Okayish

A story about two people who both need to get married/mated but for different reasons. Kirell is a bear shifter who needs a mate for political reasons to do with an uprising in the bear society in which he lives. Natalia needs a husband to get a green card to stay in the country. A marriage of convenience turns into love.

I struggled to connect with this book. Natalia and Kirell were both nice enough characters without really being all that interesting. I didn't feel any particular emotional depth from them, despite the trials they'd faced in their lives.

While the development of the relationship between Natalia and Kirell was satisfying enough, all the background story of the strife in the bear society with the traitors and political machinations failed to hold my interest, I think because it didn't focus enough on the characters involved. So when someone was revealed to be a traitor, I found I didn't really care that much because the book hadn't given me a reason to love them enough to be upset by their betrayal. It's also not entirely clear why Kirell is so loyal to the cause in the first place. There are lots of battles and Kirell gets beaten to death's door more than once without me getting anywhere near the edge of my seat.

I won't be in a rush to read another book in this series.

Narration was decent although at times the male voice was read like the female voice which was a bit confusing.

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