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Monday, April 18, 2011

Review: Raised by Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes


Synopsis: At the age of four, Bryn watched a rogue werewolf brutally murder her parents. Alone in the world, she was rescued and taken in by the mysterious Callum, the alpha of his werewolf pack.Now fifteen, Bryn's been raised as a human among werewolves, adhering to pack rule (mostly). Little fazes her.

But the pack;s been keeping a secret and when Bryn goes exploring against Callum's direct orders, she finds Chase, a newly turned teen Were locked in a cage. Terrifying memories of the attack on her mom and dad come flooding back. Bryn needs answers, and she needs Chase to get them. Suddenly, all allegiances to the pack no longer matter. It's Bryn and Chase against the werewolf world, whatever the consequences.

Bryn is as bad ass as any female can be. She's kept to herself, mostly, her whole life while living amongst a pack of werewolves. At the beginning of the story I found myself a bit confused by the dynamics of the pack and its rules and how the humans in the book came into it, but after a few chapters I felt my confusing subside and I was absolutely delighted. Barnes brought me into a world where not only did a pack full of werewolves have laws and government, but also, that treat the humans within the pack like their own, actually more like possessions. This book was really well written and I adore Devon! *swoons* Right from the time that you meet Chase you understand why Bryn is so drawn to him and then one or two times later it makes total sense.

While the powers and things of being a werewolf don't really change much than other books,  it's unnecessary because there are other factors that are different and hypnotizing about this pack of werewolves. Bryn's world and her many relationships, strange and not so much, make this a great book all around and I will be buying the next book, Trial by Fire, on its release date, which happens to be June 14th.

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