In the first in a series, Z.W. Taylor takes readers on a journey
where a woman is running for her life:
To Escape her violent ex-boyfriend after he almost killed her, Charlotte flees to the wilderness of Alaska to a remote cabin where she hope she will be safe and that he will not find her. Before Charlotte is even able to make it to the cabin she is brutally attacked with them unbelievable changing into wolves and one of them even biting her. Charlotte is saved, but her life is forever changed. Now she must survive the transformation from a human to werewolf but the odds, like everything else in her life, seem to be against her.
I was excited to pick up this book as it reminds me that I do not read enough shifter books, there is always some aspects that I like in the book especially when a human is turning into a werewolf. However, this book was not what I was expecting. It is a 300 page book where approximately 200 pages are dedicated to character development and just when things start to get really interesting again the book ends with a to be continued. If you want a book that goes into detail about the change from human to werewolf, Taylor is creative in this aspect, but that is about it. I'm not even sure of the romance aspect in this book, as it is being touted as a paranormal romance but I didn’t see any romance in the book, maybe one will come through the relationships she is making but nothing could ever be concrete in the book as they don’t know if she will survive the change or not.
The
book starts out really interesting with Charlotte fleeing her abusive boyfriend
to a secluded cabin in the woods, to hide, heal and figure out her life. But
then she is attacked again by a group of strange men and yet some how she
survived. What follows is about 200 pages of getting to know Charlotte, her
past, trying to deal with the phases of becoming a werewolf and growing into a
new person. And this is all fine but I just wanted a bit more to the plot.
There are hints of things that could have been interesting in regards to the
Rogue werewolves that attack on Charlotte. These Rouges were organized and were
able to come up with a plan and think clearly, very different from Rogue
encountered in the past but other than talks about them in side conversations,
that are basically overheard nothing more is made of this plot point.
I
think Taylor could have halved the amount of time developing Charlotte's
character and added more plot to the story. I just overall wanted more from
this book as when you get to the end I was left thinking, see this is where we
should have gone 100 pages ago not message with to be continued. If you wanting
a full on character based werewolf book you will enjoy this one, if you are
looking more plot driven this will not be for you (except for the beginning and
end). I'm unsure if i will read the next book in the series. I do think that
Taylor has something here with the characters, story and possible plot I would
just need A LOT more from the next book.
Cheers!!!!
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