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Savage Urges
by Suzanne Wright
I really, really, REALLY enjoyed this instalment of The Phoenix Pack series!
In previous books Ryan mostly grunts, we know very little to nothing about him or why he doesn’t communicate with people socially so I was worried how she was going to write him as a main character but I’m glad to say I loved diving deeper into Ryan and his past.
I appreciated that Ryan knew pretty much instantly that he was True Mates with McKenna as this was one of my issues surrounding the previous books that they all seemed to only figure out they are true mates after claiming each other or after people mention the possibility but not with Ryan and I think this is because he is very typically shown as being someone who is factual and sees things in a very logical way so when he sees the typical signs (that we have seen in previous books between the main characters). This is such a nice refreshing change from having to point it out to the main characters.
McKenna on the other hand doesn’t want to feel the mate bond but she thinks it’s imprinting and she is worried Ryan won’t want to do this because of his terrible upbringing and his parents not being true mates (this is the closest we have seen into an imprinting relationship but obviously it’s not the main characters). It was nice to be able to see a different side to the loner lifestyle because twice we have seen loner wolves being a killer for hire or turning rogue so this was nice to see how hard loner life can be.
We are introduced to some other shifter species too and they are all currently at the Phoenix Pack house (or have sadly died!) making for a nice way to continue the story and introduce us to new shifters. Also interesting is the addition of Darren’s mate Ally, we don’t know how they met etc but I believe this is a book in a series that has been written for the Mercury Pack so while I’m not as enthusiastic about that pack I can’t wait to see Darren’s story as I liked him in carnal secrets (it was about the only thing I liked).
All in all I absolutely loved learning about Ryan and why he is the way he is as this has kept me wondering throughout all the books. I love there are more kids in the pack too so maybe we can see more of how kye interacts with children as he is always around the adults.
The sex scenes are great once again and Ryan is quite chatty in the bedroom (it’s always the quiet ones you have to watch out for haha). Hopefully the next book will be just as good.
Few points I didn’t like, again are mainly based on the writing style and choices made, I don’t like how they author constantly reminds us why or how couples got together but I can see why she does it if you’re reading it as a stand alone book but because it’s a series I don’t know why she feels the need to do this. Again personal preference for me so I can’t really knock a star off for my person opinion on a writing style
In previous books Ryan mostly grunts, we know very little to nothing about him or why he doesn’t communicate with people socially so I was worried how she was going to write him as a main character but I’m glad to say I loved diving deeper into Ryan and his past.
I appreciated that Ryan knew pretty much instantly that he was True Mates with McKenna as this was one of my issues surrounding the previous books that they all seemed to only figure out they are true mates after claiming each other or after people mention the possibility but not with Ryan and I think this is because he is very typically shown as being someone who is factual and sees things in a very logical way so when he sees the typical signs (that we have seen in previous books between the main characters). This is such a nice refreshing change from having to point it out to the main characters.
McKenna on the other hand doesn’t want to feel the mate bond but she thinks it’s imprinting and she is worried Ryan won’t want to do this because of his terrible upbringing and his parents not being true mates (this is the closest we have seen into an imprinting relationship but obviously it’s not the main characters). It was nice to be able to see a different side to the loner lifestyle because twice we have seen loner wolves being a killer for hire or turning rogue so this was nice to see how hard loner life can be.
We are introduced to some other shifter species too and they are all currently at the Phoenix Pack house (or have sadly died!) making for a nice way to continue the story and introduce us to new shifters. Also interesting is the addition of Darren’s mate Ally, we don’t know how they met etc but I believe this is a book in a series that has been written for the Mercury Pack so while I’m not as enthusiastic about that pack I can’t wait to see Darren’s story as I liked him in carnal secrets (it was about the only thing I liked).
All in all I absolutely loved learning about Ryan and why he is the way he is as this has kept me wondering throughout all the books. I love there are more kids in the pack too so maybe we can see more of how kye interacts with children as he is always around the adults.
The sex scenes are great once again and Ryan is quite chatty in the bedroom (it’s always the quiet ones you have to watch out for haha). Hopefully the next book will be just as good.
Few points I didn’t like, again are mainly based on the writing style and choices made, I don’t like how they author constantly reminds us why or how couples got together but I can see why she does it if you’re reading it as a stand alone book but because it’s a series I don’t know why she feels the need to do this. Again personal preference for me so I can’t really knock a star off for my person opinion on a writing style