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adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Another fantastic addition to the Alpha & Omega series. I’m not even kidding, every book in this series just keeps getting better. A heads up that the main storyline of Fair Game heavily deals with TW: hunting a serial rapist/murderer, and goes into great detail. With Anna’s history, I was worried about it going in that direction, but it doesn’t.
It’s been 2 years since the events in Hunting Ground, and things aren’t going well for Anna & Charles, as the stress & trauma of being the pack’s killer weighs Charles down, putting a strain on their marriage. This book starts out with Anna swinging as she tries to advocate for her husband to the Marrok.
“I know my mate,” she told her father by marriage. “Better than you do. He will break before he disappoints you or fails to do his duty. You have to stop this because he can’t.”
I love Anna & Charles’ relationship and how it’s developed throughout the series. They have such an unyielding love for one another and yet we still get to witness their growth, personally and as a couple.
It was his job…that froze his features into an unemotional mask and left his eyes cold and hard. His duties had eaten away at him until he was nothing but muscle, bone, and tension.
“I’m not fixed yet.” “Broken or whole,” she told him, her voice dropping to a growl, “you’re mine. Better not forget that again.” Charles laughed—a small, happy sound. “All right. I surrender. Just don’t go after me with that rolling pin.”
To try and distract Charles of his regular duties, they get sent to assist the FBI in Boston as werewolf consultants in what is supposed to be an easy assignment but, as is the case in this series, little do they know what’s about to come their way.
Anna & Charles make a great team, and it’s a nice change of pace to have two equally competent players with their own strengths. It was also nice to get more insight to the ever-stoic Charles AND a bit more sexy time between the two!
He had lived a very long time, and only since he gained Anna had he learned to fear. He’d discovered that he had never been brave before—just indifferent. She had taught him that to be brave, you have to fear losing something. I am afraid I will lose her. That they will take her from me—or that I will drive her away when she sees what I really am…for Anna he would destroy the world.
“I need to go,” she said to his chest. “I need—” His mouth closed over hers, hot and hungry, warming her mouth as his body warmed her body. “Me,” Charles said, his voice dark and gravelly as if it had traveled up from the bottom of the earth, his eyes a bright gold. “You need me.”
His nose told him she liked being in his embrace. “So, can you do this without an audience? Is that what’s been bothering you these past few months? All I needed to do was invite the pack into our bedroom? You should have told me.” He laughed. She made him laugh. “I don’t know. Let’s find out.”
Anyways, I could go on and on with quotes & gushing (I think this is the most I’ve written for a review, so that’s saying something!). This is top tier urban fantasy, and I only wish I had gotten to it sooner!
PS - I’ve been reading these out of order with the Mercy Thompson storyline, so it was interesting to to see the lead-in events that are a significant plot point for Frost Burned.
It’s been 2 years since the events in Hunting Ground, and things aren’t going well for Anna & Charles, as the stress & trauma of being the pack’s killer weighs Charles down, putting a strain on their marriage. This book starts out with Anna swinging as she tries to advocate for her husband to the Marrok.
“I know my mate,” she told her father by marriage. “Better than you do. He will break before he disappoints you or fails to do his duty. You have to stop this because he can’t.”
I love Anna & Charles’ relationship and how it’s developed throughout the series. They have such an unyielding love for one another and yet we still get to witness their growth, personally and as a couple.
It was his job…that froze his features into an unemotional mask and left his eyes cold and hard. His duties had eaten away at him until he was nothing but muscle, bone, and tension.
“I’m not fixed yet.” “Broken or whole,” she told him, her voice dropping to a growl, “you’re mine. Better not forget that again.” Charles laughed—a small, happy sound. “All right. I surrender. Just don’t go after me with that rolling pin.”
To try and distract Charles of his regular duties, they get sent to assist the FBI in Boston as werewolf consultants in what is supposed to be an easy assignment but, as is the case in this series, little do they know what’s about to come their way.
Anna & Charles make a great team, and it’s a nice change of pace to have two equally competent players with their own strengths. It was also nice to get more insight to the ever-stoic Charles AND a bit more sexy time between the two!
He had lived a very long time, and only since he gained Anna had he learned to fear. He’d discovered that he had never been brave before—just indifferent. She had taught him that to be brave, you have to fear losing something. I am afraid I will lose her. That they will take her from me—or that I will drive her away when she sees what I really am…for Anna he would destroy the world.
“I need to go,” she said to his chest. “I need—” His mouth closed over hers, hot and hungry, warming her mouth as his body warmed her body. “Me,” Charles said, his voice dark and gravelly as if it had traveled up from the bottom of the earth, his eyes a bright gold. “You need me.”
His nose told him she liked being in his embrace. “So, can you do this without an audience? Is that what’s been bothering you these past few months? All I needed to do was invite the pack into our bedroom? You should have told me.” He laughed. She made him laugh. “I don’t know. Let’s find out.”
Anyways, I could go on and on with quotes & gushing (I think this is the most I’ve written for a review, so that’s saying something!). This is top tier urban fantasy, and I only wish I had gotten to it sooner!
PS - I’ve been reading these out of order with the Mercy Thompson storyline, so it was interesting to to see the lead-in events that are a significant plot point for Frost Burned.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Torture
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Racism, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pedophilia and Sexual content