Savage Awakening: An Alpha Pack Novel (Alpha Pack, #2)

by J. D. Tyler

A group of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top-secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers combating the greatest dangers in the world. But sometime those dangers are more intimate than they bargained for...
 
After a mission goes wrong, Aric Savage is taken prisoner. Half-dead and despairing, he makes a stunning discovery: his Pack mate Micah Chase, who was reported dead, is a fellow captive. When the Alpha team goes into full-rescue mode, accompanying them is an absolute stunner with sable hair--and a spine of solid steel.
 
LAPD officer and Psy Dreamwalker Rowan Chase has one priority: her brother Micah's recovery. Still, she can't help but be drawn to Aric, the ruggedly handsome wolf shifter who pleasures her as no man ever has--however fleeting their affair is destined to be. But when Aric's life is endangered, Rowan must ask herself what she's willing to sacrifice in the name of love, for the man fated to be her Bondmate.

• ISBN10: 0451236440
• ISBN13: 9780451236449
• Publish Date: 3 April 2012 (first published 1 April 2012)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
• Imprint: Signet
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 344
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780451236449

Reviews

[Melanie]

listening to audiobook

Review originally posted at Hotlistens.com.

This story follows the Alpha Pack of former Navy SEALs turned werewolf as they try to rescue their friend, Aric, who was kidnapped in the first book. Rowan is the sister of a fellow member of Alpha Pack, who is presumed dead or missing. She is also an LAPD officer and learns that she is a dreamwalker, just like her brother.

I think this book is better than the first. I think things are just more believable and the writing is better. The characters continue to develop as the overall story arc is played out. I do wish we got to see more of the non-shifters in the group, though I believe we will see more of that as the series moves forward.

Aric is very much a “guy’s guy”. He is got an ego the size of Manhattan and can be an all around ass. He has some very dark secrets that he hasn’t shared with his pack. This causes a ton of guilt and bad feelings between him and the rest of the guys, Jax especially. I’m still amazed that he even considers to blame Jax for his capture after we learn about his secrets.

Rowan is very much a bad ass. She grew up in the bad part of LA and continues to live there as a cop. She has a ton of street cred, which means a ton in those parts of LA. She starts off the book in a really bad place and is forced to take leave from the force for a period of time. This does allow her to go searching for her brother that she doesn’t believe is dead. She does take to the fact of shifters and psychic powers very quickly, specifically her powers.

The narration is about the same as in the previous book. It isn’t bad, but I would’ve liked to have seen more emotion from the narrator. She is a little monotone. I’d love it if she made me feel more of the snarky comments that are in the book.

The next book in the series is Kalen and Mackenzie’s story. I love Kalen, I think he will have a great story to tell. I want to know much more about his backstory. I don’t know much about Mackenzie, but I hope her story is good and we don’t have to go through the “learn about the supernatural” part of the story.