The Wolf at Bay

I really want to like this series more than I do. It's well written and plotted, and I appreciate the Jewish representation (one MC is half-Jewish but it's not In Your Face, just occasional mentions about Hanukkah instead of Christmas). But Cooper is such an annoying MC that I can't bring myself to recommend it more. The entire book consists of him afraid to tell Park how he feels until he blurts it out when Park is held at gunpoint during the book's climactic scene. Until then we get lots of “I really should tell him....just not now because Reasons.” Frankly, I'm not too sure what Park sees in him, other than great sex. Maybe it would help if we saw Cooper from Park's POV, but since everything is narrated by Cooper we only see his endless emotional dithering and (self admitted) toxic masculinity. Having read the first two books in the series, I probably will finish out the trilogy with [b:Thrown to the Wolves 42639979 Thrown to the Wolves (Big Bad Wolf #3) Charlie Adhara https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1549295763s/42639979.jpg 65574581] because there are some major questions left unanswered, but I'm not in any rush.