The Wolf King
by Lauren Palphreyman
Blurb:
Princess Aurora longs to escape the castle and the marriage that has been arranged for her.
But on the night before her wedding, at a dog fight where captured werewolves are made to fight for sport, she spares the life of a young wolf. It puts her on the radar of the powerful alpha who was going to kill him. And it changes everything.
That night, when the alpha escapes, he kidnaps her and takes her to the rugged lands north of the border — where the once warring werewolf clans are beginning to unite. He thinks that she is the key to winning the war against the humans.
Only, as they spend time around one another, forbidden attraction starts to grow. And as Aurora learns that not all wolves are bad, the alpha discovers that she is in danger from both his enemies, and those he once considered friends.
With monsters on both sides, a bloodthirsty war between humans and wolves raging, and undeniable passion growing between them — will their story end in love? Or tragedy?
And will Aurora ever get home?
Does she even want to?
My Review:
I have one question and one question only,
WHY did I wait so long to read this book?! WHY did I let it sit there calling
my name while I read other things?! Because The Wolf King by Lauren Palphreyman
is an absolute MASTERPIECE and I am still not fully recovered from the
experience!
Let me paint you a picture, imagine
Outlander. Now add werewolves. Now turn everything up to the highest possible
setting and hold on for dear life. That is The Wolf King and it is every bit as
delicious as that sounds. From the very first page I was completely and utterly
entranced and I did not come up for air until the very last word!
And can we talk about our FMC for a moment
because she is everything! This is not your typical kidnapped heroine situation,
well, KIND of. She went willingly. Sort of. Listen, the details are complicated
and that is all I am going to say! What I loved so deeply about her story is
how it captures the suffocating reality of women being married off like
political currency to forge kingdom alliances, and our girl looked that fate
dead in the eye and said absolutely NOT. The audacity. The courage. I wanted to
stand up and applaud!
The love story is sweeping and fierce and
protective in a way that had me pressing my hand to my chest more than once.
And listen, I KNEW there was a fated mate situation somewhere in these pages. I
could feel it in my bones and when it arrived I was ready and I was NOT ready
all at the same time!
But let me tell you what really sent me
completely over the edge, Blake. Oh, BLAKE. I am a villain girl through and
through and Blake is everything I have ever wanted in a morally gray, touch her
and die, walking red flag wrapped in absolute perfection. I did not come here
to fall for the hero, I came here for the man who exists in the delicious gray
space between right and wrong and makes no apologies for it whatsoever. Blake
delivered that in SPADES and I will be thinking about him for a very long time!
And the audiobook, do NOT sleep on the
audiobook. It takes an already extraordinary story and elevates it into
something that feels like a full cinematic experience. This is the rare book
where the audio format adds an entirely new dimension to the magic and I cannot
recommend it enough!
If you have not picked up The Wolf King yet
I genuinely do not know what you are doing with your time. Drop everything.
Clear your weekend. And prepare to fall completely and hopelessly in love with
a world you will never want to leave! 🐺🔥👑
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