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3.0 out of 5 starsThe Big Bad Wolf and the Shy Awkward Novelist
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 28, 2023
3.5 Stars
Miles, the unofficial leader of this mismatched pack finally finds the woman that the curse has made his fated mate.
For the most part, I liked this book. I wasn’t sure how a pack made up of four different shifters would work. But they’ve made the best of it. Forming their own family when their biological families turned them out.
In the first book we learn of the witches curse on each of the shifters. They all know it’s coming. Two have already found their mates. Miles finds his when he helps his new neighbor bring up her groceries.
Celina is a novelist, with unrelenting writers block. Her editor suggests a vacation, time away to clear her head and recharge her batteries. So a map, a blindfolded choice sends her to Lilly Valley Colorado. As soon as the choice is made, something about the location just feels right.
This was a good story, I really like the characters.
Miles was trained as a detective. His enhanced wolf senses help him with tracking. When he meets Celina, he immediately sees and senses she is not like most women. She’s shy, nervous, introverted and downright awkward. So he proceeds with caution. He was very aware of her feelings and is extremely patient with her. With her background in fantasy books, she is much more open and accepting of his wolf.
Celina grew up in foster care. Abandoned by her parents, she grew very distrustful of people. They were never what they claimed, or befriended her to gain something. She’s taken to isolating herself. Living in a big city allows her to feed this fear. A small town, forces her out of her house and her comfort zone. At times she drove me nuts with the poor pitiful me routine. Then would turn around at the same moment and get angry with Miles for trying to protect her. She was all over the place. But she does get better.
We get a lot more information about the big leader funding the Hunters. And learn the lengths he’s willing to go to end the shifters.
It was a fast paced story. Lots of twists and turns, mystery and intrigue.
But as with the other books, continuity and editing is an issue.
Miles and Celina find their way together, but the Hunter arc is unfinished.
I would recommend reading the series in order.
