** spoiler alert ** 
 Yawning. I skimmed a bit because it was so repetitive. It's about a human guy called Ox. His daddy told him he wasn't worth anything and skedaddled when he was 12. All the book is about showing Ox that he's worth something, that he's worth so much, blablabla. So from an ordinary Joe, he becomes the future mate of the heir of the strongest alpha in the USA or maybe it's the world. And when that heir skedaddle as well (Story of Ox's life) to hunt down his former kidnapper and his dad's murderer, Ox becomes the alpha of what's left of the pack. There. Ox is worth something, cqfd as we say in French. 
 I liked: 
 - The plot: it's good, unexpected, surprising in a good way. 
 - The human alpha idea, and I liked that the human didn't need to be "turned" to become an alpha 
 - Little Joe before his dad dies. He's the cutest teen, and his love for Ox is absolute and adorable. He says that of Ox, but it can be said of their love at the beginning: it's " all candy canes and pinecones and epic and awesome" and it makes your heart melt! 
 - Carter, Joe's brother. I don't know why, he's not the most developed character but he's just so freaking likeable! 
 I didn't like: 
 - Elizabeth Bennet, Joe's mother. I'll tell why later. 
 - Too many too short sentences and phrases to make things emotional or sensational or something. *sighs* It was just too much. 
 - The endless repetition of some ideas, like how Ox was awesome, unique, unexpected, so worth it... I mean we get it, but even God is not worshipped like that. Or maybe he is by some people, but jeez. I wanted to pull my hair. It was a bit like Mary Calmes's books where every person who mets Jory says how gorgeous and irresistible he is blablabla and straight guys want to fuck him blablabla. Not that I didn't like Jory, I adore him, but the reader I'm now would be tired of the endless Jory appreciation. 
 Another idea repeated endlessly was Ox anger at Joe. I would have been happy with Ox just showing his anger through his actions, but I couldn't stomach the endless internal monologue about his anger, his pain, etc. It was too much salt in a soup that was already good and it spoiled the soup for me. 
 The case of Elizabeth Bennet and the women in this book 
 Who is she? The mother of 3, and she's supposed to have raised them. She's also the mate of an alpha but that's not important here. What does Liz do when her husband dies? She hides in her wolf form. She leaves the responsibility for everything to everyone else, not for a week or two or three, but for months, I think for year or so. Really? 
 She appeared to me like the weakest being in the book. I mean everyone faced the pain of loss. Some reacted by looking for revenge, some by getting closer to family/pack, some by trying to keep living as normally as they could. And what did the only female wolf did? She hides. I wanted to puke! All the men were doing something, anything, and the woman just hid. I notice that kind thing these days and if the plot wasn't good, I wouldn't have cared and say the plot is rubbish anyway. But the plot is good, so... no. 
 There aren't may women in the book, and that's okay, but the few women there are are somehow weak or portrayed mostly as victims. Oh and they are all saved by men. I'm really past that shit. That reminds me too much of Mills and Boon of the 80s: 
 - The new Alpha of all alphas is a woman who is just there "temporary" to hold Joe's place warm. 
 - Jessie is just another clinging woman, portrayed as a victim (victim of Ox, victim of rogue wolfs & saved by the Ox-men, lol.) but never as a winner, or I missed it and could someone point that out for me, please. 
 - Joe's mum, the poor woman, went through so much! She was resilient, a real survivor. I just wish she wasn't portrayed as a constant victim: victim of her husband & saved by Ox, victim of the bank & saved by Gordo, victim of a cruel monster, not saved. Her act of bravery just before her death was brilliant, but it was too little too late. 
 So I liked the plot, but I didn't like the writing style and I was pissed off my the women in this book. But beyond everything I said, this book is a good take on shifters with its original plot. I wouldn't put it in the cave with forgotten stuff, I would put it on the shelves.