Reviewed by Donna

TITLE: Eternal Circle

SERIES: Sirius Wolves #3

AUTHOR: Victoria Sue

PUBLISHER: Dark Hollows Press

LENGTH: 143 Pages

BLURB:

How can you repair something that should have been unbreakable? Darric, Blaze and Conner had been together for centuries, and their bond, like their love, should have been eternal. Blaze is trying not only to hold his family together, but stop himself falling apart.

The fragile relationship between the werewolves and the humans is at risk once more, and the goddess Sirius seems to have deserted them. Inexplicable changes are taking place to their little Omega, and while Aden’s powers are increasing, Conner seems to be losing his.

The terrorist group, The Winter Circle, is getting bolder and placing everyone in danger. Worse, there is a traitor among them, perhaps someone a lot closer than they want to admit. Just when Blaze thought the worst that could have happened is behind them, the traitor is revealed, and Blaze realizes that their circle is not only broken, but in danger of being irreparably torn apart.

This review includes spoilers from the first two books in the series.

REVIEW:

After reading Broken Circle, book #2 in the Sirius Wolf series, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to read any more about these wolves. That book wrecked me. Killing a main character? Had the author lost her mind!? But the trouble was, I was already hooked. I needed to know what happened next, there was still so much that needed to be resolved. So with much trepidation I opened the book and began to read. And I read all of one page before I broke and looked at the ending. I couldn’t do it! I’m weak! But it just took the glimpse of one particular name to make everything right and better and restore my faith in this series.

We start this story with Aden once again pregnant with his mates’ child and in seclusion as his knocked up state starts to become obvious. Connor is struggling to use his faulty empathic abilities, something that the four lovers have always been able to rely on and he has no idea why they might be failing him now. Blaze is blessedly not acting like a douchecanoe, in fact, as my least favourite MC in the previous books, I was very happy to finally like the guy. And on top of everything else the three of them are still struggling to come to terms with the death of their fourth mate, Darric.

This book continues some open plot threads from the previous books and shouldn’t be attempted as a standalone. The plans to integrate wolves into the military have progressed to the point where a team is ready to be deployed. However their attempted to ease the human population into awareness of paranormal creatures comes unstuck when an emergency causes Blaze to expose their existence. We finally discover who the traitor is, their identity being a rather startling choice, and several secondary characters are moved into position to have their story told.

This was a great continuation of the series. Even missing one of their beloved mates, for the first time I really felt the love and the connection between these wolves. Also, I’m pretty sure the “badguy” in this book topped all the others. He (or she) was delightfully, absolutely, insanely evil and I loved that the author kept their identity totally secret.

I had thought that this was a three book series but the tale of Orion’s Circle is definitely not complete. Perhaps the following books will have different main characters but I’m sure we’ll be seeing a lot more of these guys too. And I’ve learnt my lesson. No more cussing, trust in Victoria Sue 😉

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