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Wolf.e by Paisley Hope

4 reviews

koistyfishy's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

3.5 Hummingbird Stars ⭐️
Spicy Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5

Hand necklace on the cover? Say less.

“The way I feel about you, Brinley, a word as simple as love isn’t enough. You’re the blood in my veins.” I whimper into his lips with his words. “You’re the one I would sacrifice everything for.” His lips meet my temple. “You’re my need to survive.”

This was my first Paisley Hope book, and honestly? I requested this because of the cover. I’m a sucker for that pin-up art style, and the fact that he’s giving her a hand necklace went straight to my happy place. Yes, I know... I should probably see a psychologist about that.

Anyway. I went in with zero expectations. I was kinda hoping for an alpha male who’s possessive, jealous, and takes “touch her and die” way too seriously. And... that’s exactly what I got. With a whole lot of smut! LIKE A LOT OF SMUT!

𝙎𝙮𝙣𝙤𝙥𝙨𝙞𝙨:
We follow Brinley Rose Beaumont, who’s just broken up with her boyfriend and lost her interior design job. So, like anyone would, she heads back to her family home to lick her wounds. With her parents gone, it’s all she’s got left. While she’s there, she runs into her best friend from high school (the peanut butter to her jelly) and ends up roped into attending her wedding. A wedding she originally declined because her ex couldn’t make it. The catch? Her BFF is marrying the sergeant-at-arms of a motorcycle club. So now, Miss Goody Two-Shoes is exposed to the MC world... and the club president himself: Gabriel Wolfe... AND No, he’s not a shifter, Wolfe is just his surname. And when he lays eyes on our little hummingbird, he wants to devour her... in every way.

𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨:
Brinley’s character is pretty stereotypical in that she is sheltered, naive, and innocent. But like the transformation of the leather-clad "Sandra Dee", Brinley gets corrupted into club life. And as she falls deeper for Wolfe, her morals slowly go flying out the window. She begins reshaping her beliefs to fit this new world, the one where being an “old lady” means loyalty, grit, and a whole lot of chaos. She does show some fire once she gets into the swing of it, and Wolfe helps groom that edge. He teaches her how to fight and stand up for herself. She learns to thrive on the thrill, the hunt, and the rawness of their relationship. It's primal. It's explosive... and it's fucking sexy!

Wolfe is exactly the MC president stereotype you imagine when you think of the type of man who would be a MC President. He is controlling, grumpy, dangerous, and hot as sin. And, honestly, I wasn’t mad about it. He oozes power and sex and I LOVED IT!

So here’s the thing... the sex is kind of the plot. There’s a very loose background storyline, but the majority of the book is them screwing on every available surface while Wolfe grunts, growls, and marks his territory (the territory being Brinley). If you’re looking for something deep or emotional, this isn’t that. But if you want something sexy and toe-curling that’ll get your blood pumping? You’re in the right place. It’s dirty, it’s intense, and it taps into the primal, vicious fantasy a lot of us secretly want to live out.

I wouldn’t say the relationship had tons of emotional chemistry as it was heavily skewed to the physical. They’re insatiably attracted to each other, but that often overshadows the emotional build. Still, Brinley gets to live out a fantasy that’s raw and wild, and you know what? I was here for it.

It also helped that it was like a glorious grocery list of all the kinks I love reading about. We had Blood play, Knife play, Primal Play and BONDAGE!

𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨:
▶ MC Club Romance
▶ Good Girl X Bad Boy
▶ Touch Her You Die
▶ Fast Burn
▶ Only Soft For Her
▶ Band of Brothers
▶ Small Town Romance
▶ Forced Proximity

𝙎𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨:
➢ Degradation and Praise
➢ Sex on a Motorcycle
➢ Primal play
➢ Hand Necklaces and Breath Play
➢ Blood Play
➢ Knife Play
➢ Voyeurism
➢ Pierced MMC
➢ Alcohol Play

and 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙧𝙤 𝙏𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨:
▷ Nicknames
▷ Dirty Talk
▷ "It Won't Fit" and Fingers Can't Close
▷ "Fuck it"
▷ She Shoots Him
▷ "Don't Stop"
▷ Tending to Injuries
▷ Mirror/Reflection Sex
▷ "Greedy Girl"
▷ "Mine" and "More"

So yeah my first Paisley Hope book was a spicy little success. Not what I expected... but exactly what I needed. So I recommend this if you’re a good girl who wouldn’t mind being absolutely wrecked by a filthy, possessive biker?

Thank you to Random House UK, Cornerstone, Netgally and Paisley Hope for the gifted copy! All thoughts and opinions are my own

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abidavisf's review against another edition

3.75

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Wowee! Wolf.e is something else! Coming from Paisley Hope’s cowboy romances, I am stunned. This was a fun read but not for the faint-hearted. It’s got everything: murder, misogyny, aggression, pure violence, possession, and a bit of hunting to go with it. I know very little about motorbike clubs and I’m definitely intrigued, though also slightly afraid.

Brinley is a clean-cut debutante from the ‘right side’ of the tracks. When she loses her job and her boyfriend, she moves back to her hometown where her childhood best friend is marrying a club member. She locks eyes with the super sexy club president and her fate is sealed.

Gabriel is not the kind of book boyfriend that I would want but I can see what about him is so attractive to Brinley. For me, he’s just that bit too forceful. There’s being rough and then there’s bruising and marking. That’s not for me. I do genuinely believe, though, that he would never intentionally hurt Brinley and that’s, obviously, a positive.

We’re told at the start that Brinley has these deep fantasies about darker sex, but we don’t get much more information about that. Even when she finds it with Gabriel, we don’t get to experience her really reminiscing on how it compares to her fantasies. We only see it from his perspective where he notices how inexperienced she is (which would be mortifying to me, by the way!). I’d have liked to have gone into a bit more detail about that. I’d also like some more descriptions around the piercings and how they feel. They’re just there in this book, but I think there was a great opportunity to delve into the benefits they provide even more.

I enjoyed delving into the MC life. As mentioned, it’s not something I know a lot about and it was fascinating to me to hear how some of them may work and the different roles that people play.

This was a pretty fast-paced book and there were areas I’d have liked for us to have slowed down in to experience a bit more. For example, I’d have loved to have seen Brinley and Layla catch up more outside of talking about the club. More of the day-to-day that Gabriel and Brinley share while living together could also be interesting. We’re told they have these chats about life but I just can’t imagine it, so seeing some of them would have been nice.

I thought Evan may have ended up being a bigger part of the story and coming back but, since he didn’t, I feel like any mention of him later in the book was unnecessary. I did work out the twist so that wasn’t too shocking to me. What is definitely shocking to me though is who book 2 is about! Colour me very intrigued…

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