Hybrid Mate (Everglow Pack #3)

I wasn’t sure what to expect since I’m jumping right in the middle of a series but that did not matter much because the story still stood up on its own and is well written. I am wary of mpregs because most of the time, it just doesn’t click with me. But this one, it’s more like alpha/omega enemies-to-lovers trope. The world building is very interesting, so is the conflict. It’s not a typical wolf pack defending their territory, alpha falls for an omega and they march into the sunset kinda story. This one is complex but easy to follow. Here’s the thing though: I am not much of a big fan of Eli. ? While I empathize the conflicting emotions of falling in love with an (supposed) enemy while also coming to terms that you’ve been fed with so much lies, it makes you question every single thing. But I honestly think there have been times in the book where I felt like he doesn’t deserve all the devotion, kindness and saintlike patience Michael gave him. Just when you think it’ll be all peachy, he falls back again based on some BS and Michael is once again left hanging. It felt cruel sometimes. But I’m still happy that Michael got his HEA. This book has the drama, the pack bond, family dynamics, new friends and a salty alpha who wasn’t invited to sit with the cool kids, he went crazy and started a war. ? Benjamin Darcie is a new-to-me author but he didn’t great on this one. ? **thanks to GRR for the opportunity to listen and review**

I adored Michael and Eli from the beginning. A very good shifter story that’s a bit different from your typical shifter tale. Good romance and action. I hadn’t read any of the other books in the series and was able to understand the plot just fine. Narration was excellent. I was given a code for this book in exchange for an honest review.

Everything is good, interesting characters and story. The romance part could use a bit more oomph. As part of the series its good but my issue is each book has a different narrator and while they all do a good job there is no consistency with name pronunciation or voices so for me that\’s irritating and distracting.

I am always a bit leery of prisoner romances as I can be hard to convince that the \”love\” doesn\’t smack of Stockholm Syndrome and that creeps me out. There was none of that vibe here. Eli is an incredibly strong character throughout the story and his feelings for Mikel develop in a way that is believable in this universe. The world building and major conflicts both between humans and shifters and within the pack continues to be very interesting with great twists and turns. Much os,the believability of Eli\’s changing perspectives and the love between the two MCs can be atteibuted to the performance of Benjamin L. Darcie. He brings every nuance of character development to life.

As a series I\’m not really enjoying it to much war torn worlds are becoming a common denominator in shifter books…. As an individual story, there is some bite to it, when it comes to action. The romance could of used a pick me up a little bit. The narrator did a great job, his voice is pretty soothing and calming.

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