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In this gripping finale of The Lair of the Wolven series, destiny and desire are at war in the Black Dagger Brotherhood World as a deadly male holds the key to Lydia Susi and Daniel Joseph’s future…
Lydia knows time is running out, Daniel’s terminal diagnosis has doomed her to grief, and she just wants to spend as much time as she can with him. When his doctor goes missing, however, their secret lab’s location is compromised and suddenly she is at war with an enemy she doesn’t understand.
As a former black ops soldier, Daniel is very familiar with the danger they’re in, and he’s determined to keep his beautiful wolven safe. This means he must turn to his former boss—and relying on a sympathy for anything is a worst-case scenario on a good day. But what choice does he have?
With Daniel’s sixth sense telling him there’s more to the kidnapping, he and Lydia must work with their allies to defend the underground facility. Little do they know that the sympathy has something even more valuable to offer them… but at what cost?
Lydia knows time is running out, Daniel’s terminal diagnosis has doomed her to grief, and she just wants to spend as much time as she can with him. When his doctor goes missing, however, their secret lab’s location is compromised and suddenly she is at war with an enemy she doesn’t understand.
As a former black ops soldier, Daniel is very familiar with the danger they’re in, and he’s determined to keep his beautiful wolven safe. This means he must turn to his former boss—and relying on a sympathy for anything is a worst-case scenario on a good day. But what choice does he have?
With Daniel’s sixth sense telling him there’s more to the kidnapping, he and Lydia must work with their allies to defend the underground facility. Little do they know that the sympathy has something even more valuable to offer them… but at what cost?
478 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 23, 2024
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J.R. Ward
229 books50.3k followersJ.R. Ward is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. She lives in the South her family.
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January 25, 2024
Oh, where to start. First let me say that I really did enjoy this one. Four stars was my knee-jerk reaction when I finished it and I stand by it, but that does not mean I'm without complaints or lingering questions.
This book, like so many others that JR Ward has put out lately (bombastic side-eye towards Lassiter), has left me conflicted. On the one hand, I still think this whole spin-off series is the best thing she's put out in a while. I have been chasing the high of the suspense and the plot-twist that she delivered in Claimed in all the books she's published since and nothing else has come close for me. On the other hand this series, and specifically this book, are still plagued by the same issues that have been popping up in her writing more and more as of late. I somehow keep walking away with the impression that I have received a mountain of information (much of it a bit repetitive) and yet somehow, it's never enough to actually tie up the whole plot. And don't tell me it's a situation where I need to keep reading because for one, this spin-off series is done as of this book, and for another, she's given me no impression that she'll ever remember to go back for some of this stuff she's thrown out onto the page, both in this series and in the main one.
So let's start with what I still want to know now that I've finished the book, and then go from there (buckle in, we're gonna be here a minute). Warning, I do have to talk about the main BDB series a bit to get it all out there, but nothing too specific if you're caught up to say, The Savior. And obviously I'm going to talk about Claimed and Forever in some detail as well. Anyway. Cue the spoiler blocker in 3, 2, 1:
Okay, if you made it through all that, you get a cookie. Or my eternal gratitude; idk which is worth more to you. I just needed some place to talk through my thoughts on this series. I hope it's clear to everyone that this lengthy commentary comes from a place of love for the world JR Ward has built for her BDB readers - I'd like to think I wouldn't dedicate this much brain space to something I don't have a deep affection for. I just also believe that it's okay to be critical of things that we love on occasion. Anyway, that's all. Byeeeeee.
This book, like so many others that JR Ward has put out lately (bombastic side-eye towards Lassiter), has left me conflicted. On the one hand, I still think this whole spin-off series is the best thing she's put out in a while. I have been chasing the high of the suspense and the plot-twist that she delivered in Claimed in all the books she's published since and nothing else has come close for me. On the other hand this series, and specifically this book, are still plagued by the same issues that have been popping up in her writing more and more as of late. I somehow keep walking away with the impression that I have received a mountain of information (much of it a bit repetitive) and yet somehow, it's never enough to actually tie up the whole plot. And don't tell me it's a situation where I need to keep reading because for one, this spin-off series is done as of this book, and for another, she's given me no impression that she'll ever remember to go back for some of this stuff she's thrown out onto the page, both in this series and in the main one.
So let's start with what I still want to know now that I've finished the book, and then go from there (buckle in, we're gonna be here a minute). Warning, I do have to talk about the main BDB series a bit to get it all out there, but nothing too specific if you're caught up to say, The Savior. And obviously I'm going to talk about Claimed and Forever in some detail as well. Anyway. Cue the spoiler blocker in 3, 2, 1:
Okay, if you made it through all that, you get a cookie. Or my eternal gratitude; idk which is worth more to you. I just needed some place to talk through my thoughts on this series. I hope it's clear to everyone that this lengthy commentary comes from a place of love for the world JR Ward has built for her BDB readers - I'd like to think I wouldn't dedicate this much brain space to something I don't have a deep affection for. I just also believe that it's okay to be critical of things that we love on occasion. Anyway, that's all. Byeeeeee.
April 19, 2024
Well, I can't tell you how glad I am that this is over. I am no Squee Girl by any means. My problem/s with this book, well, one of my problems, is the pacing. Dragging out some parts while seriously giving short shrift to other parts is my main complaint.
Unanswered questions? I have many. Too many questions to list. Perhaps this should have been a 4 book mini-series so we could have found out everything.
Cyborgs? Or whatever you want to call them? Yeah, perhaps we have elementary ones in this century, but the way they were shown in this book reminds me SO much of a YA Steampunk series I recently read, the Finishing School Series, by Gail Carriger, or J. D. Robb's In Death series which is set in the future.
Yes, Daniel and Lydia do get their happily ever after, as well as Gus and Cathy. But that was to be expected, wasn't it? After all, these are romances, aren't they?
All in all, I should have stuck with what I said in my review of book 2 and gotten it from the library instead of using my hard-earned cash on it.
So take some really steamy, descriptive sex and add in some YA Steampunk, and you have this book.
Unanswered questions? I have many. Too many questions to list. Perhaps this should have been a 4 book mini-series so we could have found out everything.
Cyborgs? Or whatever you want to call them? Yeah, perhaps we have elementary ones in this century, but the way they were shown in this book reminds me SO much of a YA Steampunk series I recently read, the Finishing School Series, by Gail Carriger, or J. D. Robb's In Death series which is set in the future.
Yes, Daniel and Lydia do get their happily ever after, as well as Gus and Cathy. But that was to be expected, wasn't it? After all, these are romances, aren't they?
All in all, I should have stuck with what I said in my review of book 2 and gotten it from the library instead of using my hard-earned cash on it.
So take some really steamy, descriptive sex and add in some YA Steampunk, and you have this book.
January 26, 2024
A dramatic ending.
Daniel and Lydia are still hoping for some.sort of miracle to cure his cancer. Cathy Phalen has resigned herself that for her.no miracle exists as her pregnancy means her cancer can't be treated. Gus, the oncologist who worked on the new cancer treatment for Cathy's company has been abducted by the same group that attacked the wolves sanctuary, though what the connection is Daniel.has no idea. So, no happy endings here. Then there's Xhex, she's also having issues, she's been blacking out and apparently falling back into old habits while unaware, added to which her emotional grid is disintegrating which for a Sympath is a death sentence.........so there's not a whole lot of happy times to look forward to. Lydia and Daniel are just determined to make the most of whatever time they have left it only they knew who this enemy was and why he was pursuing them.........
Daniel and Lydia are still hoping for some.sort of miracle to cure his cancer. Cathy Phalen has resigned herself that for her.no miracle exists as her pregnancy means her cancer can't be treated. Gus, the oncologist who worked on the new cancer treatment for Cathy's company has been abducted by the same group that attacked the wolves sanctuary, though what the connection is Daniel.has no idea. So, no happy endings here. Then there's Xhex, she's also having issues, she's been blacking out and apparently falling back into old habits while unaware, added to which her emotional grid is disintegrating which for a Sympath is a death sentence.........so there's not a whole lot of happy times to look forward to. Lydia and Daniel are just determined to make the most of whatever time they have left it only they knew who this enemy was and why he was pursuing them.........
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January 27, 2024
This series within the BDB world isn't my favorite, things seem off somehow to me. Not always explained (like the sheriff and the old lady), which drives me nuts.
I'm glad that things ended up well for Lydia and Daniel, glad for Gus and Cathy too. Both couples seem like they have a bright future. Things were weird for Xhex, very foggy on what was going on there and while part of her was fixed, we never got answers on if she did what she went to Wrath for. then there is Xhex's brother, Blade. Everything about him was odd, I felt like I was scratching my Head anytime he was on the page. Sure he helped with Xhex and saved Daniel at a big sacrifice for himself, but he was odd.
So many things weren't wrapped up, that I feel should have been.
I'm glad that things ended up well for Lydia and Daniel, glad for Gus and Cathy too. Both couples seem like they have a bright future. Things were weird for Xhex, very foggy on what was going on there and while part of her was fixed, we never got answers on if she did what she went to Wrath for. then there is Xhex's brother, Blade. Everything about him was odd, I felt like I was scratching my Head anytime he was on the page. Sure he helped with Xhex and saved Daniel at a big sacrifice for himself, but he was odd.
So many things weren't wrapped up, that I feel should have been.
February 2, 2024
What. The fuck.
****LOTS OF FUCKING SPOILERS****
Edited to add for myself b/c a day later and I’m still fucking annoyed about this book and trilogy as a whole and I just need to scream into the void. What the fuck was even the point of this whole thing?
The trilogy starts off making it seem like there’s a mystery to be solved and things to be unraveled around the wolven and the mountain and possibly bad guys doing bad guy shit but there’s literally no world building or story related to her being a wolven. She just is one and she changes a few times and that’s that.
The mountain seems to be pretty important but…why? I don’t know. It has some kind of supernatural/spiritual shit going on but you have to just figure that out for yourself, I guess, because we don’t really get into it.
The majority of the second and third book is just a lesson is suffering through watching a loved one die of cancer.
A large amount of page time goes to Hhexs collapsing grid and Blade reflecting and then bonding with Lydia because, sure, why not? The majority of the plot, other than the dying of cancer, is actually completely unrelated to the supposed main characters. No, seriously. It has nothing to do with them. At all. They’re just collateral damage in the most inane way possible.
And Wards complete lack of continuity is just a joke at this point. How many times were we told things that are just completely thrown aside in later books?
We were told Hhexs father abducted and raped her mother, right? And his father was appalled and glad Tohr killed him because…sympath. But now she has a brother who is conveniently also half vampire and apparently a cousin too because now it was a breeding experiment that the sympaths were doing. So when did her father have the brother? And she wasn’t sent to the labs because she was half vampire, it was because she was messing with a vampire.
Oh, and her brother, who she’s been estranged from and who was part of the family who sold her out to the labs, has actually been secretly avenging her for the last 20 years by using humans, who he convinced were part of a super secret military unit, to destroy any labs he can find.
Aaaannnnd, the other half breed cousin has been secretly thwarting his avenging by making cyborgs (yes, fucking cyborgs!) to hinder his efforts and try to kill him because he was disgracing the bloodline by trying to avenge his sister.
And Hhex is randomly killing bad guys in Caldwell (that have nothing to do with this story) but can’t remember so she turns herself in for judgment to Wrath. Which lasts all of five seconds because she’s healed when she finds out what her brothers been doing and forgives him. So why did any of that happen? I don’t know.
I almost forgot about CP and Gus. Probably because they don’t really have a point either. They’re just there. Doing things that have no real impact on the story. Like CP getting pregnant and then immediately having a miscarriage. Or like creating a cure for cancer that nobody actually uses or does anything with. Or like Gus getting kidnapped and tortured. Which would seem like an important plot point but it’s not. It doesn’t even make sense that he would be kidnapped. Why does the cousin, who’s trying to go after Blade, remember, need to kidnap Gus to get codes to the lab? Blades not even there! What does the lab have to do with him? And apparently the mind control (that Blade uses to get into the lab) wasn’t an option for the cousin? I don’t know.
Oh yeah, and there’s a ghostly mountain lady apparition who steers everyone together/onto the right path. Why? What is she? I don’t know.
And a random sheriff who is also something supernatural but he doesn’t really do anything or have any impact to the plot except that he leaves Lydia his house and ‘the mountain’ at the end. Why? What is he? I don’t know. Not important. Just like the vast majority of what happens in this trilogy.
The climax is as quick and anticlimactic as you’d expect from this shit show. Cousin and cyborgs raid the lab, Blade has a scorpion that cures everyone’s cancer, and Hhex and the brothers swoop in to save the day.
This whole thing was just..what. The fuck.
****LOTS OF FUCKING SPOILERS****
Edited to add for myself b/c a day later and I’m still fucking annoyed about this book and trilogy as a whole and I just need to scream into the void. What the fuck was even the point of this whole thing?
The trilogy starts off making it seem like there’s a mystery to be solved and things to be unraveled around the wolven and the mountain and possibly bad guys doing bad guy shit but there’s literally no world building or story related to her being a wolven. She just is one and she changes a few times and that’s that.
The mountain seems to be pretty important but…why? I don’t know. It has some kind of supernatural/spiritual shit going on but you have to just figure that out for yourself, I guess, because we don’t really get into it.
The majority of the second and third book is just a lesson is suffering through watching a loved one die of cancer.
A large amount of page time goes to Hhexs collapsing grid and Blade reflecting and then bonding with Lydia because, sure, why not? The majority of the plot, other than the dying of cancer, is actually completely unrelated to the supposed main characters. No, seriously. It has nothing to do with them. At all. They’re just collateral damage in the most inane way possible.
And Wards complete lack of continuity is just a joke at this point. How many times were we told things that are just completely thrown aside in later books?
We were told Hhexs father abducted and raped her mother, right? And his father was appalled and glad Tohr killed him because…sympath. But now she has a brother who is conveniently also half vampire and apparently a cousin too because now it was a breeding experiment that the sympaths were doing. So when did her father have the brother? And she wasn’t sent to the labs because she was half vampire, it was because she was messing with a vampire.
Oh, and her brother, who she’s been estranged from and who was part of the family who sold her out to the labs, has actually been secretly avenging her for the last 20 years by using humans, who he convinced were part of a super secret military unit, to destroy any labs he can find.
Aaaannnnd, the other half breed cousin has been secretly thwarting his avenging by making cyborgs (yes, fucking cyborgs!) to hinder his efforts and try to kill him because he was disgracing the bloodline by trying to avenge his sister.
And Hhex is randomly killing bad guys in Caldwell (that have nothing to do with this story) but can’t remember so she turns herself in for judgment to Wrath. Which lasts all of five seconds because she’s healed when she finds out what her brothers been doing and forgives him. So why did any of that happen? I don’t know.
I almost forgot about CP and Gus. Probably because they don’t really have a point either. They’re just there. Doing things that have no real impact on the story. Like CP getting pregnant and then immediately having a miscarriage. Or like creating a cure for cancer that nobody actually uses or does anything with. Or like Gus getting kidnapped and tortured. Which would seem like an important plot point but it’s not. It doesn’t even make sense that he would be kidnapped. Why does the cousin, who’s trying to go after Blade, remember, need to kidnap Gus to get codes to the lab? Blades not even there! What does the lab have to do with him? And apparently the mind control (that Blade uses to get into the lab) wasn’t an option for the cousin? I don’t know.
Oh yeah, and there’s a ghostly mountain lady apparition who steers everyone together/onto the right path. Why? What is she? I don’t know.
And a random sheriff who is also something supernatural but he doesn’t really do anything or have any impact to the plot except that he leaves Lydia his house and ‘the mountain’ at the end. Why? What is he? I don’t know. Not important. Just like the vast majority of what happens in this trilogy.
The climax is as quick and anticlimactic as you’d expect from this shit show. Cousin and cyborgs raid the lab, Blade has a scorpion that cures everyone’s cancer, and Hhex and the brothers swoop in to save the day.
This whole thing was just..what. The fuck.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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January 24, 2024Looks like there is something seriously broken in JR Ward’s ability to bring strong emotions and suspense in her series. Like with the very disappointing Lassiter, Mine seems unable to keep the strong pace of the first two episodes. No real development of the Xhex/Blade sitch, all rushed in order to let too many repetitive scenes between Daniel and Lydia, or CP and Gus. Repetitive because the chapters looks like copy/paste. It’s sad really, I had so much pleasure and fun with her series. Time to move on. Maybe be later. With Blade?🤷🏻♀️
July 31, 2024
This series could have easily been a true standalone from the BDB. This series is actually my first time reading JR Ward, so the additional characters (of which there were too many) that were from BDB just overcomplicated the story line and confused me.
If you took out Xhex, Blade, and the too many other BDB characters out of the story, there would be almost no change to the story. Any "value" those characters added could have been easily replaced with something unrelated to BDB. Or even just brief cameos from BDB without totally incorporating these characters into the storyline.
Then there's Blade's character... He just shows up, falls madly in love with Lydia at first sight, even though it is repeatedly said that he prefers men. And then he magically has the cure for Daniel's cancer and then peaces out. It's all so... Dumb.
There were a lot of loose ends... And maybe they were supposed to be some "artistic interpretation" or whatever, but way too ambiguous for me.
And as someone who didn't read BDB, the naming of the characters is absolutely ridiculous (and not in a good way). Blade is okay. But Rehvenge, Vishous, Zsadist, Sahvage, Phury... I rolled my eyes so hard I almost passed out.
If you took out Xhex, Blade, and the too many other BDB characters out of the story, there would be almost no change to the story. Any "value" those characters added could have been easily replaced with something unrelated to BDB. Or even just brief cameos from BDB without totally incorporating these characters into the storyline.
Then there's Blade's character... He just shows up, falls madly in love with Lydia at first sight, even though it is repeatedly said that he prefers men. And then he magically has the cure for Daniel's cancer and then peaces out. It's all so... Dumb.
There were a lot of loose ends... And maybe they were supposed to be some "artistic interpretation" or whatever, but way too ambiguous for me.
And as someone who didn't read BDB, the naming of the characters is absolutely ridiculous (and not in a good way). Blade is okay. But Rehvenge, Vishous, Zsadist, Sahvage, Phury... I rolled my eyes so hard I almost passed out.
March 15, 2024
This series has not been my favorite and had lots of ups and downs. First off, it's supposed to be about wolven, but it's focused on just one. We find out more about the wolven in the prison camp series. This was the final book in the series, and while we get our HEA, we are left with some plot holes. One of the many....if Blade was the target, why kidnap Gus and want access to the lab????? I enjoyed the BDB character crossovers and especially meeting Blade. I look forward to seeing him again in this universe. Overall, i had high hopes for this series, and it just wasn't what i had hoped.
January 26, 2024
That was freaking awesome! I SO needed this. Thank you J.R. Ward for giving me a wonderful book hangover. I’m glad I decided to finish this series in the BDB world. Such a wonderful wrap up.
February 15, 2024
*Title: Mine-The Lair of the Wolven Book #3
*Release date: 1/23/24 read: 2/11/24
*Author: J.R. Ward-an auto buy author for me
*Format: audiobook
*Narrator: Jim Frangione-great, has done all books in this series
*Run time: 10:46
*Setting: NY
*Genre: PNR
*Tropes: fated mates, secret pregnancy(not h), vampires, werewolves
*Look out for: miscarriage, terminally ill H, experimentation(not H/h)
*Synopsis: Lydia and Daniel are dealing with his illness hoping for a last minute cure. C.P. Phalen who created Vita 12b is dealing with the same illness. Daniel's doctor Gus St. Clair has gone missing and Lydia and Daniel are trying to find him. Xhex and her sympath powers having deadly problems. I love her morally grey yet fascinating brother Blade. He's a bad boy with a thing for Lydia.
*Characters
* Lydia
* Daniel
* Catherine C.P. Phelan
* Dr. August St. Clair
* Xhex w/ my beloved John Matthew
* Blade
*Review : As the last book in the series, I enjoyed it the most. Ward kept the storylines to a minimum and didn't go too far-okay maybe with the cyborgs, lol. I have rooted for Lydia and Daniel from the start, and am glad things didn't end tragically. I would love to read more about Blade and Xhex's sympath powers.
*Rating: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
*Spice level- 3/5 🌶️🌶️
*Release date: 1/23/24 read: 2/11/24
*Author: J.R. Ward-an auto buy author for me
*Format: audiobook
*Narrator: Jim Frangione-great, has done all books in this series
*Run time: 10:46
*Setting: NY
*Genre: PNR
*Tropes: fated mates, secret pregnancy(not h), vampires, werewolves
*Look out for: miscarriage, terminally ill H, experimentation(not H/h)
*Synopsis: Lydia and Daniel are dealing with his illness hoping for a last minute cure. C.P. Phalen who created Vita 12b is dealing with the same illness. Daniel's doctor Gus St. Clair has gone missing and Lydia and Daniel are trying to find him. Xhex and her sympath powers having deadly problems. I love her morally grey yet fascinating brother Blade. He's a bad boy with a thing for Lydia.
*Characters
* Lydia
* Daniel
* Catherine C.P. Phelan
* Dr. August St. Clair
* Xhex w/ my beloved John Matthew
* Blade
*Review : As the last book in the series, I enjoyed it the most. Ward kept the storylines to a minimum and didn't go too far-okay maybe with the cyborgs, lol. I have rooted for Lydia and Daniel from the start, and am glad things didn't end tragically. I would love to read more about Blade and Xhex's sympath powers.
*Rating: 4/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
*Spice level- 3/5 🌶️🌶️
April 7, 2024
I'm glad this little mini series is over. It was such a slog. This one had some weird stuff going on with cyborgs and cancer curing scorpions. I don't even know at this point.
The story involving Xhex was worth it, the MC story was lame and the spice was almost non existent and what there was was pretty boring in general and way too full of the MMC whining about his cancer related dick issues. Why is that even in a *romance series* that's been defined by it's spicy elements? Ward, my goodness...
Honestly, lamest werewolf/wolven genre series I have ever read. I don't even know why she bothered with the element at all. I'm 90% convinced this was ghost written.
10/10 narration by jim frangione. He is one of the best in the business and can make any boring book worth finishing.
The story involving Xhex was worth it, the MC story was lame and the spice was almost non existent and what there was was pretty boring in general and way too full of the MMC whining about his cancer related dick issues. Why is that even in a *romance series* that's been defined by it's spicy elements? Ward, my goodness...
Honestly, lamest werewolf/wolven genre series I have ever read. I don't even know why she bothered with the element at all. I'm 90% convinced this was ghost written.
10/10 narration by jim frangione. He is one of the best in the business and can make any boring book worth finishing.
June 29, 2024
I have pretty complicated thoughts on this. Like as an isolated story, it's not bad...actually is good. I loved Lydia and Daniel overcoming the odds. However, this being a spin-off trilogy of the bigger series complicates things. Where does this fit in the timeline? Cause some significant things happen to some main characters. And there was some really hefty ideas for world-building things here like a big bad pharma guy...and Blade and his place amongst the Sympaths. And why?
Maybe I'm overthinking it cause the story itself is cute and I liked the twists and turns but shoe-horning into the tight world/rules of BDB is tough.
Maybe I'm overthinking it cause the story itself is cute and I liked the twists and turns but shoe-horning into the tight world/rules of BDB is tough.
February 3, 2024
3.5. What felt like an unusually long wait between
Books 2 and 3 may have contributed to this one not working as well for me. I do enjoy the new additions to the black brother daggerhood world and would really like to see the characters and concepts appear again on the larger series. The plot featuring Xhex was interesting and I liked catching glimpses of a couple other long time characters.
Books 2 and 3 may have contributed to this one not working as well for me. I do enjoy the new additions to the black brother daggerhood world and would really like to see the characters and concepts appear again on the larger series. The plot featuring Xhex was interesting and I liked catching glimpses of a couple other long time characters.
January 31, 2024
Not even sure why I keep reading JR Ward. Pretty sure the last book of hers I enjoyed was 4 years ago. Her writing has gotten really convoluted and honestly she should just quit romance. She clearly has no interest in it anymore so she should switch genres and do her latest passion, urban fantasy cuz that’s all she’s been writing.
June 25, 2024
I do not like this trend of publishing one good story into three separate books. This trilogy would have been so much better if it weren't split into three with a bunch of unnecessary bullshit crammed in between.
February 8, 2024
Sad this is over. I feel like I need more. Will we get more of them after the time jump?
February 24, 2024
Seriously, her first 8 books were sooooo good, then she got a ghost writer, and these books are terrible. Glad this mini series is finished
May 2, 2024
I love JR Ward, but whew this one gave me some whiplash.
June 12, 2024
I enjoyed this (Spoilers)
Lydia and Daniel get their happy ending which they totally deserved. I was rooting for them the whole time.
Gus and Cathy... man.. I wouldn't mind an entire book dedicated to them.
But the REAL stars of the show (for me) were Xhex and Blade. Man. I cried so HARD when they reconciled and then cried even more as Blade left. Just as he and Xhex finally reunited, he leaves. JR, I am telling you NOW: I better get a Blade book. I need loving, silly siblings moments with Xhex and Blade. I BEG.
Lydia and Daniel get their happy ending which they totally deserved. I was rooting for them the whole time.
Gus and Cathy... man.. I wouldn't mind an entire book dedicated to them.
But the REAL stars of the show (for me) were Xhex and Blade. Man. I cried so HARD when they reconciled and then cried even more as Blade left. Just as he and Xhex finally reunited, he leaves. JR, I am telling you NOW: I better get a Blade book. I need loving, silly siblings moments with Xhex and Blade. I BEG.
March 31, 2024
Please J Ward, stop creating these bad stories. This book was bad, it didn't have anything relevant, I'm getting bad memories of a universe that I love so much!
April 14, 2024
Reviewed for THC Reviews
Mine is the third and final book of J. R. Ward’s Lair of the Wolven series, which is a spin-off of her Black Dagger Brotherhood world. This one picks up exactly where the previous book, Forever, left off. Daniel and Lydia have just gotten word that Daniel’s doctor, Gus, has gone missing. They rush to Gus’s house, but aside from blood at the scene, they find no useful evidence to indicate who might have taken him and where. Since Daniel is still wracked with cancer, he struggles with not being able to do more for his trusted physician and friend. Partly to distract herself from Daniel’s deteriorating condition, Lydia approaches Xhex, Blade, and Sheriff Eastwind in turn, trying to get their help in locating Gus, but none of them will cooperate at first. Meanwhile C. P. Phalen, who also has terminal cancer, believes that Gus may have been taken because she had just signed over ownership of their promising cancer treatment, Vita-12b, to him. But in reality, their enemy is a far more dangerous one who will stop at nothing to gain access to the lab under C. P.’s mansion where Gus worked. As the clock ticks down for Daniel and C. P., all the players must join together in order to save their futures and defeat their new enemy before he kills them all.
Having declined to become patient one in Gus and C. P.’s clinical trials for Vita-12b, Daniel is in his final stages of life. As the story opens, he has a little more energy now that the effects of chemo are wearing off, but it doesn’t last long before he starts having more critical moments as he’s essentially waiting for death to claim him. He still wants to protect Lydia but finds himself unable to most of the time, which eats at him, and he’s equally perturbed that he can’t really do anything for Gus. If he’s going to die, he longs to go out fighting, not lying in a hospital bed. For her part, Lydia feels helpless to do anything for Daniel, so she turns her efforts on finding Gus, but no one who might know something is willing to help her at first. She has visions that show her Blade is part of her future, and when the symphath comes through for her in a surprising way, she finds herself having complicated feelings toward him. She appreciates what he’s done, but still doesn’t entirely trust him, nor does she have any designs whatsoever on a romantic future with him even when Daniel’s inevitable death arrives. Daniel and Lydia do their best to enjoy what time they have left together, while fighting to defeat the enemy that is coming for them and facing Lydia’s eventual destiny as a wolven. I really like Daniel and Lydia together and how they both give so much of themselves to comfort each other during such a difficult time. Daniel may still long to protect Lydia, but she has grown in strength to be able to protect, not only herself, but also him and others when everything hits the fan. While I don’t want to give away spoilers on just how it happens, readers needn’t worry about Ms. Ward killing off a main character like she dared to do in one of her previous books. There is a happy ending for our intrepid couple.
As with the other books in the series, there are a number of other supporting characters with their own POV scenes. C. P. Phalen is trying to face her own terminal cancer diagnosis, along with the prospect of unexpectedly becoming a mother. Her carefully ordered world is falling down around her, but when she’s needed most, she really steps up. Her biggest regret is possibly not ever getting the chance to tell Gus that she’s in love with him. The story opens with Gus being held prisoner and tortured for information by their new enemy. He turns out to be pretty strong for a rather geeky doctor/researcher, putting in his own good showing. Xhex is the character who really ties the story to the BDB world. Her emotional grid is still deteriorating and she finally becomes aware of the kills she’s been making but doesn’t remember. It leads her and John Matthew to temporarily leave the mansion for everyone’s safety, but healing is ultimately tied to her brother, Blade. Blade initially still finds himself rather obsessed with Lydia and waiting for Daniel to die so that he can help her pick up the pieces. However, the actions he took to ahvenge Xhex don’t go unnoticed, and he proves that he’s capable of suppressing his symphath side again when he discovers who’s really out to get them all. Again, I don’t want to give away spoilers, but Blade did some very surprising things in this book that left me intrigued by him and hoping that we see more of him at some point.
I liked the first two Lair of the Wolven books, but I didn’t love them like I have with many of J. R. Ward’s other works. They were rather slow-paced, leaving a lot of open questions, so I wasn’t entirely sold on the series. I’m glad I stuck with it, though, because Mine really stamped paid to the whole story arc. It did start out a tad slow, and the darkness of having not one, but two characters, suffering from terminal cancer was a little emotionally heavy. But as all those questions I’d had from the first two volumes started to get answered, I became more and more invested. By the end, everything came full-circle and all the mysterious happenings finally made sense. There’s also some good suspense and action sequences to make things more exciting this time around, as well as some character development, particularly for Lydia and C. P. However, the most development undoubtedly occurred for Blade. His actions basically drove the narrative from the very beginning of the series even though we didn’t know of his involvement until the previous book, and his choices in this book really impressed me, showing how a person can change if they really want to. I enjoyed seeing him and Xhex make peace. And I was thrilled with the HEAs pretty much all the way around. I hope that we haven’t seen the last of these characters, particularly Daniel, Lydia and Blade, and that Ms. Ward might find a way to incorporate them into future offerings in this world.
Mine is the third and final book of J. R. Ward’s Lair of the Wolven series, which is a spin-off of her Black Dagger Brotherhood world. This one picks up exactly where the previous book, Forever, left off. Daniel and Lydia have just gotten word that Daniel’s doctor, Gus, has gone missing. They rush to Gus’s house, but aside from blood at the scene, they find no useful evidence to indicate who might have taken him and where. Since Daniel is still wracked with cancer, he struggles with not being able to do more for his trusted physician and friend. Partly to distract herself from Daniel’s deteriorating condition, Lydia approaches Xhex, Blade, and Sheriff Eastwind in turn, trying to get their help in locating Gus, but none of them will cooperate at first. Meanwhile C. P. Phalen, who also has terminal cancer, believes that Gus may have been taken because she had just signed over ownership of their promising cancer treatment, Vita-12b, to him. But in reality, their enemy is a far more dangerous one who will stop at nothing to gain access to the lab under C. P.’s mansion where Gus worked. As the clock ticks down for Daniel and C. P., all the players must join together in order to save their futures and defeat their new enemy before he kills them all.
Having declined to become patient one in Gus and C. P.’s clinical trials for Vita-12b, Daniel is in his final stages of life. As the story opens, he has a little more energy now that the effects of chemo are wearing off, but it doesn’t last long before he starts having more critical moments as he’s essentially waiting for death to claim him. He still wants to protect Lydia but finds himself unable to most of the time, which eats at him, and he’s equally perturbed that he can’t really do anything for Gus. If he’s going to die, he longs to go out fighting, not lying in a hospital bed. For her part, Lydia feels helpless to do anything for Daniel, so she turns her efforts on finding Gus, but no one who might know something is willing to help her at first. She has visions that show her Blade is part of her future, and when the symphath comes through for her in a surprising way, she finds herself having complicated feelings toward him. She appreciates what he’s done, but still doesn’t entirely trust him, nor does she have any designs whatsoever on a romantic future with him even when Daniel’s inevitable death arrives. Daniel and Lydia do their best to enjoy what time they have left together, while fighting to defeat the enemy that is coming for them and facing Lydia’s eventual destiny as a wolven. I really like Daniel and Lydia together and how they both give so much of themselves to comfort each other during such a difficult time. Daniel may still long to protect Lydia, but she has grown in strength to be able to protect, not only herself, but also him and others when everything hits the fan. While I don’t want to give away spoilers on just how it happens, readers needn’t worry about Ms. Ward killing off a main character like she dared to do in one of her previous books. There is a happy ending for our intrepid couple.
As with the other books in the series, there are a number of other supporting characters with their own POV scenes. C. P. Phalen is trying to face her own terminal cancer diagnosis, along with the prospect of unexpectedly becoming a mother. Her carefully ordered world is falling down around her, but when she’s needed most, she really steps up. Her biggest regret is possibly not ever getting the chance to tell Gus that she’s in love with him. The story opens with Gus being held prisoner and tortured for information by their new enemy. He turns out to be pretty strong for a rather geeky doctor/researcher, putting in his own good showing. Xhex is the character who really ties the story to the BDB world. Her emotional grid is still deteriorating and she finally becomes aware of the kills she’s been making but doesn’t remember. It leads her and John Matthew to temporarily leave the mansion for everyone’s safety, but healing is ultimately tied to her brother, Blade. Blade initially still finds himself rather obsessed with Lydia and waiting for Daniel to die so that he can help her pick up the pieces. However, the actions he took to ahvenge Xhex don’t go unnoticed, and he proves that he’s capable of suppressing his symphath side again when he discovers who’s really out to get them all. Again, I don’t want to give away spoilers, but Blade did some very surprising things in this book that left me intrigued by him and hoping that we see more of him at some point.
I liked the first two Lair of the Wolven books, but I didn’t love them like I have with many of J. R. Ward’s other works. They were rather slow-paced, leaving a lot of open questions, so I wasn’t entirely sold on the series. I’m glad I stuck with it, though, because Mine really stamped paid to the whole story arc. It did start out a tad slow, and the darkness of having not one, but two characters, suffering from terminal cancer was a little emotionally heavy. But as all those questions I’d had from the first two volumes started to get answered, I became more and more invested. By the end, everything came full-circle and all the mysterious happenings finally made sense. There’s also some good suspense and action sequences to make things more exciting this time around, as well as some character development, particularly for Lydia and C. P. However, the most development undoubtedly occurred for Blade. His actions basically drove the narrative from the very beginning of the series even though we didn’t know of his involvement until the previous book, and his choices in this book really impressed me, showing how a person can change if they really want to. I enjoyed seeing him and Xhex make peace. And I was thrilled with the HEAs pretty much all the way around. I hope that we haven’t seen the last of these characters, particularly Daniel, Lydia and Blade, and that Ms. Ward might find a way to incorporate them into future offerings in this world.
July 31, 2024
JR Ward does it again. I loved how the story unfolded. It doesn't look like there's going to be anymore. I hope her next one will be of the Black Dagger Brotherhood 🗡
January 28, 2024
3.5 Stars
This was the conclusion of the trilogy with Lydia and Daniel, and I guess with Cathy and Gus as well. I did enjoy it, but it actually seemed to leave me with more questions than answers.
This series is named "The Lair of the Wolven" but after 3 books, we really have absolutely NO more information or answers about the actual Wolven. A better description or title would include the Sympaths because it felt like ALL 3 books really focused more on the Sympaths. We are not given ANY information on the actual Wolven. How did they come about? How are they existing right in the middle of the BDB territory? Any background on Lydia would be very helpful. Yep, not really sure that the Wolven were the stars of this series.....
Then, there were so many things that were not tied up - without going into spoilers, let me just ask one question. Who (or what) the heck was the Sheriff? and the entity? (okay, that's 2 questions...)
It felt like Ms. Ward kind of threw things out there without really thinking them through. Okay maybe I will spoil a little bit with these questions:
So, yeah. Way too many questions and not enough answers.
Thank goodness that at least we got 2 HEA's.
This was the conclusion of the trilogy with Lydia and Daniel, and I guess with Cathy and Gus as well. I did enjoy it, but it actually seemed to leave me with more questions than answers.
This series is named "The Lair of the Wolven" but after 3 books, we really have absolutely NO more information or answers about the actual Wolven. A better description or title would include the Sympaths because it felt like ALL 3 books really focused more on the Sympaths. We are not given ANY information on the actual Wolven. How did they come about? How are they existing right in the middle of the BDB territory? Any background on Lydia would be very helpful. Yep, not really sure that the Wolven were the stars of this series.....
Then, there were so many things that were not tied up - without going into spoilers, let me just ask one question. Who (or what) the heck was the Sheriff? and the entity? (okay, that's 2 questions...)
It felt like Ms. Ward kind of threw things out there without really thinking them through. Okay maybe I will spoil a little bit with these questions:
So, yeah. Way too many questions and not enough answers.
Thank goodness that at least we got 2 HEA's.
April 3, 2024
MINE is the third and final instalment in JR Ward’s contemporary, adult THE LAIR OF THE WOLVEN paranormal, urban fantasy series-a spin off set in the author’s Black Dagger Brotherhood world. This is drifter/handyman Daniel Joseph, and wolven/scientist/wolf behaviorist Lydia Susi’s storyline. MINE should not be read as a stand alone as it picks up immediately after the events of book two FOREVER.
NOTE: The Wolven were first introduced in JR Ward’s LOVER UNLEASHED, and first appear in THE JACKAL.
Told from several omniscient third person perspectives, following two intersecting paths MINE is the culmination of three instalments in which our hero Daniel Joseph, slowly dying from cancer, struggles with the inevitable, and his relationship with Lydia Susi, a wolven who is desperate to save the man whom she loves. Meanwhile, Dr. Gus St. Claire, has developed a possible cure for cancer but his lady love, Dr. CP Phalen, has refused his treatment, and the doctor becomes a target of someone hoping to claim what the doctor has developed.
Adding to the already complicated story line, sympath, and John Matthew’s shellan Xhex is fighting her own battles, and the demons from the past may be interfering in with her life going forward. All is not well with John Matthew’s love, and the evidence reveals Xhex may have crossed a line of no return. Struggling with the return of her brother Blade, Xhex discovers Blade has a softer side for family and friends.
MINE is a complicated and detailed story line building upon the previous two instalments. Cancer is pervasive throughout the trilogy, a cure, a stumble, greed and a couple of happily ever afters, as well as a cyborg army but saying that, there remains many unanswered questions including the reveal of the person(s) behind a series of grizzly murders, and Xhex’s brother Blade’s future, a man who fell in love with a woman who was in love with another man. The premise is dramatic; the romance is fated and impassioned; the characters are dynamic and charismatic.
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NOTE: The Wolven were first introduced in JR Ward’s LOVER UNLEASHED, and first appear in THE JACKAL.
Told from several omniscient third person perspectives, following two intersecting paths MINE is the culmination of three instalments in which our hero Daniel Joseph, slowly dying from cancer, struggles with the inevitable, and his relationship with Lydia Susi, a wolven who is desperate to save the man whom she loves. Meanwhile, Dr. Gus St. Claire, has developed a possible cure for cancer but his lady love, Dr. CP Phalen, has refused his treatment, and the doctor becomes a target of someone hoping to claim what the doctor has developed.
Adding to the already complicated story line, sympath, and John Matthew’s shellan Xhex is fighting her own battles, and the demons from the past may be interfering in with her life going forward. All is not well with John Matthew’s love, and the evidence reveals Xhex may have crossed a line of no return. Struggling with the return of her brother Blade, Xhex discovers Blade has a softer side for family and friends.
MINE is a complicated and detailed story line building upon the previous two instalments. Cancer is pervasive throughout the trilogy, a cure, a stumble, greed and a couple of happily ever afters, as well as a cyborg army but saying that, there remains many unanswered questions including the reveal of the person(s) behind a series of grizzly murders, and Xhex’s brother Blade’s future, a man who fell in love with a woman who was in love with another man. The premise is dramatic; the romance is fated and impassioned; the characters are dynamic and charismatic.
www.thereadingcafe.com
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August 3, 2024
Jest to bardzo dobre, choć trochę słodko gorzkie zakończenie trylogii “The Lair of the Wolven”, która opowiada nie tylko o osobnej rasie zmiennokształtnych wilków, ale także powraca do sympathów, złowrogiej rasy wampirów i ich powiązań z członkami Bractwa Czarnego Sztyletu.
Tym razem jest sporo akcji, dużo chwytających za serce momentów, ale, w przeciwieństwie do depresyjnego drugiego tomu, są to także pozytywne chwile. Tajemnice i zagadki - także te z pierwszego tomu, które stanowiły dla mnie niemałą zagwozdkę - zyskują wreszcie wyjaśnienie. Postaci są mocno rozwinięte, z dużą rozpiętością emocji i powodujących ich zachowaniem motywów. W efekcie nawet do tych bohaterów, którzy wcześniej nie sprawiali dobrego wrażenia, można się przywiązać. W tej książce, jak w poprzednich częściach trylogii, główni bohaterowie postawieni zostali w rozpaczliwej, rozciągniętej w czasie sytuacji i uważam, że oddanie ich huśtawki emocji, rozmów i myśli udało się autorce znakomicie, choć naprawdę lektura nie była dla mnie łatwa.
Całość oceniam mocno na plus, ale nie mogę zaliczyć tej trylogii do absolutnych ulubieńców. W pierwszym tomie było zbyt dużo niewiadomych, drugi był trochę przeciągnięty (choć rozumiem, skąd taki zabieg) i dopiero trzeci zaoferował mi rozsądną mieszankę szybkiej akcji i spowolnienia fabuły, odkrywając przy okazji tajemnice towarzyszące temu krótkiemu cyklowi. Niemniej jednak warto go przeczytać, bo jest nie tylko ciekawa pod względem psychologicznym, ale także stanowi dobre uzupełnienie losów jednej z bohaterek cyklu “Bractwo Czarnego Sztyletu”.
Tym razem jest sporo akcji, dużo chwytających za serce momentów, ale, w przeciwieństwie do depresyjnego drugiego tomu, są to także pozytywne chwile. Tajemnice i zagadki - także te z pierwszego tomu, które stanowiły dla mnie niemałą zagwozdkę - zyskują wreszcie wyjaśnienie. Postaci są mocno rozwinięte, z dużą rozpiętością emocji i powodujących ich zachowaniem motywów. W efekcie nawet do tych bohaterów, którzy wcześniej nie sprawiali dobrego wrażenia, można się przywiązać. W tej książce, jak w poprzednich częściach trylogii, główni bohaterowie postawieni zostali w rozpaczliwej, rozciągniętej w czasie sytuacji i uważam, że oddanie ich huśtawki emocji, rozmów i myśli udało się autorce znakomicie, choć naprawdę lektura nie była dla mnie łatwa.
Całość oceniam mocno na plus, ale nie mogę zaliczyć tej trylogii do absolutnych ulubieńców. W pierwszym tomie było zbyt dużo niewiadomych, drugi był trochę przeciągnięty (choć rozumiem, skąd taki zabieg) i dopiero trzeci zaoferował mi rozsądną mieszankę szybkiej akcji i spowolnienia fabuły, odkrywając przy okazji tajemnice towarzyszące temu krótkiemu cyklowi. Niemniej jednak warto go przeczytać, bo jest nie tylko ciekawa pod względem psychologicznym, ale także stanowi dobre uzupełnienie losów jednej z bohaterek cyklu “Bractwo Czarnego Sztyletu”.
January 30, 2024
We've come to the end of the Wolven series, according to The Warden. And with this HEA conclusion she gives Lydia and Daniel, I'm assuming it truly is the end. I enjoyed this series very much. As is typical of J.R. Ward, she involves so many of her other series' characters in this one. There's plenty of Xhex and John Mathew in this series, particularly Xhex in this final installment, as well as appearances from the BDB. We also had a little bit of crossover from the Prison Camp series along the way, and I kind of wonder if we'll get more of this series' wolven action over in the upcoming books in that series. Too much was left hanging in this book/series for me to feel content with it all.
Daniel and Lydia go to hell and back, particularly in this third book. So much happens, it was a bit hard to keep track of it all. It will definitely be a series I have to read again to feel like I understand all that happened.
I highly doubt we'll see any of this series in any upcoming BDB books since we've already been alerted the next one time jumps thirty years, so I have to hope that we get more answers in Callum's book in the Prison camp series. To have this series be called The Lair of the Wolven, it really only focused on Lydia, which didn't really feel like enough to have that series moniker. At any rate, I really enjoyed these three books and hope we get to see the characters again somewhere along the way.
Daniel and Lydia go to hell and back, particularly in this third book. So much happens, it was a bit hard to keep track of it all. It will definitely be a series I have to read again to feel like I understand all that happened.
I highly doubt we'll see any of this series in any upcoming BDB books since we've already been alerted the next one time jumps thirty years, so I have to hope that we get more answers in Callum's book in the Prison camp series. To have this series be called The Lair of the Wolven, it really only focused on Lydia, which didn't really feel like enough to have that series moniker. At any rate, I really enjoyed these three books and hope we get to see the characters again somewhere along the way.
February 21, 2024
I’ve read many of Ward’s books. All of the BDB and the spinoffs. This is by far, one of the books I’m most disappointed in. Way too many unanswered questions:
1. After being healed by the scorpion venom, why did their eyes change color? Why mention it if it wasn’t important to the plot or a potential follow-on plot?
2. Did Xhex just get off free for killing not nice vampires?
3. Who was the sheriff? I can guess but we aren’t given enough info to make a solid guess
4. Why did the sheriff leave money for Lydia?
5. What about Lydia’s Wolfe and the mountain wolves? Are they all werewolves? Are they related? Is she the new alpha?
6. What happened to the records that Lydia had?
7. Everyone is just ok with vampires and werewolves running around? No come to Jesus meeting about this info shouldn’t get out?
8. Why did Wrath just let Xhex go unsupervised? What good did making a show of turning in her weapons do? John Matthew doesn’t count. He left her to cover his shift. It’s not like she couldn’t go get more weapons if she had another mental breakdown.
While I do enjoy a happy ending, there are just too many holes in this book.
I loved Gus, Blade, and the secretary. I found the main Lydia and Daniel a little annoying by book 3.
1. After being healed by the scorpion venom, why did their eyes change color? Why mention it if it wasn’t important to the plot or a potential follow-on plot?
2. Did Xhex just get off free for killing not nice vampires?
3. Who was the sheriff? I can guess but we aren’t given enough info to make a solid guess
4. Why did the sheriff leave money for Lydia?
5. What about Lydia’s Wolfe and the mountain wolves? Are they all werewolves? Are they related? Is she the new alpha?
6. What happened to the records that Lydia had?
7. Everyone is just ok with vampires and werewolves running around? No come to Jesus meeting about this info shouldn’t get out?
8. Why did Wrath just let Xhex go unsupervised? What good did making a show of turning in her weapons do? John Matthew doesn’t count. He left her to cover his shift. It’s not like she couldn’t go get more weapons if she had another mental breakdown.
While I do enjoy a happy ending, there are just too many holes in this book.
I loved Gus, Blade, and the secretary. I found the main Lydia and Daniel a little annoying by book 3.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 28, 2024
This is the awesome conclusion of the three book series The Lair of the Wolven. I had such high expectations for this book and the book totally exceeded my expectations. I didn’t know if I wanted to laugh, cry, or reach into the book, and strangle some of the characters. And yes, before I get too far, this final book does answer all your questions. It truly is one of the best series conclusions written. Although to be perfectly honest with you, I would love another book or many more about the Wolven. So hopefully JR Ward will keep that in mind. I loved the entire book, but watching Xhex battle, her own inner demons was an amazing part of the book. Having her come together with someone, she thought she hated so much was one of the best parts of the book. And I loved watching her and John make an appearance again. I loved the second characters in this book, how can you not love Gus he was great, and his silent love for CP Phalen just enhanced the book. And I know I’m repeating myself about being wonderful, awesome, and well written, but I don’t know what else to say. Except more books please. The ending had me laughing, cheering, and almost begging for more books with these characters in them.
April 5, 2024
This is the conclusion of the Lair of the Wolven series. It features Lydia and Daniel. Daniel is dying of cancer but refuses to take the experimental drug cure that Dr. Gus St. Claire has developed. When he quits working for CP Phalen’s underground lab they go looking for him. Only to find he has been abducted. Can Daniel find the strength to help find him? Can Lydia face the one being she fears most to ask for his help? Will he help? This story is full of passion and danger with lots of surprises.
The audiobook is narrated by my personal favorite Jim Frangione. He does an excellent job immersing me in the story. And his voice is divine! This is the conclusion of the Lair of the Wolven series. It features Lydia and Daniel. Daniel is dying of cancer but refuses to take the experimental drug cure that Dr. Gus St. Claire has developed. When he quits working for CP Phalen’s underground lab they go looking for him. Only to find he has been abducted. Can Daniel find the strength to help find him? Can Lydia face the one being she fears most to ask for his help? Will he help? This story is full of passion and danger with lots of surprises.
The audiobook is narrated by my personal favorite Jim Frangione. He does an excellent job immersing me in the story. And his voice is divine!
The audiobook is narrated by my personal favorite Jim Frangione. He does an excellent job immersing me in the story. And his voice is divine! This is the conclusion of the Lair of the Wolven series. It features Lydia and Daniel. Daniel is dying of cancer but refuses to take the experimental drug cure that Dr. Gus St. Claire has developed. When he quits working for CP Phalen’s underground lab they go looking for him. Only to find he has been abducted. Can Daniel find the strength to help find him? Can Lydia face the one being she fears most to ask for his help? Will he help? This story is full of passion and danger with lots of surprises.
The audiobook is narrated by my personal favorite Jim Frangione. He does an excellent job immersing me in the story. And his voice is divine!
February 24, 2024
*** Minor spoilers ahead ***
This book is all about girl power! Lydia, Cathy, Xhex... all badass women. I found that pretty cool even though it started to feel a bit forced near the ending. Which took a really unnecessary long time to come. As I wrote on my review of the previous book, there was absolutely no need for this series to be a trilogy! If you edit the amount of room descriptions and the environment and the clothes and the smells you might end up with less than 50% of the size of this book. Everything is overly described to the point that you go through pages of absolutely nothing happening at all but the descriptions of all the aforementioned. It was exhausting! And it's not like there was nothing else in the plot to be explored. I mean, why not give us some more background on Eastwind? Or reveal what in fact the "entity" is? Or transform the epilogue into the last chapter and write an epilogue further in the future? Honestly? It didn't even feel as an epilogue.
It's all pretty sad because Ward truly is a great writer and this series really had a great potential but it looks like the desire for more sells ($$$$) ended up ruining all.
This book is all about girl power! Lydia, Cathy, Xhex... all badass women. I found that pretty cool even though it started to feel a bit forced near the ending. Which took a really unnecessary long time to come. As I wrote on my review of the previous book, there was absolutely no need for this series to be a trilogy! If you edit the amount of room descriptions and the environment and the clothes and the smells you might end up with less than 50% of the size of this book. Everything is overly described to the point that you go through pages of absolutely nothing happening at all but the descriptions of all the aforementioned. It was exhausting! And it's not like there was nothing else in the plot to be explored. I mean, why not give us some more background on Eastwind? Or reveal what in fact the "entity" is? Or transform the epilogue into the last chapter and write an epilogue further in the future? Honestly? It didn't even feel as an epilogue.
It's all pretty sad because Ward truly is a great writer and this series really had a great potential but it looks like the desire for more sells ($$$$) ended up ruining all.
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