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Outside the Pack by Lindsey Devin Series: Mated to the Night #1
on October 5, 2022
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 345
Format: eBook
Source: Kindle Unlimited
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I'm a wolf in human's clothing. He's the enemy alpha. And our attraction is forbidden...
All I’ve ever wanted is to be part of the pack, but it’s difficult when you’re human. It never stopped my adopted wolf mother from loving me, but now that the biggest bully of our pack Troy is about to become alpha, he plans to ruin any chance I’ve got of fitting in.
I’ve already got enough problems without adding ‘kidnapped’ to my list. But that's exactly what happens when we’re attacked and I’m taken captive by the alpha of the enemy pack.
I should hate Night, but he’s nicer to me than Troy ever was, not to mention a hell of a lot sexier. I know our attraction is dangerous, but our connection sparks something in me I never expected, revealing there’s much more to me than my human side.
When Troy hunts me down, it can only mean one thing—war. Now I must make an impossible decision between following my heart or remaining loyal to the pack that raised me...
** Abuse & Dark Themes **
Outside the Pack is book one in the Mated to the Night series by Lindsay Devin. I wanted to like this book, but no no no not for me.
It started out kind of interesting, but as the story went along it ended up having too many inconsistencies and stupid mistakes by the characters.
There is lots of repetitiveness. Especially in saying “I’m human” or “she’s human”. We get that she’s human, everyone gets it.
Another thing the rules in the world started off as one thing then changed. Example: In the beginning females are mated to their first sex partner for life. It’s massively emphasized, but in the end of the book that’s just a “tradition” and not a real thing.
Our lead female is ridiculously pathetic. I wanted to like her innocents and feel for her, but damn it got old fast. One scene had me rolling my eyes. She wanted to enjoy one last party in her pack; before leaving, but really why go instead of escaping. Her pack is mean and abusive to her her whole life. I just wanted to smack her at this point. WHY?
Then we have the adoptive mother: How absurd she is with her adoptive daughter in that she is wishing the best after two decades of seeing the abuse left on her kid’s body. She kept telling her things will get better despite Troy leaving her bloody on multiple occasions and threating rape. REALLY!! WTF
All around this plot is off the rails and carries on with stupid behavior and choices. I took no joy in women getting raped, beaten, used and put in a place where the men are superior.
Outside the Pack was not the book for me. If the blurb intrigues you, I urge you to give it a shot. Just because it did not work for me does not mean it won’t for you.
Rated: 1 Stars
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You’re so much better than me, I probably would have DNFed this one pretty quickly based on the issues you had. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
https://lisalovesliterature.bookblog.io/2024/08/29/e-galley-review-breaking-the-ice-love-on-thin-ice-series-by-whitney-dineen/
As I think back I’m not sure why I didn’t DNF. ^_^ Thanks for visiting!
Nope, nope, nope. Thanks for taking it for the team, Angela.
Your welcome. I’m surprised I read the whole book. Well onto the next read. Thanks for visiting!
Well obviously for no one! Thanks for the heads up.
I’m not even sure why I read this to the end…. =/
Thanks for visiting!