A review by heabooknerd
The Wolf at Bay by Charlie Adhara

4.0

I was so excited to get more of Cooper and Park in THE WOLF AT BAY especially because their romantic relationship was left pretty unresolved in the last book. Compared to book 1, this was focused a lot more on Cooper and Park's relationship and I enjoyed watching these two idiots fumble around with their feelings. Cooper especially is at peak uncommunicative and boy does he put his foot in it a few times. But it was nice to read a romance where the characters struggle a bit more with accepting their feelings, not just of love, but also feeling vulnerable and completely open with a partner.

I really liked that we got to understand Cooper more and I especially enjoyed all the personal growth he goes through as he begins to mend his relationship with his family. Cooper has been keeping a lot of secrets from his father and brother and he's also negatively influenced by a lot of childhood memories and impressions. There was a lot of dysfunction here but it was nice to see it start to heal. We also learn a little bit more about Park's family and I devoured those little tidbits because Park is still quite the mystery. Overall, I really enjoyed this follow up and I can't wait to learn more about Park in the next book.

Content Warning: lots of discussion about Cooper's mother dying of cancer; Cooper gets outed by the FBI