cement their relationship or destroy it once and for all.

 

Book Review

To know that you have a mate and not being able to find them must be one of most tragic experiences in a shifter’s life. But to have found your mate only to lose them – potentially forever – must be a lot worse. This is what happens to wolf shifter Falco in this story, when the boy he recognizes to be his mate at age thirteen inexplicably vanishes weeks later, and my heart broke for both of them. But it isn’t the only obstacle to happiness Falco has to face – there is his power-obsessed uncle who is a homophobic and rather ruthless alpha, a marriage Falco is supposed to enter into with the goal of producing pups, and the pack directive that same-sex relationships are “deviant” and to be eradicated by banishment.

Falco and his uncle, who became alpha by challenging and defeating the gay successor Falco’s father had appointed before his death in an accident, do not see eye to eye. Falco’s ideas about running a pack are totally different from his uncle’s, but even though he is second in command, there is not much he can do. His uncle is not the listening kind of man, and acts more like a king – even a tyrant – than a pack alpha. Falco isn’t ready to challenge his uncle, and knowing that the pack might not accept him even if he did succeed is not exactly an incentive.

Carter has pretty much forgotten about the short weeks he spent in Falco’s town when he was in seventh grade. The aunt he stayed with left him some property recently, and Carter decides to open the pet store he always wanted. He is only half a wolf shifter, and his sense of smell is not as strong as Falco’s, but he does recognize Falco as his mate as soon as he steps into his store. Carter isn’t one for immediate intimacies, mate pull or no mate pull, so he insists they get to know each other first.

Carter and Falco’s dates are sweet with a strong side order of hot, but they are also dangerous. Falco’s uncle keeps coming after him about getting married, a jealous shifter who wants to be beta just like Falco has his own ideas, and things quickly come to a head when Falco decides his mate is more important than fitting in with his birth pack. He’s got some tough decisions to make, and between that, his increasing feelings for Carter, and all the pack politics and shenanigans, this quickly turns into a suspenseful, intense story that I really liked.

If you enjoy shifter stories with fated mates, evil alphas, and young shifters who need to grow up in a hurry if they want to survive, if two young men finding their place in life is your thing, and if you’re looking for a read that is a mix between suspense, romance, and shifter politics, then you will probably like this novella.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novella, 96 pages/34710 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-May-2017
Price	$4.99 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/lost-mate-by-dirk-greyson-8427-b