Claiming Rys

Dark Forest Pack Series, Book 1

De: Annabelle Jacobs

Narrado por: Dan Calley

All that time apart and yet the pull between them is as strong as ever . . .

Rys: Ten years ago Gabriel Mason betrayed me in the worst way. He made me question my instincts because I'd trusted him with a bone-deep certainty, and for that I will never forgive him. Seeing him again after all this time sparks memories I thought I'd buried so far down they'd never surface. He's as beautiful as I remember, but I'm older and wiser now, and I refuse to make the same mistakes again.

Gabriel: Rys Calder, wolf shifter and the biggest regret of my life. I loved him, and yet I didn't share with him the one thing that eventually became our undoing. I broke his trust and I've carried that guilt for years. I knew seeing him again would hurt, but no matter how many times I'd imagined it, being on the receiving end of his cold stares and indifference hurt more than I'd anticipated.

Thrown together again with a killer on the loose, will the past continue to haunt them, or can they move past it and claim the future that fate always had in store for them?

Contains mature themes.

©2022 Annabelle Jacobs (P)2023 Tantor

A wonderful journey, and lovely adventure.

I tend to read a lot of fantasy with urban fantasy slightly higher than general fantasy. I also enjoy science fiction, but I typically steer clear of romance novels. I'm not opposed so much as I find their central focus on love, sex, and trivial events that are mostly filler. All that said, I do enjoy a good friendship, brother/sisterhood, and similar relationships.

I also find relationship building over the course of a series to be very enjoyable, and entertaining. I think, my issue with romances is that it's always more about the results rather than the journey. So, I was pleasantly surprised by this entire book, it was a great merger of several genres in my opinion.

The overall love story was beautifully written, and made a lot of sense. It was also thrilling, tragic, and captivating on so many levels that it's surprised me. I don't know if this will become a series, already is one, or was just a one-off. a large part of me hopes that it's a series, but if it isn't that's fine too. there were a few loose ends, and several unanswered questions.

Amazing Story

The back and forth that happened between these two. I loved it! It was intense.

Meaningless fluff

Low on the spice, predictable, and thoroughly non-engaging fluff reading. You can skip sections and easily catch back up, without needing to go back, if you listen to books in the background like I do.

Only trigger warnings I can think of (spoiler) is that main characters do get drugged and kidnapped in this book.