Book Review: Winter Wolf

Title - Winter Wolf

Author - Rachel M. Raithby

Series - New Dawn #1

Genre - YA Fantasy Shifters

Published - November 29th 2014

Format - Kindle

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Synopsis

Katalina Winter has been living for eighteen years with a secret hidden inside of her, a secret not even she knew. With this secret comes consequences, expectations, ones she’s not willing to fulfill; she’ll give her heart to whomever she wishes, even if he is a Dark Shadow wolf…

Katalina must navigate her way through a world at war, where the alpha is law and only the strong survive. True love is powerful, but some people will go to any lengths to destroy it.

Review

Kat (Katalina) has spent her whole life living with her adopted parents found on the doorstep when she was six months old. Now on her 18^th birthday after a terrible accident the only life she’s known has come to an end and a new world filled with wolf shifters has returned to claim her. Locked in the bedroom of a strange house with a man claiming to be her father while wolves patrol outside isn’t easy for Kat to accept. Her father wants her to bond with another pureblood wolf so that they have pureblood offspring because the River Run’s pack has a long war with the Dark Shadow wolves and they are killing each other off.

Kat catches the attention of a black wolf who transforms into the most attractive guy she’s ever seen and something about him captivates her. As she heals from the accident they encounter many secret meetings falling in love and after her first shift Bass helps her escape her family. Returning her home to the life before the wolves caused the accident. So she can say goodbye to her parents and the real world. Her father won’t let her go that easy and in the end Kat will need to return home to deal with her wolf side. Including figuring out what to do with the Dark Shadows and end the bloodshed.

I loved Kat right from the start she’s the kind of girl who doesn’t just roll over when she’s told to do something but does it her own way. She also didn’t accept being a shifter it’s been an internal struggle which I felt made her more real. I was so nervous we would see a love triangle but I think the author handled the relationship between Kat and Bass very well. Granted Cage got hurt but it’s not because of a love triangle. I loved Bass he was willing to give up everything for the girl he loved.

I picked up Winter Wolf based on the gorgeous cover didn’t even read the synopsis before I started it. I loved the idea for the wolves the shift is so much smoother they more they shift and we had a glimpse into Kat’s first few shifts they seemed very painful which is what I would expect. The whole shifter concept was unique and refreshing from the traditional werewolf books. I really enjoyed the story it was captivating right from the start hard to put down I just had to know how It would play out for Kat and Bass. I won’t deny I was nervous we would have a cliffhanger but the ending was perfect it brought a tear of happiness to my eyes. By the end I was invested in Kat’s future I felt I was there with her cheering her on. Winter Wolf is my new favorite werewolf book and one I know I’ll be reading over and over because it’s a HEA romance with paranormal elements my favorite. While the story does have adult situations they are done tactfully that teens as well as adults will fall in love with the story.