Olivia Esmerelda Vasques has always been in control—in the boardroom, in the bedroom, and in her life. But when her partner/ex-husband insists she needs a vacation, Olivia is reluctant to give in until the board of directors issues an ultimatum: take a vacation or don’t bother coming back. 

So hiking Mt. McKinley it is. Not her idea of fun, especially after she stumbles into something she can’t quite explain and doesn’t really understand. All she knows is that the sexy warrior she meets has promised to keep her safe. The problem is, she doesn’t know if she can survive him.

Bödvar (Blue) Varangian never expected to have his ass handed to him by the saucy firecracker that barrels into him in the woods. Scared out of her mind, and just a bit moody, she’s now his responsibility. However, she doesn’t take kindly to him telling her what to do, even though she’s been thrust into a world of shifters and vampires and is obviously in way over her head. He knows her type, yet he can’t help wanting to tame her.  But his cravings run dark; something he suspects will have her running faster and farther than the threat she currently faces.

Can two people from two different worlds find a way to navigate their journey of friendship, love, and their darkest desires?

Titles in the Arctic Wolves series include:  Arctic Bound – The Reaping – Dire Cravings

Title:  Dire Cravings
Series:  Arctic Wolves #2
Author:  Tigris Eden
Genre:  Erotica, Paranormal Romance
Published:  February 28, 2018
Publisher:  Kat’s Kreative Ideas
My Rating:  3 stars

Dire Cravings and the Arctic Wolves series definitely has an audience, that is obvious from the review ratings – yet that audience does not include me.

I picked up this title as an e-ARC, and because I like to start a series from the beginning I picked up the other two stories as well from Amazon.  It didn’t take long into the first story to realize that this wasn’t going to be a series that I would enjoy.  Because this one was an ARC, I feel obligated to give a review – it won’t be harsh, simply realistic for my own tastes.

Dire Cravings (and the rest of the series) is what I would consider in the “it’s a good book but not for me” category of my reading tastes.  And, no, it wasn’t the sex.  Heck, I like sex and the occasional kink as much as any reader of erotica.  This series, this story is simply too crowded for my enjoyment.  There are so many paranormal characters from werewolves, vampires, witches, several deities and even more that the story became overcrowded for me.  Paranormal Romance, particularly shifters, is my first reading love – but it felt like every paranormal creature known and unknown was represented in the Arctic Wolves series.  And none of them got the full attention that was needed for me to care one way or the other about the people populating this book.

So, I’m simply going to call this one as a good story that has an audience that will enjoy it – and move on.  As with any review it isn’t my opinion that matters – you the reader, it’s your opinion, your tastes in books – that is what is important.  You may completely love this story, and that is perfectly fine.  It simply wasn’t a story for me.

*I received an e-ARC of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley. That does not change what I think of this story. It is my choice to leave a review giving my personal opinion about this book.*

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