Review: The New Wolf (Building the Pack)
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2013
I got this book and the second one in the series together because it sounded like a really interesting premise.I usually enjoy Ms Scott's work, and this was no exception. The storyline was interesting, and I really liked the characters. The only confusing thing for me was that there was a big deal made out of the mystery surrounding happenings in the town going back 50-60 years. Based on the timeline and ages of characters, there is no way the rogue shifter that is introduced could have been responsible for all those crimes, so I was kind of hoping for a little side mystery to go along with the main plot. That never happened, which was kind of a let down. Still, this was a good book, fast paced and it kept me interested. I was disappointed in the length though, it ended way too soon and left a lot of questions unanswered.I have written a separate review of the second book, but I'm going to throw a little in here too. When authors get together and decide to write a series together, it can often turn out wonderfully. That is NOT the case here. I haven't read the third book in this trilogy yet, but I really really hope that Amber Kell does a better job of picking up the story than Stephani Hecht did in book two. It does almost nothing to forward the overall story arc at all. The bad guy only appears once, and is only in the book for maybe a page or two, and the other mystery is not mentioned once. Instead, Ms Hecht chose to fill the book with characters that do little more than whine and fret about their place in the world, and continuously contradicted things she'd said just a few pages earlier. It was a hot mess, and I could have skipped it and not missed anything important at all.