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Chargement... The Beta's Testpar Dessa Lux
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A werewolf who's spent his life without a pack meets a werewolf whose pack is the only reason he's alive. When these opposites attract, they both find out what they've been missing all along.Brody Marshall's parents never thought they needed any more pack than each other--but when they died and left Brody orphaned, he had no pack at all. Raised by a human foster mother, Brody has grown up into a geek who hides his wolf nature and is about to score his dream job. At his interview he meets genius programmer (and omega werewolf) Sam Hurley, and soon finds out that although Sam has a mate and a pack at home, he has more to offer Brody than just a job.Nick Bellici has been a werewolf for a little over a month, since his best friend (and alpha werewolf) Rusty rescued him from his downward spiral by bringing him to California to join Rusty's pack. Unfortunately, wolf shifting abilities and sharing a bed with three hot werewolves haven't magically cured all of Nick's problems. He's still struggling to find his place in the pack when Rusty's mate, Sam, brings home Brody--a beta werewolf, just like Nick.When Nick meets Brody, the attraction is instantaneous, but Nick has more scars than the ones that show on his skin, and when it comes to loving Brody, he's got to get it right without (much) help from his pack. Brody wants Nick, but when it comes to life with a pack who share everything and building something with Nick that's just between the two of them, he knows he's out of his depth. When these two betas join forces, will they sink or swim?The Beta's Test is a steamy m/m (and m/m/m/m/m) werewolf romance featuring a sexy geek and a scarred veteran finding love and lots of happy endings with each other and with their pack!Also includes the bonus short story, "The Omega Learns a Lesson," featuring Sam, Rusty, and the pack! Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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3
This story is mostly focused on Nick and the new wolf, Brody Marshall. After the death of Brody’s werewolf parents when he was young Brody was raised by a human, foster mother. For some reason, I got the impression she knew he was a werewolf but told him to not to let others know, which was confusing to me. Why would a human know about werewolves? Maybe I missed something but that’s what I understood. That was one of the main reasons Brody was a lone wolf. He traveled by himself in his van until he landed a job at Sam’s company. Sam immediately knew Brody was a wolf without a pack and invited Brody back to his home, where Nick freaked because of his attraction to Brody and then ran off. And so began the very quick ‘courtship’ of Brody and Nick.
Nick is still my favorite character in this series, maybe it’s because he’s the most realistic with his emotions. He doesn’t fit the mold of an alpha male or omega’s personality traits. He’s not boring. The other characters seem to be stuck in a role. Brody was a bit hard to decipher at first, but he was the right partner for Nick. Brody tended to remain calm and think rather than react. He was controlled compared to Nick’s impulsiveness. I also got the impression Sam, Rusty, and Mike felt a kind of sadness for Nick and handled him carefully. They didn’t really know how to deal with him. Brody connected with Nick on an equal level, not as someone who had to be obeyed like the Alphas, or as an omega who could coerce Nick to do something with his omega ‘magic’. Both Brody and Nick grew in the story, which I liked. The other characters remained the same.
There’s still too many words like ‘knew, felt, obviously, clearly,' etc, which means the author hasn’t improved their writing skills over the series. There’s also still too much telling instead of showing. I want to feel but the overuse of words like I mentioned don’t make that happen. There is however, fewer sex scenes, which I liked. I prefer character development. However, when there was sex between Nick and Brody, it was hot. The pack didn’t really have any sex scenes, except for this very strange abbreviated scene, which is no more than a paragraph or so. There's never a full scene of the whole pack having sex with Sam including Brody. All there is, is Nick whispering in Brody's ear as Brody is penetrating Sam. Very, very disappointing.
I was set to give this story four stars until I read the ending chapters and the conclusion. Nick gets involved with Mike and Rusty’s business and his involvement and subsequent investigation seemed tacked on. Then when Sam and Rusty confront a local pack involved with the investigation, the book reaches an abrupt halt and I mean abrupt. It read like a cliffhanger and I couldn’t figure out why it ended the way it did. So in the end I can’t give The Beta’s Test any more than 3 Stars. I’d still recommend it to others because it gives background on Brody and Nick.