Genre: Paranormal, Romance
LGBTQ+ Category: Gay
Reviewer: Tony
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About The Book
Mitchell Wright expected to die when he was captured by hunters. When they chained him and left him in the bush, he hoped to die fast. Instead, his fated mate showed up and saved him. Now he has to deal with his injuries for the rest of his life and he’s a familiar to a witch he doesn’t even know.
Coven Agent Penrith Flint thought he was saving the wolf shifter’s life, not finding himself a familiar. Because of how it happened—the wolf didn’t consent to becoming his familiar—he’s desk bound with his job on the line, while praying to the Fates to let the bond fade.
After four months it hasn’t.
When Mitchell turns up just before Christmas to see him, Penrith needs to decide if he’s willing to let the wolf into his life and risk his heart one more time. While neither of them wanted a fated mate, it is the gift they both need.
One wounded wolf shifter and a slightly bitter blood witch come together to discover that while love may not heal wounds, it makes them easier to bear and that finding Mitchell a pack is the family they both need.
For readers who like fated mates, found family, and wounded heroes.
The Review
Wolf Gift is part of the Outcast Pack series, and covers some of the unexpected consequences following the action in the previous book ‘Wolf Hunt’. The story stands up pretty well on its own, as sufficient backstory stuff is provided without interrupting the flow. What you get is a burgeoning relationship between a now out-of-work injured ex-singing and dancing drag artist and an older goth witch. But it is so much more!
Wolf shifter Mitchell is rescued from the hunters, thanks to the actions of blood witch Penrith Flint. Mitchell was close to death, and Penrith had to make a decision that puts his future at risk, in more than one way. He could end up stripped of his magic and out of work, or mated to a wolf. And that’s forgetting the wasting away and dying option.
The story follows the two men as they come to terms with the train crash that fate has dealt them.
It’s a short read, but it has a lot going for it. It has dark moments as well as light, as both men make their way towards a better future than either one expected. Wonderful characters who do not have a lot in common to start with, other than painting their toenails.
Great stuff, indeed!
The Reviewer
Tony is an Englishman living amongst the Welsh and the Other Folk in the mountains of Wales. He lives with his partner of thirty-six years, four dogs, two ponies, various birds, and his bees. He is a retired lecturer and a writer of no renown but that doesn’t stop him enjoying what he used to think of as ‘sensible’ fantasy and sf. He’s surprised to find that if the story is well written and has likeable characters undergoing the trails of life, i.e. falling in love, falling out of love, having a bit of nooky (but not all the time), fending off foes, aliens and monsters, etc., he’ll be happy as a sandperson who has just offloaded a wagon of sand at the going market price. As long as there’s a story, he’s in. He aims to write fair and honest reviews. If he finds he is not the target reader he’ll move on.