Never Been Bit

by Lydia Dare

[Angie]

Never Been Bit was disappointing. It all starts because Sorcha wishes to marry a Lycan, and she'll stop at nothing to have one. Alec doesn't want Sorcha to lower herself that way and interrupts her in any way that he can. Obviously, those two have to be thrust together instead, but it'll never work out because Alec can never love and Sorcha wants a live man.

I really did not like Sorcha. I was very annoyed by her at the beginning of Never Been Bit. She spends several chapters talking about how she wants "a beast of her very own." Yes, she actually says that. Several times. It wasn't endearing at all, and I honestly didn't understand why she wanted to be with a Lycan so badly. She didn't even seem to know herself! She's just running around, throwing herself at any Lycan who crosses her path because she simply must marry one! Yeah, okay.

Never Been Bit also has a stupid fight which happens quite early on, causing me to mentally check out. Once again, Sorcha was being annoying. I don't want to spoil anything, but let's just say that she gets irrationally jealous, accuses Alec of things out of nowhere, then cries about how he doesn't love her. First of all, this situation wasn't his fault in the slightest. Secondly, she knew he didn't love her before all of this began! Plus, she knows that when a vampire does fall in love their heart starts beating again, and Alec was very much still dead. Then when he does fall for her and comes to life, she has no idea what's going on. I don't believe that for a second.

The only place I did really like Never Been Bit was in the middle. Sorcha saves Alec from a very awkward situation, starting up a fake relationship turned real kind of plot. It's a messy situation, but they're trying to make the best of it. Marrying Sorcha is certainly better than his alternative.

Never Been Bit simply didn't make sense to me. Neither love interest had any motivation for their actions. Sorcha is obsessed with marrying a Lycan and I don't know why. Alec was dead set on her not marrying a Lycan and I don't know why. Their fight was forced for the sake of drama and the ending made me roll my eyes. All in all, this is not a favorite series even though it has a wonderful premise.

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