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The Alpha and His King
- Kincaid Pack, Book 1
- Narrated by: Kirt Graves
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Publisher's Summary
When Kai flies out of a shed, swinging a rake, Rick's life flips upside down.
As alpha, Rick's dedication to his pack has never wavered - until Kai. The pull he feels toward the younger man is more than a simple distraction, but Rick won't let himself lose focus. Not while a hidden enemy is drawing near.
Moving in with the grumpy alpha who saved him is a big change for Kai, and it isn't long before he begins to ache for something he can't have. As a half-human shifter responsible for his three younger siblings, he knows he can never be Rick's mate.
Pushing aside their doubts and insecurities, they grow closer. But when the pack's enemies strike, bringing their fears to fruition, Rick and Kai have to decide if they're willing to risk it all to be together.
Contains mature themes.
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- ssuther7
- 2023-09-28
Great start to a new series
This was a great book overall - I loved all of the different characters, enjoyed the world-building, and there was some excellent steaminess. The narrator's performance was well done, as always. There's a LOT that is left not dealt with, and it's clearly meant to make you want to continue the series, which I do. But if you're looking for something that could be read as a stand-alone, I wouldn't recommend this.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-09-06
So excited about this series!!
I am so excited about this series. Great narration. Lovable characters!! Good storyline with just enough drama!
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- Kindle Customer
- 2023-09-07
Easy Listening
Story kept me entertained - narration was steady. It was an enjoyable listen and not hard to keep focus.
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- Elizabeth D
- 2024-09-01
Needed more relationship development and clear equality for me
2.5/5 I listen to this on audio while walking or cooking, which I think helped me out when aspects of the story annoyed me. There were a number of things that I liked about it: Kai, Callie, Sammy, and Henry; Beth and the enforcers and betas; Jessica. I liked the theory of a caring Alpha, where abuse wasn’t tolerated and the pack was taken care of.
Unfortunately, Rick’s behaviour was a major red flag for me a lot of the time. His short temper was problematic because of his position of power; although he was never physically harmful to good pack members, his instances of anger hurt those around him because they’re affected by the Alpha’s emotions. And he just didn’t seem to try to ever curb it. (Why was he so short-tempered and angry? No explanation is given.) Added to that, he often seemed to go with Alpha orders rather than explanations way too often. I couldn’t believe how little was actually discussed with the King siblings about their situation, how they would be supported, what would happen after they left the Manor, etc, etc. (Were they given any money before they moved out? Were they solely dependent on the random kindness of the pack?)
It took way too long to have an actual conversation about what kind of Alpha Rick is (i.e. explicitly tell the Kings that they are not in danger of being assaulted. Even if they wouldn’t have believed him at the beginning, necessarily, the words should have been spoken, especially given that the initial encounter had Rick implying he might be a different sort of Alpha). Rick doesn’t have a discussion with Sam about her future, he tells her what’s happening. (She then screams at him, he lets her calm down, and this seems to do wonders for their relationship. This is the healthy relationship model we want to showcase?) He orders the Kings to do something at a ceremony, ignores what they say about not doing it, and makes them do it. (It has a positive outcome, but as a symptom of the whole, I just found it really disturbing.)
Come on, these are abuse survivors who have had no control over their lives, who have no idea what will happen in their future, and Rick comes across as incredibly controlling (and possessive, particularly towards Kai. “Knots are for ownership”? Really? Ugh.) Sam is given schooling options (well, orders), but there’s never any question if Kai might like to go to university or college (or finish high school, I don’t know how far he made it with his parents being as they were). He might be nineteen now, but he’s spent too long raising his siblings because his parents couldn’t parent. Wouldn’t it be nice for him to have options that weren’t automatically “will make a great Alpha mate eventually”?
Rick isn’t mean to those he cares about, and he takes care of his pack. (There are some lovely scenes where he protects people who aren’t being treated well.) But I almost never felt like we were getting Rick and Kai. I felt like we were getting the Alpha and Kai. Pretty much all the time. (Rick refers to both Kai and the rest of the Kings as “pups”, even in intimate moments with Kai.) In the context of everything else, this made me uncomfortable. The power imbalance is never really addressed, and I don’t feel like Rick made any effort to understand how the others might feel. (Also, getting Kai to “consent” to the mate bite when he’s clearly overwhelmed during sex made me uncomfortable. Yes, I believe Kai would have consented otherwise, but couldn’t we have had an actual conversation? I presume this is permanent, and we also didn’t really talk about the duties of an alpha mate It’s just happening, like everything else that happens to Kai.)
I enjoyed the pieces we got to see of Kai trying to care for Rick and the pack, hiring help for Beth and trying to get Rick an assistant, but it never felt like we got to see this relationship actually *working*. I would have liked an epilogue set a few years in the future and to see some positive change, but the set-up for the ongoing series plot presumably made that impossible at this point.
Although I’m curious who’s after Rick and the Kinkaid pack, I don’t think I’ll read more in the series.
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