Superb! She did it again! Frame wrote another page turner!

This is, by far, was my favourite Wolfgang story. Might even be my favourite Frame book, yet.

An honest review thanks to NetGalley. I loved Kenrick from the very beginning and as the story progressed I couldn't get enough of her. If you love werewolves and strong alphas doing anything for their packs and mate this is for you. I loved the Scotland pack so much I want the next in the series to be about Rhuri, I wanted to know so much more about her!!

This is the second book in the Wolfgang County paranormal series. I am a big fan of books written in this genre. Although I said that this is the second book in the series, I must mention that there is a novella, Soul of the Pack, that Ms. Frame wrote between the first book, Heart of the Pack, and this one.

Kendrick “Ricky” Wulver is a werewolf who will soon be taking over the alpha position in the Scottish Wulver pack. To help her with this transition, Ricky is sent to the United States to shadow her cousin, Dante, who is the alpha of the Wolfgang County pack. While there, she falls for Zaria from the Lupa pack. Zaria has been on the run from Leroux, the alpha of the Lupa pack. Zaria has had a rough life and as a result is afraid to fall in love and be in a relationship. To her, “to mate” is an excuse to be controlled and abused by a dominant.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to all who love paranormal books. Because there are so many reoccurring characters in this series, I highly recommend that readers start from the very beginning so that there is better continuity of the ongoing story. This book has a steady pace and will keep your attention.

I rate this book 4-1/2 out of 5 stars.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I have always enjoyed a good lesbian werewolf book and found myself greatly enjoying the approach this book took for the genre. Although I had not read the first book in the series, this one was done well enough that it made me want to check all the works by this author. The chemistry between Kenrick Wulver and Zaria Lupa, along with all the other wolves, both allies and enemies, have such a dynamic between them that I couldn't stop reading once I picked it up. All the interactions and the emotions behind them, from passion to rage, just captivated me and made many of the characters very endearing to me, and I found myself continuously wondering what would happen next in the story.

What was most lovely to me was the imagery the author used when describing Scotland, which I found out is where she was from! The fact that story had its own lore for how werewolves came to be was most interesting to me. I wish to learn more about werewolf lore in all the packs in this story setting. One can tell how much love the author and her character, Kenrick, has for Scotland and the importance of family and pack. It was an exciting to read the Scottish part the most, and I honestly wish and hope that future books come back to the Scotland wolves. I look forward to the next book in the series and hope that I get the chance to read the first book as well in the near future. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy a story with a slow burn relationship built on trust and love, with plenty of action and suspense!

Okay so this would seem biased but even before i read Jenny Frame’s books I already expect to enjoy it. And I’m never disappointed. I love butch/femme dynamics, so she’s got one point from me.
Now for this book i enjoyed the characters, the dialogue, the story. I liked that she brought in other characters from Hunger for you! However, there was so much unnecessary emphasis on Zaria’s suffering, which just made me fed up seeing it mentioned in most of the chapters. Then i wish i read more on Ripp and Kyra. Lastly there wasn’t much spark in the sex scenes like her previous books, but it was still something ☺️.
In conclusion this was a nice read. And i cant wait for J.F’s upcoming works!
Thanks to NetGalley for my honest review

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43449133-blood-of-the-pack" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Blood of the Pack (Wolfgang County, #2)" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553126977l/43449133._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43449133-blood-of-the-pack">Blood of the Pack</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8585317.Jenny_Frame">Jenny Frame</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2971715124">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I rec'd an ARC from NetGalley/Bold Strokes Books for an un-biased review.<br />The 3rd in the Wolfgang County Series. Ms. Frame hooks with her innovative take on romance. Zaria and Kenrick are the leads in this fast-paced "shifter" romance. There's angst, sex, abuse and love of family. Best appreciated when read in sequence. Highly recommend with 5 stars.
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Blood of the Pack continues Jenny Frame's werewolf series. The world of the expands from Wolfgang County to Scotland and the Old World in the instalment. In this story we are introduced to Kendrick as the alpha-in-waiting of the Wulver Pack, and Zaria, hiding from the dastardly Lupa Pack.
This book has some great things going for it. A good story, magic, some coherent world-building, great characters, and devious enemies. Kendrick is every bit the stunning, charismatic, androgynous/butch dominant I'd expect from this book, and Kendrick and Zaria's story is beautiful and very sexy.
These Pack stories are not the best f/f werewolf series I've read but they come close. This is a very good book and highly recommended! Four-and-a-half stars.

I didn’t realize this was part of a series. It says it can be read without reading the previous Wolfgang County series but I did feel that I was missing part of the story. With that being said it was an interesting read for a werewolf romance with LGBT characters.

This book held many surprises. In addition to the Alphas of the packs being both male and female, their spouses could be male and female. So there are traditional couples, same sex couples and those that have yet to locate their mate. The story begins in America, Wolfgang County, and ends in Scotland. Dante is the Alpha of the Wolfgang Pack. She welcomes her cousin Kendrick and prepares to train her in the business of being an Alpha. The training takes a turn when Zaria Lupa crosses their path and borders. Both packs, Wolfgang and Wulver must decide if Zaria is worthy to be trusted.

The Lupas are the lowest of packs. Not in station but leadership. Leroux and her second Ovid rule with iron fists and torture. They will stop at nothing to claim Wolfgang County and Zaria. Be prepared to want to read the entire series and wanting more as the author can continue this series over a few Wulver and Wolfgang generations.

I love Jenny Frame's book, and this one was no exception.

This is the second book in the Wolfgang County series, but it could be read as a stand-alone. I think you'd get more of an emotional impact if you read the other books first, but it wont stand in the way of enjoying this stand-alone romance and the action packed journey. Ricky is visiting the US from Scotland, to work with her friend Dante to learn what it's like to be Alpha and run a company for when she returns home. It's there she meets Zaria, who is on the run from the Lupa wolves. The two have an instant connection, but betrayal and loyalty muddy the waters and threaten to keep them apart.

This book had it all. The romance was steamy and packed with tension. There were so many sweet moments and just as many action moments that left us racing to find out if everyone was going to be ok. I love the way that the author really engages all the senses when they're describing a scene, especially with the shapeshifter aspect it's perfect and almost necessary, but adds so much to the story.

I also love the heart-warming nature of the pack, as one big family. I love that as a reader we get invested in the lives of so many people and young pups. I think this series could never end and we'd still want more books from this little world!

I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

4.5 stars. I have never been disappointed in any work by Jenny Frame. Everything she's written has some fantasy element, so the suspension of belief is necessary to get lost in her stories. I read the first in this series, but not the novella. Typically, I'll read all books in a series because the storylines are often dependent on the previous books as a series is intended. Can you read this as a stand alone? Sure, but it's better in series order. I find this author's paranormal books intriguing and romantic and will always be a loyal fan.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

A nice read for lgbt wereromance, enjoyable enough but I found it just seemed to lack real chemistry and a certain spark, but a nice tale.


Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

An interesting read for those seeking a werewolf romance with LGBTQ+ characters. There were some moments when the action lagged but in general a pleasant read.

Family, loyalty, love and passion- that’s what ‘Blood of the Pack’ is essentially about. Kenrick Wulver is about to become the Alpha of her pack in the Scottish Highlands. And she’s struggling with the changes this will mean. She visits the Wolfgang Pack in the States to try and learn some of the new responsibilities she’ll be expected to master. While there she comes across a wounded submissive wolf and feels something she’s never felt before. Zaria is from the Lupan Pack and has been on the run for years from their cruelty and abuse. She can never trust a dominant wolf and tries to keep Kenrick at arms length. But it becomes increasingly difficult to resist.

The story is about gaining trust and also about being open to other wolves. I loved the world she’s built for this story and although I haven’t read the previous books in the series, its not a problem. The descriptions of Wulver Forest were so evocative and I was completely entranced. As well as being about family and community- a theme throughout Ms Frame’s books, she also gets across that aching need in her characters. The need for a mate and the joy and pain that brings. Kenrick and Zaria are drawn to each other, but it’s never that simple. The building of a relationship is written with such tenderness and care and I never once doubted the love they felt for each other. The sex scenes were beautifully done. Jenny Frame writes the hottest, most imaginative sex in all of her books. And she always finds a way to bring in something unusual and surprising. She certainly did in this one. They were wild and passionate and scorching. I loved this book so much that I’ll have to go and read the rest in the series now. Highly recommended.

I was given this ARC for review.

This was the first Wolfgang County book that I read, having skipped the first one when it came out. It's not that hard to get into the groove of things, because Frame did a great job of providing enough exposition to help new readers along. It is a continuation of the first book, but with new characters as leads. And it seems to have expanded the world a little bit, with Kenrick being the Alpha to be of the Wulver werewolf pack, the cousins of the Wolfgangs. I will point out that the first half of the book seems to be tying up some loose ends of events that happened in the first boo, so I wasn't as interested in that, so much as being with Zaria as we explored the Wulver pack's territory in the Highlands of Scotland. After all the things that Zaria had to go through to even survive, her wonder at the differences between her pack and Kenrick felt extra special.

So werewolf stories either really lean into the submissive/dominant trope that comes with the territory (heh), or its there, but in different grades. Frame really leans hard into the submissive/dominant trope in a fairly simple way, which is fine, because it works for the story she's telling. But what really gets me annoyed is the constant reminder that the characters are not human - they talk about their wolves as being slightly separate from their human form, but, instead of saying "right hand" they'' say "right paw." It is distracting, because I got it. There are other, more subtle ways that Frame used to remind me of the character's wolfy sides.

There are other small issues I had, but they are even more nitpicky than the way the wolves talk to each other. I do have to say, though, that Kenrick's and Zaria's relationship is very awkward, but in a good way. They're both inexperienced in many ways, and I thought it was fun watching them fall into their relationship.

Overall, though, this is a solid entry into the expanding Lesfic urban fantasy/ paranormal romance genre. I look forward in seeing more from the Wolfgang County series.

*I was given this ARC in exchange for an honest review*

Blood of the Pack is a supernatural romance novel that follows two women Kendrick and Zaria along their journey to be together. This novel was very good for many reasons. It is a feminist novel that follows two women in a relationship. The novel is very much about empowerment as much as it’s about the romance.

The novel also deals with heavier topics such as child grooming and abuse of all kinds and the effect it has on a person for years.

There were a few plot holes that popped up here and there but they were not so important that they ruin the novel. My only other issue with this novel is that the female dominants act like stereotypical men from time to time which with this and the fact most of the female dominants have male names makes it easy to forget they are women at times.

This, again does not really alter the story in anyway but stood out to me in many instances.

Overall it was a really good novel though and would suggest reading it.

Loved this book. Well-written fantasy with a strong storyline and likeable main characters. The antagonists were awful and felt like true enemies which added to the tension.

The author brought to life the world the werewolves lived in and made it believable. I’d love to read more about these characters.

It was a 4.5 for me, just missed out on a 5 because the outcome was a bit predictable but well worth a read.

Uuuuh... Okay, what did I just read...

Blood of the Pack was a very strange read, not because I didn't read the first book or the novella. I could catch up to that just fine, because the characters mostly tell the story of what happened anyways. It was strange in the sense that I never knew whether someone was female or male. A lot of females had male names which was very confusing.

What also confuses the heck out of me is the sex scenes. It seems these females have a dick but I'm pretty sure the whole point of being called a female is not having one (I'm pretty sure they weren't transgender but just lesbians) so yeah the sex was very weird. Also the whole female-female having kids, kinda not possible you know... It's never explained how that works which is totally weird and makes it hard to understand the book.

The writing style is easy and short sentences. Scenes are short and to the point. I wasn't annoyed by the writing style, but I also didn't like it. Scenes where they're in trouble are too fast paced. Problems are too easily solved.

I'm a mayor wolf lover and have always been a great fan of werewolf books. But most books portray werewolves very strangely. I hate it when authors don't seem to know how wolves work. I don't know everything either, but if an amateur can notice that something isn't quite right then the author should have put more time into researching wolf behavior.

Terms that were used in this book were throwing me off and made sentences didn't flow right. There were several typos in the book which is a pity. The Scottish accent was very forced and didn't sound natural at all.

I read this book in one day but I skimmed over some boring paragraphs and just read quickly so I could finish this and pick up another book. This book gets two stars from me and shall not be recommending this to anyone.

I enjoyed some aspects of this story but there were things that I found distracting. Kenrick leaves her Scottish home and the Wulvers to join Dante and the Wolfgang pack to prepare for her impending ascendence as Alpha of the Wulvers. On the day of her arrival in America, Kenrick and the Wolgang pack come across a wolf shifter from the Lupa pack. She is seriously injured and although she’s from the sworn enemy of the Wolfgangs, they take her to the hosital. Zaria Lupa has been on the run for a long time but she’s reluctant to leave the edges of Wolfgang territory.

One of the standouts for me is that the women are diverse in the way they look. What does distract me though, is that Frame often gives her butch characters very masculine names. I struggle to keep the image of a woman in my head when the name is so traditionally masculine. I think I’ve been phenomenally well-indoctrinated to view many names as exclusively male and it doesn’t help that I know males with the characters’ names.

Other than the naming thing, this was fun to read. The story has a good pace and the action scenes are exciting. It was also nice to read a storyline that veered off the beaten formula path in terms of the development of the mains’ relationship.

Book received from Netgalley and Bold Strokes Books for an honest review.

DNF. The writing is interesting and I love werewolves but I shouldn’t have started here. It’s too confusing as a starting point and I should have gone back to book 1. Once I do that, I’ll come back to this.