Review: I think I'm addicted to the Dark Hollow Wolves!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2012
I was really looking forward to revisiting Marco and Nicky. Primarily because I've seen Marco change over the past 5 books and I was looking for a little Nicky-evolution here. Sadly it doesn't really happen. It could have, should have, and Nicky does grow but he still retains enough of the brat characteristics to be irritating at times. If you like that trope (bratty sub) then this is right up your alley. I will say Nicky has done a lot for Marco - but the constant challenges and little picky things he does continue to turn me off. Truthfully by about 50% of the way in even I was thinking the bond being broken was the best thing for Marco - I feel like he needs someone who is more mature and here you really get to understand the responsibility and gravity of being alpha. I'm not sure that was what was intended but this book made me question the Marco/Nicky relationship more than before. Nicky frequently deliberately antagonizes Marco rather than communicate. Being contrary to be contrary for me is not a turn on. If that gets your waters flowing you will be in heaven here.The beginning was quite dramatic - I mean vvveerryyy dramatic. It seemed overplayed to me. It was emotional. That's not to say I didn't feel for Nicky - I did. What happened was heartbreaking -- and I cut him a lot of slack because of it. I also thought Marco's friends should have provided a lot more in the way of support. It felt weird to me that all the sudden the interactions didn't seem as integrated as in past stories. I wanted to read about the other alpha's giving blood and such -- not just be told they were there.There were some very serious moments but much of the drama surrounding it happens off screen. I was really disappointed about that. I don't give anything away as the blurb says Nicky runs away but I was hoping to be in his head when he ran and with the time he was away. I think there could have been a lot of growth potential for him during that time. Nicky still tends to be consistently selfish even when giving in to things - somehow he never really comes across as totally sympathetic in my eyes because the bratty behavior ruins it for me. Marco was as described and I thought he was trying - I didn't like how he ended up in the last 20%. As with the others in this series a few  misses on the communication.This one felt just too short for what was packed into it. A little too much ping pong action going back and forth. I felt like I was running to catch up at times. I still thought it was o.k. but, IMHO, the weakest of the series.