this was a great start to a series, I enjoyed the characters and going on their journey. I look forward to more from the series and the author.

Wolf has a strange writing style but a interesting storyline. The characters are interesting and I would read more by this author.

Needs time to grow on you

*I received a free ARC via NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.*

In the beginning, I was bored. The constant one-sided POV, with no intermittent dialogue, just dragged. What made it worse was that there were tense inconsistencies: moments of internal monologue in italics written in past tense, or a mixture of the two; moments when the tenses were confused amongst the rest of the story. As the story is all told from Cassidhe’s POV, you have to get used to her voice, and it didn’t warm to me at all in the beginning. Even when the first dramatic event happened, it was near impossible to empathise with her.

Things appear to change when she meets the wolves. The story starts to gain more depth, Cassidhe herself appears more interesting, as well as others that she meets. Although, even then, it takes time for the characters to appear more than one dimensional. The best part of the whole story, for me, was the final dramatic event where, even though Cassidhe was completely on her own, she finally had more character than she had had for the majority of the rest of the book. It’s for this reason alone that my rating finally reached four stars, rather than the two to three it was struggling with at the beginning.

An interesting upcoming point is how the pack is going to deal with the sexuality of the heir, when a key part of pack dynamics is based on the ability to produce children and secure the pack’s future.

Also, a side note is that the cover doesn’t really reflect the main characters, with their described colouring being different from what is shown. A minor niggle, if any, but I do like it when a cover helps to assist me in how to imagine the characters.

Final rating: ★★★★☆ – Really liked

Wolf by Chris Fenwick is an interesting story, and left me with the desire to read the next book in the series. The story is about a girl --Casidhe Keneally, orphaned at a young age, growing up with her aunt who dies before she turns 18. Her aunt leaves her clues about her origins and her extended family. The story is about Casidhe's journey to find herself in a new world in which she must rely on herself and where she finds love. I did not like the writing style, the main character was too much in her head, pitying her fate.

An ARC was given to me for a honest review.

Cas a normal lone teenager's life is turned upside down. In the midst of trying to finish school and plan for her future, her aunt delivers devastating and alluring news. Her body is changing and she does not know who she can talk to. When she sleeps, she dreams of a blue eyed vixen who steals her breathe away.

This is the first in an apparent series for Cas although there may be other books with some of the older characters. Some may find the book has too much back story and spends more time on Cas' changing then finishing the book and ending it with one book. Others will read and soak in all of the details and hope book two is released quickly and completes Cas' story.

It’s not very often that a book delivers exactly what I want, so I am so pleased that Wolf did just that. The lore of this story and the Irish roots were very interesting. The characters were perfect, Casidhe is exactly what I want in a protagonist and her Chemistry with Dana was amazing. Blaire was also an extremely fun character to read. I loved just about everything about this book including the style of writing in which Fenwick had only three scenes where time is skipped or montaged. The rest of The book you follow Casidhe from morning to evening and while that may put off some people I absolutely loved it. The world building and plot were also superb. The emotions this story was able to evoke was really impressive. I went through an emotional roller coaster and loved every minute of it. There were some structural issues such as a couple small typos and weird spacing but I am unsure if I read a finished product and in no way should it deter you from reading this fantastic story. I look forward to the rest of the State Changer Quartet.

I am absolutely gutted that the follow on book isn't available immediately. I loved it. The build up, the world, the plot and the romance. 2020 has never seemed so far away!