Review of book 2 of the Mismatched Mates series by Eliot Grayson 5/5⭐️ 4/5🌶 10/5😵‍💫✨️ backfiring curses and forced proximity Bookblurb: "Captured, imprisoned, and…falling in love? Arik is many things. Shaman, necromancer, a little on the snarky side…no one could ever accuse him of being boring. But one thing he never intended to be was imprisoned by angry werewolves. Maybe casting that love spell on the sexy alpha pack leader wasn’t such a great idea after all. Matthew Armitage has a problem. Several of them, actually. And the biggest one is Arik. The shaman can’t be trusted. He’s dangerous enough to get the entire pack killed. Matthew knows that. But knowing doesn’t make it any easier to keep his mind (and hands) off Arik. Surely everything he’s feeling is a side effect of the spell…right? It’s not long before enemies of the pack start circling—including one intent on claiming Arik as his unwilling mate. If they have any hope of surviving, Arik and Matthew will need to work together. And if they want a shot at happily ever after…well, they’ll just have to cross that bridge when they get to it. If they get to it…" ⚠️Captive Mate contains a vivid memory of a sexual assault, but the assault occurs in the past and off-page and is not between the main characters Captive mate sets off right after the Events of the first book with Arik, the enemy Shaman and little bitch doing his utmost to pretend he isn't bothered by his fucked up curse, that should only affect Matthew. Matt on the other hand is now very aware, that he’s been cursed and is rightfully pissed at Arik ... or is there more behind his artificial feelings? It took me a bit to be ok with Arik as the MMC, but after glimpses into his backstory I really symphasized and grew to love him. Matts darker side coming to the surface for the Shaman was rather satisfing to read and the end had me hooked for more! Enjoy! ~Rei