Review: The Half Wolf by Jay Northcote
SYNOPSIS:
Mate, family, pack, home… can Quinn and Kellan have it all?
Quinn grew up feeling out of place in the small town he calls home. Yearning for something he can’t name, he’s always felt different but never known why.
Kellan is part of a nomadic shifter pack. When they set up camp in the woods near Quinn’s town, the humans are unwelcoming and suspicious of the newcomers. The moment Kellan catches sight—and scent—of Quinn, he knows Quinn is special. But for the first time in his life, Kellan can’t trust his instincts. Quinn is human, and Kellan is a wolf shifter, so how can they ever be mates?
Their bond is instant and exhilarating. It breaks Quinn’s heart to know their relationship can only be temporary. Love isn’t enough when pack law forbids shifters to mate with humans. Tension explodes between pack and humans, and when Quinn discovers a shocking truth about himself that changes everything, he fears he’ll have to choose between the only life he’s ever known and the man he loves.
REVIEW:
I had high hopes for this story but honestly, I was kinda disappointed when all was said and read. The synopsis pulled me in and finally an MM shifter book that didn’t have a horridly cheesy cover; but that’s about as far as my interests went. The story desperately lacked pacing, everything felt so rushed that by the end I was over it.
Quinn and Kellan’s entire relationship is rushed. Actually there isn’t a whole lot of relationship, just endless sexual chemistry. These two are practically strangers and as the story concluded, they still felt like strangers. Strangers who wanted to bang nonstop but still strangers. I liked how as everything around Quinn begins unraveling that Kellan was a steady support for him but I needed more of an emotional connection between these two, some type of depth to explain the true bond they had.
The drama between the humans vs. shifters felt rushed too. It was almost as if the relationship and drama were competing for the focus point in the story and as a result we got mediocre versions of each. As false accusations are made, tensions rise, and tempers flare, everything wrapped up too quickly. It was as if all the hatred evaporated in the threat of a common enemy. I think the shifters were too quick to forgive the humans and the humans should have had to grovel and do a lot more than just apologize.
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