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The Alpha King (2013)

by Vicktor Alexander(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1614957304 (ISBN13: 9781614957300)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Silver Publishing

series

Passion's Hero

review 1: 3.5 stars out of 5I have read this author before. I liked his paranormal elements as well as his unique way of writing in the LGBT genre. His world view is very enlightened. I like that. So when I saw a book by him that not only have the paranormal element but was set in a sci-fi world, well I just had to read it. I was not disappointed. I was treated to a delightful world – well universe really – of species of every type. The wolf was featured, but there were lions, bears and snakes – oh my! But there were humanoids as well. The humanoids were actually the most interesting species. They are three different kinds of humanoid, each being a hybrid descendant of the species we know here.You see, in this universe, earth has succumbed the human abuse. It rebell... moreed. The human’s died. I love how the author had the humans die this way. However, I was not clear on how many of the humans survived. In one place there was a finite number given – “three hundred,” and in another place “several hundred” were seeded throughout the universe. My math isn’t very good but, I have always thought of several being more than three. Minor detail that bugged me a bit, but didn’t spoil the story. Talon, one of the featured characters, was one of the humanoid hybrid species. A very special one. An almost super human one, the Vermithian. They can heal themselves, and others, making it difficult to kill them. They can communicate with plants and animals. Talon had a “pet” plant since he was a very young child, which holds his memories of his earliest years. That was a most interesting thread that kind of got left dangling. The other interesting thing about this particular humanoid hybrid species is their ability to breed. Either sex can do it. Male or female. It was very entertaining having Talon go through pregnancy, labor, and then birth. *grin* This, dear reader, you really have to read for yourself to enjoy it. Oh but I should probably mention the Alpha King. The book is named for him. He is a wolf shifter and as the title implies, not only the alpha wolf, but king of his planet. Consequently, he is rather autocratic. I think it is in the job description or something. *grin* Finding his mate Talon mellows him out – a lot! I liked this rough around the edges character. Once he and his wolf found their mate, *sigh* his possessiveness and protectiveness could have been overwhelming, but Talon had no problem keeping him in line. I really enjoyed the dynamic between these two very hot characters. The secondary characters were also fun and entertaining. Even the evil Anglania in a sadistic sort of way. The story moved along at a nice pace with plenty of action and suspense in between the hot bedroom scenes. Being destined bonded mates, Tal and Blaze did have a hard time keeping their hands off each other, so having a decent story going on too, very nice. According to one of the epilogues (there were three) there is a sequel coming out. It will be about the Alpha Kings brother, Buck. I will be watching for it. I was provide a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
review 2: I really REALLY wanted to give this book more stars. This is the first Vicktor Alexander read, so I'm looking forward to trying out a few more. I think there will be more stars in the near futureThe story is very good but it skips around and picks up theme's and then drops them altogether. There are some really funny things contained within - just silly things like pop culture references and associations, which really add to the value of the story. Another thing that I found frustrating was the sex scenes just randomly seemed to be added and one just went on and on with absolutely NO purpose but for a sex scene. I just find the addition of a scene for the sake of titillation to be an annoyance and yes I just breezed through those scenes cause I wanted to know what was happening with these people and their lives. The character building is really brilliant. Something that shows a pro writer with concern for the individuals being created. Unfortunately this is all let down by the story not pulling together. So my summation is that yes it's worth reading.. Just be prepared to be a little frustrated. I hope that there is further story to this because there is so much unanswered at the end, even though the ending wraps well. (I know borderline giving spoilers - but hey it's aiming at HEA for now..) less

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