The Wolf by JR Ward

Posted November 17, 2021 in review Tags: 4 stars, shifters, Vampire

The Wolf by J.R. Ward
Pages: 432

Series: Prison Camp #2
Genres: Urban Fantasy
Setting: Caldwell, NY
Source: ARC, NetGalley
Also by this author: Lover Eternal, Lover Awakened, Lover Revealed, Lover Unbound, Consumed, Blood Truth, Where Winter Finds You, The Sinner, The Jackal, A Warm Heart in Winter, Lover Unveiled, Claimed, Lover Arisen

Goodreads

Return to the sizzling glymera’s prison camp in this dark and sexy second novel in the new Black Dagger Brotherhood Prison Camp spin-off series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author J.R. Ward.
In the next installment of bestselling author J.R. Ward’s Prison Camp series, things get steamy when Lucan, a wolven forced into bartering drug deals for the infamous Prison Colony, meets Rio, the second in command for the shadowy Caldwell supplier, Mozart. After a deal goes awry, a wolf with piercing golden eyes swoops in to save her from certain death. As shocking truths unfurl, Rio is uncertain of who to trust and what to believe—but with her life on the line, true love rears its head and growls in the face of danger.

No one builds a world quite as well as JR Ward, and The Wolf is no exception. This is book 2 in the BDB spin off, Prison Camp, and it delivers everything you expect from Ward.

Rio and Lucan have a love story that is fraught with danger and illicit activities. I felt as if there was a sort of mystery I was trying to solve. What was really going on here? I loved that aspect. Lucan is a classic BDB tortured hero and Rio is a badass for sure. However, all this “extra” takes away time from the romance, and I felt that loss. You do get lots of peeks as past BDB characters which is the norm for Ward, but again, takes away from this story’s characters.

Despite my minor issues, I really loved The Wolf! It is a very intriguing book with lots happening that will keep you furiously flipping pages!

POV: multiple
Tears: no
Trope: shifters, vampires
Series/Standalone: series
Cliffhanger: View Spoiler »no « Hide Spoiler
HEA: View Spoiler »yes « Hide Spoiler

other well build worlds like The Carpathian series by Christine Feehan, The Guild Hunter series by Nalini Singh…then you will probably like The Wolf!

The Wolf

About J.R. Ward

J.R. Ward is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series of vampire books. She is a winner of the prestigious Romance Writers of America RITA award for Best Paranormal Romance and is a multiple RITA nominee. A graduate of Smith College, she was a double major in History and Art History with a medieval concentration in both and she still longs at times for a return to those days sitting in dark lecture halls, looking at slides of old triptychs and reliquaries. Prior to becoming a full time writer, she was a corporate attorney, serving for many years as the Chief of Staff of one of Harvard Medical Schools premier teaching sites. Her idea of absolute heaven is a day filled with nothing but her computer, her dog and her coffee pot and the Brothers, of course.

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