This was another 3 stars but again, thinking of how long this books are and the glacial pacing of the plot I just can't bring it higher.
I'm an outlier here, every other review loves this book. I don't dislike it tho, I'm just very meh about it.
Liam and Kade were very cute, until they weren't. Their stupidity got old very fast and if you remove from this book the words dick and cock you can cut it in half. I'm not kidding, this characters can only make dick jokes and they only talk about fuckin and knots. I'm a smutty girl I enjoy smut like any other smut reader but this is not ittttttt!!!
For starters, there's practically no smut in this book. One kinda dubcon scene in the beggining and then the whole book is about them NOT fucking although they die to do so because again neither of them want the bond and by the time they - individually - realize they DO want the bond they think the other one doesn't and the book keeps going like that aaaaaaaaaand again, the plot just goes to a halting stop waiting for the romance to keep the fucking pace up.
Unlike the previous book there's an attempt at worldbuilding here... it makes very little sense. I understand nothing about this world. Also... what the fuck do Victor and Kade do for a living? because being alpha and second does not give them wages. It is said that some pack members have jobs in town... okay, where the fuck does the pack money come from????? previously, it is stated that the pack mages earned quite a bit, ok. Cool.. what about the other packs? and this questions are not even lore related they're just common sense related.

Honestly, I have no interest in Aran's book that is coming next. His powers are cool but he's a very tiring character to read - he only speaks in dick jokes an innuendos- it's stated that when he gets serious he's a power to be reckon but the author has only kinda shown this ONCE, briefly. Besides, his story takes places after he gets kiddnaped? He was eye fuckin the "straight" guy Pierce so... if that's his romantic plotline I'm out. Making your kiddnaper gay it's not something I would be interested in reading. Also, they will most likely force a bond because that's the whole point of the kiddnaped and that makes it several times lest appealing.
I do wanna read Miles book. He and Grant are so cute I really do love an age gap story and the older guy even has a child? sign me in. But I guess.. 2026 for that book IF that is in fact the pairing the author is aiming for. Which looks like it but who knows. -Also, please I want to read the scene where they do the ritual for the wards... we are there for the start and we only get a morning after text??? Liam and Kade weren't even doing anything interesting during that time ;o;-