Hey everyone, I just want to say sorry for not posting any book reviews lately—I’m totally slacking! I’ve got a ton of reviews to catch up on, but I had to share my thoughts on this “book” I just finished. I’m using quotes because you can’t really find this one on Amazon or Barnes & Noble, and honestly, if you could, I’d say save your cash!
I stumbled upon it through one of those ads that pop up, you know the kind that lets you read a few chapters and then tries to get you to buy coins to unlock more. The main ad really hooked me in. (Spoiler alert: that scene they teased? Yeah, it never happens.) I searched everywhere for the book because there’s no way I was falling for the coin trap, so I ended up shelling out $9.99 for a week just to read the whole thing. They had me totally invested with just those first few chapters, but boy was I mistaken. Trust me, I wanted to love it, but it totally disappointed me. I wasted 19 hours of my life on it, and to top it off, the book ended with no real closure!
The book’s premise is wild! So, our main girl was supposed to marry the King of the Werewolves, but she makes a break for it and heads to a hospital three hours away by plane to finish her residency. While she’s there, she ends up with this Alpha for three years, who turns out to be her “juvenile” mate—never heard that term before, but okay! He treats her like garbage, never marks her, and is busy pining over some other girl who left him. When the other girl decides to come back, he wants both of them! But she’s totally not having it, and then the King comes to rescue her and take her home. Surprise, surprise, the King is actually her “True” mate. But hold up, there’s a ton of drama with people wanting to get rid of them. In the end, she cuts ties with the Alpha while pregnant with his kid. Fast forward seven years later, and he runs into this little girl who calls him daddy because she recognizes him by his hair, eyes, those killer abs, and his ring. No, I’m not joking.
Besides all the obvious issues with the story, there’s one thing I just can’t get over: werewolves. First off, they only shift for, like, 5 minutes twice in the whole book. Twice! They hardly ever talk to their wolf. And when trouble hits, the warriors rushing in are all in human form. There’s no running in packs or even a pack house. It makes zero sense. Plus, she can’t mind link with anyone (and her father is an alpha) until the King does some little ritual, and then she can only mind-link with him, and she does that just once. Seriously, all the time! I mean, let’s be real—if you could chat with someone in your head, would you actually bother with a phone? And then there’s the King, right? He’s supposed to rule over several territories, including the ones she ran to, yet his best buds are just two alphas who are always around. Don’t they have a pack to manage? How do they even live there? In that tiny town, you’ve got her dad, who’s an alpha, a couple more alphas we know about, and the King. Oh, and her ex is acting like a complete creep, wanting her back so badly he’s stalking her. Remember, he was 3 hours away by plane, but somehow he’s there the whole time stalking her. I’m just saying, if you’re gonna write about something like werewolves, maybe you should do a bit of research!
I don’t wanna come off as ripping the book apart, ’cause it had some cool parts. But man, there were some totally cringy moments I just couldn’t shake off. And the drama? Way over the top! So many people chasing after them—her ex, his adopted sis, his half-bro, and his dad. Seriously, it was too much. And don’t even get me started on the ending! You’d think after all that craziness they’d end up together, but nah! Nineteen hours of my life that I can’t get back.
BOOK: FROM SUBSTITUTE TO QUEEN
BY: UNKNOWN
RATING: ⭐️
**Not counted as read on GoodReads or Fable.
