** spoiler alert ** 
 Arranged marriage for the sake of alliances are sometimes complicated things, especially when the couple in question have never met, haven't been consulted, and may already be otherwise involved. Oh, and if one of them is gay? Extra bonus issues. 
 I can feel for the two packs in this situation (because the villain was a stalking douchenozzle) and he wouldn't have stopped at the Harker pack (whatever some members of the Marketo pack seem to think). And what's this tripe about there being no such thing as a gay wolf? This is not the first time I've heard that, and every time I do I just want to shake my head because, really? Homosexuality exists in nature. It's existed long before assbackwards people had judgement. 
 Anyway... 
 I would have kind of liked to know more about Analiese. Because while (clearly she was sort of more a plot device, or an issue to overcome, as far as the broken alliance), she wasn't really a bad person. She wasn't evil or a bitch or anything. She was as screwed in her parents plans as Cole was. Perhaps now that the whole Alliance has been resolved and Cole and Paris have done their part (and are actually happy) we'll find out, in some future installment, whatever became of her. Though I do wonder about her choices. She told Cole she wanted to rule her own pack, yet she ran off to be with a *human*? Doesn't their rules mean she can't tell him? 
 Enough about Analiese. I liked Paris a lot, though he seemed to be so set in his ways about how different he and Cole were, and how he wanted nothing to do with Pack life, which I'm sure some of that stemmed from his mother's death. Had she survived, I'm sure she could have told him her own feelings about being mated to a wolf. 
 I really liked Lindsey a lot, so I'm looking forward to his story. He seems like there's a lot more than meets the eye.