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vcain342's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
bookish_embers's review
4.0
Wild Moon by CR Jane and Mila Young is the first book in this new series of theirs. This book is also apart of the Kingdom of Wolves shared world between an awesome group of authors who all have books that will focus on different characters within this world.
In this book, Rune is running from her fated mate who is abusive to her. She stumbles across a hidden shifter town after she wrecks her car, and where she ends up meeting Alpha Wilder and Alpha Daxson. She and Alpha Wilder are nowhere close to being friends at first, in fact, Wilder seems to hate her being in town. Rune ends up making a friend though and gets a job as a waitress at the place Alpha Wilder owns. There is a fight that breaks out between the two alphas over some girl, but by the end of the book, it seems the girl is becoming a thing of the past (where she rightly belongs) as Alpha Wilder and Daxson have their eyes set on Rune. The book does end on a cliffhanger, but it just made me intrigued to see what will happen in book 2 of this series.
In this book, Rune is running from her fated mate who is abusive to her. She stumbles across a hidden shifter town after she wrecks her car, and where she ends up meeting Alpha Wilder and Alpha Daxson. She and Alpha Wilder are nowhere close to being friends at first, in fact, Wilder seems to hate her being in town. Rune ends up making a friend though and gets a job as a waitress at the place Alpha Wilder owns. There is a fight that breaks out between the two alphas over some girl, but by the end of the book, it seems the girl is becoming a thing of the past (where she rightly belongs) as Alpha Wilder and Daxson have their eyes set on Rune. The book does end on a cliffhanger, but it just made me intrigued to see what will happen in book 2 of this series.
toyboxtrash's review against another edition
4.0
This book deserves more stars than it has!!
First of all the low reviews almost put me off this book because there were so many before I found the 4/5 star reviews. 99% of the low reviews seem to be people who cannot read between the lines or they haven’t actually taken in what the author has told them.
I understand why people say they are confused by the book but you need to actually read what the author is saying and build some of the background yourself. This style of writing doesn’t lay everything out In black and white. This isn’t the type of book you can skim read.
Common things mentioned in the low reviews:
1) How doesn’t Rune know she has moved to a town full of shifters?
Well this answer is simple and is explained in the book. She is a latent wolf, which means she has never shifted before, this means all of her werewolf senses that would be heightened have never emerged and she is for all intents and purposes 100% human. She confirms this by her flashbacks showing she has no wolf strength, she doesn’t heal as she still has sore ribs from her beatings etc. she has studied maps prior to escaping her Alpha/pack and she knows exactly where shifters and their packs are and she is trying to avoid them at all costs so that she won’t be sent back to the pack for punishment. Because this town has never showed up on maps she didn’t automatically know this was a shifter town. Wolves CANNOT just out themselves to humans so she couldn’t exactly walk up to someone and ask them if they are a wolf. The same why they won’t just outright ask her if she is one even if they question it. Clearly they have a suspicion and I doubt her scent has been released making it easy for them to tell. She’s never been around humans it seems which is why she asks the question of do all males try and have dominance over others both human and wolves? She won’t know if humans act in the same ways as dominant wolves.
2) if she is running away why does she have nice clothes?
Simple - She doesn’t. She stated she ran away with little clothing and these items were clearly maid clothing (black skirt, white blouse and black blouse and black heeled pumps). She said that she bought the yellow sundress when she saw it in the window because she would never have been allowed to wear that before because of her mate. She bought cheap clothing items she saw mainly in rebellion that she was never allowed to wear that kind of outfit before she ran. She said she bought the blue dress in the new town because she has a date with Daxson.
3) she asks if there are packs living here and is told there are 2 so how doesn’t she know she is in a shifter town?
When she asks about the ‘packs’ she’s asking if there are packs of wild wolves living in the woods NOT asking about shifter packs. Because she has heard and saw several wolves she needed to know if they were wild or shifter wolves. When She’s told about them obviously the character said there were 2 packs and she meant shifters but as she thinks Rune is human she can tell her that as normal gathering of wolves is also called a pack.
4) why is she so shocked when people shift?
She is shocked because she thinks she has fallen into a town of shifters that will send her back to her Alpha/Mate for punishment as it could be one of her allies. The one thing she wants away from is shifters as she can’t shift and has no abilities she feels more human and knows she will be safer in a human population. It’s not that she is shocked that wolves exist, she is scared and haunted by her pack who clearly tortured her as wolves and she is distrusting of anyone wolf Or human it doesn’t matter. She just wants as far away from shifter life as possible.
Clearly Wilder and Daxson believe she is their true mate and fated to them. They think she is human and they don’t know she is a shifter as she has never shown them any reason to not believe she is human. They convince her she didn’t see a shifter in the woods and she believes it because she can’t heal herself (obviously some healed her as per Wilder explaining the 4 types of wolves) so she thinks she is seeing things because she is traumatised from her past and doesn’t want to accept she could have fallen into shifter territory. Because she sees Wilder shift at the blue moon run, they planned to sedate her before she could run. She admits there she is a shifter and isn’t a threat which is clearly a relief to them because they stated they wanted her to want to stay before explaining that she is mated to a wolf.
I don’t believe any of this is confusing, it’s just the writing style the author has chosen. We obviously don’t know who her father is, why her mother just ran odd when she was ‘outed’ or why she was outed. Clearly she has a healing ability so I’m guessing mother was a Lycan and her father is the type of wolf that Daxsons pack is (can’t remember the name of them right now), or she has some type of magic healing ability. Maybe she is a hybrid and that’s why they made her latent. I don’t know but I’m excited to find out.
The story could have been written a little bit clearer for those who like more simplistic writing but obviously the author wants you to use your Brain to fill in the gaps. It doesn’t deserve all the low star reviews. I can’t wait to find out what’s going to happen next and I hope she continues to become more assertive and I can see how she has been beaten down to be submissive but I don’t think she really is that submissive.
First of all the low reviews almost put me off this book because there were so many before I found the 4/5 star reviews. 99% of the low reviews seem to be people who cannot read between the lines or they haven’t actually taken in what the author has told them.
I understand why people say they are confused by the book but you need to actually read what the author is saying and build some of the background yourself. This style of writing doesn’t lay everything out In black and white. This isn’t the type of book you can skim read.
Common things mentioned in the low reviews:
1) How doesn’t Rune know she has moved to a town full of shifters?
Well this answer is simple and is explained in the book. She is a latent wolf, which means she has never shifted before, this means all of her werewolf senses that would be heightened have never emerged and she is for all intents and purposes 100% human. She confirms this by her flashbacks showing she has no wolf strength, she doesn’t heal as she still has sore ribs from her beatings etc. she has studied maps prior to escaping her Alpha/pack and she knows exactly where shifters and their packs are and she is trying to avoid them at all costs so that she won’t be sent back to the pack for punishment. Because this town has never showed up on maps she didn’t automatically know this was a shifter town. Wolves CANNOT just out themselves to humans so she couldn’t exactly walk up to someone and ask them if they are a wolf. The same why they won’t just outright ask her if she is one even if they question it. Clearly they have a suspicion and I doubt her scent has been released making it easy for them to tell. She’s never been around humans it seems which is why she asks the question of do all males try and have dominance over others both human and wolves? She won’t know if humans act in the same ways as dominant wolves.
2) if she is running away why does she have nice clothes?
Simple - She doesn’t. She stated she ran away with little clothing and these items were clearly maid clothing (black skirt, white blouse and black blouse and black heeled pumps). She said that she bought the yellow sundress when she saw it in the window because she would never have been allowed to wear that before because of her mate. She bought cheap clothing items she saw mainly in rebellion that she was never allowed to wear that kind of outfit before she ran. She said she bought the blue dress in the new town because she has a date with Daxson.
3) she asks if there are packs living here and is told there are 2 so how doesn’t she know she is in a shifter town?
When she asks about the ‘packs’ she’s asking if there are packs of wild wolves living in the woods NOT asking about shifter packs. Because she has heard and saw several wolves she needed to know if they were wild or shifter wolves. When She’s told about them obviously the character said there were 2 packs and she meant shifters but as she thinks Rune is human she can tell her that as normal gathering of wolves is also called a pack.
4) why is she so shocked when people shift?
She is shocked because she thinks she has fallen into a town of shifters that will send her back to her Alpha/Mate for punishment as it could be one of her allies. The one thing she wants away from is shifters as she can’t shift and has no abilities she feels more human and knows she will be safer in a human population. It’s not that she is shocked that wolves exist, she is scared and haunted by her pack who clearly tortured her as wolves and she is distrusting of anyone wolf Or human it doesn’t matter. She just wants as far away from shifter life as possible.
Clearly Wilder and Daxson believe she is their true mate and fated to them. They think she is human and they don’t know she is a shifter as she has never shown them any reason to not believe she is human. They convince her she didn’t see a shifter in the woods and she believes it because she can’t heal herself (obviously some healed her as per Wilder explaining the 4 types of wolves) so she thinks she is seeing things because she is traumatised from her past and doesn’t want to accept she could have fallen into shifter territory. Because she sees Wilder shift at the blue moon run, they planned to sedate her before she could run. She admits there she is a shifter and isn’t a threat which is clearly a relief to them because they stated they wanted her to want to stay before explaining that she is mated to a wolf.
I don’t believe any of this is confusing, it’s just the writing style the author has chosen. We obviously don’t know who her father is, why her mother just ran odd when she was ‘outed’ or why she was outed. Clearly she has a healing ability so I’m guessing mother was a Lycan and her father is the type of wolf that Daxsons pack is (can’t remember the name of them right now), or she has some type of magic healing ability. Maybe she is a hybrid and that’s why they made her latent. I don’t know but I’m excited to find out.
The story could have been written a little bit clearer for those who like more simplistic writing but obviously the author wants you to use your Brain to fill in the gaps. It doesn’t deserve all the low star reviews. I can’t wait to find out what’s going to happen next and I hope she continues to become more assertive and I can see how she has been beaten down to be submissive but I don’t think she really is that submissive.
rileysb00ks's review
adventurous
dark
funny
slow-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? No
3.0
book_lover_97's review
4.0
This is an intriguing read with very interesting characters. This is a start to a new reject mate series that is filled with mystery and twists. When reading there are a few questions that popped up, but some were answered as the story continued. I am very excited to read the next book in Rune's story.
pritenpink2's review
1.0
The writing style was good. I simply got bored of the plot and found myself doing anything other than reading. I also enjoy strong female characters and this book didn’t appear to have it. Perhaps if I stuck with it longer the female lead would have developed a backbone or showed more of a backbone.