Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham must discover what could make an entire community disappear — before it's too late — in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Alpha and Omega series.
In the wilds of the Northern California mountains, all the inhabitants of a small town have gone missing. It's as if the people picked up and left everything they owned behind. Fearing something supernatural might be going on, the FBI taps a source they've consulted in the past: the werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham. But Charles and Anna soon find a deserted town is the least of the mysteries they face.
Death sings in the forest, and when it calls, Charles and Anna must answer. Something has awakened in the heart of the California mountains, something old and dangerous — and it has met werewolves before.
Review:
Well, just a few months into the year and I'm already way behind on my reading challenge for 2022 which irks me no end. Mostly because I did what I swore I wouldn't do this time around in my reviewing journey and committed to way too many review books that determine my reading order and make me not want to read at all because I can't read according to my mood I have to go by publishing dates.
Grr!
And in the spirit of grossly over-committing myself, I agreed to read this book which is number 6 in the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs. Admittedly one of my favourite authors. It meant, however, that I had some serious reading to do just to get to this book. I'd read the first 3 instalments 10 years ago so I felt that I definitely needed to re-read them to refresh my memory before picking up books 4, 5 & 6.
So...how was book 6? Actually one of the better ones, I would say. It features, quite heavily, the backstory of a character you probably don't think much about within the series, and if you do, those thoughts aren't likely to be very favourable - Leah, Bran's mate. We got some very interesting details about how she became a wolf and became Bran's mate and wife. And also, perhaps, why she is the way she is. Prickly, unfriendly and unlikeable.
She's not the focus, however. That, as always, is married super-couple Charles and Anna. They're tasked with looking into some missing people on land owned by Leah for centuries. Land they'd all but forgotten about. When they get there they are led on a merry chase through a well-penned magical mystery culminating in several exciting happenings in the last few pages! For this reason alone this instalment is unskippable for fans of the series and the original Mercy Thompson series it belongs to.
A great addition to the series.
4 stars ★★★★ ARC received from the publisher in exchange for an honest review
Original Title: Wild Sign
ASIN: B08C32FJP7
Edition Language: English
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