| Title | : | The Alpha: Protect. Procreate. Prevail. (The Alpha, #1) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 430 |
| Publication | : | Published May 28, 2021 |
I can’t be a werewolf. I have midterms next week.
But apparently fate has plans for me, because one day I was just Jesse Rafe, and the next day I’m The Alpha, the legendary were shifter who is meant to impregnate every possible shifter species omega female and rule the world.
If I don’t get killed by another alpha first, of course.
The Alpha: Protect. Procreate. Prevail. (The Alpha, #1) Reviews
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The irony is that it's a Beta male self insert fantasy
Aside from the smut, the book reads like it was written for sheltered adolescent boys. It's ridiculously cringe and juvenile and the MC is the worst part. The story itself would be fine if it wasn't for the horribly clunky dialogue and the moronic MC that talks and acts like a prepubescent boy. If you read this genre, you know what this is. Another neckbeard insert.... Might as well make the cover a bottle of mountain dew sitting next to a fedora. -
Good lord, this was on Amazon's Amazon Hot New Releases.
LMFAO who buys this crap? -
I... I... just... what the fuck. Almost as bad as something from Robin Hobb.
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eh, decent story but lack of major needed details
It’s a pretty good book oversell but some of the details are just left out due to the lack of depth ness that I think the author has, and other times like for example SPOILER ALERT(kinda ig): at the end Benji was eating breakfast with them, but supposedly lives in a whole different house so why is he there? Also lack of explanation of background side characters, John I think his name was…. Where was he? Also what does benji look like? Is he buff? Like you wrote a pretty good book but just left out simple details that’s other authors are sure to pick up on, 3 ⭐️ -
Obviously I went into this book with my eyes open, knowing that it wasn't going to be some kind of literary masterpiece but a bit of trashy fun. But truthfully, I'd hoped it would be better than the badly written sophomoric nonsense you can find for free by the bucketload on Wattpad.
It wasn't.
The main character, Jesse, is a nauseating dweeb who acts, thinks and talks like a wet blanket but is inexplicably the object of everyone's adoration after realising he's a wolf. He's essentially every teenage boy's urban fantasy self-insert. His mate, Nikita (who I refer to as his 'mate' because that's what she is after only a few pages of being introduced) is an empty vessel who exists to do nothing but be sexy and tell Jesse how amazing he is.
The prose varies between bland and ridiculous. Even the spice is utterly lacking in any sort of flavour or creativity and reads like it was written by an eighteen-year-old virgin. I couldn't even countenance reading the next book in the series because I can't imagine in what way it wouldn't just be the same book over again.
It seems almost unfair to level so much criticism at a book that is quite clearly marketed to a lowest common demoninator, but trust me when I say that the cover art is the most impressive thing about these books. -
Wow! Really enjoyed The Alpha
When I first realized what this story was about I couldn’t help but think “Oh Geez, another Alpha werewolf story?” This is the third such story type I’d encountered - the first was a highly successful series that I totally enjoyed - fast-paced, plenty of action and positive energy. The second was just the opposite - filled with negative energy, and SO plodding my review said it felt like ‘I’d boarded an extremely slow train to nowhere.’ Ugh.
Then I discovered The Alpha by this author - someone who’s work I very much enjoy. I was a little dubious, but dived in, and SO glad I did. The Alpha is an excellent story, focused entirely on shape shifters. Though shape shifters are supernatural, there are no mages, witches, or any mention of magic in this episode. I kinda like that, as I always felt that magical beings and objects were there mainly as a shortcut to achieve an outcome. I liked how The Alpha at times seemed to exude electric intensity during battles, yet even the mundane tasks like character introductions or providing backstory were very interesting.
Highly recommend this book - and anything from this author. -
Fun Read…
The author does a great job of keeping the protagonist relatable & compelling for the reader. However, the side characters are a little lifeless. It would be more interesting to see them meld their hobbies & goals into a single shared future. Otherwise the Omegas become more like trophies instead of people.
For those who may wonder, 3/5 ⭐️ stars ⭐️ means it is a great read for those who are interested in the genre, think do I. The last two should be reserved for those that attract readers new to the genre, feel do I… such as Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. It is just a matter of giving the characters & story greater depth, so that they feel more real. -
Not the worst in this genre, but pretty close
Oh my god. Take every cheesy cliche you can think of, toss it in a blender and you've got this book. The fawning over Jesse inspires violent regurgitation. The final fight - at death's door, but remembers the look of his love in bed, and finds the strength to fight on. Barf. I am glad this was a KU title so I didn't waste money on it, but I sure wasted my time. -
Not Eric's best work at all. This was so painfully derivative of books of this genre, whether the story telling improves in following books I dont know. This one was just too predictable and cliche, if books could be stereotypical low budget B movies this is it.
Eric, what happened buddy I love your work and this was just... sigh. -
Decent
Great concept but the pacing is abysmal, could definitely have used more filler or something to spread it out more I think. Just jumped from one thing to another. Again great concept and looking forward to reading the others, just a warning about the pacing. -
Von den schriftlichen Reviews hat dieses Buch nur sehr schlechte Bewertungen auf Goodreads, aber an Sternen allgemein ist es mit einem Rating von 4,29 bei 960 abgegeben Stimmen richtig gut. So etwas verwirrt mich und ich weiß nicht recht wie das zu Stande kommt. Aber egal, da mein Geschmack eh teilweise eher ausgefallen ist, habe ich mir das Hörbuch gekauft. Ich wollte etwas einfaches, lockeres und erotisches Lesen. Und das habe ich alles bekommen.
Inhaltlich finde ich es wirklich interessant. Ein nerdiger Collegestudent verwandelt sich plötzlich in einen Wolf bzw. Wolfsmenschen, als er eine Kassiererin beschützen will. Das darauf folgende Blutbad zeigt einem dann sehr schnell, dass dieses Buch eben nicht nur auf Erotik, sondern auch auf Action ausgelegt ist. Da ich viel in diesen Genres unterwegs bin, erkannte ich schnell, dass dieses Buch ein typische Männer „Rom“antasy-Titel mit Action und Erotik, der etwas eher wenig auf die Romance schiene geht. Ich kann solche Bücher aber auch sehr genießen, vor allem wenn ich in der Stimmung für sehr geradlinige, erotische Stories bin, bei denen man nicht nachdenken und ein nur genießen kann. Die Erotik ist zwar ohne viele Schörkel und man wird gleich im ersten Teil darauf hingewiesen, dass Jesse natürlich ein ganz besonderer Alpha ist und sehr viele Omega beglücken wird und das natürlich gar kein Problem für die Omegas ist. Typisch Männer-Erotik eben. Aber wie gesagt, wenn die Mischung ansonsten stimmt kann ich auch als Frau sowas genießen.
In diesem Band bindet sich Jesse auch gleich an eine Omega. Dieses Beziehung wird, auch wenn sie hauptsächlich um Sex geht und darum auch noch schnell Schwanger zu werden, nicht nur oberflächlich. Man merkt das Nicky etwas ganz besonderes für Jesse ist und genau das hat mich dann auch am Ball gehalten und ich hoffe, ich werde dann, wenn die anderen Partnerinnen dazukommen werden, nicht abgeschreckt werde.
Noch ist es wie eine Teeny/Young Adult Story. Es erinnert mich sehr an die Serie Teen Wolf nur halt mit dem Erotik-Thema.
Der Schreibstil ist allerdings sehr einfach und da kann ich den Unwillen der ReviewSchreiben nachvollziehen. Hier gibt es nicht viel Finesse, alles läuft linear ab und Konflikte werden viel zu einfach gelöst. Die Nebenchaktere bleiben eher flach und es gibt viel Plotholes. Dinge die anfangs super wichtig waren, werden im Laufe des Buches nicht mehr erwähnt. Niemand reagiert auf die verstümmelten Leichen, die es hier so im Laufe der Zeit gibt, Jesse hat nicht wirklich ein Problem mit seiner neuen Stellung, obwohl sie komplett das Gegenteil zu seinem vorherigen Leben darstellt. Nebencharaktere ändern ihre Meinung plötzlich ohne, dass man es wirklich nachvollziehen kann und was mich am meisten stört ist dass Nicky seit sie Jesse kennt, nur noch schwanger werden will. Man erfährt nicht warum sie eigentlich aufs College geht und nur sehr wenig von ihrer Vergangenheit. Leichen werden einfach mal so liegen gelassen in einem Haus, dass man später übernehmen will und dieses „Jesse muss viele Alphas töten, um den großen Frieden herzustellen zwischen den verschiedenen Shifter“ finde ich auch sehr bedenklich. Es wird ja sicher auch genug Alphas geben, die sich um ihr Pack vernünftig kümmern, eigentlich müssten sie ja von Natur aus als Alphas darauf programmiert sein ihr Pack zu beschützen. Jesse kann doch nicht der einzige vorbildliche Alpha sein. Daher weiß ich nicht, ob die Story mir in den Folgenbänden wirklich noch so gefallen wird. Ich bin gespannt.
Die Hörbuchfassung kann ich nicht empfehlen. Vor allem Nicky wird so naiv vorgelesen und gerade in den erotischen Szenen hat mir das doch einen faden Beigeschmack gegeben. Ich denke ich werde dann auf die Ebooks umsteigen.
Story 4,0/5
(an sich die Idee mit dem „TheAlpha“ ist interessant)
Charaktere 3,6/5
(Nebencharaktere bleiben sehr blass)
Schreibstil 3,0/5
(sehr linear und einfach)
Lesegefühl 3,4/5
(etwas gedämpft durch die Sprecherwahl und die Plot-Holes)
Erotik 4,6/5
(deutliche Männerfantasy aber ich mochte es)
Gesamt 4,0/5
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“The Alpha” is a beast of a harem adventure from Eric Vall. Our hero, Jesse Rafe, is just an average college guy. He likes to hang out and play Dungeons & Dragons with his friends, and his most prized possession is his violin. He’s not the kind of guy one might expect to be the alpha of anything, let alone the Alpha of everything.
But when he gets caught in the middle of a convenience-store robbery, Jesse finds new strength he never knew he had. And that’s not a metaphor. He literally gets stronger, by hulking out into a big mamma-jamma of a werewolf and murdering all the bad guys. Dang, dude. This book goes from zero to sixty in chapter one!
Vall does a great job with the “zero to hero” angle of this story as we follow an ordinary man who is thrust into extraordinary circumstances and forced to adapt to survive. And it’s not just his survival on the line, but the survival of those he loves. Because when you’re the legendary capital-A Alpha who is destined to bring peace to the long-feuding shifter tribes, everyone is gunning for you. Well, not gunning so much as claw-and-toothing, but you get the idea.
As the Alpha, Jesse accumulates power by finding and mating with special shifter females known as omegas. Surprisingly for a haremlit story, Jesse only finds one of them in this first book. But what an omega he finds! Nikita is a drop-dead gorgeous girl who is physically unable to resist giving her entire heart and body to the newly minted Alpha. And the sexytimes abound!
If you’re looking to scratch that shifter-lore haremlit itch, “The Alpha” has the claws you’re looking for. -
First, go into it knowing the genre...if you don't like it, don't bother. And I'll say this about the whole series. You're either going to like it or you won't. I love the story, so I'm able to overlook the MC being less than the most intelligent if you get me, and the few strange aspects (in the love making for example) As a warning, If you intend on going the audiobook direction, try to listen, if you can, to the original narrators or wait for the third. The second are currently being re-recorded due to bad narrating. You will thank me later.
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Absolutely fascinating!
An urban shifter fantasy, and an action packed one at that.
This book is fascinating! Unusual, but fun filled and exciting that I didn't want to put it down.
The construction of pride and packs and the roles of Omega amongst shifter society is interesting.
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I need book two
This was a awesome book with a ever growing MC who is easily likeable and very relatable also this book has amazing side characters that help develop the story a very good book the only downfall is the lack of real test to the hero super weak villain but overall a very good book
