Hidden Hope by Elizabeth KnightMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Paranormal Reverse Harem
I’d probably give this 3.5 ⭐️ if I could.
Vivianna is an emergency medicine doctor. She works at the prestigious St Thomas’ Hospital in London, but was educated in the US at a boarding school. Her cruel and neglectful father sent her overseas so he wouldn’t have to deal with her, and her mother always went along with her father. Her father is an ambassador and thinks that being a emergency medicine specialist isn’t prestigious enough for his daughter and it reflects badly on him.
When Viv comes across a naked man in an alley bleeding to death from vicious wounds she fixes him up not knowing he and his friend are werewolves. The wounded werewolf is Koit and his friend is his Alpha, Rikkart. They were both in London to meet with the ambassador when they were attacked. It was pure coincidence that set them to meeting Viv as they didn’t even know she existed.
When Rik and Koit, along with their friends Darius and Tavas, find out that the ambassador’s dealings have put Viv’s life in danger they arrange to rescue her, because Rikkart and Koit know they owe her a debt.
I think the reason I didn’t connect with this book as well as I could have is that it felt a bit formulaic to me. Having Viv fix up Koit, meaning there was a connection before they knew to rescue her seemed a bit obvious and unnecessary to me. The male characters were a bit too stereotypical for me too, the romantic one, the funny one, the brave and loyal one and the clever reluctant one. The way the connections were made felt like they were done by rote, checking off a list, instead of characters developing feelings for each other as they got to know one another.
There were some interesting bits and pieces about each character but they weren’t given much chance to show themselves before they all jumped each other with the excuse of ‘instinct’.
The writing style was natural and smooth and it was well edited and I felt I should like it, and I sort of did, I just didn’t like it enough. A lot of the ingredients for a really great read were in this book, but I felt they just didn’t mesh quite well enough, so I probably won’t continue with the series. I may be missing out, but my TBR list is enormous.
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