4 stars! 
 Samuel Goodwin is a shifter, destined to be the next 
 Alpha 
 of his Pack. And Samuel does not take this lightly... 
 Since his childhood, Samuel has followed in his father's footsteps (the current Alpha of the pack), putting in hard effort in learning from his dad all the skills and informations he'll need to grow into a strong, just, rightful Alpha. 
 Samuel takes his studies and his future Alpha position very seriously... so he's a very intelligent, serious, studious, quiet and rational guy. He's very organized and controled... and knows how to properly act in every ocasion. 
 But there's something that Samuel doesn't get... or rather, there's someone that Samuel just can't stand: Korban Keller, the neighboring pack's future Alpha. 
 "The first thing I hated about him was his smile." 
 "Nobody smiles that much genuinely. It's fake. I don't trust fake people; they tend to hide things. And Korban Keller was as fake as they came." 
 Korban is 3 years older than Samuel, but, even though he's gonna be his pack's Alpha someday, he is a carefree, smiley and relaxed guy. 
 They meet as children, when Samuel is 8 and it's clear that Samuel does not know how to act around this boy... 
 "He kept grinning and looking at me. I wondered if I was supposed to say something or if we were done talking and he'd go away so I could stop feeling nervous and focus on my dad's conversation" 
 Korban's actions confuses Samuel and he feels kind of nervous around Korban, unballenced. 
 AND korban somehow gets Samuel to do things he would not normally do, like go to play with him, instead of staying with his dad and the adults to learn more about the Alpha's dutties. 
 "I'd been with him for hours. We had run through the woods, hunted together, splashed in the spring, and even tussled on the grass. It wasn't until later that I realized he had tricked me into letting my guard down." 
 A few years pass by... and they meet again when Samuel is 12... 
 ""Samuel, hi!" he said as he hustled over to me. 
 Forcing down the smile that inexplicably started forming, I crossed my arms over my chest. Uncharacteristically, I wanted to say something (...) my words stuck in my throat. I hated that he was able to force me off-balance so quickly...Two seconds in and already he was annoying me. So much so that my belly felt warm." 
 So, throught the years, Samuel develops some hate towards Korban and does his best to stay away from him. 
 "...the memories of the time I spent with him were vivid in my mind. 
 Remembering those hours made me intensely uncomfortable, and yet I'd never been able to stop myself from thinking about them. In the end, I didn't know why I reacted the way I did to Korban, only that it was wrong, that he was wrong, and that I needed to stay away from him." 
 "...something was very wrong about him or the way I reacted to him or both. Whatever the case, I made an effort to stay away and I hated him for forcing me to tuck my tail between my legs and hide." 
 BUT... as the years pass, fights begin between their Packs... and Samuel and Korban are thrown together in the most unexpected ways... 
 So... Samuel has to deal with being around a 26 year-old Korban and with the weird way his own wolf reacts to said guy. 
 How will Samuel cope with being around the one guy that is able to strip him of all his control and calmness; and who he despises so much?! 
 How will the fight between the Packs end?! 
 Will Samuel get to be an honrable, strong Alpha to his pack?! 
 Read the book to find out ;) 
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 I really enjoyed this book. 
 I, especially, enjoyed seeing Samuel struggle with his reactions around Korban ;) 
 He was a REALLY rational guy and it took him a while to understand his own emotions. 
 Still, this was a sweet romance, once Samuel stopped using his head so much and actually let himself feel something. 
 Korban was the sweetest guy, patient and lovable... I really liked him :) ... and I just loved how much he likes to tease Samuel ^_^ 
 And, as in the other books of the series, there was LOTS of hot, intimate moments... 
 But, I didn't give a higher rating because at some point there's some "control losing" that had me cringing a bit. It was explained afterwards and in this world of shifters it's kinda of understandle, but Still... cringy, cringy ...it certainly shouldn't or didn't have to happen that way! 
 And I would have liked things between the packs to have been resolved a bit differently. 
 Still, I'm really enjoying this series and I will definitely read the 4th book: To Touch You