Game of Wolves Book 1 read in 2025
This is only the second shifter book I've ever read so I'm sure there are tropes special to these story lines but without having much to compare this book to (the other shifter book I read was a dragon shifter) I have to say there is a lot going on in this book. There is a lengthy trigger warning section in the front of the book so I would recommend reading this part and deciding if you want to continue.
Our leading lady Kira is a wolf shifter (but doesn't shift-- latent shifter) due to staying in her human form she has spent years training and harnessing her inner wolf power. She is on a special ops paranormal team and one of the best agents they have she is undercover on her latest mission trying to catch a criminal shifter (lion) and almost has him when things go badly and he slips something in her drink.
The leading male Wyatt is Kira's co-worker and her brothers best friend, he is a lone wolf which is looked down on by other shifters for not being in a pack. It is unknown to the reader why he left his original pack but since this is a series I'm sure at some point it will be revealed what happened there.
From Kira's failed mission things only get worse for her at what is supposed to be one of the happiest days of her life (the wolf version of a wedding) her fated mate (who is a jerk) rejects her in front of everyone and she finds out she has been fired from her job. Other members of her pack are now wanting for her to be banished and are very restless for something to be done about her recent rejection this joining was supposed to bring strength to her pack by joining with a member of a larger pack but this incident has caused shame.
Kira's father is the leader of the pack and she has always felt a lot of stress put on her to try to make him and the rest of her pack proud how is she going to do that now that her relationship has failed and her pack wants her out... In comes the reject project a tv game show for shifters it's basically The bachelor/bachelorette meets hunger games/death games where the contestants compete for survival on a dangerous Island (with a number of beasts and feral shifters) the rejects mansion is home base and if you don't make it back to the magical protection shields you are a goner.
It's a long shot but if Kira could get on this show she could bring honor back to her pack the ultimate goal is to be blessed with a new fated mate by the goddess... but the other option is to reject that plan and have a wish granted. Kira knows that war is coming soon and wants to keep her pack safe... even if they do want her out.
Kira makes it on the show and is able to bring along her best friend as her stylist and they are true friendship goals. Wyatt after finding out about her being selected uses an old connection to get himself on the show he has to keep her safe... even though she is hot and cold with him there are sparks between them and if she would let her guard down and see what's right in front of her he has always been there for her protecting her when she needs him (even if she wants to be self sufficient and feels needing help is weak). There are brief glimpses of the past throughout the book that mention a traumatic event where Wyatt found Kira but the full history isn't told in this first book.
Once on the island things are worse than they thought they would be with dangerous creatures every where, struggling to survive challenges, arguments between the other Alpha males looking to be Kira's new fated mate and a vampire host who thrives on drama and carnage the more dangerous the more entertaining for him and the fans as far as he's concerned... then they find that some contestants really don't make it off the island while some are left on the island from previous seasons to go feral... some lose their lives during the dangerous challenges.
Kira just wanted to make it to the end reject the winner and get take the reward of the wish granted... now she has to worry about keeping Wyatt safe from harm and make sure both of them make it out alive... this truly is a nightmare.
Plenty of drama and plot twists and ends on a cliff hanger... I have to know what happens next!
Have you read this series? have you read any other shifter series? which one is your favorite?
*spice *brothers best friend * Enemies to lovers *cliffhanger *co-workers
*shifter * Trigger warnings: mentions of SA, death, deadly games
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