2.5 Stars 
 Avoiding Alpha left me plenty of frustration. The elements I enjoyed from book 1 were very much absent in book 2. This book is entirely focusing on Tessa saving her best-friend Meredith. In fact, there really isn't much else going on in this book. Not to mention no characters building what so ever. Tessa was still rejecting her wolf, instead of working to embrace her wolf. 
 Somehow Tessa took on the full responsibility of Meredith's well-being and did pretty much whatever she wants on this matter. Took off with only one other wolf with her into the enemy territory, completely disregard on what her mate and her mother's warning. I found Tessa quite inconsiderate, and reckless. While I understand her concern for her best friend, however there are others care for Meredith just as well. I didn't care for Shannon's irrational bitchiness on this matter, and thought at this point her attitude really should be addressed and taking care of. 
 Not much progress on Tessa and Dastien's relationship. Given on their situation (full moon ceremony) you would think they would've be working on them. However, they both avoided on this important subject entirely. 
 Overall, I felt this was more of a novella, and at this point I am unsure whether I would be interesting in reading the next installment.