Review: "The Accidental Alpha" by Laurel Ulen Curtis

Emotional crackerjack of a story that is a 10 freaking gold stars

*Received an Advanced Reader Copy for an honest review* So I get really involved in some books, like my whole concentration and being is completely entrenched in the lives of the characters and so far Laurel Ulen Curtis has been able to do that to me quite a few times. I started on the ARC late like last night and the night of the release and when I read the blurb I ALMOST LOST MY SHIT. I kid you now.

So you can IMAGINE my shock when I've finished reading the prologue and the last word left me...

I was chanting NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!

I was really scared to read on to be honest, I was caught up between a hard place and a rock, cos I wanted to know the ENDING and I so didn't want to bawl my eyes out. Cos I was PRETTTTTY sure I was gonna cry. A L O T! And 'lo and behold the next thing I know I was EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP-ing.

That's a good reaction, that's me being really excited. Well to everyone's standard it wouldn't seem really THAT exciting but obviously for me it was cos I got the significance of the release date which was quite sweetly incorporated into the story. All through Accidental Alpha I found incidences which would otherwise seem simple and really not register in our heads but through the character's experience and feelings those simple things made a huge dent in my heart.

So this was a story about Allison, whom we met in A is for Alpha Male, the first book and if you HAVE NOT read it.

GO BUY THE FREAKING SERIES BEFORE YOU COME AND READ MY REVIEW!!

So this is Allison's story and it has WADE in it. Yes this is the reason I totally lost my cool and jumped up and down and was giddy cos I desperately wanted Wade in her story in any shape and form. And what a form it was.

SIGHING!!!!

OMG! Wade, can you say SWEEXY ALPHA!!! That's sweet and sexy and ALPHAAAAAA male to boot. From the very beginning I liked him cos he was sweeet and then when I encountered him in Accidental Alpha, he was sweeeeter and then he showed me SEXY. Holy Batman in heaven!!! The first coming together right after the big REVEAL!! Lord have mercy, he was funny and sweet and damn HOT. I wanted to jump into the book and grab him and kidnap him and have him all to myself. He freaking made my toes CURL.

And then he made me laugh so hard. Oh god. The man has a way with words and thoughts. Seriously all through the series, even when there was serious shit going on there was always the comedy to fall back on. Hales was pretty good at that even though she may come off as insensitive, she knows how to make a situation light with her kind of humor and SHE IS PERRRRFECT. So is Dan-O. Holy mother of Superman!!! Who died in Krypton waaaaay back when. I think y'all will get the significance of that reference. He's just tooooo cute and adorable and sweeeeeet.

In the first book, Laurel mentions two things, her mom and KA. With Allison's relationship with Hales, she pretty much hooked me from the beginning and then with Alli's inner monologues from the start of this book, she sank me deeper. She also portrays her heroes as alphas like KA does in all her books. And boy are they alphas. These aren't just men who are macho and hot and totally drool-worthy, NO!! These are men who aren't really scared of being emotional, open and funny and bottom line they all love to take care of their woman, SECRETLY or OPENLY as it has happened in the series.

As I read on and laughed and cried cos this was an emotional journey I waited for the epic sadness to descend on me and it did.

This was the point where I knew the book was either gonna break my heart or I was gonna have the hugest smile on my face. I literally had tears rolling down my face and finally the blurb, outside of Wade being mentioned, made total sense. And then there was the t-shirt reveal and Laurel, OMG if this was a reference to KA, then LL was one of my favorite of her books.

I refuse to reveal what happens at the end. Because you really have to read this book and experience the awesomeness of family and love and life.

Lauren Ulen Curtis as I write this I have tears in my eyes because this was one journey I am glad I was a part of. Accidental Alpha just wow'd me. And so I give it a 10 sparkly gold stars.

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