Hello, thank you for your message. I read your bio, and maybe it's because Tiger, Tiger is my baby, and I appreciate an honest opinion to help me learn, but it felt like you really tore into me! :L
I very much agree with your comment that Tiger, Tiger felt rushed. I have a bad habit of speeding through important parts of the plot, and I plan to go back and build upon my groundwork.
Maybe Lilith was insignificant, but I wanted a way to show that Alexis could be treated cruelly. Many of the other shifters and weres are there because the scientists had stolen others, and a pack recquires numbers. I needed to show interaction between Alexis and the pack members.
The Rose issue I do, however, agree with mostly. I think that they could have had more time to bond (another rushed main part), but sometimes you meet people you instantly like and Alexis and Rose bonded over common problems of isolation and bullying. The friendship between Alexis, Camille and Sally wasn't as rushed, I don't think. People group togther in difficult situations.
The two points about Alexis and Alexander. One I agree with wholly, the other not as much. The point about the rushing: true. I hate the way I wrote their admitting their feelings, I desperately want to rewrite it soon. The bit about the love being a little unbelievable, I did explain in the story. My idea of mates I that there are so few shifters and weres, you are instantly signalled to the most compatible person possible. Therefore the perfect match for her is Alexander, so she is instantly "attracted". I did put in the story that Alexis is very wary of him to begin with, despite them being mates, but warms to him and even Alexander isn't sure if it's real love or not.
Some people were confused by the "pack ranking", I guess I forgot that people may not know about it. I'm sorry I didn't include a better description. Thank you for pointing it out and I will go back and add more explanation.