Alaska is one of my favorites destinations - on Google Maps, alas ! - But one can always dream... 
 So when the story began with a plane crash in Alaska, I enjoyed myself immensely, especially when two big guys came to save the day by wrapping themselves around two terrified and unsuspecting girls - in order to save them of course;). 
 That was really fun. 
 Ok, my notion of fun is maybe a little distorted, but hey ! Nobody's perfect ;) 
 Unfortunately, this nice prelude was more or less the highlight of the novel. The plot wasn't bad, far from it, with a lot of typical Laurann Dohner situations : true mates, culture shock, ugly bad guys (the un-redeeming ones), sexy bad guys (future novel heroes), bitchy women you wish you could slap, and lots of steam. 
 The problem was with the construction of the second part. It was too long, a bit messy, with lots of repetitions and boring conversations about bloodlines, clan rules, honor and so on... 
 too bad I listened to the audio and couldn't skip some pages... 
 but then, near the ending, things started to get up again:) 
 Dusti, who didn't cope well with the VampLycan world at first (which was a pretty believable reaction from her part) and had a few tstl moments (not too bad though) suddenly pulled it together and started to be the heroine she was meant to be. 
 Drantos, on the contrary, was a pretty linear hero, not as alpha as he could have been, even if he showed some annoying "mate control" tendencies. 
 More engaging, a lot of secondary characters seemed to have great potential for further readings: I'll keep following the series with interest. 
 In the end, this book was pretty difficult to rate: I got alternately amused, bored, annoyed and intrigued. So I'll settle for 3 and a half stars.