The Wolf King: A Fantasy Romance

4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars | 4,955 ratings

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Last update: 09-06-2024


About this item

When a princess is kidnapped by an alpha, war rages between the humans and the wolves. But soon, forbidden attraction starts to grow. . .

Princess Aurora longs to escape the castle and the marriage that has been arranged for her.

But on the night before her wedding, at a dog fight where captured werewolves are made to fight for sport, she spares the life of a young wolf. It puts her on the radar of the powerful alpha who was going to kill him. And it changes everything.

That night, when the alpha escapes, he kidnaps her and takes her to the rugged lands north of the border — where the once warring werewolf clans are beginning to unite. He thinks that she is the key to winning the war against the humans.

Only, as they spend time around one another, forbidden attraction starts to grow. And as Aurora learns that not all wolves are bad, the alpha discovers that she is in danger from both his enemies, and those he once considered friends.

With monsters on both sides, a bloodthirsty war between humans and wolves raging, and undeniable passion growing between them — will their story end in love? Or tragedy?

And will Aurora ever get home?

Does she even want to?

An adult fantasy romance for fans of romantasy, werewolves, forbidden romance, and enemies to lovers

Content Warning: Contains strong language and sexual situations

Top reviews from the United States

Bibliophile without Borders
5.0 out of 5 stars fast paced, intensely plotted, and a super read!
Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2024
First of all, I finished this book in the wee hours of the morning and I will say right now that it was worth losing sleep. The only problem was getting to the final page and saying, wait, what? It can't end here! I had convinced myself that this was it for the characters and hated to think that I would not learn more about them. Of course, I was too tired, it was pushing 4 am and I should have read a bit longer into the info about the author's upcoming book which said... Part two is coming.So, if it is anything like the first, it will be a real page turner.

I will not spoil the story but I will look at the three main characters and a few others below. I think that most readers will be either Team Callum or Team Blake -- hard to choose for many but me, not so much.

First of all, the book is very well-paced, well-written with just the right amount of plot twists that keep the reader moving to the next page and chapter (which is why I was up all night reading the book!) The writer really is excellent and kudos to her excellent portrayal of the setting and character. Great world building and a lot of suspense, with some build up to will-they-won't-they but nothing overt until well past the 50% point of the book. Which was good. It built tension because ultimately, the story is not about that but about a woman's bid for freedom.

Aurora (FMC) is manipulated, used, mentally abused, and made to be a pawn for her father who is about to give her to a vile man he needs for border control and as an ally. The sad thing is that throughout history, this has been done to countless young women who were used and abused by spouses and who were forced to present a blandly smiling face to the world and so we really feel for this young woman's potential fate. Aurora, though, is looking for an out; She is very clever and intelligent and she refuses to docilely go to her fate with a terrible man.

Enter an Alpha wolf battling for his life in an arena and through some excellent machinations and much bravery on her part, Callum (MMC) makes his getaway. With Aurora.

Callum is the quintessential nice guy. Handsome and broad of shoulder, kind, noble of purpose and with a good heart, he cares for the intelligent and brave heroine, helps her out of some pretty sticky situations, and saves the day several times. This is where the cheering throngs of readers say that they are Team Callum as they wave an emerald green flag the color of werewolf Callum's eyes.

But there is also Blake, a mysterious dark horse character whose convoluted manipulations of everyone around him for his own purposes is brilliant. Handsome and intense, and seemingly very callous, he has everyone dancing to his tune without them even knowing it. Blake falls squarely into the "morally grey character and possible bad guy" slot but frankly, he dominates this position to the point that I found myself rooting for him at every turn. Sometimes those bad guys are infinitely more interesting than the great noble-hearted guys. And this is where readers who like their other MMCs to be mysterious, brilliant and morally grey leap to their feet waving their black flags screaming "Team Blake!"

Aurora seems to be stuck in the middle between the noble-hearted Callum and the annoyingly brilliant Blake. But she's a smart young woman and she'll figure out which guy she wants in the end: noble and good but malleable Callum or the morally grey and brilliant manipulator, Blake.

Fiona the master of horse was a great character and I hope to see her in book 2. There were several others as well, and we'll see where their stories lead them. The bad people are REALLY bad and so morally reprehensible that readers will hope for their comeuppance . Enough said on that.

Really looking forward to the next one. I've never read this genre before and I'm glad I was able to find this one.
Christina
4.0 out of 5 stars Long live the king
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2024
This was a good read. I would have liked to know it ends in a cliff hanger before I started. I like to have all the books published before I start. This was a different twist to wolf shifters. I liked the characters. The book flower nicely.
A. Burnett
5.0 out of 5 stars Give me Outlander but make it fantasy!! Easily one of my fave 5⭐️ reads this year
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024
I very much loved everything about this romantic fantasy.

The world building and cultural elements gave Outlander vibes and I was here for all the kilts and Scottish brogue.

The FMC is the Princess of the Southlands. Her dad the king is a prick. She is betrothed to the Lord of the North, also a prick. She has basically accepted that her life sucks and she has no free will.

She is taken by Callum, a wolf from the northern highlands, and is thrust into the middle of a war between the southern kingdom and the wolves. I adored her character arc very much throughout the book.

Callum is dreamy. Imagine Jamie Fraiser as a wolf shifter. There is also Blake, the dark haired antithesis to Callum. He plots and schemes and kind of gives Rhysand while under the mountain. I’m not mad about it.

I’m unsure if this will turn into a love triangle, a why choose situation, or a Tamlin vs Rhys situation in book 2. I hope the throuple wins because I’m attached to both of them.

In any case, this was very well written. Amazing character development. Fast paced plot. Fun world building. Lots of surprises. Well executed and well placed spice 2.5????️. One horse trope. It was perfection.
Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Not my usual read
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2024
All in all, I enjoyed this book. It's not the type of thing I typically read though. It has an Outlander fan fiction feel to it that's impossible to miss. The wolves are obviously a difference, and the MC in this story is a virgin. They're Scottish wolves basically but in a made up world. Kilts, bagpipes, clans, the whole shebang. The MMC is jamie from Outlander without a doubt.

Even with how derivative it is of Outlander, I still really liked it. This isn't a dark fantasy or a smut book. It would honestly be considered historical fiction probably without the wolves. This is a romance story. The MMC is a golden retriever. There's not really any enemies to lovers. The pace is good, the story is engaging, though heavy on the romance. The MC is likable and has a personality. A couple times I was worried she would be unlikable but all in all she remained likable and relatable. The author has the "gift" for writing. It flows so well it's almost poetic. I'll definitely read the next one.

My 2 small issues that could potentially become bigger issues are for me are the romance taking up too much page space, and the love triangle that's brewing. I read both RH and not. The way this first book is set up, it could go either way. I hope it goes into RH land. If that's not going to happen, the love triangle needs to be dropped. Love triangles are a trope that should be obsolete, in my opinion. With the explosion of RH in the book world the last few years, love triangles are an outdated trope. I absolutely can't get through a series where the MC can absolutely have both or all but the author makes the choice of one after dangling others in front of the reader. I don't know if my point is clear there or not, and of course that's just my opinion.
Rachel
3.0 out of 5 stars Ugh. It starts off good but…(Spoilers)
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024
The beginning of this book is amazing. I got it because someone on Booktok said it’s a Jamie Fraser but with wolves. It’s not. Because in Outlander, there never really is a love triangle. Here there is and it’s annoying. I’m so tired of morally grey male characters. At first I didn’t understand why this book was compared to ACOTAR, but it devolved into that by the end.

Also, this is not a standalone book. I won’t buy the rest until the series is done. I’m annoyed with the whole direction of this so who knows if I’ll even come back. I’m sick of reading the same story over and over again and swapping out mythical creatures.

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