Review: loved the ending
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 19, 2012
Title: Embrace (Kane Wolves #2)Author: Annalise GreyGenre: YA (mature), Romance, Paranormal, FantasyFormat: EBookLength: 402The story continues right were it left off in Howl.  Sophie continues to be Alpha of two packs but has a lot to learn.  When she discovers the truth and what her grandfather was hiding. You are going to say "Shut the Front Door"!  With the new discoveries she can be Alpha for her entire race but with it comes sacrifices and what else will she gain with this new discovery.I loved the first novel and I loved the ending of Embrace.  I will definitely be reading the conclusion of the series as soon as it comes out. It was paced right and finished reading it in about 8 hours.  There was always something happening in the story and never seemed dull, the story had a good pace.In Embrace I found Sophie's annoying at times. I saw her as a tease, hot one minute cold the next, she had Daniel wrapped around her finger and eating out of her hands or should I say paws. However, once she discovered what she wanted she became less annoying.  I don't see her as being a very strong person, not Alpha material anyway.  I think Tristan got cheated on that part. Don't get me wrong I love when novels have strong females in lead roles, but Sophie is just not one of them.Jamie was my favorite character in Howl and Daniel was well let just say not a favorite of mine.  However I have changed my mind, I still love Jamie's character but he wasn't a major character in this novel, Daniel was a major character and he's now my favorite in this series.  I love the way he is witty, honesty, loyal, brave, strong and very tender. I was very surprised by his character and loved the way it turned out.  He has completely done a 360.Embrace had a section that might be for Older Young Adult, but I found it was not too bad.  There are also sections that are very descriptive especially when they go hunting, which I didn't really enjoy reading and could have been left out in my opinion.  I mean I didn't read the book to see how they kill their pray, how it looks after they kill and how it taste.  I can't get over the fact that when the shift to wolves is planned; they undress themselves right in front of each other, so I question myself what happened when they don't plan the shift and their clothing get shredded? Are they without clothing until they find some or until they return home?  It just didn't sit well with me when it did happen, but I guess it's better than the alternative, I understand where the author was going with this, she wanted too keep it grounded as much as she could, instead of having the clothing disappear and reappear on their bodies, it makes sense.  I just had difficulty with the taking off and putting on (the clothing).