Review: Run to You by Claire Cullen
SYNOPSIS:
Run. It’s all Caio knows how to do. Foxes run. And wolves… they hunt.
Caio is being hunted, again. Since the war that left the shifter world fractured, he’s rarely felt safe. When he’s chased onto pack land, he thinks his luck has run out. Instead, the wolves take him in. He can’t help but be suspicious of their motives, especially those of their leader, Roman. Yet the dark-eyed alpha looks at him like he’s more than just prey.
The love between a fox and a wolf hides in the shadow of the moon.
Roman does whatever it takes to protect his pack and make their home a sanctuary from the outside world. And then Caio arrives on their doorstep. He doesn’t have the heart to turn away a scared, pregnant omega, even if he is a fox shifter. But trying to help Caio tangles them together in a way he isn’t prepared for. Caio can’t stay—there’s no place for a fox in a wolf pack—but Roman isn’t sure he can let him walk away.
REVIEW:
After my first Claire Cullen series fizzled out, I wasn’t sure if I was going to try her works again, but there was just something about this cover and synopsis that kept calling out to me. And I was so pleasantly surprised with the captivating world she painted.
This story had a hidden depth to it, heavy at times but beautifully woven. Caio finds himself in such a tragic, heartbreaking situation that my heart couldn’t help but go out to him. Life has not been easy for him and over the course of the novel, we learn just how many struggles and loses he has had. Then there is Roman who is navigating being a new alpha and struggling to find the balance between asserting his dominance but not abusing his power. Over the course of the story, secrets are revealed, and these two grow in tentative closeness, even though Caio feels like a future for them is impossible.
I loved how Caio softened Roman’s rough edges. And Roman was such a rock-solid, pillar of strength, he was the perfect counter for Caio. And if the romance wasn’t enough, there was the added intricacies of the war between hyena, wolf, and fox shifters. As well as navigating pack politics; who is upset, who isn’t getting in line, and who wants Caio gone. I just couldn’t put the book down and when it ended, I immediately started the sequel.
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