
Mating the Enemy
Paranormal Wars: Stone Haven 1
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Narrated by:
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Gavin McAllister
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By:
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Shea Balik
Siberian Tiger shifter, Aleksi Rykov, is amused to watch the enemy chasing one of their own, psy, Seth Tilton, until he realizes it's his mate. Rescuing his mate isn't difficult for the powerful Alpha but keeping his mate safe from the war raging between their races may be more difficult. Seth is taking a chance running to the one man he knows can keep him safe, Aleksi. Seth knows the psy's secrets and the psy will do anything to get him back but with Aleksi's help Seth can help turn the tide of the war and uncover the horrible truth. The question is will Aleksi be willing to help the enemy? Both sides are against their mating and doing their best to tear the two apart but Aleksi and Seth are determined to stay together against all odds. Can Aleksi and Seth manage to find happiness by mating the enemy?
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I could see the events of this book happening in real life and this book would be a good escape of what not to do. I could make a historical comparison but.... Moving on!
I'm giving a 4.5 star rating only because at one point I wanted to beat up some folks. However, that means the book made me feel somethings so Mixon accomplished Ms. Author.
Fun read
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Very good
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The explanation of how the three paranormal races - shifters, mystics and the psy - came to be and their interconnected roles was expertly done in just a few lines (or, rather, minutes) that easily set the stage for this book and the series. The relationship between Siberian Tiger shifter Aleksi and his fated mate, psy Seth, was action-packed from their initial meeting and never let up.
There are so many interesting aspects to this story - from the individual characters to the interactions of the three paranormal races to the impending war - and I definitely would like to hear more of this series (hopefully they'll be recorded and released on Audible).
Narrator Gavin McAllister gave a terrific performance, full of distinct voices and varied accents, that only further enhanced the story.
I received this audiobook for free by request and provided this honest review voluntarily.
'Paranormals were born into this world to save it'
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Feels: Couldn’t really connect with either MC
Drama: Considering Seth is running away from his psy family (a family focused on world domination) and Aleksi is an enemy shifter...tons
Heat: 2/5
Characters: There are no references to A/B/O specifications often found in other shifter stories, but there were quite a few instances of Aleksi treating Seth as ‘lesser’ or needing protection, to which Seth reacts like a ruffled porcupine, apologies happen, and repeat
Pacing: ok
Length: short
Ending: HEA for Seth and Aleksi (following books cover different couples), HFN for backstory
Performance: Good solid narration
A good prologue
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Aleksi spots his mate immediately for who is is but can he save him in time. How will he handle the news that he is to be claimed as his? Will he have to war his own just to keep his mate as well as the PSY's coming after him? Wonderful narrating by Gavin McAllister on bringing all the different characters to life.
Mating the enemy
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To say "Mating the Enemy," started with a bang would be a gross understatement. The entire prologue took me on a journey back to 2012, the year the world was going to end according to some ancient calendar, and some of my ex-in-laws who are always following the latest end of the world cult...but, I digress.😂
In this particular story the world as we know it did end, but not by asteroids or some unseen virus, or even by tanning bed, comb-over haired government officials requiring us to "drink the kool-aid." No, Nature found a new way of surviving; a way of making Herself sustainable once more while reining in her children by bestowing special gifts on them. This being Her attempt to bring humans closer to the world around them once more. At least she tried...
For dear old Mother Nature, her new offspring have terrible sibling rivalry syndrome and loathe one another. The Psys are those with telekinesis, the elementals have power over the earth's elements, and then there are the animal shifters who can go back and forth from their human form to an animal form. As siblings go, or neighbors, or just people overall... We always want what others have and never seem to be content with what we have and have been blessed with.
Those beings who used to be at the top of the food chain now find they are near the bottom rung. Those mundane humans who lack any "special" abilities are now being used the way we use animals today, to experiment on. The Psys are not content with what they have. They despise the shifters and elementals and want them annihilated. Their goal then is to build an army with shifter DNA in mundanes (anyone else seeing an issue here?) to rid themselves of their enemies.
This is non-stop action so the story flies by. There isn't much character development between the two main characters for there to be much chemistry and romance. It honestly had a "Me Tarzan you Jane, Me King of Jungle RAWR!" vibe. Hopefully, in the audiobooks to come, the guys will settle into a more evenly balanced relationship.
The action, secondary characters, that epic prologue, and the good Narration helped this story. Personally, I think Aleksi and Seth need couples therapy, perhaps some good guided meditation, and maybe lay off the caffeine.
The Story: 3.50🌟
The Narration: 4.00🌟
Sharonica Stars: 3.75✨
I received a complimentary audio copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.💐
Very Action Packed!
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Great story
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This is a really great shifter book.
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Narration: 4.5 Stars
Story: 3.5 Stars
This was an entertaining, fast-paced, action-packed story. The worldbuilding was well-thought-out and intriguing, I liked the paranormal and sci-fi elements and the idea that nature would find a way to save our world by creating shifters, mystics and the psys, even if the psys—other than Seth—didn't seem all that great. While I really liked the premise and the worldbuilding was well-done and intriguing, I had a bit of trouble with the main characters.
Alek and Seth had chemistry and the sex scenes were hot, there's the whole fated mates between them and as such, it's pretty much instalove. Alek was the premium Alpha or whatever the superior Alpha was called, and even if he kept saying that the elder council was there to keep Alphas from taking more power than they should, he seemed to relish on making that same council cower before him, not that some of them didn't deserve it, but that's neither here nor there. Same with his friends, Wolf and Maui. I get that his first instinct was to protect his mate, but he didn't even try to listen to Wolf's reasons for not liking Seth before jumping at him. And Seth, well, he kept saying he was a soldier and in control, but his mood swings were a bit OTT. Nevermind, that having Alek railroad any of his objections with sex didn't quite agree with me, but okay.
While the romance portion of the book, or rather, the leads weren't to my liking, the book was good, but the narration was what made it worthwhile. Gavin McAllister did such a great job with it that despite me not being fully engaged I found it difficult to put it down.
Entertaining...
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