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The Tyrant Alpha's Rejected Mate by Cate C. Wells

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rekadarnb's review against another edition

5.0

I enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. It has an indifference/enemies-to-lovers thing going on, plus it was slow burn! Who doesn’t love a good slow burn!? I don’t know if I’ll read the next one though. I thought it’d continue with the other girls, but it seems to be all new characters.

ariel937's review against another edition

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4.0

This was really good! The writing itself was somewhat average, but the characters and world the authors created was very interesting. The groveling was also GREAT because 1) she didn’t immediately forgive him and 2) he kept trying to prove himself. I also appreciated all of the communication between them.

amanda_bobo's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

angelricecake's review against another edition

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5.0

This one took me by surprise. I didn't expect to love it as much as I did. Una was a strong heroine who didn't pine over Killian but got her mating bond removed after being rejected. I appreciated how hard Killian had to work to gain Una's trust when he realized that she actually was his mate and that he royally messed up. I enjoyed the world-building and I'm excited for the next book in the series.

thirstygirl's review against another edition

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4.0

This was the second Cate C. Wells book I’ve read recently and it was a fun one!

I admittedly chose it for the grovel and it did not disappoint. My only complaint was that I would have liked the rejection in the beginning to be even harsher, maybe even cruel?

The FMC (Una) was one of those characters that seems deceptively weak. She had a bad leg and her wolf was small, but she had a lot of inner strength and was able to hold her own against the MMC (Killian). She makes him work for it. I liked Killian’s evolution from alpha assh*le to simp for his mate.

I don’t read much shifter stuff so I don’t know how representative it was for the genre, but I found it interesting how the humans and wolves were one, yet separate. Like, there were times their wolves made choices they would not have made, or did things they didn’t necessarily understand. Sometimes the human had to fight against the instincts or wishes of their wolf counterpart—like when the Una’s wolf is lusting after Killian and she stubbornly struggles against it. It added an interesting dynamic.

Totally looking forward to the next in this series.