Cardeno C. - Wake Me Up Inside

Author: Cardeno C.

Title: Wake Me Up Inside (Mates #1)

Language: English

Format: ebook

Rating: 3 stars

No of pages: 326

Reading challenge: A book where the cover photo depicts the place you'd like to be*

Read: 22.01.2018

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A powerful Alpha wolf shifter and a strong-willed human overcome traditions ingrained over generations and uncover long-buried secrets to fulfill their destiny as true mates. 

Regarded as the strongest wolf shifter in generations, Alpha Zev Hassick is surprised and confused by his attraction to his best friend. His very human, very male best friend. A male shifter has to mate with a female shifter to keep his humanity, so shifters can’t be gay. Yet, everything inside Zev tells him Jonah is his true mate. 

Maintaining a relationship with the man he has loved since childhood isn’t easy for Jonah Marvel, but he won’t let distance or Zev’s odd family get in their way. When unexplained ailments begin to plague Jonah, he needs to save his own life and sanity in order to have a future with Zev. Zev and Jonah know they’re destined for each other, but they must overcome traditions ingrained over generations and long-buried secrets to fulfill their destiny. 

I wanted less sex and more talk. More vocal communication, less stripping. I liked that they waited a long time before the "real deal" and the reason for the wait was explained quite well, HOWEVER couple of the sex scenes should've been cut from the final version as it got a bit repetitive and, frankly, boring. At least I was satisfied with the reasons. But still, if one's your soulmate you should communicate with them better and not keep something so big a secret for so frickin' long.

I liked how these guys were obviously meant for each other from the beginning, but I just expected something slightly different than what I got. I expected them to get together-together a bit sooner and you know, talk to each other.

*When I was reading this book, my other half was away from me and I just wanted to be in his arms just like the guys on the cover photo are.