As a matter of fact, the way Clove’s wolf prevented her from shifting back to protect her was incredibly interesting to me, and I appreciated it. I found that to be interesting, and I kind of wish more had been devoted to explaining how that works, but it didn’t detract from the overall story. They are two different entities working together in the same body. I have read a few shifter novels at this point, and I found it interesting that the wolf the human shifts into, and the human, are not the same being. Unfortunately, there is a bit of a twist in their plans, as she is the omega wolf they have been searching for. Then she is rescued by three men who want to help her. She is thrown into the water in her wolf form, and almost drowns. Obviously, that is not the case, or it would be a rather short novel. She is condemned to Carnage Island where she ultimately thinks she is going to die. When she finally gets the opportunity to shift and meet her wolf for the first time, it isn’t what she expected. (Side note, when you wake your husband up from laughing and you do not have a good reason behind it, he is a bit cranky.) The story in the book centers around Clove, our rejected wolf. I was enraptured with the characters and actually laughing out loud at some of the things that were happening. It took me about 16% of the way through this book to realize it wasn’t all smut, and by then it was far too late. Foss had to take my preconceived notions and murder them violently.

I have been wrong before, and I will be wrong again (please don’t tell my husband) and I absolutely expected Carnage Island to be nothing but smut.

Carnage Island by Lexi C. Foss