Superb! She did it again! Frame wrote another page turner!

This is, by far, was my favourite Wolfgang story. Might even be my favourite Frame book, yet.

An honest review thanks to NetGalley. I loved Kenrick from the very beginning and as the story progressed I couldn't get enough of her. If you love werewolves and strong alphas doing anything for their packs and mate this is for you. I loved the Scotland pack so much I want the next in the series to be about Rhuri, I wanted to know so much more about her!!

Kenrick Wulver is preparing to take over as alpha of the Scottish pack by learning the ropes from her American cousin. The only thing she's missing is a mate to share her life with. Zaria Lupa has spent years on the run from her pack. Lupa wolves find her but luckily finds protection in Wolfgang County and with Kenrick.

The characters pulled me into the story. One of my favourite things about series is revisiting previous characters. Seeing what was happening in Caden and her packs life due to the aftermath of events of Heart of the Pack was great. We also learn so much more about the different packs and how they are connected.

The story had enough action to keep me trying to figure out what was going to happen next. I didn't feel that the plot was too predictable or rushed.

The only weakness was Lupa wolves interactions with each other were pretty abusive at times and can be off-putting to some.
I loved seeing Kenrick and Zaria get to know each other and grow closer. Zaria's distrust of dominant wolves was a stumbling block. Kenrick tried so hard to show her that not all dominants were the same.


I still love this series. I even read the novella when it came out — looking forward to reading more by this author.

Four stars

This is the second book in the Wolfgang County paranormal series. I am a big fan of books written in this genre. Although I said that this is the second book in the series, I must mention that there is a novella, Soul of the Pack, that Ms. Frame wrote between the first book, Heart of the Pack, and this one.

Kendrick “Ricky” Wulver is a werewolf who will soon be taking over the alpha position in the Scottish Wulver pack. To help her with this transition, Ricky is sent to the United States to shadow her cousin, Dante, who is the alpha of the Wolfgang County pack. While there, she falls for Zaria from the Lupa pack. Zaria has been on the run from Leroux, the alpha of the Lupa pack. Zaria has had a rough life and as a result is afraid to fall in love and be in a relationship. To her, “to mate” is an excuse to be controlled and abused by a dominant.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to all who love paranormal books. Because there are so many reoccurring characters in this series, I highly recommend that readers start from the very beginning so that there is better continuity of the ongoing story. This book has a steady pace and will keep your attention.

I rate this book 4-1/2 out of 5 stars.

I received this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I have always enjoyed a good lesbian werewolf book and found myself greatly enjoying the approach this book took for the genre. Although I had not read the first book in the series, this one was done well enough that it made me want to check all the works by this author. The chemistry between Kenrick Wulver and Zaria Lupa, along with all the other wolves, both allies and enemies, have such a dynamic between them that I couldn't stop reading once I picked it up. All the interactions and the emotions behind them, from passion to rage, just captivated me and made many of the characters very endearing to me, and I found myself continuously wondering what would happen next in the story.

What was most lovely to me was the imagery the author used when describing Scotland, which I found out is where she was from! The fact that story had its own lore for how werewolves came to be was most interesting to me. I wish to learn more about werewolf lore in all the packs in this story setting. One can tell how much love the author and her character, Kenrick, has for Scotland and the importance of family and pack. It was an exciting to read the Scottish part the most, and I honestly wish and hope that future books come back to the Scotland wolves. I look forward to the next book in the series and hope that I get the chance to read the first book as well in the near future. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy a story with a slow burn relationship built on trust and love, with plenty of action and suspense!

Okay so this would seem biased but even before i read Jenny Frame’s books I already expect to enjoy it. And I’m never disappointed. I love butch/femme dynamics, so she’s got one point from me.
Now for this book i enjoyed the characters, the dialogue, the story. I liked that she brought in other characters from Hunger for you! However, there was so much unnecessary emphasis on Zaria’s suffering, which just made me fed up seeing it mentioned in most of the chapters. Then i wish i read more on Ripp and Kyra. Lastly there wasn’t much spark in the sex scenes like her previous books, but it was still something ☺️.
In conclusion this was a nice read. And i cant wait for J.F’s upcoming works!
Thanks to NetGalley for my honest review

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43449133-blood-of-the-pack" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Blood of the Pack (Wolfgang County, #2)" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1553126977l/43449133._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43449133-blood-of-the-pack">Blood of the Pack</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8585317.Jenny_Frame">Jenny Frame</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2971715124">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I rec'd an ARC from NetGalley/Bold Strokes Books for an un-biased review.<br />The 3rd in the Wolfgang County Series. Ms. Frame hooks with her innovative take on romance. Zaria and Kenrick are the leads in this fast-paced "shifter" romance. There's angst, sex, abuse and love of family. Best appreciated when read in sequence. Highly recommend with 5 stars.
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Blood of the Pack continues Jenny Frame's werewolf series. The world of the expands from Wolfgang County to Scotland and the Old World in the instalment. In this story we are introduced to Kendrick as the alpha-in-waiting of the Wulver Pack, and Zaria, hiding from the dastardly Lupa Pack.
This book has some great things going for it. A good story, magic, some coherent world-building, great characters, and devious enemies. Kendrick is every bit the stunning, charismatic, androgynous/butch dominant I'd expect from this book, and Kendrick and Zaria's story is beautiful and very sexy.
These Pack stories are not the best f/f werewolf series I've read but they come close. This is a very good book and highly recommended! Four-and-a-half stars.

I didn’t realize this was part of a series. It says it can be read without reading the previous Wolfgang County series but I did feel that I was missing part of the story. With that being said it was an interesting read for a werewolf romance with LGBT characters.

This book held many surprises. In addition to the Alphas of the packs being both male and female, their spouses could be male and female. So there are traditional couples, same sex couples and those that have yet to locate their mate. The story begins in America, Wolfgang County, and ends in Scotland. Dante is the Alpha of the Wolfgang Pack. She welcomes her cousin Kendrick and prepares to train her in the business of being an Alpha. The training takes a turn when Zaria Lupa crosses their path and borders. Both packs, Wolfgang and Wulver must decide if Zaria is worthy to be trusted.

The Lupas are the lowest of packs. Not in station but leadership. Leroux and her second Ovid rule with iron fists and torture. They will stop at nothing to claim Wolfgang County and Zaria. Be prepared to want to read the entire series and wanting more as the author can continue this series over a few Wulver and Wolfgang generations.

I love Jenny Frame's book, and this one was no exception.

This is the second book in the Wolfgang County series, but it could be read as a stand-alone. I think you'd get more of an emotional impact if you read the other books first, but it wont stand in the way of enjoying this stand-alone romance and the action packed journey. Ricky is visiting the US from Scotland, to work with her friend Dante to learn what it's like to be Alpha and run a company for when she returns home. It's there she meets Zaria, who is on the run from the Lupa wolves. The two have an instant connection, but betrayal and loyalty muddy the waters and threaten to keep them apart.

This book had it all. The romance was steamy and packed with tension. There were so many sweet moments and just as many action moments that left us racing to find out if everyone was going to be ok. I love the way that the author really engages all the senses when they're describing a scene, especially with the shapeshifter aspect it's perfect and almost necessary, but adds so much to the story.

I also love the heart-warming nature of the pack, as one big family. I love that as a reader we get invested in the lives of so many people and young pups. I think this series could never end and we'd still want more books from this little world!

I received an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

4.5 stars. I have never been disappointed in any work by Jenny Frame. Everything she's written has some fantasy element, so the suspension of belief is necessary to get lost in her stories. I read the first in this series, but not the novella. Typically, I'll read all books in a series because the storylines are often dependent on the previous books as a series is intended. Can you read this as a stand alone? Sure, but it's better in series order. I find this author's paranormal books intriguing and romantic and will always be a loyal fan.
I received an ARC of this book from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

A nice read for lgbt wereromance, enjoyable enough but I found it just seemed to lack real chemistry and a certain spark, but a nice tale.


Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for a free copy for an honest opinion

An interesting read for those seeking a werewolf romance with LGBTQ+ characters. There were some moments when the action lagged but in general a pleasant read.

Family, loyalty, love and passion- that’s what ‘Blood of the Pack’ is essentially about. Kenrick Wulver is about to become the Alpha of her pack in the Scottish Highlands. And she’s struggling with the changes this will mean. She visits the Wolfgang Pack in the States to try and learn some of the new responsibilities she’ll be expected to master. While there she comes across a wounded submissive wolf and feels something she’s never felt before. Zaria is from the Lupan Pack and has been on the run for years from their cruelty and abuse. She can never trust a dominant wolf and tries to keep Kenrick at arms length. But it becomes increasingly difficult to resist.

The story is about gaining trust and also about being open to other wolves. I loved the world she’s built for this story and although I haven’t read the previous books in the series, its not a problem. The descriptions of Wulver Forest were so evocative and I was completely entranced. As well as being about family and community- a theme throughout Ms Frame’s books, she also gets across that aching need in her characters. The need for a mate and the joy and pain that brings. Kenrick and Zaria are drawn to each other, but it’s never that simple. The building of a relationship is written with such tenderness and care and I never once doubted the love they felt for each other. The sex scenes were beautifully done. Jenny Frame writes the hottest, most imaginative sex in all of her books. And she always finds a way to bring in something unusual and surprising. She certainly did in this one. They were wild and passionate and scorching. I loved this book so much that I’ll have to go and read the rest in the series now. Highly recommended.

I was given this ARC for review.

This was the first Wolfgang County book that I read, having skipped the first one when it came out. It's not that hard to get into the groove of things, because Frame did a great job of providing enough exposition to help new readers along. It is a continuation of the first book, but with new characters as leads. And it seems to have expanded the world a little bit, with Kenrick being the Alpha to be of the Wulver werewolf pack, the cousins of the Wolfgangs. I will point out that the first half of the book seems to be tying up some loose ends of events that happened in the first boo, so I wasn't as interested in that, so much as being with Zaria as we explored the Wulver pack's territory in the Highlands of Scotland. After all the things that Zaria had to go through to even survive, her wonder at the differences between her pack and Kenrick felt extra special.

So werewolf stories either really lean into the submissive/dominant trope that comes with the territory (heh), or its there, but in different grades. Frame really leans hard into the submissive/dominant trope in a fairly simple way, which is fine, because it works for the story she's telling. But what really gets me annoyed is the constant reminder that the characters are not human - they talk about their wolves as being slightly separate from their human form, but, instead of saying "right hand" they'' say "right paw." It is distracting, because I got it. There are other, more subtle ways that Frame used to remind me of the character's wolfy sides.

There are other small issues I had, but they are even more nitpicky than the way the wolves talk to each other. I do have to say, though, that Kenrick's and Zaria's relationship is very awkward, but in a good way. They're both inexperienced in many ways, and I thought it was fun watching them fall into their relationship.

Overall, though, this is a solid entry into the expanding Lesfic urban fantasy/ paranormal romance genre. I look forward in seeing more from the Wolfgang County series.

*I was given this ARC in exchange for an honest review*

Blood of the Pack is a supernatural romance novel that follows two women Kendrick and Zaria along their journey to be together. This novel was very good for many reasons. It is a feminist novel that follows two women in a relationship. The novel is very much about empowerment as much as it’s about the romance.

The novel also deals with heavier topics such as child grooming and abuse of all kinds and the effect it has on a person for years.

There were a few plot holes that popped up here and there but they were not so important that they ruin the novel. My only other issue with this novel is that the female dominants act like stereotypical men from time to time which with this and the fact most of the female dominants have male names makes it easy to forget they are women at times.

This, again does not really alter the story in anyway but stood out to me in many instances.

Overall it was a really good novel though and would suggest reading it.

Loved this book. Well-written fantasy with a strong storyline and likeable main characters. The antagonists were awful and felt like true enemies which added to the tension.

The author brought to life the world the werewolves lived in and made it believable. I’d love to read more about these characters.

It was a 4.5 for me, just missed out on a 5 because the outcome was a bit predictable but well worth a read.

This is part of a multi-book review.

This is the third in Frame’s paranormal romance Wolfgang County and probably would not work well if you read it without reading the first two (Heart of the Pack and Soul of the Pack) as characters and plot lines from the first two are carried through into this one.

As you may have deduced from the series name and the cover – this one is all about werewolves. In this one we meek Kenrick, the soon to be alpha the Scottish Wulver pack and cousin of Dante. Kenrick has arrived in Wolfgang County to learn the ropes of being an alpha in the 21st century from her cousin. Enter Zaya, a submissive wolf who has been hiding from the abusive Lupa pack for years and ends up taking shelter in Wolfgang County. Kenrick, and her wolf, are instantly attracted and begin to try to woo the gun-shy Zaya who has some pretty serious apprehensions around dominant wolves.

If you’ve read the other two books and enjoyed them, you’ll probably like this one as well. Unfortunately, the issues I had with the first two are still present in this one and I was pretty much disappointed. Lots of tell rather than show , the characters were two dimensional, the plot kind of meandered (there’s the big battle with the Lupas before the halfway mark and was underwhelming after two and half books of Leroux being this dastardly villian). The dynamics between Kenrick and Zaya were also off kilter. I know that the whole dominant/submissive thing is popular in werewolf novels (and I have no problem with it in other books), but the way that Frame presents is a bit off-putting.

Sigh. I think this one has done me in for Frame’s paranormal novels.

The complexity of the characters inspires the reader to delve deeper than just the story that’s on the surface. The seams of intricacy that is created between the emotional, physical and mental bonds of the characters endears readers to not only the shifter part of these people. But the human part. The soul. The part that is underneath. 5/5 for a stellar romance and story that both stirs and probes intimacy at it’s very core.