Avoiding Alpha (Alpha Girl, #2)

by Aileen Erin

Seventeen-year-old Tessa McCaide has come a long way since her abrupt entrance into the world of werewolves, but she still has just as far to go before she’s comfortable with turning full wolf. In the meantime, she’s avoiding the topic of shifting to four legs any way she can. Thankfully her mate, Dastien Laurent, is quite the distraction.

When she finds her best friend, Meredith, getting sick in the bathroom, Tessa knows something’s majorly wrong. Meredith was cursed years ago, and the dark magic kept her wolf dormant―only now the wolf is awake, and that same spell is killing her.

Tessa has no intention of sitting around while Meredith wastes away. Even if it means playing with magic she doesn’t understand, she’ll do anything to save Meredith’s life. Including bargaining with the local coven of witches and its crazed leader, whose only goal is getting Tessa to join the witchy ranks.

Can Tessa save her friend without losing herself?

• ISBN10: 1943858373
• ISBN13: 9781943858378
• Publish Date: 22 April 2019 (first published 13 May 2014)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Ink Monster
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 226
• Language: English

Reviews

[liz089]

DNF 60%

Even though I enjoyed the first one, this one is really getting on my nerves. She was already a bit #specialsnowflake in the previous novel, but in this one I'm no longer capable of handeling that. Aarrgghh, she is just so damn special it annoys the crap out of me !! I'M DONE !!

[Angie]

Avoiding Alpha was a quick and interesting follow up to Becoming Alpha. Tessa and Dastien are preparing for their upcoming Tribunal, Tessa's birthday, and the full moon. But suddenly Meredith gets super sick. Werewolves don't get sick. Ever. It turns out that her wolf has been agitated and is now fighting against the curse that keeps her from shifting. Tessa can't just sit by while her friend is dying, especially when it was her family who put the curse on her in the first place. Now, it's time to face the head of her coven to reverse the curse, or learn to use her own bruja magic, which might make things worse.

I really enjoyed Avoiding Alpha. At first it seemed like a novella that was just focused on Meredith and breaking her curse. But it really wound up being about Tessa finally embracing her two halves and settling into herself. She's been fighting her transformation for weeks now, but she has to change soon or she'll never get under control. On the other hand, she has all of this magic, but no idea how to use it. She can't go to her coven without losing her wolf, but she also can't learn how to hone her abilities without guidance. Saving Meredith was the perfect way for her to learn what she's capable of, but it also caused some complications with her coven, which I'm excited to see how that all plays out.

Avoiding Alpha was pretty great. I was never bored as Tessa does everything she can to try to save her friend. She learned a lot more about her powers as an alpha wolf, and also started to get a hold of her bruja powers. There's also a bit more romance here. She and Dastien are kind of sickeningly sweet! It was feeling more insta-lovey this time, but I like said in my review for the first book, there are reasons! But the two have a lot more trials to face, and I can't wait!

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[ellieroth]

Publicado originalmente: El Extraño Gato del Cuento

Reseña primer libro: Becoming Alpha

Es difícil reseñar un secuela porque o bien puedo soltarles un spoiler sin querer o que no entiendan de qué les hablo, por eso les recomiendo leer (y comentar) primero la reseña de Becoming Alpha y luego esta. Vamos, ve, yo te espero. ¿Ya? Ok

Yo ya venía con una base bastante fangirlista (?) sobre este libro. Generalmente los segundos libros en una trilogía —hasta ahora Alpha Girl es una trilogía, los segundos libros tienden a ser un puente, puro relleno, y si bien Avoiding Alpha me gustó mucho, no me encantó como el anterior, y sip, tiene mucho de dónde decirse que es solo un puente. No es un mal libro, se lee bastante rápido, una de las razones es porque es corto, en GoodReads incluso aparece al final de la sinopsis como Novella, por lo que quizá haya sigo pensado inicialmente como historia corta y no un volumen en sí.

Voy a resaltar mucho el trabajo de investigación de la escritora, al menos a mi parecer hubo investigación. Se menciona mucho Perú, bastante, y algunas de las cosas que Aileen vincula a los brujos en Avoiding Alpha son ciertas, algunas de ellas son costumbres de la Sierra de Perú, no tengo idea si cosas como "Pasar el Huevo" son también costumbres de otro país, pero me ha gustado que se mencionara, y lo mencionara bien, en un buen contexto. Incluso uno de los personajes llega a la Cordillera, es bastante simpático leerlo. Fangirleando como no tienen idea xD

En lo negativo podría ser con lo que empiezo esta reseña, es un libro muy corto, muy puente. Si bien se desarrolla en un periodo de tiempo bastante corto, siento que me faltó algo. Me divertí leyéndolo, sólo que no conseguí la misma sensación que con Becoming Alpha.

Conclusión: Me ha gustado, no tanto como el primero, pero aún así espero ansiosa el final de esta trilogía

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