In the hunt for love, there’s no going halfway.Salvation Pack, Book 5Drawn to Salvation by her passion for nature, Gray Everson’s looking forward to some peace and quiet to work on her paintings. She didn’t expect hunters shooting up the forest around the cabin she rented. And she certainly didn’t expect to find a wounded wolf.It’s only after Gray sends the hunters packing that she realizes the … sends the hunters packing that she realizes the creature hidden in her cabin is no ordinary wolf. He’s a ruggedly handsome man with an extraordinary ability Gray thought only existed in fiction.
Louis LaForge has given up on finding a mate and channels all his energy into protecting his pack. But his instant attraction to a skittish artist is more than simple lust. There’s something about Gray he just can’t put his finger on—until he gets close enough to touch her.
Louis is sure of what he wants, but pushing Gray too far, too fast is risky. The hunters aren’t going away peacefully, and Louis’s former pack is coming for him. When the final battle comes, there will be only one way to protect everyone he loves.
Warning: Contains an artist who has a secret even she doesn’t know she’s hiding, and a werewolf who’s resigned to being lonely—until she fills his life with vibrant color.
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I’m all over the place when it comes to this book. It was better than I thought it was going to be. At the same time it was too unpolished, predictable and repetitive to meet my standards. Then again, there were chemistry and drama which I love. However, not enough to excuse or see past all the flaws of this story. I’m completely indecisive of my final stand on this book.
I only read the first book in this series so maybe it wasn’t my smartest move to go from first to final. Although, I very much disliked Wolf at the Door so I thought it wouldn’t matter either way. Can’t get any worse, right? And I was kind of right too. Wolf on the Hunt was better and much more climatic, complex, intriguing and mature. However that was an easy step forward considering how … unfinished the first book was. That book really need polishing, believable character, realism, chemistry and any kind of development. It basically lacked in everything a good book needs. Comparing the two books, then yes; wolf on the hunt was very well written. Comparing Wolf on the hunt to any other book then no, not so much.
Sure, the romance what somewhat realistic complex and did not just focus only on sex as in book number one. There was an emotional connection and complementing personalities. But that’s where it ended. The author could have made it so much more, but their relationship pretty much stood still and stomped on the same place throughout the book. There were no development forward until the very end and the battle with both their insecurities never lead anywhere. Over and over again I read the same thing with just different words and implications (he might leave me, she might leave me, I might leave, I’m different, I love this and that and so). It just made it so repetitive that the plot could do nothing else bot stomp on the same place. The author has sure gotten far in her writing when I look back to Wolf at the Door, but there is still one big thing she haven’t figured out and that is good and natural progression in her stories.
Realism is still something that isn’t quite right either. That is especially evident in the end. This big fight has been foreshadowed and amped up as the most difficult and threatening thing to the pack. Yet there is no sacrifice, loss or even consequence at the end of it all. Only gain. Everyone survives, no one is scarred or had to sacrifice anything. It honestly felt like they were given their happy ending on a silver platter. The timespan of the book feels very off since it is a matter of days. This is especially unrealistic considering how fast their romance goes from attraction to lifelong soulmates. Their relationship and even the depth to the story would have been more profound and believable if it had been months, even weeks, instead of days.
The author has gotten far, but still has far to go. The writing is still awkward, forced and stilted. The plot needs some brushing up and depth. The characters need originality and distinguishable identities and most important of all; a natural flow and development to the story. I can see all the passion behind the pages, but at the end of the day passion can’t substitute skill.