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Thrown to the Wolves by Charlie Adhara

4 reviews

wilybooklover's review

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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wardenred's review

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emotional funny mysterious tense medium-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

Being open isn’t easy for either of us. Shit, maybe not for anyone. But I work on it because, to me, you’re worth it. And you know what, Oliver? I’m worth it, too. So pull your shit together so we can get on with being mates and in love and all that trash.

This is exactly the book I was waiting for! Finally, a nice deep dive into Oliver's past, as well as the werewolf society, politics, history, and tradition. Totally worth the wait, too! The first two books of the series served as an awesome build-up to this perfect storm (in addition to, you know, simply being excellent reads on their own).

In many ways, this installment mirrors The Wolf at Bay, except this time it's Cooper heading to Oliver's childhood home to meet his family and not the other way around. And it's so clear that Cooper has truly learned his lessons from last book's debacle, except it doesn't prevent misunderstandings from happening because Oliver hasn't really been learning any lessons, until now. The late part of the previous book made it rather clear that underneath his perfect facade he's at least as fucked up as Cooper, and I was eager to learn what flavor of fucked-up it is. Not to give anything away, but it's a very interesting flavor, and I can't wait to pick up the next book and see where these two go from here. I have complete faith in their relationship, but I also have no doubt there's still a lot of compelling rockiness ahead.

The mystery here was more convoluted, I felt, than in the first two books, but no less entertaining, and when all the threads came together it all made sense. In the previous books, I was able to guess at least one important detail early on. In this case, there was only one time when I was faster grasping information than it was revealed, and it was only like by half a page. Which is fun! I love being surprised by mysteries like that. The final big twist in the investigation was served perfectly along with the final big twist in the relationship arc (speaking of that relationship arc twist? definitely can't wait to read the next book, OMG).

Adhara's writing keeps getting stronger with each installment. I mentioned in my reviews for the first two books that I had some stumbles with the prose here and there; in this one, there's absolutely none of that. The banter keeps getting cleverer and cleverer, the descriptions for settings and characters are so vivid and spot-on, and I loved how the author managed to make everyone in Oliver's pretty huge family stand out. Also, happy to see a minor trope (is it even a trope?) that I happen to love: the LI's ex being first introduced as a potential menace to relationship, but then the MC and the ex end up becoming friends/friendly. Speaking of the ex, Eli has such a fun and entertaining personality, I need more of him!

All in all, I had a wonderful time with this novel, and Big Bad Wolf is now officially my top favorite m/m supernatural mystery romance series.

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marysbookinit's review

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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wanderingtales's review

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-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

4.5

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