Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: A New Beginning
SERIES: Cascade City #1
AUTHOR: Rebecca James
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 237 pages
RELEASE DATE: May 9, 2020
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Starting all over again isn’t easy, especially for pack alpha River. With his small band of followers and his half-human, half-omega mate by his side, he’s left everything he knows for the wilderness. Tragedy brings the group to Cascade City, where rogue werewolves and humans both pose a threat to the pack. River isn’t sure he can trust the humans anymore, and telling which rogues are dangerous and which are not is a difficult task. Foremost on the pack alpha’s mind is getting those in his charge to safety and after that rebuilding their pack. Beneath River’s worries lies an uncomfortable feeling that something isn’t quite right with the pack’s omegas.
REVIEW:
It’s so good to see these guys again. And see them all together. This is a good story and segue into the new pack, but it doesn’t come without much change and super heartaches. This is the story of River’s new pack, Cascade City.
River has been doubting himself for a long time. He’s wondered in the back of his mind for a long time, if the old pack was right and he was letting his omega coerce his mind too much. And now it seems to be the same in this new pack. They’ve barely survived, and all haven’t. Thanks to the turned, some didn’t make it and some are on the run from grief. But River finally found a way to make things better for them. And Josiah has found some omegas and ways to help at the Congress again. Much to River’s dismay. Jax feels it’s time for him to leave, and when something bad happens, he knows it’s time to go. Some omegas are having hard times giving birth and things are changing for good and bad. And the tension is coming to an all time high. Especially when a rogue alpha comes along looking to take back his ‘property’ and David overhears a new group trying to take down werewolves. And River is wondering again, did they make the right decisions when they left and with what they’re doing, or were they wrong from the start?
Again, the story is told from different viewpoints and I love that. I love to see what everyone in the pack thinks and feels about what’s going on. And it’s a hard one. They all want so much to succeed, but after all they’ve been through with the humans before, they are all scared. And who can blame them. Not to mention, that after being in the wild for so long and dependent only on themselves, they are a bit naive about some things in the human world. But it’s even harder when River is doubting everything and hearing even now that others think he depends too much on Josiah’s opinion. And in some cases I could understand why. Josiah has only been thinking about the good of the pack and others, but these werewolves are stubborn when it comes to change, and because of it, it caused this big breakup in things and the huge tension that is still going on even now. But it’s more than that. I feel for the pack members. Some have lost mates and are struggling to cope. Some know that things aren’t working and are moving on. But it’s still the humans that want to wipe out werewolves that are making everyone wary. Despite the progress that’s being made with new leadership, there are still those that don’t want change. Just like most of the werewolves. It’s a huge bone of contention. And I hope somehow that things can get worked out soon.
Knowing how some of this has led to other things, I’m anxious to see how the next book is going to go. It’s going to take a lot to get things where they want them, but hopefully soon something will break loose and fall into place.
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