I’ve only read one other book in this series and I thought I could follow along. Unfortunately, that is not the case. You need to read in order as the characters run throughout the series.

Wolf in the Shadows (The Legend of All Wolves #5). By Maria Vale. 2022. Sourcebooks Casablanca (ARC eBook).
The Legend of All Wolves is a great paranormal romance series that I have been reading since book one. Wolf in the Shadows both overlaps and moves forward the stories of the wolf shifters of the Great North Pack. Arthur is the pack’s Omega, but he’s the most dangerous wolf of them all. Julia is the outsider and everyone in her past and present life believe her to be inconsequential, except Arthur. A definite recommend for those looking for unique worldbuilding in the wolf shifter genre.

Highly entertaining, emotional and action-packed adventure filled with witty and engaging charters, memorable dialog, heart racing twists and exciting turns. A truly heartwarming holiday journey that was so hard to put down.

Vale has done it again! Wolf in the Shadows was an excellent read and I loved every minute of it. I can't wait to read the other books in the series!

Sorry but this is unreadable. I am not sure who edited it, but its appalling. I tried for months to read it but it has no flow at all.

I have been provided with a review copy of Wolf in the Shadows from NetGalley for an impartial review. This is the fifth book in The Legend of All Wolves series and I just loved getting to reenter this amazing world. This book was just so easy to get lost in. I completely got lost in the story and I just loved getting to see these new characters come together. I just absolutely love this story and I just didn’t want to put it down. I can’t wait to see what’s next from this author.

There are numerous paranormal books written but few are crafted with as much depth and care as Maria Vale’s the Legend of All Wolves series. As a longtime reader, I found Wolf in the Shadows a wonderful conclusion to the series. Julia Martel, a once spoiled shifter, finds herself a prisoner of the Great North Pack and her experiences help to strengthen, refine, and redefine her.
The events in this book are woven amongst other stories in the series so it is best to start at the beginning, or reread earlier books, for maximum enjoyment. Well written, carefully researched and unusual. I have purchased this for my collection and recommend to patrons. Highly recommended. 5 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of the novel in exchange for my honest review.

Wolf In the Shadows is the fifth and final book in Maria Vale’s Legend of All Wolves Series. It’s a continuation of the previous books so you would be very lost at this point if you haven’t read the other ones. There is also some overlap in the timeline from the previous book, Season of the Wolf, which could be confusing.

This time we learn about a different type of werewolf, one that is feared by both man and wolf. His name is Arthur Graysson. He is very gentle on the surface but underneath his calm exterior lives a werewolf that can become unhinged and very hard to control. Couple that with the fact that Arthur has fallen for Julia Martel who is one of the nefarious shifters that he is now tasked with watching over in order to protect the Great North Wolves. Julia is a spoiled rich girl who has no idea how to live without the comforts of her former human life and all of the fancy things that she had become accustomed to. Arthur, on the other hand, hasn’t really interacted with someone outside of the pack so they both learn a lot from each other. Because they are so different, they truly complement each other. Their relationship was very intriguing and unexpected. As they get to know each other, another threat to the pack is brewing that they must confront together. There is plenty of action but you really have to pay attention to understand how it all unfolds.

I really enjoyed this book. It was unpredictable and just added more layers to the definition of family and pack. I also loved that the author does such a great job of bringing characters from the previous books into every new book. This series has always been a very fascinating depiction of werewolves that really makes you respect them and not see them as monsters at all. Oddly enough, the Shifters tend to be more of the monsters than the Wolves but you can make that judgment for yourself. I think that this was a fitting end to the series although I will miss The Pack and all of their brutal honesty.

Shifter Julia Martel has always been pampered by the Alpha males and is not ready for her complete change in lifestyle when she is kidnapped by the Great Northern pack. She is given to be shown the ropes by Arthur Graysson at the bottom of pack hierarchy. This story follows the growth of these two main characters.
I was drawn to this book by the fantasy element of wolves. A particular favourite of mine. Unfortunately l had not read any other stories in this series. This would not normally be a problem as l have entered many series and been able to read the current story as a stand alone. This series has such a strong thread and characters running through from the other books it made it very difficult for me to get into the story or even care about the two main characters. I believe this story will be a must read for fans of the previous books.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre: paranormal, fantasy, shapeshifters, romance
CW: violence, sexual assault

“𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚐𝚘, 𝙸 𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚌é.”

Julia’s the spoiled brat niece of August Levereaux, the longtime arch nemesis of the Great North Wolfpack. After he’s killed, Julia’s taken by them, and Arthur, the pack’s Omega, is tasked with keeping an eye on her. She’s out of her element. Even though she’s Lukani, and able to shift to her wolf form, she doesn’t. However, the longer she remains with the wolfpack learning about their community, the more she learns about her own background. Sheltered her entire life, staying with the wolfpack is freeing. Her attraction to Arthur and the way he sees her as her own person, helps to reshape her sense of self.

I fell hard for this book mostly because of Julia’s story arc. She goes from being a sheltered princess often dismissed by the men around her to a strong-willed individual who embraces her dual natures. She becomes emboldened, even finding new purpose. My favorite is when she shows up people who’ve underestimated her. She also becomes crucial to helping the wolfpack maintain their stronghold.

There’s one incident in the book that unsettled me: a moment during Arthur’s change when he’s most vulnerable and Julia touches (actually gropes) him without consent. So not okay, and it was addressed later between them, but I wasn’t satisfied with the outcome. Maybe someone else has a different take on how that was addressed?

I’m sad this series is coming to an end. It’s always impressed me because of the human versus wolf nature observations. These stories are so much about trust, growing and opening up to the greater world beyond. I loved being transported
to the Great North. I think 𝙒𝙤𝙡𝙛 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙨 brings things full circle and I’m so glad I got to experience it!
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I'm bawling. I am so in love with Arthur. This is part of a series and in my opinion should be read in order. A bittersweet thing I loved this series so much and I'm sad to see this is the last one but it was such a good read. So beautiful in her writing MH takes a spoiled princess and turns her into a helpful, supportive, loveable character and pairs her with a brooding, wounded wolf who is too damn sexy for his own good. Arthur is a rare breed of wolf once called a berserker because of how easily he can lose control and just attack and unalive everything in his path. But Julia can calm him.

This is a very engaging read that suffers a bit from being utterly predictable.
Spoiled socialite Julia thinks she's going to spend a glamorous weekend with her fiancee in New York City, but he's actually taking her along with some old men her uncle wants to impress on a hunting trip in the middle of the woods in northern New York. Sh!+ hits the fan when they're attacked and kidnapped by a bunch of wild people and wolves.
Separated from everything she knew and forced to face a life full of challenges and work she'd always been protected from by people who made her be less, Julia slowly discovers that letting her wild side free might just be what her life needed.
It has the prerequisite romance with omega wolf, Arthur, doing a commendable job of digging deep into this reader's heart, yet the main story element that I loved is how Julia slowly grows into herself and just lets go of everything that she was told would make her likable to men because she just does not care to be that girl anymore. It's a great story of empowerment.
I'm not sure it's a book I'd recommend jumping into if you haven't read the rest of the series because you're dropped in the middle of a story that's been going on for a while and there is no backstory to explain anything. It works with this particular character because Julia lived a pampered life away from anything to do with wolves and she's almost as much in the dark as the readers. It's not a big enough thing that I'd say skip it because I really enjoyed it, but maybe consider checking out the other books first.

Very happy thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the phenomenal read!

This is my first time reading a book from this author and it will not be my last time. I am a big fan of the wolf shifters. Julia was a rich spoiled wolf who has been dominated by the males in her family. Julia’s uncle August is very protective of her by keeping her shelter and things away from her. Cassius is Julia’s possessive fiancé and he’s there to keeping an eye on her at the uncle’s request. Will Julia, her uncle August and Cassis were her uncle gets killed. Julia and Cassius are captured and separated from each other. Julia finds herself under the care of Omega wolf shifter Arthur. Arthur finds himself punished for breaking the Great North Pack law. Julia is there for him and helps him to heal. Arthur shows Julia the way of the wolves by teaching and taking care of her.

This was a great easy read that is action packed, entertaining, romantic, page turner, wonderful with a great plot.
I was able to get the first book in the series and I will try to get books 2,3 and 4 in series.

I received an ARC via Netgalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca, thank you. I am leaving my review voluntarily.

How can you not like a book that begins with the line "Two days ago, I ate my finance." The worldbuilding in this paranormal is outstanding. Julia is a pampered princes who is thrust into a different world. Her journey includes finding new family, getting away from those who don't have your back, and falling for a werewolf. Interesting take on a wolf pack.

have enjoyed Maria Vales take on wolf shifters from the very first book. This one intrigued me pretty fast. It's about a spoiled rich princess-type Julia Martel, who's protected by the men in her family. She has no idea they are keeping her from discovering her strengths or heritage. She is suppressed in the extreme and doesn't realize it. Then her life is turned upside down. I can't say anyone is a hero or heroine in this story they are pack who take care of each other. Arthur Graysson the pack's Omega has secrets buried deep. His pack is leery of him and he keeps himself controlled at all times. There's a very good reason, he's dangerous, a very rare berserker.

Julia is on a "hunt" with her uncle August to eliminate his enemies that she thinks are just wolves. It appears to be for sport but in reality he's attacking the neighboring pack. All does not go according to plan and August is killed, Julia and her fiancé Cassius are captured and separated. This ends up being a good thing for Julia as Cassius was in her uncle's pocket to keep her from questioning. Now she's in the Great Northern Pack and learning about herself, her abilities as a shifter and what it means to be wolf. She's placed in Arthur's care to teach her. Little does Julia realize her full potential or Arthurs. This was a great read watching two individuals come to know themselves and work as a team.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Julia Martel is exquisitely inconsequential; charming, beautiful, and with every appearance of a life of happiness in glamorous Montreal. But Julia knows that her safe and secure life depend on keeping her fiancé content, squashing any curiosity about the motives behind her uncle August's requests, and most importantly, staying away from her Aunt Drusilla's notice.

When Julia and her fiancé Cassius are kidnapped by the Great Northern Pack, everything changes. Although a shifter, Julia has spent her entire life as a human and knows nothing about living life as a wolf and being part of a pack. Only one person shows Julia any kindness or compassion after she is kidnapped; Arthur, the Omega of the 12th echelon gives Julia his shoes and socks when her feet are blistered and cold. Arthur teaches Julia the rules of the pack, how to shift, and works with her in the Summer Garden. As Julia's confidence in herself grows, the relationship and attraction between Julia and Arthur deepens as well. But Uncle August is dead, Drusilla is hunting for Julia, and danger surrounds the pack.

What I liked best:
+The parallelism in Julia and Arthur's characters; both are in a subservient, submissive position to outward appearances. This appearance of weakness is in part for their own protection, to not be seen as a threat.
+The growth of Julia's character as she develops confidence in herself and recognizes that she deserves more than Cassius. She no longer feels the need to make herself small to keep him happy.
+Arthur and Julia's trust in each other.
+How Julia outsmarts Drusilla.

Wolf in the Shadows is book #5 in The Legend of All Wolves series and much of the action in the book stems from plot lines that have been introduced in previous books. While it can be read as a stand alone, as I did, I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read books #1-4 first, as I would have had a better understanding of the world building and the backstories of the characters. That said, Julia and Arthur's story is engaging and enjoyable and I plan to read the first four books in the series and then read this book again.

Thank you to NetGalley and author Maria Vale for the advance copy of the book in exchange for me providing my honest review.

IThanks to the publisher and Netgalley for the complimentary ARC. All opinions provided are my own. It is slow paced and follows Arthur, a pack member with a troubled past and Julia one of the captured Shifters as they discover who they truly are and their places in the Pack. Once the story took off it was really fascinating reading till its ending.

Julia lived as a human as her powerful shifter family instructed her to reject her animal half, she was pampered and looked after and brought up to accommodate the powerful men in her family. She wanted nothing to do with the pack so when she and her fiancé are kidnapped and she is relegated to care for Arthur, she wants nothing to do with him. She just wants to go back home to the way things were before.

I've read this series from the beginning and really liked the previous books but I found myself bored with the first half of this book. The romance between Julia and Arthur didn't feel genuine to me and I didn't like how Julia was treated.

The second half of the book was a little better but because this is the last book of the series I expected more and I didn't get it which I was disappointed about. I didn't think the writing or the storyline was as good as the previous books. But I read it and was glad that it did have a good ending. That's the best thing I can say about this book. I will say that you should read this series in order for it to make more sense though.

Book 5 in the Legend of All Wolves series takes place concurrently with book 4. It is slow paced and follows Arthur, a pack member with a troubled past and Julia one of the captured Shifters as they discover who they truly are and their places in the Pack
I really love this series

Wolf in the Shadows is the fifth book in The Legend of All Wolves series by Maria Vale and is an amazing ending to the series. This riveting, enthralling read pulled me in from the beginning. The ending leaves readers with a sense of hope and sheer joy.