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A review by bananatricky
Savage Surrender by Ellis Leigh
4.0
Three and a half stars.
This is the first book I have read by Ellis Leigh, I found the first chapters a little confusing as they references what looks to be two previous series, but after that I found that the book could be read as a stand-alone and the information dump was kind of irrelevant.
Someone is kidnapping Omega wolves. Omegas are apparently related to the almost extinct Dire Wolf shifters and are exclusively female. When a 15 year old Omega is kidnapped and her entire pack murdered by this group the President calls Beelzebub (Bez for short) to his residence and instructs him to retrieve the missing Omega and bring one of the kidnappers in for questioning.
Bez is the leader of the seven strong Dire Wolf pack, the most feared shifters and the greatest fighters, Bez is legendary as never having lost a fight. The Dire Wolves have been a pack for centuries, none has ever found a mate and they have accepted their fate.
In a houseboat deep in the Louisiana swamps Sariel has been kept a prisoner for a month. An Omega from a small pack which practices isolationism she is infertile a'dud' and so of little use to her kidnappers, they threaten to use her as werewolf bait. In this paranormal world werewolves are rabid animals which drink the blood of female wolves. When Angelica, a young Omega is brought into her cell she does her best to look after the young woman.
What did I like about this book? First Bez and Sariel were grown ups. They took responsibility and stepped up. Although the inevitable mate bond frenzy appeared Bez tried to fight it, he knew he had to protect the two women and his rational brain was trying to do that. TBH it was the most believable scenario I have ever seen which deals with the instalove/ mating need. He KNEW it was neither the time nor the place and yet he was powerless to stop it. Sariel strayed into TSTL territory and yet I felt I couldn't blame her, she had the best of intentions.
Overall, this was a promising start to a new series. I like the unusual world-building and the Dire Wolf pack being the biggest and the baddest. The kidnapping arc isn't resolved so I look forward to an arc over several books as a supervillain and his dastardly plan are gradually revealed.
I received a free copy of this novel from the publishers via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
This is the first book I have read by Ellis Leigh, I found the first chapters a little confusing as they references what looks to be two previous series, but after that I found that the book could be read as a stand-alone and the information dump was kind of irrelevant.
Someone is kidnapping Omega wolves. Omegas are apparently related to the almost extinct Dire Wolf shifters and are exclusively female. When a 15 year old Omega is kidnapped and her entire pack murdered by this group the President calls Beelzebub (Bez for short) to his residence and instructs him to retrieve the missing Omega and bring one of the kidnappers in for questioning.
Bez is the leader of the seven strong Dire Wolf pack, the most feared shifters and the greatest fighters, Bez is legendary as never having lost a fight. The Dire Wolves have been a pack for centuries, none has ever found a mate and they have accepted their fate.
In a houseboat deep in the Louisiana swamps Sariel has been kept a prisoner for a month. An Omega from a small pack which practices isolationism she is infertile a'dud' and so of little use to her kidnappers, they threaten to use her as werewolf bait. In this paranormal world werewolves are rabid animals which drink the blood of female wolves. When Angelica, a young Omega is brought into her cell she does her best to look after the young woman.
What did I like about this book? First Bez and Sariel were grown ups. They took responsibility and stepped up. Although the inevitable mate bond frenzy appeared Bez tried to fight it, he knew he had to protect the two women and his rational brain was trying to do that. TBH it was the most believable scenario I have ever seen which deals with the instalove/ mating need. He KNEW it was neither the time nor the place and yet he was powerless to stop it. Sariel strayed into TSTL territory and yet I felt I couldn't blame her, she had the best of intentions.
Overall, this was a promising start to a new series. I like the unusual world-building and the Dire Wolf pack being the biggest and the baddest. The kidnapping arc isn't resolved so I look forward to an arc over several books as a supervillain and his dastardly plan are gradually revealed.
I received a free copy of this novel from the publishers via NetGalley in return for an honest review.