A rather disappointing buy, sorry to say. I liked the second story, "Moosed Up", but not so much the rest. "Moosed Up" was the more believable story with the most plot. There was an antagonist, though he barely got in the way of the romance, a cast of characters, and a chance for the two main characters to get to know each other.The first story, "Impact" was not a story as far as I'm concerned. It was a scene out of a story. And it wasn't very believable. After crashing in Alaska, the hero and heroine are more interested in getting it on than the fact that there is a dead body with them, a blizzard is approaching, and one of them is injured. By the way, our heroine was not really injured in the crash. She had an inconvenient gash on her head, the hero broke his arm, but they weren't hurt in any way that would make sex impossible. I found that to be unbelievable. I'm sure if I were in a small plane that crashed, there would be a little more injury, and a worry about internal bleeding and some PTSD associated with it. When I read the opening, I honestly thought the action would take place at the wedding both were going to. While these two had a history together, their get-together felt more like a rebound relationship than anything that would last. After all, both admitted in the five years they've been apart, both were saving themselves because no one would compare to their lost love.As I said, "Moosed Up" was my favorite. The two characters had a chance to get to know each other. She gets to meet his family and develop a relationship that wasn't just all about sex. It was the only one that I felt really had a villain, though this villain didn't do anything to harm the relationship and only showed up at the end. And BW the Moose was a neat addition. It was the only one that felt like a real story to me."Dreamweaver", the third story, was a great let down. I thought maybe the first one would be the only let down, but I was wrong. Again, there are the main characters who have no real chemistry as far as I could tell, no connection, and it was all about how fast the two of them could have sex. It wasn't about a relationship, but a one-night stand. I like, when I read romance, to feel that the hero and heroine have a staying power after I read "the end". Not so with this story. What do they know about each other? Not a whole lot beyond they want to have sex with each other. What stood in their way? Again, not a whole lot. He was dead and in Limbo, that was the problem. We all knew, before the end, there would be a way for them to be together. The ending felt tacked on.I can't really comment on the last story. I read most of the first chapter, skimmed through it, and deleted it from my kindle. It was, basically, a rehash of everything I was disliking about the rest of the stories. Girl and boy meet, instantly fall in love, and all plot revolves around them getting in bed as fast as possible and there is no believability of them staying together.Frankly, I would have loved to see "Moosed Up" as a longer book with more development, or have "Impact" be stretched to include more plot. This was a sweet and sexy collection of four short stories. I was really impressed with the way the author was able to create characters in such a short period of time and give a believable HEA for each of the stories. I can't decide which one is my fave but the second one had me laughing out loud in several parts (the moose was hysterical), and the third story, with it's paranormal twist was hot and I loved how the ending turned out. (Though, poor Cub! :( ). The first story would have been better if longer given the intense back story between the two, but it still worked and was a good intro to the Wild Men of Alaska.
What do You think about Wild Men Of Alaska (2012)?
Wanted so much more!!! The stories could have been entire novels by themselves.
—mollykelly
If you haven't read Tiffinie Helmer this is a great place to start!
—mya
