Yes! This is everything that I wanted lake silence to be. A novel set in the world of the others that mentioned many of the characters from the original series. The character of Jana was perfect. Someone to show us both the human side and the struggle for us too understand how the others work.

For those who haven't read the rest of the books in the Others series, the population of the town of Bennett was wiped out in a previous book. It is now being repopulated and under control of the Others. As a book, this stands on it own, but you'll have more context if you've read the other books set in this world.

Wild Country has a different context, it has much more of a historical Western feel than the others and it fits with resettling the town and the dramatic showdown foretold between the Blackstone Clan and the others. There are a fair number of characters and storylines to follow. Here's where I struggled with this book: we know for so long that this showdown is coming, and it seemed bizarre how ill-prepared they were for it. I struggled with the last 10% of the book. It's hard for me to tell if new readers to the series will find the story too drawn out to get to the conclusion. It overshadows the growth made between Jana and Virgil and other characters in learning pack behavior, or human behavior. The theme of found family continues and grows, and cooperation for those who come to Bennett for a new start.

One interesting take in this novel is what happens when an Intuit isn't using their abilities for making the world a safer place? There is good and bad everywhere, and sometimes a second chance isn't enough. Unfortunately my education in Western novels is lacking because I may have missed some connections here.

Wild Country is an interesting fantasy with a nod to Westerns but ultimately the drawn out story just felt too long and unsatisfactory. I'm going to keep rereading the other books set in this world and skip this one.

Another enjoyable adventure in Ms Bishop's world of The Others. This story occurs at the same time as Etched in Bone in different locations and does not directly feature the town of Lakeside or the Lakeside Courtyard.

The Others is one of my all-time favorite series, so when the spin-off series happened, I was extremely excited to stay in this world. However, the first book felt too different from the original series and while I enjoyed it, I wasn't sure I'd continue with the spin-off.

Curiosity had me diving into book 2 and I was very happy that I did. I really enjoyed getting to know these characters that I had met in passing in the original series and revisiting some previous events from a different POV.

The chemistry between all the characters is great. Bishop is wonderful at creating engaging characters that the reader wants to spend time with, and her world building is remarkable. I love going deeper into the different facets of this universe and the many ways that Others and Humans must work together to convince the Elders that various communities ware worth keeping.

A highly enjoyable read. I look forward to the next one.

Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for the opportunity to read and review this title.

This is a wonderful addition to this series. I read it in a couple of days and started again at the beginning. This one is a little more serious and a little darker. Not that the others were not, it just seems that the atmosphere makes it more so. There is even a fight at “the ok corral” in this case in Bennett.

We are introduced to Jana who comes to be a deputy (her codename here is Wolverine). Her boss the sheriff is a werewolf whose pack was killed when the bad humans brought machine guns to the area. We meet old friends like Jesse Walker

The main story line is that “outlaws” are having a hard time moving out of the area. There is so few humans left that they cannot steal and kill as much as the used to and since the borders are closed, they cannot get out of the area. They believe the town of Bennet is big enough for them to form a base they can work out of. That there are terra indigente there does not seem to deter them

I laugh and I cried. I cannot get enough of this series. I would like to hear more about Meg Corbyn but I enjoyed these characters too. Unlike the previous book Lake Silence, that seemed as a standalone, this one can be expanded on.

Wow. Just wow. I think I read this in less than a day. Could not put it down. Bennett is on the edge of the world in Wold Country. The Wolfguard are the law and Sanguanti rule the town. Then the humans come back. Not all are good. This was such a great story. I felt like I walking alongside the characters. I want more!

I have various issues with this series and yet I can't stop reading the books as soon as I can get my hands on them. Overall I liked this book a lot more then I liked the previous volume. "Lake Silence" was fun to read but didn't really have anything new to say about the world of the Others. This book has a more interesting set up and some actual tension as the humans and Others try to figure out how to move forward without another complete massacre. We are introduced to a whole new cast of characters, including a human female police deputy who has to figure out how to work under a wolf sheriff. As usual for Anne Bishop books, characters are very clearly either good or bad. Bad humans tend to be almost cartoonishly evil (there don't seem to be bad Others, which is a bit of a problem for me. I don't buy the idea that none of the Others ever have any sort of ulterior motives or different goals), and good characters are obviously good. This kind of simple dichotomy makes the books nice and uncomplicated to read.

My biggest issue with this book, and with the series in general, is that it relies so heavily on humans and Others (and men and women) viewing each other as completely alien creatures that have no hope of every understanding one another. For example, humans have been around for centuries at this point. The fact that the others still view them the same way they view deer, and have no understanding of their culture or the things that they need to survive, just makes them seem willfully stupid to me. If something can tell you in plain words that it does not want to be hunted and eaten than it is not the same thing as a deer. The power dynamics are frequently too uneven, and the human characters as a result end up feeling more like slaves or pets then characters. That said, I read this book in about a day and will continue to read every book as it comes out.

If you liked the previous books in this series then you will like this one. If you haven't read the other books yet then I wouldn't use this as a place to jump in.

Bishop's Others series are complex fantasy builds that examine and expose layers of humanity and society in a way I haven't seen anyone else do. Wild Country doesn't disappoint here and has an old western feel. It has characters introduced in previous books and the way it ends I feel there will certainly be another entry in the series. I highly recommend this for Bishop readers and I recommend Bishop to all, although this is probably the wrong book to start reading her on.

If you haven’t read Etched in Bone then some of the stuff that happens in that book will get spoiled in this one. The time line is also before the Lake Silence, but you don’t have to have read that at all to read this one. The action takes place in a town that was hit hard in the war and lots of humans were killed by the elders. The town is being resettled but it will be under the control of the terra indigene. Of course not everyone traveling to resettle there is ready to work with the Others, some still have ideas that they can do what they want and ignore the rules the Others have laid down. Not everything works out and there is loss of life, but it will be interesting to see more of this town as people grown into the roles they have taken on there.

Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley

I loved the continuation of the story and reading about this "new' town and its characters. Anne Bishop has created another town to get lost in and characters to invest in. I enjoyed the connections. There are characters with interesting back stories to explore.

I absolutely LOVE this series by Anne Bishop! This novel is set in Bennett, the "We Lurned from Yu" town that was wiped out by the elders in the "Courtyard of the Others" original series. Bennett is being re-established as an Others run town with the help of the Courtyard to interview acceptable humans that understand the way that life will be in this new town. But the word is out that and people being arriving from all over the country that haven't been pre-screened with the assumption that this formerly human-run town will again be human-run.

A wonderfully entertaining read, with new characters including a different Harvester (Tess from the Courtyard type of Other), the two surviving wolves from the slaughtered pack, plenty of Sanguinati, the only female and human deputy around and the elders right on the edge of the new town boundaries, all make for an interesting and page-turning read!

As humans try to start over in Bennett, the Elders only trust the Sanguiati to run the town. An element in town threatens everything. ARC from NetGalley.

I love diving back into the world of the Others and was thrilled to find out what was happening in the town of Bennett after the catastrophic events in previous books. Rather than continuing the timeline established by Lake Silence, her previous book, the timeline in Wild Country jumps back to overlapping Etched in Bone and that was confusing. Still, I love the characters and world building that Anne Bishop has created. This book describes the tension and suspense of a changed world for the humans, Inuits, the Others, and the Elders so well and I was absorbed until the very end. The characters are well-developed and it was so clear to see the difficulties of rebuilding society when you don't understand your new neighbors and why they behave so differently than you. I'm already looking forward to my re-read so I can continue to absorb the nuances and foreshadowing in the book.

The best holiday gift was being granted permission to read an early copy of Anne Bishop's latest addition to the World of the Others series, which I devoured over two days! This is one of my favorite series - everyone I have recommended it to has loved it - and it's a world I love to visit. WILD COUNTRY is the second installment of the spin off series (after the end of the Lakeside Courtyard 5 book series, which features Meg Corbin and Simon Wolfguard, among other amazing characters). This book is set in the same world, but in different towns, and takes place in the aftermath of the destruction by the Elders of many locations of Thasia, and the humans who inhabited those places.

In WILD COUNTRY, we are introduced to many new characters, some of whom seem to be loosely based on the earlier books: Virgil Wolfguard, Jana Pannicia, Tolya and Scythe all seem to be similar in temperament and personality to some of the earlier characters, but that didn't bother too much. There were enough differences in character development to create an independent story. It's possible that this series might be nearing its end, as I am not sure where the author would go from here. If that's the case, I'm just happy to have had an opportunity to spend two days immersed in this unique world, and will look forward to what the author comes up with next. If another book in the series is in the works, I will be first in line to read it!

Thanks, again, for approving me to read the e-galley!

Another incredible instalment in this amazing series. This book takes place at the same time as Etched in Bone, so there is some crossover of the events.
A new set of characters busy resettling Bennett, including the Jana who wanted to become a cop in EiB. We finally see her story and that of many other species and characters.
Fast-paced, action-packed, at times hilarious and heartbreaking, Wild Country is one fabulous read.
My one negative is the number of characters who died. It felt a little excessive, but maybe that heartbreak was intentional on the author’s part.
I would love to see what happens next in Bennett and sincerely hope we will see more of The Others.

Absolutely phenomenal. Anne Bishop has done it again. Her Others world is an incredible feat of imagination and wonder. Can't wait to recommend this book!

Really good but am missing the Lakeside crew. This installment was a little slow to start. But once you were familiar with everyone the story picked up. Great cast of well rounded characters, with plenty that you loved to hate. The story was engaging and became harder to put down the further into it you went. Love the world of the Others and can't wait for more.

Right off the bat, I can say that I will never grow tired of this world or these characters. While Wild Country does take part right after the war between the Terra Indigene and the humans, now we get a look of what is happening in Bennett and how they are trying to build their own mixed community. These are already some characters that we have been introduced to in previous books and I enjoyed reading more about them and seeing how Others who hadn’t quite lived with humans in the past now reacted to being their neighbors.

Just like the other books in the Others series, the Wild Country does a great job at shifting between different characters and scenes and making it seem effortless. One of my favorite species in the Others series are the Sanguinati and in the Wild County, Tolya is the leader of Bennett. While we get to know the shifters pretty well throughout the series, I’ve always wanted to know more about the ‘vampires’ of this series. There were a couple more of them inhabiting different businesses within Bennett along with a couple shifters, and I thought Bishop did a really great job in how these characters all grew together throughout the book. I think they are on their way to being a community like the Lakeside Courtyard was.

Overall, I really loved this book. It was one of those that as soon as I finished it, I wanted to go back to page one and start reading it all over again (I just might). I think the biggest disappointment is really the fact that I have to wait so long and hope that she continues this series.

Disappointed with the ending. Felt too many characters were not finished off properly so its not my usual 5 stars, only 4 1/2 stars. Another few pages would have been good. Ending felt rushed.

Thank You NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for an ARC. This is an honest review.

Wild Country takes place in Anne Bishop's The Others series. Seeing some old characters in a new town of Bennett. Can this town be revived with new management? Will newcomers destroy what everyone is trying to build before there is even a real chance?

Disclaimer: I truly love this world so I am biased towards loving these books but seriously I had a hard time putting this book down.

I loved this book. As much as I love Meg, Simon and their courtyard I like that Ms. Bishop has wrote about other characters. If you have not read any of the other books I first recommend doing that for two reasons. First this has some spoilers. Second this is a rich world that to get the awesomeness of you should read the first books. There is not main characters in my opinion its more the town is the main character. There are different people, and others, of the town who are helping to build it and there is many characters. It was not confusing in my opinion but I was not introduced to all new characters because I have read the other books. If you cannot tell I strongly recommend this series. I loved this book five stars for NetGalley and five stars for Goodreads. Its worth the read and I cannot wait for the next one.