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A review by jess_78
Wild Wolf by Jennifer Ashley
4.0
Review posted: Happily Ever After - Reads
Blog rating: B
Graham, the leader of his pack is still trying to find common ground with Eric Warden and his pack since their forced merger into one large Shiftertown. Eric is the leader but Graham still has to prove dominance over his own wolves to keep control and to keep his nephew, who needs constant support and reassurance, safe. He’s also being forced to pick a mate. But his eye is set on a human, Misty. He hasn’t mate-claimed her, but the more he’s around her and especially when her life is in jeopardy, he can’t hold himself back and their romance hits fast and hard as the mate-claim comes for Graham and can’t be stopped. But Misty doesn’t accept right away and it puts Graham’s life on the line when he’s caught in a Fae’s spell that will impact all shifters through their collars.
Misty doesn’t have an easy go of it right from page one. She’s attacked in her flower shop by a man her brother came across in prison. Her brother’s out now and this man wants him. They trash Misty’s store and take her, wanting a meeting with her brother. Misty, who keeps her head during the most extreme situations, fools them by calling Graham instead of her brother, and Graham comes to help her. During the rescue process, Graham is injured and when Misty tries to find help, she runs into a stranger, a very dangerous stranger, who wants her to drink his water (never drink the water!) and with Graham badly injured, Misty gives him the water too, but it’s too late and the stranger, a dangerous Fae, traps Graham under his spell. The spell’s main purpose is detailed out as the story progresses but a segment of the Fae plan to use the shifters through their collars to start a war that will put them fully in power.
I found myself really caught up in Misty and Graham’s relationship. There’s something intriguing about it – she’s a human in this world where shifters aren’t completely welcome, they still have to live separated from humans in their own Shiftertown’s. And they’re still dealing with the collars (collars that activate at any sign of aggression from the shifters, although the humans don’t know that they’re starting to find ways around the painful effects of the collar). Misty isn’t prejudice against the shifters and has in fact been dating Graham for a few months. Graham has refused up to this point to start a sexual relationship with Misty because she’s full human and he’s expected to mate with another shifter, have shifter babies and secure his family’s legacy with his alpha status. But, he can’t keep denying the urge he has to be with Misty and knowing deep down that she is his mate, regardless of the fact that she’s human. I liked seeing a softer side to Graham. We hadn’t gotten that in previous books, he was just the alpha of a Shiftertown that was forced into being merged with Eric’s town and they butted heads a lot. But here we see Graham’s feelings for Misty, how much he cares and how much he cares about his nephew and his people in general.
Misty was a very likable character. For as much stuff that gets thrown at her, she takes it all pretty much in stride and deals with things the best she can, which is saying something considering she doesn’t know a lot about shifters and their instincts which comes up a lot regarding Graham and his actions toward her. I liked how their romance played out on page and I’m kind of a sucker for a shifter who just can’t deny his feelings for the woman who’s meant to be his mate. It’s fun to see him try, but we all know how that will always play out.
The Fae storyline provides the main conflict in this story as they’re trying to get the shifters under their spell so they can control them through the collars. It brings in many past characters as this has the potential to impact every one of them. I felt like this Fae vs. the shifters was interesting, the fight scenes were engaging but I guess I’m kind of getting tired of the collar aspect. I know it’s a huge part of this series and what makes it stand out from other paranormal books out there, but there’s always constant talk about the collars and how the shifters are close to either just getting them off or wearing fake collars, but nothing major gets resolved with that yet again.
This series overall has been hit or miss for me lately, but Wild Wolf was a hit. I was caught up in Misty and Graham’s lives, their romance and their roles in the Fae’s plan to take control of the shifters. It’s a solid read that brought back me back into the series with renewed interest.
Blog rating: B
Graham, the leader of his pack is still trying to find common ground with Eric Warden and his pack since their forced merger into one large Shiftertown. Eric is the leader but Graham still has to prove dominance over his own wolves to keep control and to keep his nephew, who needs constant support and reassurance, safe. He’s also being forced to pick a mate. But his eye is set on a human, Misty. He hasn’t mate-claimed her, but the more he’s around her and especially when her life is in jeopardy, he can’t hold himself back and their romance hits fast and hard as the mate-claim comes for Graham and can’t be stopped. But Misty doesn’t accept right away and it puts Graham’s life on the line when he’s caught in a Fae’s spell that will impact all shifters through their collars.
Misty doesn’t have an easy go of it right from page one. She’s attacked in her flower shop by a man her brother came across in prison. Her brother’s out now and this man wants him. They trash Misty’s store and take her, wanting a meeting with her brother. Misty, who keeps her head during the most extreme situations, fools them by calling Graham instead of her brother, and Graham comes to help her. During the rescue process, Graham is injured and when Misty tries to find help, she runs into a stranger, a very dangerous stranger, who wants her to drink his water (never drink the water!) and with Graham badly injured, Misty gives him the water too, but it’s too late and the stranger, a dangerous Fae, traps Graham under his spell. The spell’s main purpose is detailed out as the story progresses but a segment of the Fae plan to use the shifters through their collars to start a war that will put them fully in power.
I found myself really caught up in Misty and Graham’s relationship. There’s something intriguing about it – she’s a human in this world where shifters aren’t completely welcome, they still have to live separated from humans in their own Shiftertown’s. And they’re still dealing with the collars (collars that activate at any sign of aggression from the shifters, although the humans don’t know that they’re starting to find ways around the painful effects of the collar). Misty isn’t prejudice against the shifters and has in fact been dating Graham for a few months. Graham has refused up to this point to start a sexual relationship with Misty because she’s full human and he’s expected to mate with another shifter, have shifter babies and secure his family’s legacy with his alpha status. But, he can’t keep denying the urge he has to be with Misty and knowing deep down that she is his mate, regardless of the fact that she’s human. I liked seeing a softer side to Graham. We hadn’t gotten that in previous books, he was just the alpha of a Shiftertown that was forced into being merged with Eric’s town and they butted heads a lot. But here we see Graham’s feelings for Misty, how much he cares and how much he cares about his nephew and his people in general.
Misty was a very likable character. For as much stuff that gets thrown at her, she takes it all pretty much in stride and deals with things the best she can, which is saying something considering she doesn’t know a lot about shifters and their instincts which comes up a lot regarding Graham and his actions toward her. I liked how their romance played out on page and I’m kind of a sucker for a shifter who just can’t deny his feelings for the woman who’s meant to be his mate. It’s fun to see him try, but we all know how that will always play out.
The Fae storyline provides the main conflict in this story as they’re trying to get the shifters under their spell so they can control them through the collars. It brings in many past characters as this has the potential to impact every one of them. I felt like this Fae vs. the shifters was interesting, the fight scenes were engaging but I guess I’m kind of getting tired of the collar aspect. I know it’s a huge part of this series and what makes it stand out from other paranormal books out there, but there’s always constant talk about the collars and how the shifters are close to either just getting them off or wearing fake collars, but nothing major gets resolved with that yet again.
This series overall has been hit or miss for me lately, but Wild Wolf was a hit. I was caught up in Misty and Graham’s lives, their romance and their roles in the Fae’s plan to take control of the shifters. It’s a solid read that brought back me back into the series with renewed interest.