Her stories are entertaining and gripping, and she has a gift for developing compelling narratives. Macy is especially adept at creating dynamic characters and protagonists that readers can really relate to. She is a romance and fantasy author, crafting stories that captivate her readers. I really enjoyed reading (and listening) to this series and give both the book, the audiobook and the series a 4.5 of 5 stars.Macy Blake has been writing stories for as long as she can remember. As I noted with book one, I was still bugged on occasion by his inflections here and there, but mostly I was impressed and entertained. He infused emotion and tension at the right times and did a tremendous job with the dialog.

I loved his grumbly Liam, his stuffy mage Councilman, the grumbling Were councilman and his little kid voices. Audiobook: Again, Robert Davis did excellent work narrating book three. I thought the first and third books were the best, book two was great in terms of moving the story forward, but I felt cheated at not seeing more between Cade and Rocky (who I thought were a great couple.) Watching Garon and Riley grow was an added bonus and I found myself saddened by the end of this delightful series. I’d say the romance was at least equal to the fantasy elements in this case. All in all the romance was really nicely laden in this fantasy about wolves, vampires and warlocks. We still never see too much of Cade and Rocky, but we do see a bit more with Cormac and Liam. ** I really enjoyed this entire series and watching the growth and development of Gray and Simon as a couple. With some tremendously heart rending speeches to the tune of “If I die I want you to be strong without me” Cormac, Gray and Simon set out to defeat the monster and (I’m not surprising anyone here) emerge victorious! We also get a really juicy Epilogue (I’m a sucker for the Epilogue!) and the entire debacle ends neatly tied up – bow not included. (It’s very sad – just a warning!) Fortunately, Simon’s actions inadvertently lead them all to the final piece of the puzzle – the thing they need to defeat the evil being. But… not before he attempts to steal the children again and forces Simon to do something so horrible the entire pack wonders whether or not Simon should be allowed to stay.

It turns out he knows Cormac and that gives them a clue as to how to stop him. However, the bulk of this plot is the story-line regarding the evil being who keeps causing trouble to Simon and his pack. Then, we see their mutual attraction and need for each other. First, we see Liam merely trying to keep Cormac from hurting himself, Simon and others. We see the development of Cormac and Liam as a couple. In the final installment of the Triad (yes, there is a book four but it is unrelated to the original series), we finally get to find out who the bad guy is and what he wants and how to stop him.

Mind Magic by Poppy Dennison