Good story line, great setting.

The first three chapters, well, you will want to make sure you are not in public when you read them. Hotness that only CC can write is there from the words Chapter One. And there was lots of that hotness.

What I adored about this book is that it really delves into the growth of a friendship that morphs into a relationship. It didn't have unjustified angst and drama that made me wanna pull my hair out. Everything was balanced perfectly and we see Reg and Jeremy's journey to a love and happy after. I absolutely adored Reg and Jeremy because they were a wonderful couple together and they complimented other's needs so perfectly. Watching both their friendship and their romantic relationship grow over the course of the book will make you sigh and awww throughout. This is a truly adorable and wonderful tale.

I don't read a lot of shifter books. Because reasons. But now, now that I've read this first book in the Mates series, I'm about halfway to being convinced that I've been missing out. Holy hot boysecks, Batman.... The part how they were drawn together, so perfect for each other, from the very beginning recognizing their true mate bond ...I loved the easy banter, the deeply formed relationship....Fully developed characters give this book the extra oomph. Witty dialogue, snarky snark and humorous banter had me laughing out loud on many occasions, and only CC can manage to make me giggle and go 'awwwww' at the same time....Let's not forget, this is a shifter book. A book about shifter mating, and holy cow, that first time for these two - it nearly melted my Nook. I felt like I was intruding on something sacred when Zev and Jonah make love for the first time....this was a wonderful story to convince me of the merits of shifter stories.