Being Alpha
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4.6 • 257 Ratings
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- $6.99
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Publisher Description
From USA Today Bestselling Author Aileen Erin
For the first time since Tessa met Dastien, life is quiet. The evil witch, Luciana, is six glorious feet under, St. Ailbe's is closed due to human trespassers, and people are finally getting used to the fact that supernaturals exist in the world. It seems like the perfect time for a honeymoon.
After traveling to Dastien's house in Provence, clubbing in Paris, and attending Meredith and Donovan's Full Moon Ceremony in Ireland, Tessa and Dastien head to the Caribbean. Their trip is turning out to be the honeymoon that fantasies are made of-sunset cruises, long walks on the beach, and every romantic cliché you can imagine. Tessa couldn't be happier. Except that Tessa's visions are on the fritz. She hopes that means that nothing is brewing. That everything is quiet because all is well. But Tessa's never been one to assume anything.
When she's magically attacked and nearly dies, Tessa knows she can't ignore the signs anymore. Something huge is going on. As much as she doesn't want to call an end to their six-week honeymoon, it's time to head back to Texas.
Whoever messed with Tessa is in for a rude awakening. Because if there's one thing fighting rogue witches and werewolves has taught her, it's how to be Alpha.
“Being Alpha is like a magnet that just keeps on pulling until you feel as if you are falling down, down, down right into its world not wanting to miss a thing.” – The Avid Reader
“Being Alpha is about coming into what you are made to be... A nail biting story.” – Theresa, Goodreads
“Tessa is not weak and she has a great team who support her to her lofty goals.” – L.B. Carter, author of the Climatic Climacteric Series
Binge the complete Alpha Girls series now!
Book 1: Becoming Alpha
Book 2: Avoiding Alpha
Book 3: Alpha Divided
Book 4: Bruja
Book 5: Alpha Unleashed
Book 6: Shattered Pack
Book 7: Being Alpha
Book 8: Lunar Court
Book 9: Alpha Erased
Get ready for Off Planet, the biggest and boldest adventure yet from the mind of Aileen Erin. It's perfect for fans of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, Claudia Gray's Defy the Stars, and Maura Milan's Ignite the Stars!
Customer Reviews
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Fantastic but Fraught With Foul Language
Aileen Erin is a master world-builder and character developer. She does a great job of inviting her readers into her worlds and making her characters your own personal friends.
The characters have real struggles even if they occur in unreal ways. Aileen transports you to her world and you connect so much that you feel a sense of loss when each book comes to an end— like moving away from good friends.
My only real complaint is Aileen’s tendency to have her main character use profane language on a regular basis. It is beneath these intelligent, engaging, vibrant characters to have such a continuous reduced vocabulary in order to express their moments of heightened distress.
Erin counterbalances the profanity somewhat with characters that are less mouthy and with reprimands from lesser characters for their colorful language, but for the most part, that is a little like saying “oops” after intentionally upsetting something. It diminishes the quality of her characters— especially her main character, Tessa.
I think the language could be more creative or softened a great deal of the time and would still be equally or even more effective without making her more sensitive readers cringe.
So, if you can overlook the regular flow of profanity exuding from most of the main characters, good for you— because Erin’s writing is phenomenal otherwise. I don’t like her choice in expletives, but I can’t help but being drawn into her writing enough otherwise to continue reading and to do my best to ignore them.
But Aileen, I challenge you to get more creative with your character’s abilities to aptly describe their frustrations without resorting to the f-word continually. You’re smart enough and you certainly make your characters seem smart enough to be better at their descriptions without falling into the trap of continuous foul language. Don’t undermine them so much with it.
Keep up the amazing world building and character building! You are a gifted writer. You engage your readers from start to finish. Up to this point, every book has been excellent, with the exception of the foul language. That’s the only reason I didn’t give 5 stars— otherwise, they’re incredible.
Fun Series
This series always has me reaching for the next book. The characters are strong, the story line is easy to follow and the dynamic is entertaining.