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A review by rjordan19
wolf.e by Paisley Hope
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Overall: 4.5 rounded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖 (I was really into this one but it also just started to feel really long to me)
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞 (definitely a bit toxic, obsessive love, codependent tendancies for sure….but I love that stuff and find some of it romantic 😆 )
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋 (though there was some language and acts that I didn’t love...but overall it had a good balance of emotions and explicitness I crave)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥+
Humor: Not much
Perspective: first person from both the hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? kind of mix, but more plot
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: They don’t see each other until 9-10% in (chapter 4) but don’t really talk or interact until 13% in (chapter 5 of 62)
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, it’s quite far in the future, which I loved (the second to last chapter is 2 weeks later, the epilogue is 16 ½ years later)
Format: read an e-book version through kindle unlimited
Why I chose this book: @imromanticallyinvolved sent it my way as a possible buddy read and then I kept seeing snippets of the book posted around social media
Mains: This is a M/F relationship between a cishet hero and heroine
”I told you this once – you won’t win.” Gabriel bends down to look in my eyes before removing his hand. “Now do as you’re fucking told.”
Should I read in order?
I believe this is a stand alone?
Basic plot:
After a break up, Brinley is back in her home town. Her friend brings her into the arms of the local Motorcycle Club where she catches the president’s eye...
Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance
- Georgia setting
- MC (motorcycle club) romance
- tall hero – he’s at least 6’4”
- very light age gap – he’s older by 8 years
- some lighter enemies-ish to lovers vibes – brat elements
- former military hero
- pierced and tattooed hero
- VERY obsessive, protective hero
- dark elements – some dubious consent, kidnapping elements, as well as darker plot themes including rape and murder
- higher steam – 11ish full scenes that include breath play, hair pulling, brat heroine, some elements of pain play, plenty of dirty talk, some light blood play, primal play, light breeding thoughts
Ages:
- heroine is 24 years old, hero is 32
First line:
In two generations, you will be completely forgotten.
My thoughts:
Includes club lingo and a playlist – the club lingo was helpful for me with this being my first MC romance 😆
I’ll admit I really didn’t like the way the prologue was done. It felt really random and I could NOT figure out how it was fitting into the story until I got well into the story...then I got it. It just felt like a random part pulled from the book to me. And it niggled at me the whole time I was reading the first half of the book.
But overall I loved so much about this one. I loved the build up of it. I loved the tension building. I loved how obsessed the hero was but it wasn’t like an instalove fest – it still had tension building. I loved how they circled each other. I loved the brat element. I love how these two fell in love. Really adored the extended epilogue too!
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: This is my first
Average rating: 5 stars
Favorite book: This one!
Endearments
Hero calls her ‘little hummingbird’, ‘hummingbird’, and ‘little bird’.
Quotes
Brinley smiles nervously and averts her eyes from his, her innocence taking over. I kick him sharply under the table without looking up from cutting my steak. Kai turns his attention to me. I life my gaze to take my bite and shake my head slightly only once, no one else would notice. Kai nods and grimaces, understanding I’m telling him to back off.
---
Women scream and people get up and start running for shelter. I stand without thought and get to Brinley in one stride. I wrap one arm around her waist. She gasps and tips her head back, looking into my eyes, her face just a few inches from mine. Her eyes fill with fear as I pick her up in a rag doll carry and following Ax and Layla, we burrow the girls into a hallway alcove for safety.
When I set Brinley down her mouth pops open, but she doesn’t speak. She breathes in shallow breaths, the way the body does when it’s dipping into fight or flight.
“Stay,” I order.
---
“My heart beats faster because...I’m afraid of you,” I say honestly, looking into his eyes, hoping he will feel badly enough to let me go and wishing he wouldn’t all at the same time.
“I know,” he growls. “I fucking love it.”
---
Brinley backs against the hood as I approach, not knowing what to do, the pink starting to return. I breathe in her jasmine scent and reach out, grabbing her belt loops with my first two fingers, tugging her to me. Her mouth pops open and I almost turn savage with the need to stick my tongue into it.
The fuck? Get it together. Jesus Christ.
---
The only thing I can do is stand nervously and let him. I fold my hands in front of me. He looks down and notices, then surprises me by reaching out a hand to separate them as his brows knot. Looking back up to my face, his hand reaches around to the back of my head and he pulls the claw clip I have out of my hair. His eyes stay on mine as all my hair tumbles down around my shoulders, but I don’t move, taking in the way he looks at me, almost like he’s angry as he stars down at me. Something as simple as pulling out my hair clip and I’m pooling in my panties for this man. Wolfe lifts a smaller black helmet up and sets it on my head, clipping it in place under my chin, tightening the strap with his big fingers until it’s a perfect fit. Then he adds the matching jacket off the back of his bad. I shrug it off as he tries to place it on my shoulders.
“How many women have you lent these to?” I ask, wrinkling my nose. I can tell I’m pushing him because the sound he makes in response is like a type of a frustrated growl.
“Little brat,” Wolfe says as he pulls the jacket back down around me firmly, forcing me to put it on. In truth, it’s light and so soft and fits me perfectly as he zips it up. “This is a day of firsts for both of us,” he says, looking down at me all dressed in his leather.
---
When Brinley reaches the table, it’s obvious there’s only one available chair. It’s to my left, in between myself and Layla. I don’t look up; I just pull it out for her.
---
“I won’t say anything, I -”
“Shh,” he says, running a thumb over my bottom lip, instantly calming me.
I silently pray there’s no pain.
“Listen to me now. You have two choices, little hummingbird. You die in these woods, or you become mine in these woods.”
---
“Pack your shit or don’t pack your shit, either way you’re coming with me. This isn’t a discussion,” he says, looking down at me.
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- cigarette, alcohol and weed usage
- mention of sexual assault of a 16 year old girl
- murder on page
- gun violence
- parental death
- unsatisfying relationship and breakup on page
- codependent relationship themes
- very obsessive/jealous hero
- scenes of attacks, explosions, windows breaking, etc
- heroine slaps the hero
- domestic abuse of parents, child abuse remembered, parental murder
- scenes of war and death remembered
Author content warnings? Torture, gun violence, murder, discussions of sexual assault of a 16 year old, flashback of domestic abuse, death of family member, mild alcohol and drug use. Blood, breath, and knife play, anal sex, sex in a religious setting, sex that feels ritualistic, consensual non consent. Degradation, borderline captor/captive setting. Discussions of life as a marine, traumatic moments
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex: No, she asks for a condom but he says no. Heroine is on birth control
Hows the consent? It’s….dubious. There’s some elements and the hero is very dominating and pushy. There’s some acts where she’s kind of ‘pressured’ into it but there’s also a brat element of her saying no and pushing back while loving the reaction. Overall they are both very into it, but there’s some scenes of pressure/almost kidnapping. If verbal consent is important to you though, I’d forgo this one.
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!) No children or pregnancy on page, but some elements of thinking of pregnancy and a future family. The epilogue does have children.
21% - 🔥 fingering for her
“The fucking sounds you make, you might as well be asking me to eat you alive.” Wolfe drops his lips to my neck, my collarbone, my shoulders, my breasts, trading between biting me and ravaging me with open mouthed kisses.
37% - 🔥 kisses in the woods after Brinley witnesses a murder and Wolf chases her down. Fingering, fucking with a knife handle for her
41% - 🔥 bj for him (complete)
51% - 🔥 primal play, missionary followed by some shower care taking and oral for her
64% - 🔥 blood play, missionary
69% - 🔥 primal play, oral for her, doggy style
73% - 🔥 he binds her and feeds her, blow job
76% - kiss
77% - 🔥 oral for her
82% - 🔥 period sex on the bike
85% - 🔥 mirror sex
93% - anal dilators
95% - 🔥 sex with the butt plug in, anal sex
Readability: 📖📖📖📖 (I was really into this one but it also just started to feel really long to me)
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞💞 (definitely a bit toxic, obsessive love, codependent tendancies for sure….but I love that stuff and find some of it romantic 😆 )
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋 (though there was some language and acts that I didn’t love...but overall it had a good balance of emotions and explicitness I crave)
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥+
Humor: Not much
Perspective: first person from both the hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? kind of mix, but more plot
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: They don’t see each other until 9-10% in (chapter 4) but don’t really talk or interact until 13% in (chapter 5 of 62)
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after
Epilogue: Yes, it’s quite far in the future, which I loved (the second to last chapter is 2 weeks later, the epilogue is 16 ½ years later)
Format: read an e-book version through kindle unlimited
Why I chose this book: @imromanticallyinvolved sent it my way as a possible buddy read and then I kept seeing snippets of the book posted around social media
Mains: This is a M/F relationship between a cishet hero and heroine
”I told you this once – you won’t win.” Gabriel bends down to look in my eyes before removing his hand. “Now do as you’re fucking told.”
Should I read in order?
I believe this is a stand alone?
Basic plot:
After a break up, Brinley is back in her home town. Her friend brings her into the arms of the local Motorcycle Club where she catches the president’s eye...
Give this a try if you want:
- contemporary romance
- Georgia setting
- MC (motorcycle club) romance
- tall hero – he’s at least 6’4”
- very light age gap – he’s older by 8 years
- some lighter enemies-ish to lovers vibes – brat elements
- former military hero
- pierced and tattooed hero
- VERY obsessive, protective hero
- dark elements – some dubious consent, kidnapping elements, as well as darker plot themes including rape and murder
- higher steam – 11ish full scenes that include breath play, hair pulling, brat heroine, some elements of pain play, plenty of dirty talk, some light blood play, primal play, light breeding thoughts
Ages:
- heroine is 24 years old, hero is 32
First line:
In two generations, you will be completely forgotten.
My thoughts:
Includes club lingo and a playlist – the club lingo was helpful for me with this being my first MC romance 😆
I’ll admit I really didn’t like the way the prologue was done. It felt really random and I could NOT figure out how it was fitting into the story until I got well into the story...then I got it. It just felt like a random part pulled from the book to me. And it niggled at me the whole time I was reading the first half of the book.
But overall I loved so much about this one. I loved the build up of it. I loved the tension building. I loved how obsessed the hero was but it wasn’t like an instalove fest – it still had tension building. I loved how they circled each other. I loved the brat element. I love how these two fell in love. Really adored the extended epilogue too!
Few random reading stats for this author
# of books read: This is my first
Average rating: 5 stars
Favorite book: This one!
Endearments
Quotes
Brinley smiles nervously and averts her eyes from his, her innocence taking over. I kick him sharply under the table without looking up from cutting my steak. Kai turns his attention to me. I life my gaze to take my bite and shake my head slightly only once, no one else would notice. Kai nods and grimaces, understanding I’m telling him to back off.
---
Women scream and people get up and start running for shelter. I stand without thought and get to Brinley in one stride. I wrap one arm around her waist. She gasps and tips her head back, looking into my eyes, her face just a few inches from mine. Her eyes fill with fear as I pick her up in a rag doll carry and following Ax and Layla, we burrow the girls into a hallway alcove for safety.
When I set Brinley down her mouth pops open, but she doesn’t speak. She breathes in shallow breaths, the way the body does when it’s dipping into fight or flight.
“Stay,” I order.
---
“My heart beats faster because...I’m afraid of you,” I say honestly, looking into his eyes, hoping he will feel badly enough to let me go and wishing he wouldn’t all at the same time.
“I know,” he growls. “I fucking love it.”
---
Brinley backs against the hood as I approach, not knowing what to do, the pink starting to return. I breathe in her jasmine scent and reach out, grabbing her belt loops with my first two fingers, tugging her to me. Her mouth pops open and I almost turn savage with the need to stick my tongue into it.
The fuck? Get it together. Jesus Christ.
---
The only thing I can do is stand nervously and let him. I fold my hands in front of me. He looks down and notices, then surprises me by reaching out a hand to separate them as his brows knot. Looking back up to my face, his hand reaches around to the back of my head and he pulls the claw clip I have out of my hair. His eyes stay on mine as all my hair tumbles down around my shoulders, but I don’t move, taking in the way he looks at me, almost like he’s angry as he stars down at me. Something as simple as pulling out my hair clip and I’m pooling in my panties for this man. Wolfe lifts a smaller black helmet up and sets it on my head, clipping it in place under my chin, tightening the strap with his big fingers until it’s a perfect fit. Then he adds the matching jacket off the back of his bad. I shrug it off as he tries to place it on my shoulders.
“How many women have you lent these to?” I ask, wrinkling my nose. I can tell I’m pushing him because the sound he makes in response is like a type of a frustrated growl.
“Little brat,” Wolfe says as he pulls the jacket back down around me firmly, forcing me to put it on. In truth, it’s light and so soft and fits me perfectly as he zips it up. “This is a day of firsts for both of us,” he says, looking down at me all dressed in his leather.
---
When Brinley reaches the table, it’s obvious there’s only one available chair. It’s to my left, in between myself and Layla. I don’t look up; I just pull it out for her.
---
“I won’t say anything, I -”
“Shh,” he says, running a thumb over my bottom lip, instantly calming me.
I silently pray there’s no pain.
“Listen to me now. You have two choices, little hummingbird. You die in these woods, or you become mine in these woods.”
---
“Pack your shit or don’t pack your shit, either way you’re coming with me. This isn’t a discussion,” he says, looking down at me.
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- cigarette, alcohol and weed usage
- mention of sexual assault of a 16 year old girl
- murder on page
- gun violence
- parental death
- unsatisfying relationship and breakup on page
- codependent relationship themes
- very obsessive/jealous hero
- scenes of attacks, explosions, windows breaking, etc
- heroine slaps the hero
- domestic abuse of parents, child abuse remembered, parental murder
- scenes of war and death remembered
Author content warnings? Torture, gun violence, murder, discussions of sexual assault of a 16 year old, flashback of domestic abuse, death of family member, mild alcohol and drug use. Blood, breath, and knife play, anal sex, sex in a religious setting, sex that feels ritualistic, consensual non consent. Degradation, borderline captor/captive setting. Discussions of life as a marine, traumatic moments
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes, safe sex aspects, consent, pregnancy/child in the story:
Safe sex:
Hows the consent?
Pregnancy/children in story? (Please note this is the best to my memory/note taking. If you see something I missed please feel free to message!)
21% - 🔥 fingering for her
“The fucking sounds you make, you might as well be asking me to eat you alive.” Wolfe drops his lips to my neck, my collarbone, my shoulders, my breasts, trading between biting me and ravaging me with open mouthed kisses.
37% - 🔥 kisses in the woods after Brinley witnesses a murder and Wolf chases her down. Fingering, fucking with a knife handle for her
41% - 🔥 bj for him (complete)
51% - 🔥 primal play, missionary followed by some shower care taking and oral for her
64% - 🔥 blood play, missionary
69% - 🔥 primal play, oral for her, doggy style
73% - 🔥 he binds her and feeds her, blow job
76% - kiss
77% - 🔥 oral for her
82% - 🔥 period sex on the bike
85% - 🔥 mirror sex
93% - anal dilators
95% - 🔥 sex with the butt plug in, anal sex