Such a thrilling and wholesome completion of this suspenseful, witty and addictive series with a new take on werewolves. Truly loved it! 

The Big Bad Wolf series has such a different take of shifter romances, it’s very refreshing and intriguing. It’s almost difficult to put this book in a genre. It’s partly urban fantasy, partly contemporary mystery and partly a swooning mm romance story. I really enjoyed the way the werewolves were part of the society, but also had their own fascinating culture. The world building was so rich with all werewolf folklore and intricate pack systems. Charlie Adhara also managed to show the struggle to hide in plain sight and the fear for and consequences of discovery so well and make it relatable.

I also really enjoyed the different mystery plots in all books. In this last one, the mystery was such a complex and thrilling one involving the WIP and rebels, Eli being hunted by his past, new surprising family revelations and Cooper’s former partner and lover meddling with his life again. There’s also a huge twist on the alpha myth and on Cooper’s involvement in the werewolf society that was so intriguing and unexpected, definitely ending this series on a high note on the mystery aspect as well!

But the things I love most about this series are the characters and the swooning romance. Park and Cooper have my heart forever! They are both such complex and special characters, and the character and relationship growth they go through, especially Cooper, is beautiful. The love progression is so well done and the chemistry between Park and Cooper is just perfect. I love Cooper’s sarcastic humor and the witty banter between him and Park.

All in all, the Big Bad Wolf series is a highly recommended unique series, full of action, family drama, werewolves and a smoking hot romance, that I’m already planning to reread soon. (But might there be a spin-off of this series in the making though? There’s certainly an opening for it…)

​Rating:
4.5 stars rounding up to 5

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This fourth book in the Big Bad Wolf series was a bit slower to begin with and I wasn’t completely sold on the undercover couple counseling plot. But about halfway the action picked up again and Park and Cooper were so adorable together. I love the alpha twist and the development of their relationship, especially how vulnerable they dare to be with one another.

This series just keep getting better and better by each book! Really loved getting to meet the whole Park family and see Cooper interact with them and finally getting to understand where Oliver is coming from and why he’s keeping so many secrets. Fast-paced, great romance and relationship struggle/developments and a really thrilling mystery!

In this third book in the Big Bad Wolf series, the story takes Cooper and Park to Park’s family compound for his grandfather’s memorial. Meeting your in-laws for the first time is always awkward, but imagining them not knowing that your golden boy is dating a human when they kind of hate humans… and cats, which he of course brings with him. And on top of that, said human is an agent in the organization that hunts down werewolf suspected of crimes. To say it doesn’t really go well is an understatement. Especially sine Park has left Cooper mostly in the dark about all these issues. But Cooper deals with it all in his characteristic prickly way that I have come to love throughout this series.

This book was the best one yet in this amazing series! The mystery was as thrilling as ever and I loved all the werewolf parts, the romance and the general character developments.

Rating:
4.5 stars rounding up to 5

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This second book in the Big Bad Wolf series was so much more fast-paced and addictive than the first one! Park had my heart already from the first book, but Cooper really started to grown on me now as well. And the mystery to solve was a perfect kind of nice puzzle plot pulling Cooper’s family into the story as well.

Cooper and Park are now in a relationship… sort of… as well as partners at the BSI (the (Bureau of Special Investigations for werewolf crimes), but Cooper is struggling with trust issues, anxiety and just with relationships in general. When he’s guilted into a visit to his father and brother on the way home from an assignment with Park, he hopes the trip might help clarify their status as a couple. But then a dead body is discovered in his family’s garden, and suddenly Cooper and Park are drawn into a case that might risk put Cooper’s dad behind bars.

I really enjoyed the relationship parts, the vulnerability and doubts, the miscommunication and the tenderness, as Cooper and Park try to navigate the new feelings. I also loved getting to know more about Cooper and his family and childhood, and all the family drama. The mystery plot with the dead body was a really great, action-filled and unexpected one.

With Cooper growing on me, and Park already having my heart, I can’t wait to continue this series! I’m so curious about getting to know more about Park and his family in the next installment!

Rating:
4stars

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This was such a different take of shifter romances! Even though this is a book with werewolves, I wouldn’t call it a fantasy or paranormal story, it’s more of a contemporary mystery that also happens to have some werewolves in it. And a very slow burn romance with amazing potential!

Agent Cooper Dayton is a grumpy ex-FBI agent now working for the secret division BSI (Bureau of Special Investigations) investigating werewolf crimes. Yes, werewolves apparently do exist and live amongst us humans. They even have their own secret organization known as The Trust. When werewolves keep being the target for murders, both organizations decide to team up together, assigning Cooper a new werewolf partner, the handsome, masculine and mysterious Oliver Park.

This book was very different from what I expected and from my usual genre, so it took me a while to get into it. The beginning was quite slow and the writing style a lot of explaining all things everyone did (a bit too much tell instead of show), so about halfway in I almost didn’t finish it.

But I’m so glad I kept on reading, because the last part of the book was amazing! The action really picked up, as did the romance. Swooning! I love enemies-to-lovers and slow burns, and the second half of this book definitely delivered in that! And the two main characters grew so much too. I rooted for Park from the start, but Cooper took me almost to the end to fully take to my heart. But now I’m completely invested in them both and their romance, and can’t wait to continue this series!

Rating:
3.5 stars rounding up to 4

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