Pack Challenge is book one of the Magus Pack series by Shelly Laurenston. I read my first Laurenston book last year (Hot and Badgered) and fell in love. So, when I saw Pack Challenge was in the Audible Romance Package. I didn't love it as much as Hot and Badgered though....
Sarah's mom died when she was very young and her father was killed in an animal attack when she was a preteen. Sarah then has to live with her horribly unpleasant grandmother, who was keeping a very big secret! Sarah makes friends in the town, gets a job, and is just sort of surviving through life. Then, she meets Zack and his MC Club friends. But there is something...different.
Zack was grouchy and surly. He hates his pack's alpha female and is next in line to become alpha. However, he needs his mate in order to do so. When he meets Sarah, the sparks are there and he fears she is the one. He really doesn't want a mate or kids and he certainly doesn't want Sarah! But, you know how it goes with fated mates.
I didn't LOVE either character really. They were both a bit flat. Sarah was strange (and not in the cute quirky way) and Zack was static as a character. His stand offish nature didn't really work for me. I normally love a pouty man bear, but Zack didn't make me love him. The plot had a lot of potential-Sarah doesn't know what she is, the pack has to not only tell her but save her, and it all has to happen under the threat of attack. I think the potential wasn't fully realized though due to the static characters. I will admit I am interested enough in the side characters to keep reading though!
- POV: 3rd
- Tears: no
- Trope: shifters, fated mates
- Triggers: none
- Series/Standalone: stand alone
- Cliffhanger: no
- HEA: yes
books by authors like Eve Langlais, Milly Taiden, Celia Kyle ...then you will probably like Pack Challenge!
See full review on The Book Disciple