The heroine was cute, but a tad too juvenile, and though the Hero was one moment all alpha hotness and the next acting out of character by being too much a caveman. I just felt that there wasn't enough of the own author's creativity in the book, and instead borrowed from too many outside sources. The premise was good, but I felt that it borrowed too much from other books/genre: Harry Potter, genetically altered shifters of Stevens, Leigh, Blelier, Walt Disney etc. I use movie lines myself but not continually. It was like listening to someone whop could only speak in movie one-liners. Movie lines were constantly being thrown out to the point that the humor was not that of the writer's but rather from the big screen instead. I love good, solid humor as much as the next person, but I thought that for the majority of the time the writing made the characters seem as if they were in a slap-dash comedy.

On one hand the writing was very good- the dialogue was not my favorite but the author's writing skills in general were well done and solid. Can Aiden and the elite warriors from the Alpha Unit keep Meryn safe? Or did Fate bring her to Lycaonia to die? By assisting Aiden, Meryn finds herself the focus of a demented killer. Unfortunately the joy of their mating is overshadowed when Aiden and Meryn find themselves embroiled in a missing persons case assigned to Aiden by the Lycaonian Council. Eventually they discover that life before finding each other may have been good, but life afterwards is perfect, even if it involves super soaker battles and accidentally discharging hand grenades. In the first twenty-four hours she kicks, screams and knocks her bear shifting mate unconscious. Little does he realize, Fate is sending him his mate first! He meets his destined mate Meryn Evans and things go downhill from there. He likes his world run with military precision. Aiden McKenzie is adamant that he doesn’t need a mate and that she would only get in the way. After gathering all of the warriors together in a fake award ceremony, the witch Elder casts a spell to pull the warrior’s mates to them, whether they want it or not. They are shocked to discover that many of their sons' mates are out in the world and are human! Fearing that their future daughter in laws will end up dead before being claimed and providing them with grandchildren to spoil, they convince their own mates that something must be done. When the topic of grandchildren comes up during a weekly sewing circle, the matriarchs of the founding families seek out the witch Elder to scry to see if their sons' have mates.

My Commander by Alanea Alder