I read this as a BOM read with my reading group, and had seen it had such a fan club of reviews so was very positive and looking forward to reading this. It was a long read, and thankfully a free read, which was probably intended as the intro freebie to T.A. Grey's series.If Ms Gray thought it would entice readers then it won't me, plainly based on error ratio, it drove me nuts, and spoilt what could have been a reasonable read.The story, is unusual as not werewolf, but Lykeans and have pack instincts, Alphas and so on but no physical changes. An unusual paranormal, where they have their own justice system outside of the rest of the society they live within. Can't see that working somehow but I won't pick bones over that.On the positives, a variant of Beauty and Beast theme which is enjoyed by many.At times I liked the characters and others they didn't come across as quite right...and I think it was the chemistry, which seemed a little off, but they aren't humans after all;)On BDSM, I think the fact of natural Alpha dominant is there but its more than any intention to elicit any sexual response for any of the elements of Bondage, Discipline, Sadism or Masochism, it is so borderline I would prefer to classify it as erotica with elements of bondage. So not BDSM as I had seen claimed.Notable content: the feather design of Alicia's lingerie product for her budding designer business... I could imagine it looking cute and sexy, itching and tickling like hell to when moving, totally impractical for wearing use, and just sitting down it would damage the feathers. So nice idea for posing and removing, but nothing else. Plus, feathers need washing of mites...just crossing my mind hehe...as the itch builds!The one thing that gave this story a saving grace and why I have put it at border three star not border two is one thing only, I loved the way TA Grey shows that people can get beyond the physical, but sadly in real life often don't. The person beneath the scars, Gavin is male, t'would have been far worse if it had been role reversal here. It isn't often that people give someone with disfigurement or severe disabilities the time to get to know them...the person, the personality and character, and see the kind, caring soul beneath that Gavin is, despite his control as pack Alpha. It does happen occasionally, but there's a lot of people in Gavin's position where the Alicia's of the world are missing. Or if female for that matter if role reversal. This saddens me, we spend far too much importance on the visual and far less on the beauty of the personality beneath the skin. That in itself was worth the third star.So why no more?Virtually every page has a booboo, typo, error call it what you will and supposedly was edited. And yet, of the many, many reviews none mentioned the errors. Most self published books I've read have been better than this. Ms.Grey, this lets your book down badly, sorry. Borderline 3 stars from me. This one makes you want to bang your head painfully into a wall. No actual plot. It's the most generic and moronic thing I've read in a long time. Do. Not. Read. If you like paranormal books I'll tell you a little something crappy: The whole werewolf "thing" was a sidenote only need to explain why he imprison her - No other function! They don't even turn into anything. An indescribably blah book! *Sorry Ms. Grey - you are probably a very nice person. And I know you might like this type of writing, but I really don't.
What do You think about The Loneliest Alpha (2013)?
The book was a good read, but the typo's were annoying.
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