This is a quick read, but not an enjoyable one. I feel bad giving it 1 star, but at the same time, I didn't enjoy anything about it. It's not criminally offense or unreadable, but still, it didn't inspire anything in me.

Now, this could be a me problem—I do not enjoy fast burns and this is the quintessential definition of a fast burn. I feel like this book would have benefitted heavily from being double the length. The characters are hard to get attached to because the author tells us basically nothing about them or their feelings. Elam is (famous?) a nature photographer, something that he supposedly loves to do, but it is never brought up again after he enters the cabin with Nic. Nic supposedly makes beautiful wood sculptures and one-of-a-kind furniture pieces, but we never see him do it or think about it besides whittling a small toy in the very beginning. I feel like if the burn was just a bit slower, and we saw these characters doing their hobbies apart from each other, it would give the story the depth it's lacking.

I also feel like Elam and Nic's backgrounds/traumas are not explored enough.

Why not have Elam start having dreams about being a wolf after breaking up with his ex and deciding to go to Alaska because of them? He apparently has diluted wolf blood/a dormant wolf, so do something with that! Why not have Nic start dreaming about having a mate with children, which could freak him out (since he prefers to be alone)? Why not have him unconsciously carve a sculpture of his dream mates face (Elam)? Why not have Elam run across Nic in wolf form when he's out photographing nature and feel a yearning he "can't place"?

Am I crazy to think there is so much more the author could have done? Instead of using these little character nuggets, we get a half-assed rushed relationship and pregnancy with no real depth or feeling.

As an aside, the e-book is atrociously formatted, at least on Kindle Unlimited, which I used to read this book. Overall, I feel like there are much better omegaverse books out there to get your fix.