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I just got done listening to the latest Alpha & Omega book Fair Game. One of the things I love so much about these books is how utterly real Charles and the other old wolves are as characters that are really older than they look. Not a many UF books pull that off.
In Fair Game Charles has a serious problem that he tries to keep from his family. Instead of seeming childish, this is works to make him seem older if not wiser to me. His deeply private nature, protectiveness and sense of duty conspire make him keep things he needs help with to himself. I never got the feel this an adolesent guy was going it alone because he felt he could handle it. He seemed more like a grown up that doesn't want to burden others.
I feel so bad for him, but oddly this bit of stupid male behavior doesn't make me mad at the guy. Now there were other things in this one that made me really mad but I don't want to spoil folks. The potential confilct in the next A&O and the Mercy just got turned up.
In Fair Game Charles has a serious problem that he tries to keep from his family. Instead of seeming childish, this is works to make him seem older if not wiser to me. His deeply private nature, protectiveness and sense of duty conspire make him keep things he needs help with to himself. I never got the feel this an adolesent guy was going it alone because he felt he could handle it. He seemed more like a grown up that doesn't want to burden others.
I feel so bad for him, but oddly this bit of stupid male behavior doesn't make me mad at the guy. Now there were other things in this one that made me really mad but I don't want to spoil folks. The potential confilct in the next A&O and the Mercy just got turned up.
