Book safety, content warnings, and tropes down below.

Once he’d settled into his wolf form, he sat back on his haunches, head tilted up to watch his witch like he was the moon calling to his soul.

ARC review

I liked the cute and cool shifter moments in this book, as well as the sweet dynamic in the relationship between the MCs. Unfortunately the plot (of which there was a lot) was a bit all over the place, with little to no explanation of what was going on. So much of the plot is about gang politics/relationships, but they covens and pack are never properly introduced or explained. They’re just name-dropped like you should already know that info.

So much trauma and action is going on, but the book starts in a way where it feels like you’re missing a few chapters, like you’re expected to already know all the characters. I know it’s book 2 in a series, but the book is described as a standalone, which it really isn’t. Anyway, a lot of trauma, but I ended up not caring much about it because there’s no build-up to it. We don’t get the time to know and understand the MCs, and therefore there’s no emotional connection. There’s very little info given about one of the MCs, Cal, at all.

This really should’ve been a home run for me, but sometimes you read something that just doesn’t work, and that’s okay. I enjoyed the writing itself and again, the dynamic between MCs was sweet.

There wasn’t any epilogue either, and the book ended with a chapter from an MC from the next book, which is such a pet peeve.

⬇️ Blanket spoiler warning ⬇️

⚠️ Tropes & content tags ⚠️
Enemies to lovers
Fated mates
Wolf shifter
Paranormal
Mafia romance
Fake relationship
Water witch
Fuckboy MC
Criminal MC
‘good boy’
Scenting and marking
Past trauma
Temperature play
Topping from the bottom
Very mild daddy kink
Knotting

⚠️ Content warning ⚠️
Knotting
Mention of death of sibling (past)
Gun violence
Explicit sexual content
Panic attack
MC’s pack selling guns
Alcohol consumption
MC poisoned (spiked drink)
On-page use of drug (witchy power stimulant)
MC forced into mating bond (past, bad guy)
MC killing bad guy
Some details of past child neglect
Death of parents and siblings (past)
Mentions of addict parents (past)
MC pushing other MC in anger
Death of MC (brief, brought back)
Injured MC (bomb blast, gunshot wound)
Blood consumption
Past captivity and sexual abuse/rape of MC (off page, few details)
Hand-collaring
Minor injury to MC (stabbing)
Graphic violence
Death of family member
Unsafe sex

⚠️Book safety ⚠️
Cheating: No
Other person drama: No
Breakup: No
POV: 3rd person, dual
Genre: Paranormal romance
Pairing: M/M
Strict roles or versatile: Versatile
Main characters’ age: 38ish and not specified
Series: Connected standalone
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Pages: 260
Happy ending: Yes






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