Hunting Ground Author: Patricia Briggs Title: Hunting Ground Series: Alpha and Omega 2 Genre: Paranormal Pairing: M/F Rating: Three Petals On the Author's Website: http://hurog.com/books/ Summary: Anna Latham didn’t know how complicated life could be until she became a werewolf. And until she was mated to Charles Cornick, the son — and enforcer — of Bran, the leader of the North American werewolves, she didn’t know how dangerous it could be either... Anna and Charles have just been enlisted to attend a summit to present Bran’s controversial proposition: that the wolves should finally reveal themselves to humans. But the most feared Alpha in Europe is dead set against the plan — and it seems like someone else might be too. When Anna is attacked by vampires using pack magic, the kind of power only werewolves should be able to draw on, Charles and Anna must combine their talents to hunt down whoever is behind it all — or risk losing everything... Maggie's Review:
Anna settled into her new life with Charles just in time for the werewolf world to go into upheaval. Bran is planning to reveal the existence of werewolves to the world, but first must reassure the foreign wolves that he can help them too. Except, wolves start dying at the conference and Anna is pretty certain she and Charles are next. The best part of this story is how it worked to expand the world building. All the previous books in this series were focused on specific towns within the US, which worked, but was very narrow in terms of understanding how magic effected the entire world. Briggs brought European wolves into this story from the beginning and explained why wolves in other parts of the world weren't participating in the conference. This broader view of the world allowed me to better see the big picture and therefore understand Anna and Charles' place within it all. I have to admit there are places where the story did drag a bit, but I found even the slower bits to still be interesting to read. I also thought the plot was predictable. I had the bad guy(s) figured out fairly early on, which could be why the story dragged for me as I didn't need all the foreshadowing and build up to the big reveal. Maggie's Recommendation: Despite the fact that I figured out the ending too quickly, I really liked the expanded world building in this story. I do recommend it and the entire series.
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