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spicycronereads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I read the fourth book in this series first as it was part of a giveaway. I loved that this first one focused on Una and Killian as I had already liked her character. Una is a great MC - strong, smart, brave. Her and Killian’s love story was unexpectedly sweet. I liked this one much better than the fourth one, and it has me rethinking some of the things that I didn’t love about the fourth in light of events and characterizations in this one.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual content, Ableism, and Bullying
Moderate: Violence, Body shaming, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault
Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Trafficking
noellelovesbooks's review against another edition
3.75
Content Warnings: Sexual situations, ableism, violence, sexism, misogyny, sexual assault, sexual harassment, child abuse, transphobia, toxic relationships, and domestic violence.
Mention of: rape, death of parents, murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, eugenics [in the form of killing anyone considered weak or "damaged", and captivity.
I instantly liked Una and her personality and wanted to punch Killian where it hurts 😤
The pack history was interesting, angering but interesting...and you don't find many shifter books where mated pairs sleep with other people...so that was something I wasn't expecting.
Loved that Una constantly challenged Killian and didn't back down from his BS...which was A LOT. haha Really wish he'd done more groveling tbh 😤
Overall it was a fun read and I'll most likely be checking out the rest of the series 💜
Mention of: rape, death of parents, murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, eugenics [in the form of killing anyone considered weak or "damaged", and captivity.
I instantly liked Una and her personality and wanted to punch Killian where it hurts 😤
The pack history was interesting, angering but interesting...and you don't find many shifter books where mated pairs sleep with other people...so that was something I wasn't expecting.
Loved that Una constantly challenged Killian and didn't back down from his BS...which was A LOT. haha Really wish he'd done more groveling tbh 😤
Overall it was a fun read and I'll most likely be checking out the rest of the series 💜
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Ableism, Sexism, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Transphobia
Minor: Rape, Death of parent, Murder, and Kidnapping
unsuccessfulbookclub's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book had absolutely NO BUSINESS BEING THIS GOOD.
This title, this cover, this concept? None of it looks like a book I would like and yet - I stayed up way past my bedtime finishing it. The pacing is great and the characters are so so so realistic (lol yes, I am saying that about wolf shifters, fated mates, magic and uhhhh…knots).
Anyway, if you need me I’ll be busy making this series my whole personality.
👍🏻Recommended!! If you love groveling and modern fantasy with gripping plots and incredible tension? This is for you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Abandonment, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Transphobia, and Sexual assault
mslori's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Here's the thing, I usually don't care for wolf shifter pack or books with alphas. I try them every year and they just fall flat for me. But this author, seems to make me at least like genres (like biker romance) that I would normally avoid. So with that in mind this is the best wolf shifter pack with a temperamental alpha and fated mate story I have ever read. I still don't love this genre, but this book was pretty good.
Hope that makes sense.
Hope that makes sense.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual harassment, Violence, and Sexism
Minor: Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping
now_booking's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
This was a unique sort of shifter romance where instead of being a mate-or-nothing sort, the alpha, Killian, rejects his fated mate, Una, initially (for really no good reason, let’s be honest) and spends the rest of the book groveling to get her back. I overall liked it and thought I’d was good, but I’m also not feeling like it’s my favourite shifter romance I’ve ever encountered. It was well-written and despite the beginning I liked how the author managed to write Killian back from an absolute a-hole to someone I actively liked. Una also came into her own in this story which was nice. Sometimes in these stories when one character has a huge character growth arc, the other character is kind of forgotten, but Una also came into her own in confidence and assertiveness throughout this book and that was a pleasure to read. I think some of the character transitions from beginning to end seemed to pop out of nowhere but this was good and I would read the next book happily. The secondary characters really popped and I’m curious about so many potential couples here. Not much diversity, but there is a gender non-conforming potential story lurking in this world (maybe in a future book) that I think would be really innovative for shifter romance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Bullying, Ableism, Blood, Classism, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abandonment
Minor: Domestic abuse and Child abuse
tiggerreads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
CW: violence, blood
I wasn't sure what to expect as I read some not enthusiastic reviews before I decided to read this one. I have to say that I disagree with all of the ones that I read. I like the world that Ms. Wells built. Shifters are known to humans and the magic is interesting. I liked that Killian spent a good portion of the book groveling. I understand why Una was reluctant to believe Killian. He brought her a lot of pain. I found the explanation as to why Killian didn't feel the mate bond at first. It makes Abertha a very interesting character.
I wasn't sure what to expect as I read some not enthusiastic reviews before I decided to read this one. I have to say that I disagree with all of the ones that I read. I like the world that Ms. Wells built. Shifters are known to humans and the magic is interesting. I liked that Killian spent a good portion of the book groveling. I understand why Una was reluctant to believe Killian. He brought her a lot of pain. I found the explanation as to why Killian didn't feel the mate bond at first. It makes Abertha a very interesting character.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Blood
Minor: Death of parent
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