Howl My Name (Grayslake: More Than Mated, #5)

by Celia Kyle

[Melanie]

My review and an extended sample of the audiobook are posted at Hotlistens.com.

So this is the last story in the Grayslake series. The first four books focused on the Abram brothers in Grayslake. This one actually focuses on Reid, a werewolf and former alpha of the pack that lives just outside of Grayslake. Reid is a character that has been around since the beginning. He lost his ability to be alpha when he went after one of the Abrams brother’s mate. He was kicked out of the area. Now he is working for the Southeast Itan (which is the leader of the entire southeastern US). He is sent in to fix problems. He has now been sent to Brookfield to investigate after a call was made to the Southeast Itan.

The book opens up after Reid has just killed the first person he comes across in the town of Brookfield. This person had it come. Reid saved a young girl from getting raped. He sends her on her way and then makes the call to the Southeast Itan. Then he realizes that the man he killed was the Itan of the local bear clan. So now, instead of just investigating and reporting back. Reid has to go in and take over the town.

Evelyn is the person who made the call. She wasn’t raised in Brookfield. She was raised with her grandmother’s clan until her grandmother’s death. She was then forced to go live with her father, the Itan of Brookfield. Now her uncles are beating on her for making the call to the Southeast Itan. That is until Reid comes down and kills all of her uncles (except the one that gets away initially).

So this story is a bit darker than the previous books in this series. Part of that is the nature that brought Reid to the town. Part of it is that Reid is a very dark character. He is a psychopath and knows it and is okay with that fact. Evelyn isn’t even the slightest bit scared of him. She is the perfect mate for him because of that fact. She will stand up to him when he needs it, but also doesn’t shy away when he goes a bit nuts and starts killing people (he does only kill people who deserve it, though he does think often about killing others for annoying him).

There is also a short story at the end of this book called Sunday Bear-becue. It is a nice chance to spend some time with all the characters in the series. It mostly focuses on Ty and Mia, the main couple for the first book, but all the couples are present.

Narration
great job with each of the different characters. I think she did a wonderful job with the funny parts and the dark parts. She was also very good at the sex scenes. I loved her male and female voices. I hope to find her narrating more books in my future.