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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…
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…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Blood
Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, War