Stories about werewolves will forever be my favorites, so of course that's what I usually look for. During one of those searches for werewolves books I discovered Becoming Alpha by Aileen Erin and as you could imagine the cover was the key element that got me interested.
I wasn't wrong.
I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would.
The main character is a pretty cool young girl with quite the personality - plus the ability to see visions when her skin touches other peoples skins -.
I am one of those people that do actually enjoy snarky and sarcastic characters and Tessa is just that character, snarky and a bit sarcastic. When Tessa want's answers she goes out and get's them, she doesn't wait for others to pull her out of bad situations and she does take charge, all the qualities that I enjoy reading in female main characters.
In my opinion there was instant connection - not love - between Tessa and Dastien. One of the reasons why I dislike instant love is because usually the girl can't function - least of all even think - around her instant love guy. But I appreciated that Tessa could stand up to Dastien, she could react like a human and continue thinking all at the same time. She had him work for it. Which I enjoyed.
The author knew how to give enough information about the main character without over doing it or pushing it into our faces. I appreciated that. She gave us time in Tessa's human life, which we have to get to know her and her family. A family that clearly love each other and normal family relationships. I especially loved her brother Axel, he's smart, nice and quite protective of his sister Tessa. And funny. I would have loved to see more of him in the story, but of course the story was about Tessa, so it's understandable.
I enjoyed that Tessa didn't immediately accept or was happy by her forced turned into a werewolf. She wasn't happy about it and she showed it and expressed it. Seeing her react to it, seeing her not just stand back and accept what was done to her or the way the werewolves lived their lives and having it be expected of her was one of the best parts of the story. I also enjoyed that Tessa had to learn how to trust the werewolves around her and grow to sort of accept who she was becoming.
The flow of the story was nicely written and comfortable, it was an easy read. All the characters are pretty likable as well, not just Tessa. I even liked the "bad girl" of the story Imogene. The werewolf one. The author Aileen Erin did a good job and I will continue reading the rest of the series.
I do recommend this book, but alas it's your choice as always. ^.^
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