Review: Wolf Town by Joely Skye
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2010
Wolf Town is a beyond suspicion light novella. Slightly connected to the other shifter romances by Joely Skye, Rory is a young wolf who is sent by Trey to protect a minder, Scott.The feeling of danger is soon diluted by Rory's attitude, almost bored by his task; Rory is the alpha son, and even if he is no more a teen, he has still some issue to relate with the authoritative figure of his father. Rory loves very much his alpha and father but needs to find a way to detach him from his family, without breaking the bond but finding his space.Both for boredom than for a real interest in the quiet and lonely minder, Rory approaches Scott and surprisingly, for him and for the reader, Scott is receptive. This lead to a night of "innocent" sex, barely more than making out, and the morning after Scott is thinking to leave unnoticed. But obviously that doesn't happen and Scott finds himself with a close-to-close protector whisked away in a country town, Wolf Town, where everyone is a wolf and no one is influenced by Scott's psychic powers.Both a victim from physical than mental violence, Scott is weary to give his trust; but even if he chose to stay far from any real human contact, Scott sometime needs that contact, he above all needs to love, to freely give his love to someone.As I said before, this is not really a thriller, on the contrary, it's more a sweet romance; not only the sex we find in it is light and good, but also the two characters gave me the feeling of being young and innocent, at least in their behaviour if not in age. Rory being so "light" in his approach to Scott is probably the perfect tactics, even if I don't think he is doing it purposely; Scott needs protection, and he also needs to feel it, it's clear in his welcoming hugs and kisses, but he also needs to be free and to be able to take decision on his own; if someone comes to strong onto him, Scott runs away.The relationship between Rory and Scott is only at the beginning, and maybe when, in a far away future, Rory will take his place as alpha of his pack, then they will need to find a new balance; but maybe, in time Scott will also learn to trust Rory and Rory's family.