DARK WOLF by Kate Douglas

Dark Wolf by Kate Douglas
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

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Lily is a Chanku, a member of a shapeshifting race descended from an alien race which came to earth a melina ago. Sebastian is a wizard who has recently connected with a father he didn't know was alive until just before his mother's death. Aldo, his father has been fighting to strip the rights of the Chanku and wields dark magic. Sebastian has tried to connect with his father, but feels that he made a mistake finding him and that he's not a good person.

When Lily and Sebastian meet at a gala honoring her parents philanthropy, there is an immediate connection. There have been several rapes and killings, which seem to be done by a shifter. Lily's pack has been trying to find out who's doing it or if they are being set up, but something in her connection with Sebastian, makes her think he has something to do with it. Although she feels he's a good man and wouldn't harm anyone, there is darkness connected to his spirit.

Sebastian doesn't think he's has any connection to the dead women, but when he starts losing himself and time, not even he is sure. When he's with Lily for the first time, he tries to attack her, but doesn't remember the incident and only comes out if it when they are in danger of being attacked by two other wolves.

Sebastian makes the connection to his father, although he fights it at first. Lily believes that Sebastian is a Chanku, as does her father and they give him the herbs, which will determine the truth over time.

My biggest problem with this book is how things start, yet seem to go no where. Why do we need to know that Sebastian see's auras when that special ability really means nothing to the story except that he can't see his fathers. He also is able to mindspeak and read the thoughts of other except for his father. That could have been enough to know that his father was different, doing something evil, or just blocking his true nature from his father.

Lily seemed to feel that Sebastian and not her life-long friend and sometime sex partner, Alex, was her true mate and comparable alpha. But I don't know why that is. He never really exhibited any alpha behavior with her except for when his father was controlling his behavior. He cried in Alex's arms and deferred to his father most of the time. Yes, he didn't back down with her father, Anton, but he never really gave Sebastian any reason too. Anton seemed to fell Sebastian's nature right away, therefore he never challenged him.

I also felt there was too written about the world around them. The trees and the mountains and the way things felt under their feet. I needed the story to move and have things happen that would build upon themselves. Even Sebastian finding out about his mother was anti-climactic. She must have known she was Chanku, so why didn't she take the herbs to live longer. She died for no reason.

For this to be an erotica, some of the sex was glossed over and just didn't do much. There were a couple of good scenes, but the rest was just there.

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