Male of the Species
 

Male of the Species

by Kate Steele

Devin Grant is an alpha on a mission. Rejected by his pack for refusing to believe that one man loving another is wrong, Devin finds himself alone and directionless until a chance meeting with fellow outcast Quinn Alexander starts him on the path to forming his own pack. With Quinn's experience and his own needs guiding him, Devin fights to make their pack dream a reality. Along the way, he... (read more)

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Gashlycrumb
  • Rated 4 stars

Devin Grant is an alpha werewolf who was cast out from his pack because of his preference for males. He meets up with Quinn Alexander, an older, established werewolf who lives a solitary life, yet craves the physical and emotional bond of a pack. Together, they form their own pack by seeking other men who have been similarly rejected because of their desire for other men. This newly formed pack develops an intense physical and emotional bond that helps ease their pain of rejection and...

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Matthew
  • Rated 2 stars

I've tried my hand at writing a couple of times and discovered that I don't have the "knack". I have great ideas, sparkling dialogue, but where other people would put these ideas to paper over a 200 page book, I get all my great ideas out in 50. I can't seem to make the great outline of my book unfold over time in a way that give verasimalitude, it all comes rushing out like from a fire hose, and suspension of disbelief is impossible. So why do I mention my shortcoming here? Because this...

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  • Rated 4.285714 stars
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  • Rated 5 stars
 

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  • Matthew

    matthew said:

    I've tried my hand at writing a couple of times and discovered that I don't have the "knack". I have great ideas, sparkling dialogue, but where other people would put these ideas to paper over a 200 page book, I get all my great ideas out in 50. I can't seem to make the great outline of my book unfold over time in a way that give verasimalitude, it all comes rushing out like from a fire hose, and suspension of disbelief is impossible. So why do I mention my shortcoming here? Because this book's author suffers from the same shortcoming in my opinion. This was a great story with some great ideas, and great set scenes and it all just came out too fast.

    The beginning is a great example of what I call "Too Excited Syndrome" writing. The author wants our main character Devin to be the alpha of a new pack of outcast gay werewolfs, so in the first 5 pages wondering thru the woods near starvation, Devin just happens to meet another werewolf, Quinn, who is looking for an alpha to lead him, and Quinn just happens to have contacts in a town where a bunch of gay werewolfs just happen to hang out
    and don't have a leader, and Quinn just happens to have an aunt who will give the new pack an estate to live on and and Quinn just happens to be so independently wealthy he can give Devin all the money he needs to live so Devin doesn't have to do all that boring stuff like get a job, and this is just in the first 5 pages. I do understand why the author did this, it allowed her to get to what she thought was the "fun" stuff, but I just couldn't bring myself to "believe" it.

    If the page count had been double, and the author had found a more measured way to move the story, I think I would have really liked this story.

    posted Saturday, May 3 2008
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