Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Ripples of Threat
SERIES: Angel Hills Pack #2
AUTHOR: Rebecca James
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 218 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2020
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An unknown danger continues to threaten the werewolves of Angel Hills compound. As the five omegas from River Wolf Pack continue to settle in with their new mates, two formerly rogue omegas join the pack, causing more mating issues. Gabriel’s health problems force his mates, pack alpha Grey and beta mate Ian, to make difficult decisions, including whether or not to allow humans on their compound if it might mean saving their omega’s life. Meanwhile, Gabriel feels more and more that he is a burden on his new pack.
REVIEW:
This was a hard one for me for a few reasons. I felt Gabriel’s pain so much in this one, especially at the end. Because I knew that feeling all too well myself. But it’s been hard in other ways too and good in a lot of ways. It’s been a heck of a ride. Times are changing, some good, some bad. And hopefully, book 3 will let us know how good or bad things are going to be.
As with the other book, this one is told from several different viewpoints. And I love that. I love to see what others are thinking and what their opinions are. Some are good, some not so good, and some in between. But the truth is, things are changing. Xavier has finally discovered why he is so protective of Chris, but messes things up a lot. Canaan realizes there’s a side to him he didn’t really know about until getting ‘to know’ Duncan. More omegas are having babies, some older children are discovering who and what they are. But worse, the secret of what Ian and Gabe did is about to come out and it’s about to lead to some trouble. Gabe is already having trouble again with this pregnancy. Worse than with little Finny. But all the stress is making things even harder and between it and Gabe’s hormones, it’s finally reached a breaking point. And now, Ian and Grey and a few others have to find Gabe and work it out before he or the baby could die. Thankfully, another omega helped them in time. But will everything be ok after or will it be too much?
Whoo. This pack has been through some drama in this one. And right now, I don’t know who I feel worse for. Gabe for what he’s about to have to endure. Chris for what he has endured and now feels like. And so on. There’s been some good developments. Vincent has finally settled in with his mates, Canaan has found what he needs, the other omegas seem to be flourishing with their mates. And a widowed wolf has found love again. But it’s still traumatic in some things. Werewolves have been raised to believe certain things about themselves and those around them. Some haven’t had that benefit, because of bad parents or the loss of them. So some of the shifters feel out of place. Some are just butts that need to be smacked, I think anyway, but hey, if that’s what someone else needs, then more power to them. I just know that at the end of this, a lot of things have come about from throughout this story and some things are not quite a happy ending. And I’m hoping with book 3, we will see a happier pack. This pack seems to thrive so well and I hope it continues to do so. They’ve worked so hard to get to where they are.
One heck of a book. Can’t wait to dig into book 3 and see how this ends up. So many loose ends in this one. It’s not a cliffhanger, per se, but there’s a lot more to these stories that need to be told.
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