I was smitten with this book when I was little (about to reach adolescence) but for some reason, I didn't read this book. This book has been on my TBR shelf forever. I think that now that I've grown up I have enjoyed it more than if I read it as an innocent girl. 
 I normally don't enjoy werewolves, yes, I was team Edward in Twilight and I've read Shiver with Sam. I liked more this book because it developed a good werewolf world-building. I liked how they acting, like true werewolves and how interacted in the pack. A nice change for this mythological creature. 
 This book was a bit slow at the start. I didn't know what to expect. Though after the Ordeal it picked up for me. That was one of my favorite scenes alongside the light match sacrifice and the kiss on the motorcycle. Yes, it's all steamy, sexy, and sometimes violent, but I enjoyed it to the last bit. 
 Now a brief exposure about my views on the characters: 
 I liked Vivian. She was fun, bold, rebellious and fragile like any adolescent. I get it because I . I liked chocolate Aiden because he wanted to be different and yes, I have also gone through it. 
 But most of all I loved Gabriel. The Ordeal! God, how excited I was for Vivian to defend her mother and how I rooted for Gabriel and Vivian. I'll confess this, but I liked their raw animalistic dynamic. They are loup-garoux! He was the blood. 
 I even liked her mother at the end. I liked how she didn't care to have fun with young males and I even understand her need to forget the past. Werewolves are animals, they are different to humans and this book well demonstrated that they lived in between. 
 I was kind of sad about the end of Rafe when he said it was all a joke. He was indeed a puppy. 
 I understood the conflict with humans and werewolves; the fear and the lacking connection when revealed the true form. It's sad and it's logical and made the book a 100th times better because it's realistic (and Gabriel you know, I choose you). 
 So glad I gave this book its deserved chance. Love and werewolves... love it *wink, wink*