The Wolf

Name: The Wolf
Rating: 2.625 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9798230219248

By J. Kenner

Publisher Description

She spent her life running from monsters. But the most dangerous one was always behind her.

Leo Grimm has always lived for the chase—whether in the boardroom, the bedroom, or in the secrets buried beneath his family's name. Ruthless and relentless, he's never lost a hunt. Except once.

Ruby Ryder was the one obsession he couldn't shake, the one woman who slipped from his grasp. Now, she's back—terrified, desperate, and hunted by an enemy she can't outrun. And this time, Leo isn't letting her go.

He'll protect her… for a price. Her trust. Her surrender. Her heart.

But the closer Ruby gets to Leo, the more she realizes the real danger isn't the one chasing her—it's the man who almost caught her before. The man who left scars that never healed. The man whose family destroyed hers.

In the wolf's deadly embrace, Ruby discovers the ultimate seduction of surrender… as well as its all-consuming terror. Because once the wolf sinks his teeth in, he won't just own her body—he'll consume her soul.

The Wolf is a dark, obsessive, and sinfully addictive billionaire romance featuring a predator-prey dynamic, an untamed second chance, a dangerously possessive antihero, and a heroine who can't outrun her past… or the man hunting her. This book contains explicit content and is intended for mature readers only.

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The Wolf Reviews

2.5

Paige Helling

Created 8 months ago

“As soon as I saw The Wolf on NetGalley, I wanted to check it out because I’ve read and enjoyed J. Kenner before and based on the cover/title, I was hoping for a wolf shifter hero. I read the synopsis and it didn’t mention anything paranormal, but it still sounded like my kind of book, so I requested it anyway and got an advanced copy. When I was looking for my next read, I saw that it was releasing soon and figured I should start it and initially, I loved it! I couldn’t wait to post about it in a reader group I’m in, it also made me want to read the first book, so I went to see if one of my Libby libraries had it and I was so excited when I saw they did that I almost checked it out right then and there, but I wanted to make sure I had the time to devote to it, so I held off. In hindsight, that’s probably for the best, at least it is for right now anyway and I say that because while I was having a blast for the first thirty percent of this book, quite unexpectedly my reading experience took a nosedive like three percent later. It was baffling in the moment and to be honest, I’m still a little baffled now even after having finished the book. I think my confusion mostly stems from having read J. Kenner a couple of times before this and while the last time I read her was seven years ago, I don’t remember many negatives with those two books — certainly not to the extent that I felt with The Wolf. My two main frustrations with The Wolf were the hero and the heroine and the too frequent repetition within the story and since they went hand in hand with each other, it just mixed together for me in a not great way. I did and do like Leo and Ruby as a couple, I think they’re the other’s perfect match, but they worked overtime to annoy me, especially Ruby. I try really hard to understand where my heroes and heroines are coming from and why they do/act they way they do and for both of them, I could understand them, but with Ruby in particular, it was all just too much. I get why she didn’t trust Leo at first, it made sense and I also realize that it’s a lot easier to be angry at someone you know than be scared of a threat you don’t. The problem was that it was like beating a dead horse, it was just back and forth, back and forth and while she had a legitimate reason to be upset with Leo, her constantly bringing up the past without it getting resolved grated. Though to be fair to Ruby, that wasn’t all her fault because Leo didn’t explain until absolutely necessary, but since we’re in Ruby’s point of view for most of the book, she definitely got the brunt of my frustration in the moment. The Wolf definitely got better once all was revealed, but it’s repetitiveness was still an issue because while it wasn’t always them fighting about the same things, it just repeated certain points that were clear enough to get the first time that the further emphasis somewhat diminished things for me. The reason why I stuck it out and finished The Wolf was because I got an advanced copy of it. If I had just bought it for myself, I would have stepped away from it when it started to be too much and if I did eventually return to it, it probably would have been months (or years) down the line. That being said, there were parts in the book that I did like. The steam was amazing, I really did think Leo and Ruby complemented each other very well, and I know it’s wild to say, but Leo’s brothers and Ruby’s best friend, Sasha, did intrigue me and while I don’t want to read The Tower anytime soon, I am curious about it and the Grimm Brothers’ future stories as well. I don’t know for sure if I actually will read them, but it’s not hard no for me either because I know while I didn’t gel well with The Wolf, that doesn’t mean that I can never enjoy another J. Kenner book again. Also, keep in mind that this is just my opinion and you might love it and the things that bothered me might not bother you at all or could just be a blip for you, so take what I say with a grain of salt and if you want to read this, go for it!”

Change and grow Minor characters stand out Strong relationships Fast-paced Repetitive Twisty Picturesque Realistic Setting fits the story Descriptive Repetitive Explicit sexual content Grief Murder

Daria Henry

Created 8 months ago