Mate Not Wanted
Bachelor Auction, Book #1
By Selena Illyria
Author’s Website: http://selenaillyria.com/
Brought to you by OBS reviewer Heidi
Lioness shifter, Madison has been denying the claim that Pierce McKenna is her mate, avoiding him at every turn. She hears the rumors about his rich playboy ways and fears he could never settle down. He’s starting up a new sports league for supernaturals now and his face is everywhere!
Madison’s friends see the chemistry between the duo and when she goes into heat they decide enough is enough and win Pierce in the charity bachelor auction for her. Now there is nowhere to hide and Madison gives in to the heat and her wildest fantasies with the sexy white tiger shifter!
I thought this looked like an interesting and steamy read. Plus I have a weakness for shifter stories! But sadly this book just didn’t do it for me.
I really wanted to like this story, but I found myself kind of bored during most of it. It’s not a book that is sex from cover to cover and I do applaud the author for that, Illyria actually gives us time to learn the characters first. The first intimate scene between this couple actually doesn’t start until over halfway through the book. But there really isn’t any romance in this story. Madison doesn’t give in to Pierce’s charms, but more because she has a scratch to itch and wants to ease her heat. I feel he cares for her, but he’s a bit crass at times, and I think he came on too strong sexually in the early chapters, when he was supposedly still trying to convince her to give him a chance. I just can’t commit to this couple, which is sad since I did enjoy Pierce during most of the book, he screams steaminess!
The author does try to flesh this pair out, but I think they could use a little more depth, especially Madison.
But the book did make me chuckle a few times … my favorite quote of the entire novel:
Sometimes Pierce watched soap operas for a peek at normalcy.
I’m not saying that this is a bad book, but it just didn’t call to me. There are a few secondary characters that I would love to see a book on though; Ryan and Alec. Especially Ryan, he just seems so steamy and with him being bi there are so many possibilities.
I’m hoping that this book just suffers from first book of the series syndrome and that I’ll like the next one better. Time will tell, I suppose!
