Captive of Wolves by Eva Chase
Publication Date: December 9, 2020
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
If you are at all familiar with paranormal romance subgenres, then the plot of Captive of Wolves---"a damaged heroine gets kidnapped by a group of hunky shapeshifters and taken to their luxurious hidden lair, only to find herself slowly falling in love with all of them"---shouldn't surprise you. It's a bit of a trope by now, and if you don't like that subgenre, you definitely won't like this. But if fantasy-romance with multiple partners is your cup of tea, then this is a decent addition to that subgenre, though don't expect it to really tread any new ground.
This is the sort of book that lives or dies based on characterization, and though I wouldn't call anything about it hugely original, the tropes it follows are followed decently. Some thing work better if you don't think about them too hard---for example, despite having been kidnapped by the Fae-who-are-also-werewolves at the age of twelve, and spending eight straight years being locked in a tiny cage, our heroine Talia is surprisingly sane and a decent conversationalist---but I've read far more irritatingly perfect heroines than Talia, so that didn't bother me too much. And I liked that we got POVs from all of the heroes.
The smut factor was somewhat muted, and this is definitely more on the paranormal romance side rather than the e-romance side. There are only a couple of explicit scenes, and there's nothing too outre in any of them.
Overall, if you're a romance fan who likes this subgenre and wants a comfort read, go ahead and pick this up.
I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
