Review: A Wolf Town story...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 20, 2011
Jorrie Spencer has created a very fascinating world---starting with various types of paranormal elements made believable, and adding more layers with each outing.  Her world is populated by shifters--primarily wolf but also some cats as well as 'minders'--humans with psychic abilities to manipulate others.  In this story she adds in a 'dream wraith', a human who can affect others while asleep, and in this case is tied to wolf shifters somehow.She writes interrelated characters in her series--both under the pen name of Jorrie Spencer (for more traditional male/female relationships) as well as the name Joely Skye (tend to be spicier and feature m/m relationships).  The characters and the story lines have overlap but for the most part are stand alones (Anchor is one that benefits from having read the previous ones...coming in cold would be more confusing).Anchor is about 3450 Kindle locations (e-version only so far, so no page count).  In a shorter format it is a lot more difficult to really show the characters and motivations and this is one book I think would have benefited by having more pages.  I loved the updating and/or involvement of older characters--always a plus.  I just wish it had all been longer so I could get just a better 'feel' for the main characters and have having the attraction develop a little more.  Some of her stories are much higher on the angst scale, and this too would have been fun to see more of for these characters.For new readers looking to start with her stories (which I do recommend) I would not suggest starting here. I would recommend also reading the Joely Skye stories as well as the integrated whole makes for a better experience.  Start withThe Strength of the Pack: a Northern Shifters noveland/orMonster.  (Eventually the two series have converging characters).Also, pay attention to the publisher's descriptions--some of the books are quite graphic which may or may not appeal to some readers.  This one has one 'scene' and is pretty straightforward.In any case, I am a fan of this series and would not miss this title--very much enjoyed it!JTG