1,25 stars for being so eye-rollingly stupid it was hilarious.

I can't quite believe I actually finished reading this. Based on the synopsis, I was hoping for a hot story between two rugged men, sprinkled with a few table spoons of good ole angst. What I actually got was one part (unintentional) hilarity, one part aggravation, zero parts hotness.

First of all, the writing was bad. Like, completely. Nothing about this was believable, not the characters, not the setting, not the dialogue - nothing. And I don't mean it wasn't realistic, because shit like werewolf romance can be believable if written well, even if it has no ties in reality. This was just so disappointing all around. Corny, cheesy, baaad.

The writing was also repetitive as hell - I'm pretty sure Knife and Beast are gonna have some serious issues with their necks, what with all the throwing their heads back and laughing. Also, the swearing. I swear quite a bit myself when I'm pissed, but when you use the words fuck and fucking as punctuation marks (or you know, just inside the words themselves too, completely illogically, cause why not) they just sound stupid and lose all effect. There are also so many other curse words that would spice up the language a lot better.

The characters were caricatures of "tough guys" taken straight out of the imagination of someone who's never dealt with people who brag about shit like slitting peoples' throats (here's looking at you, Knife). The world was so full of hypocrisy - the men worshiped their 'women' or 'old ladies' (which, by the way, are some really vomit inducing ways of referring to your partner) yet at the same time they did nothing but slut shame the rest of the women in the background.

The only scene where I forgot to roll my eyes and actually laughed at intentional humor was the scene where Mena went as moral support with Knife to get manscaped. Other than that, the whole book was a heaping pile of clishes. The end. ( )