whimsydearest

Sena’s on the run from a power-hungry crime boss after she steals his prized fighting wolf hybrid. She needs a way off her frozen planet, so when a scientific team offers to pay her, she agrees to aid them in a deadly sled race—the same one that claimed the lives of both of her mothers. Now she and the wolf must depend on each other to brave the wild and survive against other racers trying to sabotage them. Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves  by Meg Long presents a unique sci-fi spin on  White Fang  that'll satisfy your inner wolf girl (or boy). I admit, the book does take a while to find its footing. It takes half of the book for the race to finally begin, but once it does, the book finally hits its stride. That’s where we get into the survival thriller elements with ice goblins, treacherous blizzards, and giant bears, and the stakes felt far more real to me. It’s the crime boss, Kalba, that I found the weakest part of the story. He’s a bit of a joke to me. He has money and...

Together with her husband, Mattie lives in a log cabin in the desolate wilderness. Game has been sparse this winter and bears should be hibernating away in their dens, so Mattie is surprised when she stumbles across large pawprints in the snow. Worst yet, animal carcasses are being mutilated and arranged in ways no normal predator could manage.  Now Mattie must survive a monster with far more cunning than seems natural as well as survive the monster within her own home.  Heart-pounding and bone-chilling, Near the Bone by Christina Henry is an atmospheric survival thriller filled with an ever-present feeling of isolation and dread. Each page soaks with tension since the horror stems twofold: the wild and her own home.   First, the story effectively explores the domestic horror of Mattie dealing with a constantly abusive and hyper-controlling husband who won’t even let her listen to music or read any other book besides the bible because he believes it is a sin.  ...