Reviewer's Rating:
5
5.0Overall score
I was blown away by this story.
Fated Hearts By Garrett Leigh
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Shifter, GLBTQ, MM
Released: September 12, 2019
Publisher: Fox Love Press
Series: Shadow Bound, Book 1
Cover Design: Black Jazz Design
“He’s not a wolf.”
Devastated by the death of his best friend, Zio is a soldier with one thing on his mind: revenge. Consumed by a conflict that’s raged as long as he’s been alive, he’s had little time or inclination to learn the legends of the shifter world he was raised in. And he certainly doesn’t have time to deal with a shifter of a different kind, even if it’s for the good of the war effort. For the good of his pack. The fact that he’s already crossed paths with the new face in his unit is almost irrelevant.
Almost.
Do no harm. Give life not death: it’s the oath Devan was reborn to live by, so when he’s sent abroad to embed with a wolf pack as their resident healer, he doesn’t hesitate. In the supernatural world, some bonds are instant–soldiers become brothers, pack become family. But others run deeper and before long, Devan’s at the mercy of instincts he can’t control.
Zio’s inner wolf is desperate to be with Devan, while Devan struggles to keep the pack safe. But as the war escalates, and new love is tainted by anguish and pain, the battles within might prove the toughest of them all.
“I won’t let him die.”
Reviewed by ButtonsMom2003
I was blown away by this story.
I’m not even sure where to start with my review of Fated Hearts. I’ve read a lot of shifter stories dealing with fated mates but this one just seemed more to me. More heat between the MCs, more angst due to circumstances and more deep feelings that connected not only the two MCs but also all of the pack members.
I have to admit, though, that at first, I was a bit confused. I kind of felt like I missed the first book in the series. The Foreword by the author helped but I guess I wanted a bit more. I wasn’t confused enough to quit reading, though and boy am I glad that I didn’t quit.
Zio is a rather young wolf. He was bitten when he was an infant. He’s never paid too much attention to shifter lore so he doesn’t understand his hyper-awareness of Devan when they first meet.
Devan is sent by the Shadow Bound clan to help Zio’s pack whose healer has died. Devan isn’t a wolf shifter and he isn’t crazy about being sent to live with a wolf pack but he obeys his Alpha’s orders. He does realize what’s happening between him and Zio but doesn’t tell him.
The connection that Devan and Zio have with each other leaped off the pages of this story and melted my heart. Garrett Leigh has done a fantastic job of world building with this story and I can’t wait to see where she takes the series next.
♥♥♥♥♥
O Factor: Scorcher
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Garrett Leigh is an award-winning British writer and book designer, currently working for Dreamspinner Press, Loose Id, Riptide Publishing, and Fox Love Press.
Garrett’s debut novel, Slide, won Best Bisexual Debut at the 2014 Rainbow Book Awards, and her polyamorous novel, Misfits was a finalist in the 2016 LAMBDA awards.
When not writing, Garrett can generally be found procrastinating on Twitter, cooking up a storm, or sitting on her behind doing as little as possible, all the while shouting at her menagerie of children and animals and attempting to tame her unruly and wonderful FOX.
Garrett is also an award winning cover artist, taking the silver medal at the Benjamin Franklin Book Awards in 2016. She designs for various publishing houses and independent authors at blackjazzdesign.com, and co-owns the specialist stock site moonstockphotography.com with renowned LGBTQA+ photographer Dan Burgess.
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