The main female character, Anne has been attacked, forcibly turned into a werewolf and passed around the Pack by her Alpha as a rape-toy so often that she’s attempted suicide. It seemed to me that the “focus on romantic attraction” translated into making other emotions take a backseat. My main problem was the lack of emotional depth. I just found myself thinking: “Patricia Briggs can do much better than this.” While it was interesting to see more of the world the Mercy Thompson novels are set in, I was a little disappointed in this novella. On a romance-readers scale, this series is sweet rather than steamy.” “… more emphasis on the romantic attraction between the hero and heroine. The decision to continue the story was made after the anthology had already been published, which has caused some confusion, since “book 1″ is actually a continuation of the short story.” It begins with a novella titled Alpha and Omega published in the On the Prowl anthology. “…set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson Series, but on a slightly earlier time line. On her website, Patricia Briggs describes the Alpha and Omega series as: The stories by the other three authors were by way of a bonus as they are all new to me. I bought it (despite the tacky cover art that makes me glad I’m reading the ebook version) because Debbie’s Spurts on Booklikes told me that I should read the Patrica Briggs’ prequel to her Alpha and Omega series before starting the series. “On The Prowl” is an urban fantasy short story collection in which each of the four authors has a story.
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