Wolf Rampant Trilogy

By: Aimee Easterling

Narrated by: Kelly Mccall Fumo

Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's Summary

USA Today best-selling author Aimee Easterling's Wolf Rampant series has racked up over 350 five-star reviews!

Meet Terra Wilder, a shiftless shifter uncomfortable in her own animal skin.

Throw in a healthy helping of Wolfie Young, a bloodling alpha who's more wolf than man.

Mix with a dash of Terra's controlling father and Wolfie's sadistic brother. Then fold in a heaping handful of unconventional outcasts.

The result is a unique werewolf world that has been described as a "good choice for Patricia Briggs fans".

This box set contains the full text of Shiftless, Pack Princess, and Alpha Ascendant.

©2015 Aimee Easterling (P)2019 Aimee Easterling

Quintessential urban fantasy fun...

The Wolf Rampant Trilogy audiobook is comprised of Shiftless, Pack Princess, and Alpha Ascendant which follow the adventures of Terra Wilder as she grows from a diffident young girl into a confident and competent werewolf pack alpha. Each book is well-written, fast-paced, and flows smoothly. The stories combine romance, adventure, and a host of likeable characters with suspenseful plots that capture the imagination from start to finish. Loyalties are tested, danger is never out of the picture, and family ties are explored. Follow a most unusual pack of werewolves, halfies, and bloodlings as they weather numerous trials and tribulations in an effort to make a family and a home for themselves and their loved ones in these exciting and gripping stories. If you have read any of Ms. Easterling’s work, you know that the world-building will be excellent, the characters will be engaging, and the adventure will be a wild ride – these stories are no exception.

While this is the complete trilogy, do not despair, the amazing characters and their wonderful world are not forever gone. Thankfully, the author has chosen to continue their stories in other spinoff series allowing us, as readers and listeners, the chance to revisit them at our leisure.

I would be remiss if I did not mention the narrator, Kelly McCall Fumo, who gives an excellent performance throughout the series. She is gifted with a soothing and pleasant voice and she adroitly channels each character’s personality, emotions, and underlying motivations thereby allowing her to give each character a unique and fitting voice. Whether reading and/or listening, this is urban fantasy at its finest.

While I did purchase a copy of each of the books, I was provided with a free audiobook copy of this trilogy by the author and am voluntarily offering this honest and unbiased review.

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Good stories, slightly funky audio

The story was good; however the abruptness of linking different audio takes was slightly distracting in book three. Not enough to ruin the experience though, just enough to notice the next clip coming in too soon or another fading out too quick.

Weak protagonist

I found the main protagonist to be weak, selfish and none too bright. She gets routinely rescued by her partner but it’s hard to understand why he would bother. For example she’s so worried about her mate’s dominance that she allows her needs to endanger her pack. I won’t give specifics so as to avoid spoilers. Anyway, I think this the first time I hoped someone would rip out the throat of a lead “good” character but I just didn’t like her at all.

Predictable and cringe inducing.

I listen to a lot of audiobooks. They get me through work. Some I listen to multiple times, as they are just fun enough to keep my attention. This...err...trilogy does not do that. I tried to keep up with it, but with over 12 hours LEFT to go in it, I am giving up. I can't tell if it is the narration or the story itself. There is a fair bit of eye-rolling-ly obvious stuff going on.
The 5 star readers are likely 12-14 year olds that find this sort of story entertaining, but fair warning, it is cheesy af.


Spoilerly ahead:



When she meets the guy and the wolf in the shop. Automatically you know that even though she likes the mild-mannered dude, she is going to be all over the wolf at some point. He is going to be just like my dad! Oh wait, he is kind and caring and blah blah blahhhh. What a shocking turn of events! I will not finish this series, but I have a feeling I know pretty much what will end up happening. She or the boy will get taken by the dad. There will be a rescue mission. The "nicedreamyermergerdhawtnstuff" alpha will go to get her. There will be a fight. One will get hurt and then 1 of a few things will happen. The MC will choose to intervene and save her man. Her man will save her last minute. Or as a "twist" the boy will somehow do a thing and save them all last minute. It will be epic. Tears will be shed, but even though they are still in hostile territory and someone is likely badly hurt, there will be a 10 minutes long awful make out session with declarations of undying love. Or not, I don't know and I won't know. Returning this mess. :/

most boring plotless story ever.

worst story I've ever listened to .plotless weak characters even weaker story line. recommendations to not waste time or money on this series of books.

A great novel about love, power and freedom.

Not the typical steamy revageing sex novel with wolves but a great story all arou d and you really real you are in the story. you will become Cheff Wilder with your own inner wolf that comes alive.

I Tried

* I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

DNF At 1 hour and 30 minutes

This is yet another one of those books I've been sitting on for quite some time. Dare I say a year or more? I've restarted this book over 3 times in that period of time and it still isn't for me. There's so much info dump and more telling than showing. The story doesn't have a nice flow and pacing. The characters feel wooden and one dimensional. This is the second book I've read by this author and it's looking more likely that her work just doesn't suit me.

The Audio Book:

The narration (or more accurately the hour and a half that I listened to) left a lot to be desired. I didn't love the narrator, to begin with. There were a solid thirty minutes where I could clearly hear her breath heavy before speaking and it almost drove me up a wall. There were moments where the audio got fuzzy all of a sudden was then corrected a minute or two later. There were also a few seconds of a car revving and zooming off into the distance that had nothing to do with the story. On the other hand, her character voices were good and everyone was discernable on their own and together.

Excellent 3 book Audible Series

This author is a wonderful writer and does Shifter novels very well. I have either read or listened to just about all of her books and can tell you that you will Not be disappointed!!
Highly recommend this Series!!

Great as always

I love the world that the author has created as well as the characters. Terra and Wolfie are so great and the narrator does a great job with them. I love all the characters in this series and I was so glad that the author created spinoffs to this wonderful group of characters.

Wolf Rampant

This was a very well written series, full of interesting twists & turns. Even if you think you have read everything in the world of werewolves, this is a very entertaining story. The characters were well-developed, the story moved at a quick pace & it left me wanting to know more about what happens next.

Ms. Easterling has introduced a lot of new and different aspects into the genre of shifter books, In this series, you meet werewolves who can't shift (called Shiftless), those of half-blood (who aren't accepted into the elite packs), and Bloodlings (those who are born in Lupine form and have a difficult time becoming human). You also have a tyrant of a pack leader who is turning full wolf in Crazy Wylder and a lot of Pack Princesses.

Ms. Easterling has done a great job of world-building and describes the pack dynamics and hierarchy of werewolves wonderfully. The books have some comic relief in the Yahoos (young teenaged werewolves just being teenagers). This trilogy is a full story, but the author has written in enough backstories along the way that I look forward to more books that tie in to this series.

This series is appropriate for all ages and can be enjoyed by young and old. If you are looking for something new in the genre without a lot of sex that often seems gratuitous, give this series a try.

The narrator, Kelly McCall Fumo, does a great job and really added a lot to my listening enjoyment. I was given the chance to listen to the audiobook version of this series by the author and chose to review it.

Amazing

I Enjoyed this audio book very much
Hopefully they will be more audio books
Must read on your list

Aimee Easterling

I’m loving this series, the characters are fab and makes you feel like your in the story.