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Claimed by the Alpha Pack by Serenity Rayne

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autumnwitch14's review

emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Struggled to finish this one. I wasn't a big fan of the writing, but overall it just felt under researched and under developed. Some things seemed like they were just put in cuz they needed to fix a plot hole (how is the bad guy gonna track them? Oh, just add in a child since wolves can track offspring) and others just cuz it would garner more attention (the "queerness" that was barely mentioned).
The MC barely paid attention to her child in the second half and was constantly giving her away, and the polyamory had NO elements of true polyamory. None. No discussion of boundaries, consent, anything that makes polyam work. It definitely came across as though the author believes certain things like that were good for story plots, but not for real life, and that ignorance came through quite clear in the book.

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jessicabkbc8443's review

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adventurous slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

kerebdis's review

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

heather4312's review

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adventurous hopeful medium-paced

3.0

lexi_styles's review

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adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

jacemchale's review

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For being a why-choose "with poly elements" it lacked a sense of queerness that makes other polyam why-chooses work. I love why-choose books and I am polyamorous. I also love werewolves and shifters and power dynamics. Unfortunately this entire book so far has given me a vibe that the author has included just enough "gayness" to be considered queer without any queer feelings to support it. Werewolves and alpha/beta/omega dynamics often do include commentary on bioessentialism by having characters that are queer in their gender or sexuality or both. However the only commentary this book offered was that males are men and females are women except for the occasional omega man who seems to fit all the stereotypes of a "sissy." I just couldn't get into it. Everything rubbed me the wrong way.

It might be for somebody, but that person isn't me and there are better options that celebrate queerness instead of having queerness to fill a quota that feels heavily stereotyped and nearly fetishistic. I couldn't get past that sense of unease. I am sure the author didn't intend for this to be the case, so no hate, but I simply couldn't push myself to read more.

I cannot recommend this book for most queer people.

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