Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Under His Enemy
SERIES: Hybrid Heat #6
AUTHOR: Kiki Burrelli
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 214 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 28, 2019
BLURB:
When alpha shifter Orion accepts a mission that takes him behind enemy lines he expects to find hate. He never expects to find a mate.
Crow Brownstone’s family has known much loss from the hands of shifters. It is that loss that compels Crow’s father to create the Protectors of the Pure, an organization committed to protecting humans against shifters. Being a Protector comes with sacrifice. To be accepted, Crow lives in the closet, his true identity hidden from even his twin brother, Falcon. By now, Crow is used to it and he can always sneak out for a one-night stand.
Then, he meets the first man to ever make him doubt his one night only rule. Orion rocks Crow’s world, but he is just passing through. Or so he says. When Orion shows up as one of the newest recruits on the Protectors’ compound the next morning, Crow should be terrified, instead, he’s relieved that he doesn’t have to say goodbye yet.
Only Orion would potentially ruin a mission, months in the making, by unwittingly sleeping with one of the Protectors’ leaders. Orion is there to discover their latest weapon, but he can’t seem to stop worrying about the last man in his bed. With his inner animal on hiatus, Orion is flying blind. He can’t sense Crow is his mate, until their relationship has already changed Crow’s life in ways neither expected. Orion can’t leave his mate behind, even if he must take Crow from the only life he’s ever known.
While Orion tries to convince his pack to accept his new mate, Crow’s brother, Falcon, powered by the Protectors of the Pure, will stop at nothing to take him back.
Under His Enemy is a full-length (70k) mpreg romance. It is the sixth book in the Hybrid Heat series. Though it would be enjoyed as a standalone, it would be better understood if read in order.
REVIEW:
I sure didn’t see this one coming. Yeah, I know the blurb gives a bit of a hint of some things, but it was still a shock at how it turned out. I was not expecting this turn of events. But it was good. Sad and heartbreaking but good. Some good does come out of it, but the time with the Protectors is getting severe and it’s at all time bad.
Orion had been under cover for months, trying to infiltrate the main branch of the Protectors. But he needs to blow off some steam before he’s going to be stuck for months. When a beautiful blue eyed young man comes in and knocks Orion’s socks off. And that’s saying a lot, since he’s on blockers to hide his wolf hybrid. Once he infiltrates the Protectors, he gets more than he bargained for, when he realizes the man he had a passionate night with is one of the Protector leaders. But something is different about Crow. And he’s learning what it is, especially when some of the sadistic thugs of the group try the newest drug out and are happy with glee with the horrifying results of it. Orion knows he needs to do something and he does. And part of that is getting Crow out of there. But things in Hope are not happy happy with Crow there, especially when the past comes to the present and the reason behind the Protectors. And with it all the lies that have been told to Crow and so much more. But now with all the attacks going on, things are getting worse and many are dying. With betrayals now at the forefront, will Crow be one to die as well?
I felt bad for Crow. My heart literally broke for him. Any way he turned, he was screwed. After seeing what happened to his parents, and all the lies he’s been told over the years, to watching what these drugs and stuff are really doing to people. Plus learning that people under him are turning sadistic and have no respect for anyone really. It’s just been too much. And then to be thrust into the world he was taught to hate. How much is one person supposed to take? But then again, it was just as hard, for Orion. He was making a mess of everything. But the blockers were messing him up and he really didn’t know at first that Crow was his mate. He just knew he was the enemy. And had just thrust him in the middle of his kind, that all were scared of Crow or wanted to kill him. It was too much for both of them. The stress was getting to Crow so bad, he was becoming emaciated. It was just too much. And the Protectors were now playing dirty pool. This was just so hard. The one thing I was happy for though, was Orion was determined to keep trying to get Crow to be accepted. But this was something Crow had to prove on his own. He had to prove he could be trusted. And boy did he.
Everyone deserves a second chance if they are truly regretful. And once Crow started seeing the truth of things, he really was sorry. He never intended it to be the way it’s become. It was never his intention to harm anyone. He truly thought the cure was supposed to help. But when he saw what was going on, he wanted to make things right. He needed to. And that’s the sign of true regret and true strength. To know when to admit when you are wrong.
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