Review: It is different, it is interesting...but is there a prequel I know nothing about?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 26, 2014
Resident One-One-Zero is in hell. He is a son of a God, he doesn't know which one, and he is a werewolf (not a wolf shifter). He and his brothers are kept in a lab with others and tortured/experimented on. They are rescued by a local Coyote pack and taken to live with them. Resident One-One-Zero is given a name, Moon and his brothers are named Star and Midnight.  Rion is the first Beta of the pack and wasn't involved in the rescue, but when he returns home he finds that Moon is his mate. Moon, however, is seemingly unaware of this. The story is complicated and a bit stodgy in places but it is the journey of the abused Moon accepting he can be loved and Rion supporting Moon through all he is going through.This is certainly a different kind of story. I keep thinking that I needed to have read another couple of books to give background here, but this is book one of the series.  There are Demons (who we don't meet in this book but we hear about). There is a wraith (also called a Nightmare) that fortells of death - even though he is in the form of a cute wee man who looks young but is over four thousand years old. There are vampires who we don't meet, there are packs of wolves (not werewolves) but we don't meet them either.  There are human hunters who hunt real coyotes but also hunters that hunt shifters - we don't meet them either.  SO there is a lot going on and we hear about stuff we don't see.  I don't understand how we end up in the middle of things when there is actually a lot of back story that could have been in earlier books. We learn for instance, that the Alpha has found mates in the rescues from the lab but we didn't see that and I would have been interested. The healer has two mates who are vampires - didn't see that and would have liked to.  An ex-guard from the lab is with the Pack, and has two mates from the lab - there should have been a story there too.  I am frustrated with the story because I would have liked to have more back story. Each of those stories could have been told then blended into the next installment, but I feel we have been dropped in the middle and left to muddle through. Bits are enjoyable but a lot is confusing.Note: There is a 'prequel' series called Fatefully Yours by the same author - that makes so much more sense. I am leaving the rating because it was not clear anywhere that you should read the 10 books from that series to understand this one.