This is exactly the kind of story it says on the tin. A "fated mates" story, with all the instant attraction and romantic feelings that (sadly) come with the territory, what turned out to be a rather pointless "bogeyman", and a mixed bag of mythical and small town aesthetics and side characters that don't really end up meaning much in this story. A shame, because if the author had bothered to expand on what was already here, they could've created a very sweet story about "fated mates" in real life while dealing with loss and new beginnings, omitted the crazy ex with a hired hitman and focused more on a seemingly real threat to shifters, with perhaps a deepened mystery aspect added to it with the arsons and missing hikers before the final reveal of the real threat. So a few things simplified there and others added here. But, oh well. The narration wasn't for me in this one either.