Don’t you find it frustrating when you start a series and it’s… well, nice enough to make you want to see where it goes, but keeps going to hell the further it continues?

Yeah, that’s what happened with this book bundle. I regret that I didn’t enjoy it as much as I expected, but… each to their own tastes, I guess.

The Caedmon Wolves series is about the shifters of the – you guessed it! – Caedmon pack, and their struggles to lead normal lives -romantically or otherwise. All the while trying to protect their kin and their loved ones from those who would rather see them dead or enslaved.

It started off fine. Tamara who was not only abused by her boyfriend, but also forced to participate in theft and other crimes, ended up being sheltered in Devin’s remote cabin. Devin is the true alpha of the Caedmon pack, but refuses to accept that position – until the circumstances demand he does.

So, in the first book, we see Tamara and Devin, trying to navigate their relationship and the fact that they’re different species. There’s also the danger of Devin’s rival for the alpha spot, who’s a vicious and dangerous SOB. In the second book, said SOB is still around, and he kidnaps Tamara’s therapist in order to knock her up – thankfully for Selene, Devin’s close friend, Nick, is also another prisoner of Darius’s, so they escape together. In the third book, we see the whirlwind romance between Jayson, a member of Devin’s council, and Arianna – who just so happens to be the daughter of someone Jayson doesn’t really get along with.

I’ll be honest, the first book was intriguing. Tamara was a very nice main heroine, hurting and broken, and her reactions to Devin and his secrets were not only reasonable, but also endearing. She was relatable as heck for any woman out there, and her combination with Devin was very wholesome. Their story was sweet and hot, and had the right doses of suspense and emotional drama for the length of the book.

The second story was promising, firstly because I liked Nick and really wanted to see a happy ending for him, and Selene sounded like such a good gal at first. But it lost me with Selene’s constant change of moods, and the way she just couldn’t make up her mind and kept accusing Nick for that – and his past, I mean, come on, shaming a guy for having slept with another woman YEARS before he met you is such bullshit, especially coming from a therapist! The only redeeming qualities of the book were Nick and the story itself, with all that action and the wolf battles.

The third installment was what destroyed the experience for me. Right from the start. I lasted about 20 pages before I just put it aside and was like "NO, NOPE!"

Which was a pity seeing as I thought Jayson to be somewhat interesting – not exactly my cup of tea, I don’t go for the whole ‘immature, irresponsible, too-cool-for-school’ type, but I wanted to see how he could grow as a character. But the story made a major mistake that I couldn’t see past.

Seriously, do you people find it… enticing to read about a guy who has just had one or more girls ‘serving’ him (you know what I mean), jumping up AFTER climaxing and trying to convince the female lead – who watched all this, may I add – to give him a chance? Because I don’t. That just made me cringe! I have never closed a book and put it aside faster than this one!

All in all, I don’t think I’ll continue reading what fate has in store for the Caedmon Wolves. I think the taste I got was enough, it’s not something for me as a reader. Hopefully, those who don’t mind this kind of drama will find it more enjoyable.

***I was given an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The opinion stated in this review is solely mine, and no compensation was given or taken to alter it.***