Reviewed by Donna
TITLE: Jeremy
SERIES: Whitedell Pride #5
AUTHOR: Catherine Lievens
PUBLISHER: Extasy Books
LENGTH: 118 Pages
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When a small action completely changes your life, you have to learn how to make the best out of it.
Jeremy’s life is centered on his three-year-old son, Adam, and his work. He’s a single dad, and as such he doesn’t have time for friends or girlfriends. Then he meets two brothers, and with them, a tall, silent man who fascinates him. But Jeremy isn’t gay…right?
Denver thinks he’ll soon be gone from Whitedell. He doesn’t have a family or friends and is with the pride only to do his job, at least until he finds his mate. He doesn’t want to claim Jeremy, but that choice is taken away from him, and he has to learn to live with a mate and a small child.
The two work hard on creating a life for themselves and raising Adam together, but someone from Jeremy’s past works against them. They will have to fight to keep their new family together and to keep Adam safe.
REVIEW:
Okay, so here we are at book number five and if you’ve become a Whitedell Pride fan like I have then I don’t need to tell you how addictive this series is. This installment introduces us to Jeremy, the first human mate to pop up in the series since Jamie back in the first book. Incidentally, it’s Jamie who first befriends Jeremy and pulls him into the pride. It was nice to see Jamie back with a decent amount of page time in this book. And of course, where there’s Jamie, there’s Keenan. What would a Whitedell Pride story be without a healthy dose of every readers most loved character.
Jeremy is also the first main character to come into these books with a child. Which is a big yay and nay for me. I love it when single dads find themselves someone to love them and their kid, however we all know how damn annoying and poorly written these fictional kiddies can be. But never fear, Adam, Jeremy’s son, is a little bundle of well written cuteness who helps show us Denver’s softer side.
Denver is a big, growly tiger shifter who didn’t want a mate. The fact that his mate comes with a child is just another reason to avoid the human as far as he’s concerned. But when Jeremy accidently claims Denver as his mate, Denver mans up and does the best he can to make the most of it. At first I saw Denver as a clichéd silent alpha-ish type who wasn’t all that interesting, but he’s so awkward and loveably pleased when he does the right thing with Jeremy and Adam that I couldn’t help but fall for the guy.
While I enjoyed this story in itself, series wise we also see movement. Oliver, the not-quite-human human who was experimented on back in the first book has reached the point where he’s pretty much dying. There’s also the introduction of the sugar-glider twins, one of whom is also seriously ill. The need for the pride to kidnap a scientist and find answers has become critical and hopefully we’ll see more of this storyline in the next book, which I’m guessing is going to be Oliver. (Maybe. Don’t quote me on that!)
As I mentioned in my last review of this series, I would definitely recommend these books be read in order. As the series gets further along the books and characters are becoming even more entwined, to my delight, but it would leave a reader confused were they to dive in mid series.
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