Quick Synopsis – This is the third book in the Green Creek series and it follows Robbie Fontaine. Robbie is the second to Michelle Hughes, the Alpha to All, and after a trip outside their werewolf community to bring a stray pack in line Robbie begins to question his life. When he is urged to meet with a mysterious Alpha, his life changes or maybe it goes back to the way it was meant to be.

Song This Reminds Me Of – It Had To Be You by Motion City Soundtrack

Publication Date – Jan. 30, 2024 (This is a re-release)

Spicy Rating – 🌶🌶

Overall Rating – ⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5

Previous Reviews: Wolfsong Review and Ravensong Review

Review – If you haven’t already read Wolfsong and Ravensong, then stop reading this review. You’ll be very confused, and it will spoil the other two books.

Robbie Fontaine is the second to Michelle Hughes and lives with her witch, Ezra. Most days, he likes his life, but he begins to feel off. He keeps seeing specters, and the dreams he has feel so real. He dreams of other wolves, and they are singing for him, begging for him to come home. The thing is, he is home. When he ventures outside the werewolf compound to help bring a stray pack in line, things begin to get more confusing.

At first, I thought the opening chapters were flashbacks. But we soon come to realize that Klune isn’t describing Robbie’s life before the Bennett Pack, but rather a life that has been created. Robbie was kidnapped, and his memories stolen. When he’s finally brought back into the fold, the whole pack is fractured. Robbie can’t remember them or what he’s done to them. Worse still is that Kelly, his mate, has had his wolf taken from him and is now human. Of course, this all can be tied back to one person, Robert Livingstone.

So far, this has been my favorite entry into the Green Creek series. Robbie was always more of an outsider character to me in the other two books, and I liked following his story and learning more about him. The relationship between him and Kelly was so sweet to follow. Kelly is asexual, and the way they interact is so loving and caring. They both describe their love as endless, and that’s how it feels on the page.

There are still a couple pitfalls for me. I wish there was more description of how the magic worked. How is Robert Livingstone so overpowered? Is it just because he’s a straight psychopath? Literal years have passed in these books, almost decades, and still, there isn’t another explanation beyond it’s dark magic. Also, Klune sets up the rules of the world, only to continuously break them either because the Bennett pack is special or because Robert is so strong. I’m starting to hate the phrase “and everything we knew was wrong.” It’s a tired recurring theme in this series.

The other big whiff for me is how the characters talk. They’re all meant to be in their mid-twenties to forties, but the men seem so juvenile to me. If I didn’t know their ages, I would think they were all teenagers. They’re all so angsty. Maybe it’s because wolves age slower, so it is like they’re teenagers. It just made it hard for me to picture the book.

Kelly and Robbie are two little cinnamon rolls, and I loved watching them figure each other out. There is a lot of pain and remorse in this book, but it’s so lovely. TJ Klune has wonderful prose; it’s easy to get lost in his writing. While a few things could have been touched up, I still loved reading this book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Tor for the ARC.