Series Review: How the Wolf Lost Her Heart

I received free digital copies of the two books in this series from the author in exchange for an honest review, with thanks to Sarah Brownlee!

This series is set in 2217 in a dystopian London. There are people called Morphers living amongst the ordinary humans, people fear them, they are looked upon with prejudice, so they keep their "gift" hidden. But there is politics in the Morpher world, two major families are battling with one another. Can the morphers stay hidden?

Book One: How the Wolf Lost Her Heart

The first book is when we are introduced to our two main characters; Skye Archer, who has the ability to turn into a wolf. She is standoffish, independent and a really brilliant female lead. She seemed like a really relatable and normal teen, apart from the fact she turns into a wolf of course. 

And Raphael Renzo, son of one of the main men in the families mentioned above, he has the ability to turn into a Tiger. He was immediately my favourite of the two, he was so quick witted and it was obvious that he liked Skye from the offset. 

This book had a bit of a slow build up, as it was very much about setting up the world around it and it was introducing us to the environment in which these characters are too develop. But when something happened, something happened. 

The author has a definite skill of holding your attention throughout the build up and the romance building sections. I liked how there was a whole thing between Skye wanting to fight the gang violence and not falling in love with Raphael. 

Probably the weirdest thing about this book though was the whole thing about a wold and a tiger...I don't know...Weird...

Book Two: How the Tiger Faced His Challenge




There was no denying that this book was Raphael's, and although Skye was in it a lot, it was mainly about my main man developing and growing in himself. The two mains were so developed in this book and I loved every moment, the action in this book was so gripping. Plenty of it, and it's so fast paced and well explained!

My heart broke in this book in the scene between Raphael and his dad. 

Sarah Brownlee, I salute you because this is one of the best dystopian books that I've read in awhile! 

My final rating for this series is: 5 stars!

This duology is one that I would definitely recommend to you all. 

If you're into dystopian books with a unique plot, great characters, then this is definitely for you!

QOTD; if you had a spirit animal, what would yours be? Mine would probably be a wolf too!

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Review: Panic

Title: Panic
Author: Lauren Oliver
Series: Panic #1
Genre: Young adult, contemporary, romance
Publication: March 4th 2014
Pages: 408

The promise is always in the possibility...

Panic is a game, a game that could make you rich, a game that challenges you, a game that can kill you. It began as many thinks do, boredom, and nobody knows it's true origins. For Heather, she never expected to be one of the ones stupidly risking her life for money. But when jealously sends her over the edge, quite literally in the opening jump, she has no choice.

As for Dodge, he feels he has nothing to lose, and he needs revenge. He needs payback for the pain and turmoil caused in his life. But everybody has a reason to play Panic, he isn't the only person in this to win it. 

But could both Heather and Dodge win something more than just money? 

I was so surprised by how much I liked this book!

After hearing such mixed reviews of this book, I didn't really know how to approach it. With Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver being one of my all time favourite books, I didn't want this book to ruin the good reputation Oliver had in my head. I didn't want to be let down. But I wasn't! 

After staring at this book for over a year in my local library...It was time to borrow it...

And I had to go back later that day to return it because I read it in one sitting! The writing flowed so well and I loved the alternating point of view between Dodge and Heather balanced with the sort of diary format, with every so often, the chapters opening with a date. Oliver knows how to format a book well. And Panic is no exception to that. 

My only issue with the book was that I couldn't shake the fact that this was kind of unrealistic, if the police wanted to ban it so badly, why didn't they remember it from when they were younger? Or follow the crowds of young people who left Carp to go to the events? Also, what teenagers have that scale of organisation?

Other than that issue though, I feel it may finally be time to pick up Delirium series as I've enjoyed two of this author's work so far. Seriously, pick this book up if you get the chance.