ARC REVIEW Forever Broken by Carrie Ann Ryan

Talon Pack #9, The final book of the series! This makes me sad even though I know she's not done with this world and she plans to come back at some future point this was the genre I fell in love with her writing way back in the beginning with The Redwood Pack. So it is sad for me to see the characters go I'm happy they all have HEAs at least for the time being.

Cheyenne Liles is the last of her friends to get something more than Friend of the Pack status. She was ready to move on with her life move away and start again somewhere new until the bastard Alpha Leader of the Aspen Pack kidnaps her and starts torturing her. After he leaves her for dead something happens that leads up to a chain of events that changes everything.

Max was broken, not the same shifter he once was, no longer the happy one always ready with a joke not letting the packs horrible past get to him. No one comes away from an epic battle without some damage and due to the events in the last story arc Max was forever changed. He never thought he could find his mate and be a good mate and it never even registered that his attraction to Cheyenne might be something more until her life was on the line and then suddenly the bond was there. With Cheyenne surviving they had some clue as to what their enemy was up to but nothing prepared them for him actually doing it.

Overall, this was one hell of a conclusion and one I didn't expect. I kept distracting myself at the end of the book because I was delaying the inevitable, I really did not want this to end. It was an emotional and freaking HOT romance Max and Cheyenne finding out how they fit together and how together they fit with the pack. I love how CAR writes a battle scene how it's total chaos but her writing isn't it just portrays the chaos and the violence, it's edge of your seat, holding your breath, and reading as fast as you can action.       

ARC REVIEW Strength Enduring by Carrie Ann Ryan

Talon Pack #8, The second to last in this story arc against this Big Bad and his illusions of grandeur. Kam Brentwood the Enforcer for the Talon pack, is the strongest only second to the Alpha and emotionally tied to everyone in the pack like the Omega only not as strong. Kam also knows that his is one of the worse positions to be in for a mate and family, all to often he's seen what can happen to loved ones when your enemies want to hurt you. That's why no matter how much he wants to he can't claim the one woman who can calm his soul.

Dhanielle Coburn has always had a way of knowing things she knew something bad was going to happen when she woke up the morning the principal fired her just like she knew she needed to be in Talon Pack territory right after that and just like she knows Kam is her mate. But Dhani's ability to know things isn't just some simple gut reaction there is a bigger mystery in Dhani's familial history.

Dhani knows she belongs in the Talon Pack with Kam she finally feels like she finally belongs. Kam and Dhani decide to take it slow and wait until the Big Bad is dealt with before they move forward if they even want to, but the Big Bad takes the decision out of their hands when he focus' his attention on Dhani and the only way to protect her is for Kam to mate her.

As always Carrie Ann Ryan is freakin' brilliant. This is an ongoing series so if you are new to the wonderful world of Carrie Ann Ryan you really should start at the beginning. There is this great internal struggle Kam deals with the first part of the book that's angsty and brooding and Dhani starts out having the worst luck that gets worse before it gets better. These books just keep getting better and better and you never know where Ms. Ryan is going to take the story next.  

ARC REVIEW Eternal Mourning by Carrie Ann Ryan

Talon Pack#7, Carrie Ann Ryan is so good when it comes to clusterfucks. Her stories are so well planned and throughout you never know what's going to happen next. Her stories are also emotional they hit you in the right spot and her romance, oooo, so hot and steamy. Walker and Aimee's love story was so worth the wait. 

Walker is the healer for the Talon pack, he's no soldier he's doing what he was Goddess blessed to do. When someone is sick he want s to fix them that why he thinks he's being pulled toward Aimee, he knows she is sick. But he's lying to himself he knows the real reason he's drawn to her, more than a few seconds around her and everything else fades away. The fact that she is sick complicates everything. While Aimee knows she doesn't have the time she wants to make sure the feeling are coming from the right place from the heart and not out of pity because Aimee feels the same for Walker. Just when they think they have things figured out life throws them a curveball. That's just the tip of the clusterfuck iceberg the new big bad has was focused on Parker, but after another failed attempt he decides to go after their healer and the best way to get to Walker is to go through Aimee.

One thing I love is that with Carrie Ann Ryan you don't have to wait until the end of the book to get a teaser for the next book. Overall, it's another outstanding book for this epic series. Walker and Aimee just such a good story and Walker is such a sweetheart and Aimee is so much strong than she thinks she is; she's become one of my favorites. The ending seemed to wrap up real quick but it was still a nail bitter and edge of your seat excitement kind of ending.

ARC REVIEW Destiny Disgraced by Carrie Ann Ryan

Oh My God this book!!!!! Book 6 in the Talen Pack series but it is the start of a new story arc so it is a perfectly acceptable place to start if you want. Okay so this book introduces an new Big Bad and an absolutely jaw dropping surprise! Carrie Ann Ryan as always weaves a story that capture you from the first page with characters that are as real to us fans as our own family and traumatic experiences that help shape who they are and why they became they why they did. There is method to the Moon Goddess' madness you just have to be patient enough to find it.

I don't want to go too much into the story and accidentally reveal a spoiler. Mitchell is the Talon pack beta and even though the pack has healed and moved past the atrocities of the past leaders and the reveal of shifter and witchkind to the public he's not going easy on his pack they need to be prepared for anything. Central pack has been a non-existent pack since the war between the packs, since their former alphas ruined the pack and the Moon Goddess basically unblessed them they have just been surviving the best they could. The ones left were shifter who escaped the pack before it self destructed, now what few children were born after the war are grown up and on the path to getting Goddess blessed again. Dawn just knows her brother will be the new alpha when it happens and as hard as she has work for the pack she is hoping to be Goddess blessed herself and finally as a dominant maternal finally have a place in a real pack.

The Talon pack has been helping the new Central's train and basically how to become a pack again and until now Mitchell has successfully avoid Dawn. The attraction is there but Dawn isn't ready to be mated yet, and Mitchell has reason's of his own, but once they start talking a friendship comes easily and after the friendship, well once they start down that path there is no turning back. But the new Big Bad is out there just waiting for his chance to attack.

Overall, OUTSTANDING! I loved this, Mitchell and Dawn so heartbreaking and just so good.      

ARC REVIEW Wolf Betrayed by Carrie Ann Ryan

Talon Pack book four and the first menage for this series I believe. These three are stunning! Charlotte, Bram and Shane they deserve each other they need each other. Bram is the strength, Charlotte is the heart and Shane is the glue that sticks them all together. Charlotte believes the Goddess is punishing her for being who she is the daughter of the wolf who nearly destroyed the Redwood Pack. Bram has loved Charlotte for as long as he could remember but the mating bond didn't snap into place like they had hoped, leaving both of them heart broken. Bram will not settle for anyone other than Charlotte. Shane was just a soldier he was doing what he was told until it became clear to him that the man in charge was doing something very wrong and he tried to help but that just ended with him being used as a guinea pig.  

Half dead and smelling like a wolf Gideon did the only thing he could to keep Shane from dying he brought him into the pack. Finn had a feeling that he needed to bring Charlotte with him to the Talon pack. When Charlotte gets there she is shocked to find that the soldier who once worked with General Montag is a potential mate. Bram goes to the Talon pack and just like with Charlotte, Bram is a potential mate with Shane. It's touch and go there for a bit while they all figure things out and with General Montag still on the lose things are still a bit uncertain. With Shane's help the Talon and Redwood packs destroy the facility where Shane was taken and changed into whatever it is that he was changed into and along with it the drug that made him this way. Nothing of the drug remains except what still might be in Shane's blood and that's what Montag wants now. After a rough start Charlotte, Bram, and Shane finally come to terms with what's happening and accept the possibility of happiness between the three of them. Montag however does not give up easily.

Overall, another great story and climactic...big battle. Charlotte and her men, woooo, it's getting hot in here.    

ARC REVIEW An Alpha's Choice by Carrie Ann Ryan

Another emotional roller coaster courtesy of Carrie Ann Ryan. Brynn and Finn, finally, and of course it isn't going to be an easy read. I love everything about this series starting way back at the start of the Redwood Pack series, there is no book I didn't love; this book is no exception. Carrie Ann Ryan does not disappoint.

As we read through the Redwood pack series we saw young Finn as a baby and small child. Now in the Talon pack series he's all grown up and he's not going to waste time on a woman when there is not hope for something permanent, but the sexy and snarky Brynn calls to him like no other; sadly his wolf does nothing.

Brynn has lived through hell, the former Alpha of the Talon pack her father was a horrendous leader who did countless atrocities to pack and especially his children. Brynn has moved past all that and now that she knows her mate a man her wolf calls out for she suffers far worse because Finn doesn't feel it too.

Their world has changed their secret is out. Their existence is out of the proverbial closet. Now the Packs walk a thin line to keep the human from getting scared and yet still show no fear. Talon and Redwood Packs have agreed the best course of action for now is to just be seen and be seen doing normal things, harmless things. Finn and Brynn are elected to go together shopping, drinking coffee and what not. But some humans are still scared and outright attack them, in the long run Finn and Brynn end up looking the heroes for it. That just makes the evil humans more upset and started attacking the packs homeland testing the wards.

Finn finally gives in and reveals everything to Brynn, and despite it all they give the mating mark a try but no avail, it doesn't work both heartbroken return to their homes. But all hope is not abandoned, Hannah has been afraid of this and has a plan.

Overall, I love this book. The love story does seem to overshadow everything else but heck this is a romance and it is still balanced.

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About An Alpha’s Choice:

The Bestselling Redwood Pack continues with the Talon Pack series. A Broken Wolf. A Fractured Bond. A Fate Denied. Brynn Brentwood has spent the whole of her life protecting the Talon Pack through terrors only she will ever know. She’s never asked for more in life other than to live to take her next breath and to ensure her family is safe. Regardless of her selfless wishes and the atrocities the former Alpha committed, she has always known that fate would provide for her as it had countless others. Fate is what has carried her through with one exception—upon meeting the one wolf who could be hers, he doesn’t feel their bond. Finn Jamenson has been broken more than once, left beaten and half dead—and that was before he was an adult and Heir of the Redwood Pack. When called upon to work with their allies, the Talons, he finds himself intrigued with a woman who his wolf doesn’t claim as his own. Though he knows there could be something there, he refuses to tempt himself with a wolf who could never be his when his own mate could waiting for him. The world changed in a blink of time and now the two wolves must fight as one—ignoring the burning temptation between them—when their people are threatened. With one wrong move, their homes could be destroyed and its up to Finn and Brynn to save them all…if only they could save themselves.

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“Why?” Brynn pleaded, her heart in her throat. “Why?”She staggered from the wall, careful not to touch him. Just one taste, one touch, and she was addicted. He reached for her, then must have thought better of it because he dropped his hand. Her wolf begged for him while the woman wanted to rage in agony and sweet release.
He’d kissed her.He’d freaking kissed her.He wasn’t supposed to kiss her. He was supposed to keep his distance and make it easier for her to die slowly inside. He didn’t want her; he’d proven that over the past year by looking right through her as nothing but a woman, wolf, a fighter—not a potential mate.Yet he’d pressed her against the wall and kissed her like he’d meant it, like he wanted something more than a mere kiss. Though that had been no mere kiss. That had been…everything.She’d always known when Finn wanted something he’d go for it all—as if he couldn’t help putting everything into it, putting his whole body, his wolf, his tongue. She’d heard enough stories from women who’d been in his bed. While she hadn’t clawed their eyes out for daring to touch what should have been hers, she’d listened to their tales of his prowess. Finn wasn’t a gentle lover, but he was a caring one. He fucked like he had a purpose, and made sure every woman in his bed got off until she couldn’t walk away easily. Because it was Finn who always did the walking away—apparently, on the hunt for a mate.Too bad he’d missed what was right in front of him on that search.

About Carrie Ann Ryan:

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carrie Ann Ryan never thought she’d be a writer. Not really. No, she loved math and science and even went on to graduate school in chemistry. Yes, she read as a kid and devoured teen fiction and Harry Potter, but it wasn’t until someone handed her a romance book in her late teens that she realized that there was something out there just for her. When another author suggested she use the voices in her head for good and not evil, The Redwood Pack and all her other stories were born.

Carrie Ann is a bestselling author of over twenty novels and novellas and has so much more on her mind (and on her spreadsheets *grins*) that she isn’t planning on giving up her dream anytime soon.

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REVIEW Tattered Loyalties by Carrie Ann Ryan

Ok when I say that everytime Carrie Ann Ryan releases a new book I have a new favorite, I'm not kidding. Tattered Loyalties is a fantastic start to the Talon Pack series and this particular story arc. Brie and Gideon are a perfect match even if they don't see how they are.

The Redwood Pack has known three decades of peace and the Talon Pack has had three decades of picking up the pieces from their last sadistic leader. Together with the Redwood pack they try and make an escape route and alternative plans for the eventuality of humans finding out about the existence of their kind. Gideon has done a wonderful job of bringing the pack up to modern times and mending the wounds that were left. Not everyone agrees with him. The Elders, one in particular Shannon, are stuck in the past and want things to go back to the way they were and will set Gideon up for failure. Shannon has convinced the rest of the Elders that Gideon must take a mate in order to run his pack successfully and if he won't they will force a mating on him with a power hungry female she can easily control. Little did they know Gideon already found his mate.

Brie has known for fifteen years who her potential mate is and has resisted it by avoiding him at all costs but when her uncle requests her presence for a meeting with the Talons she know he time has come. Brie is a submissive wolf, submissive wolves like much like the Omega can help calm down strong wolves but they are calm personalities and avoid conflict; Brie won't fight unless she has too. Brie knows as a submissive wolf she isn't strong enough for Gideon she isn't the alpha he needs to help run his pack but fate has decreed otherwise. Gideon knows immediately what Brie is and what she is to him, but as an alpha he was going to just ignore the connection until the elders gave him their ultimatum. Brie knows the politics of the pack and makes the decision that for the health and safety of the Talon Pack she will mate with Gideon. Together they are very sexually compatible (rwar) but it takes a while for Gideon to and Brie to learn about each other especially when it comes to Brie's strength. Them working together to find out just how perfect they are together is emotional and enjoyable, everything I love about Carrie Ann Ryan's writing is in this book. Everything starts to fall apart when a villain from the past shows up again and threatens all the hard work the two packs have worked for.

I loved, loved, loved this book. It was a great introduction to the characters in the new pack and even if you missed Redwood Pack as a whole (you really are missing something great) it doesn't impact much this is a new story arc and everything you need to know about the past is summed up in a nutshell. I really am looking forward to Finn's book next.