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Brand is a lone wolf who turned hisback on his chance to be king is at the very heart of this story. Hefights to save the female members of the brood from torture andenslavement. The old Norse wolves live in ancient times with theirbarbaric methods, but ever since Brand was a young pup he knew in hisheart that this wasn’t right.
Brand chooses to turn his back on hiskind due to fear of letting the wolf take control. Could he do betterthan his abusive and murderous sire? Would the other Earls heed tohis ideals of equal rights? He fears the answer to be no. However, hequickly finds that he is not entirely alone with his radical idealsthat would alter brood life forever. But will it be enough to end theslavery, torture and murderous old ways of the Brood of Fenrir? WillBrand be able to trust his inner wolf to carry out his plans if hesucceeds?
The story itself is captivating andtold primarily from Brand’s point of view. You’ll witness the trialsand tribulations that both the human and wolf faces. While they arenot human they don’t appear any different when not transformed. Theyalso live for long periods, but are not immortal. The way of lifewithin the brood is barbaric, where women and those whose inner wolfshows weakness, are often forced into slavery or sold off todifferent areas. Brand seeks to end this, but he also strugglesinternally to keep his own wolf at bay. He doesn’t want to hurt (orkill) anyone who doesn’t deserve it.
I thoroughly enjoyed the overall story,but I would of like a little more background on the wolvesthemselves. How did they come to be? How are they able to liveamongst mankind when they live for centuries? Apart from that Ithought this book was filled with action, mystery and just the rightamount of passion. The outer and inner conflicts were balancedperfectly. This is a feat in itself as there were more than usual.However, the reader never gets lost.
The author, Coral Moore, wrote an greatstory. I hope to someday read more, and maybe the questions I hadwill be answered in another book. The way the story ended left itwide open for this possibility.I would like to make a note that due to the level of language, violence and some sexual themes that this is a book for adult audiences.
This post contains affiliate links, and I was also given a copy of this book for free. However, my opinions are my own.
This post contains affiliate links, and I was also given a copy of this book for free. However, my opinions are my own.
