3.5 stars. Mostly for fun factor. Okay, all for fun factor. This book was fun. 
 This book was a big surprise for me. It began with one of the most eye-roll inducing instaloveyist instaloves I ever read. Seriously bad stuff. The hero knew he was in love with the heroine within twenty-four hours and was just walking around in a haze of hearts with cupid's arrow sticking out of his ass. It seemed utterly ridiculous to me. Not gonna lie, I was ready to DNF. To just...walk away. 
 But for some unknown reason, I kept reading. Call it stubbornness but I think it was just because I was bored. But I kept going. And then somehow, the plot thickened. Shit started going down. There was the faintest likelihood of a love triangle that wasn't really a love triangle but brought out some super fun jealousy. The heroine was spunky and smart. The romance really kicked up a notch. More characters were introduced. And I found myself having a damn ball. 
 It was far from perfect. Actually, it had a lot of issues. Annoying ones. Too much this. Not enough that. Yet somehow it managed to be really fun and quite entertaining. 
 Plot: Werewolves hate Jaguars (shifters) and vice versa. Lana is a Jaguar but doesn't know it. Adam is a werewolf and does know it, and also knows Lana is a Jaguar (wolfy smelling skills). Lana is on the run from shady dudes that she believes are from a mental hospital. She went to the hospital for what she thought was a mental illness of some kind but was actually her shifting into a giant cat every full moon and blacking out. Adam finds her in a diner and walks in all "It's a full moon, why are you around a bunch of people? Don't you know you could end up eating them because you are a horrible Jaguar and are about to shift soon?" She laughs in his face. Obviously, he's off his rocker. But the danger is real, the full moon is that night. Then the shady dudes that Lana thinks are from the hospital show up except they are carrying guns are most definitely not from the hospital. Adam kicks their asses and helps Lana escape. When he touches her, he gets that special kind of tingle that means they are mates. He is upset, to say the least. Interspecies mates aren't a thing. Plus their kind hate each other. From there we have the standard "man must protect mate" thing. She is of course wildly attracted to him too, but it turns out that Jaguars don't do the "mate" thing. Interesting twist. She has to figure out she loves him on her own. BUT something both werewolves and Jaguars have in common is that neither have females born as shifters. Both werewolves and Jaguars have to bite the human females of their choice, converting them into shifters before they can start a family. Lana finds out that she is one in a million and that is why she is being hunted. There is a reason she is the way she is and she is wanted by all sorts of people. 
 There is an interesting look at racism throughout the book. Or specieism? Is that a thing? Adam and his pack have to take a look at the way they automatically hate every Jaguar they see. Even if the Jaguars they have dealt with are all awful, they shouldn't condemn the entire shifter species. Adam has less of an issue with this because he has the whole mate thing going for him. But he knows his pack would never accept her so he doesn't take her home to meet the family. She has no choice but to remain his dirty little secret and that doesn't bode well for their relationship. Because Lana didn't grow up with Jaguar parents telling her that werewolves are awful, she has no prejudice. She is understandably angry when Adam's pack hates her on sight when they know nothing about her. It gave the book surprising depth. And I really liked the way it was resolved in the end because it could have been done badly and instead, I found myself tearing up. Someone was probably just cutting onions near by. Whatever. 
 While this may just be me, I found it really really weird that a werewolf trained horses. In fact, a whole lot of werewolves. He has a ranch, he lives there. So do the horses, obviously. They shift once a month. Wouldn't there be some underlying wolfy smell that would cause unease in a horse? The smell must linger. Is this a weird thing to wonder? I don't know. But it just stuck out as strange to me throughout the entire book. Why do horses love him? And even more, why with Lana too? Would a Jaguar eat a horse on the full moon? I mean, she killed and ate a squirrel once. Are horses just too big? What if Adam was super hungry in wolf form? Wouldn't he spook the hell out of his horses? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS. 
 The writing itself left a little to be desired. The entire thing was pretty much tell with very little show. Fortunately, that worked for me. I was exhausted and in a lot of pain (stupid knee) and I really didn't mind everything being spoon fed to me. I didn't have to work for anything and I was totally okay with that. 
 Adam was a chest thumper, all alpha don't-touch-her-she's-mine. It wasn't really a problem for me because I'm pretty sure that's why we read shifter romance. There is an animal in the men and it gives them a legitimate excuse to act that way without it being an issue. The fact that Lana was a Jaguar didn't really change her personality much and I kind of wish it had. I mean, werewolves have wolfy qualities. What would giant cat qualities be like? There was an interesting opportunity there to use cat vs. dog personality stuff. 
 One of the things that were really different about this world of shifters was that they did not have any kind of special healing powers or gift or whatever you want to call it. If they were shot, they bled and had to heal like everyone else. If they broke a bone, they had to be off their feet for a month or two (or more, if they actually listened to their damned doctor). It gave them a vulnerability that I don't think I've ever read in a shifter romance. It certainly made things interesting to know that if a shifter was hit by a truck crossing the street (which was not part of the plot, I'm just making a point) then, they would have to deal with the same ramifications and fears as everyone else. More in fact, because no shifter wants to go to a hospital. Hospitals are the fastest way for their shifter existence to be exposed. 
 All in all, this was a really fun read. It wasn't earth shattering or probably even award winning, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and do plan on continuing with the series. The next book is about Adam's twin brother and I just know who his mate is going to be and I can't way to see how it plays out.