To my utter amazement。。。。I am still in love with Aleks。 I am on the struggle bus with this not being a love triangle and letting this sexy vamp get a little wolf loving。 Alas， my dreams have been shattered。 World build:Authentic to book one。 No issues for this reader。 Clear and concise world this series takes place in。Storyline:Here is were things got sluggish for me。 Instead of picking up right where we left of Spade opts to pretty much provide condensed notes of book one。 For me about 37% of t To my utter amazement。。。。I am still in love with Aleks。 I am on the struggle bus with this not being a love triangle and letting this sexy vamp get a little wolf loving。 Alas， my dreams have been shattered。 World build:Authentic to book one。 No issues for this reader。 Clear and concise world this series takes place in。Storyline:Here is were things got sluggish for me。 Instead of picking up right where we left of Spade opts to pretty much provide condensed notes of book one。 For me about 37% of the book was rehashing book 1 and I could have done without that。 The remaining 63% of the storyline was wonderful。 Some surprises。 Some sass and sarcasm。 And a whole lot of sexy MC and FMC action。FMC:Gem stays true to the character we see in book one。 Still a little too hard headed and unforgiving and at times unwise。 However， she makes up for it in her kick ass alphaness （let's make this a word lol）MC:Yeah， yeah， yeah Ryker is hot and alpha and Gem's fated mate。 And yeah he is pretty sweet charming and kick ass。 Yeah he has her best interests at heart。 BUT he ain't ALEKS！！！ #TeamAleks #MakeItHappen #SpadeIsADreamKiller j/k I still adore her in spite of our difference of opinions。 MY MC:Aleks。。。。。alas there were not enough pages of this amazing specimen of a man。 Granted Ryker and Gem are for lifers， but a girl can still dream。。。right？？？Ends on a to be continued type vs。 cliffhanger， and I can not wait to see how the next read goes！Happy reading， DD 💕 aka Aleks is my MC💖 。。。more