This was interesting to read. Books about shifters have always been my bread and butter so that gives this series some extra points. But there were moments when I had to stop and think, "What?"

One such moment came at the end of chapter 22. The line delivery just sounded cliché and forced. I would have accepted his explanation for the previous events over hers. Her explanation just ... did not sound natural. I get that it was supposed to be a cute moment between them with her finally saying the words but still.

This last chapter seemed to be the climax as this is where the final showdown happens. And it takes just a few paragraphs. I get that the main focus is Max and Lizette but I would have accepted the main conflict to be revealed in a later book. Each book centers around a different couple but they are all in the same pack and dealing with the same things so it would have worked if done right. Set up hints in the first book, then continue on, leading to a reveal at the end of the third book then the big conflict in the fourth. Instead, the conflict happened in this last chapter and the person confessed to everything. Their feelings on what Lizette could do was pretty much made clear a chapter or so before but no one really questioned it aside from Max telling them to shove it, essentially.

I still enjoyed this book but I feel like it could have been so much more. The blurb implied that they would be fighting for their lives and love. Okay, where was that fight? The closest they came to that was between Max and Lizette themselves with her reluctance to complete the bond. But that wasn't life threatening to them. At least not in the context of them actually dropping dead. The next would be that main conflict I mentioned but there wasn't really much fighting in that moment. Just a really well-timed dodge and a thud.

At the beginning of the book, it was implied that Max "took" something without her permission. Previous reading experience would lead me to think of the human meaning of those words, not the shifter meaning. I can safely say he didn't assault her, not in human terms at least. You really gotta be careful with that wording.

Regardless, the book was a fun read. Predictable but good. I wasn't the best I had read but it was pretty good. I'd recommend the book but I wouldn't say it was the best. I still plan to finish the series and check out more from this author though so on to the next one.