This one was longer than it honestly needed to be. Yes, that is my opinion. As to why I think so is that there was way too much going on only to finally wrap up with that well needed mating ceremony. The author’s writing is great, seriously. I just think for a book 1 there was too much that consisted of this storyline even though the only unresolved conflict was Alpha challenge. I’m not certain I’ll finish this series but  I do  want to say that this  didn’t feel like a waste of my time. Listened via Hoopla Anythink.