REVIEW: Flight of the White Wolf

Flight of the White Wolf

Author:  Terry Spear

Publishing Date: March 6, 2018

Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Synopsis:

Stranded in the wilderness, these warring hearts will be forced to work together―or die together.

Gavin Summerfield―an arctic wolf shifter with a fear of flying―has to fly into the vast lakeland wilderness of northern Minnesota to track down his suspect―where his ability to shift will come in very handy. Imagine his chagrin when his pilot turns out to be the woman who tasered him last time they saw each other. Things are off to a rocky start...again.

Arctic wolf shifter Amelia White isn't entirely displeased to see Gavin again, but priorities shift when their plane is sabotaged and goes down in the middle of nowhere. As their attraction grows, Amelia hopes Gavin doesn't discover the secret she's been keeping...she knows he could never forgive her...

MY REVIEW  ⭐⭐

I almost DNF’d this book. I had a hard time connecting with the characters and the story in general. 

From the blurb/synopsis I believed this would be paranormal romance with some mystery.  What I feel like I got was a mystery with a dash of romance and a sprinkle of the paranormal which in this case is the wolf-shifters.

The first half of the book was directed more to the mystery of who downed the plane and why.  This mystery should have been intriguing instead, it felt flat.  The characters responses to the crash were unbelievable.  There was no stress, no panic-nothing from either character.  Just calm, cool, collected.  They discuss more on his case then the reality that they are stranded.  The fact that they were grounded brought nothing extra to the book.  Gavin was so well prepared and they were able to recover almost everything from the crash.  They did not go without food, shelter or clothes.  Everything was so easy that you could almost mistake them for being on holiday.  With this, there was no growth of either character and the only issue to be dealt with was the mystery.

The mates story line between Gavin Summerfield and Amelia White did not feel genuine.  There was absolutely no spark, no desire or chemistry for most of the book.  There was maybe attraction but nothing overt.  With them eventually knowing that they are mates I find they were lacking in passion and desire.  When Gavin finds out Amelia’s secret, even that was anticlimactic, swept under the rug, no big deal.

I do not believe that the wolf-shifter aspect to this book was needed.  The most we see of the wolves is simply when they shift from one to the other and then back shortly after.  There is only slim interaction done in wolf form.  I would have enjoyed the story more if this story line would have been explored.  In my opinion, the mystery aspect of this novel totally eclipsed the romance and wolf-shifter aspect of this book.

With all that being said, the story did pick just after midway through.  The writing seemed to change.  The pace picked up and the romance heated up but it was a little too late for me to truly enjoy the book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Casablanca for the ARC.  All thoughts and opinions are my own.