Review: Good Start to a Hopefully Fantastic Series!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2013
Starting with the first page, Cloaked in Fur takes you in an adrenaline-pumping ride as Daciana, searching for a solution to her upcoming and permanent transformation into a full wulfkin, comes face to muzzle with a creature that shouldn't exist.  Add to Daciana's current plight is a pack with territorial issues, a pack master with secrets, friends who are getting murdered, an ex-boyfriend who wants her back, and boyfriend troubles with the love of her life, she's having a very bad week.  Daciana has her hands full fighting her enemies while trying to keep her lies straight with a man who hates being lied to.Daciana is no shrinking violet.  She's tough, goes after what she wants, and dares to break the pack rules in the name of love.  She wants to give everything she knows to be with Connell, a human, which is unthinkable and a punishable offense in her world.  In fact, many things are punishable in her world, and she's brave to challenge those laws with terrible consequences.  I feel bad for her that she's stuck in such a terrible position, and I was rooting for her to find a way out of her mess throughout the story.  I liked how she is brave and loyal, but at times, I felt like she needed to get her priorities straight and not agonize over whether Connell would break up with her or not.  Since we were dropped in the middle of the story, I didn't get a sense as to why she loved Connell so much, only that she did.  It would have been nice to get some backstory to their courtship or some reference to happy memories instead of being told that she loved him.  On the other hand, I loved the pack members (especially Radu), and I could clearly see why she loves them.The world and mythology promises to be rich, but since this is the first part of a series, there are many unanswered questions and unexplored paths left vague.  There were times that I felt a little lost as snippets of Daciana's background slowly filled over the course of the story.  While I'd hate to have a pure infodump, it would have been nice to have more info at the start so I could feel more connected to her at the start.  I do like the details about the wulfkin packs and their hierarchies and political structures.  The search for the elixir to prevent her turning and the countdown until the change was permanent really added suspense to the story!  There is resolution at the end of the book so you could consider it standalone, but there are too many loose threads to be satisfied as standalone.  However, those unanswered questions promises that future books will probably be as interesting as this one!Overall, this is a good start to what will hopefully be a fantastic series!  Cloaked in Fur will appeal to those who enjoy dark and action-heavy Urban Fantasy and werewolf mythology.  This was a 3 out of 5 for me.(Originally posted on my blog; I received an ARC for an honest and unbiased review.)